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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
2
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A California paper notes nuns with remarkable memories, Britain faces trade decline, and Sherman dies of old age. It describes a busy career ending in general systemic failure, travel tales of Honduras, diverse immigration to Chicago and other cities, and worldwide interest from England to Russia. It also mentions buffalo decline, railway trespass issues, Alaska timber resources, and the Alaska cedar's value for furniture and interiors.
Doctors warn that stretching an octave or more causes permanent finger muscle injury so Germany builds pianos with half width keys for young learners. A liquid air factory is rising in Los Angeles for refrigeration use.
A Maine teacher recalls Dives Tranchard, a gifted prankster pupil, and a winter ghost seen at a watch night in District Eleven. Snowy pursuit leads to the boy’s secret haul of stolen goods and a shocking postscript as his name later appears in Arizona papers.
A Chinese woman’s tiny three inch shoe prompts remarks on idle walking while a marble Apollo statue from fifth century BC is unearthed near Athens. A rich Chinaman plans for death, cattle wear tinted spectacles in Russian snows, and a princess hosts a flower show with Baroness Reinert of Trieste buying a pink. A Romney man battles a 40 pound turtle in a Potomac chase lasting ten minutes.
A long discussion notes Queensland’s surplus of single men over women and how emigration schemes, led by Sir Horace Tozer, ship young single women to the colony. It claims 60 percent marry within two years of arrival as domestic service wages rise, making Queensland a “paradise for spinsters.”
A collection of maxims by famous figures including Pitt, De Corvantes, Rochetou, Jolson, Pliny, Samuel Johnson, Jerrold, Holmes, Gibbon, Webster, Marcus Aurelius, Sydney Smith, and Lincoln. The sayings cover patience, courage, luck, reason, and duty as guidance for living well.
A discussion from The Sappiest Class of People argues that the happiest life lies between riches and poverty. The article praises the middle class as a vast, conservative force essential to democratic stability, warning against envy of the wealthy and greed. It lauds the United States for its large middle class.
A traveling suitor, addressing Miss Flurry behind a shop counter, expresses long waiting for reunion and hopes she has not forgotten him. He notes his dreary travels and the beacon of her face, then negotiates prices for striped goods. Old Hanks resumes work in the back.
A city newspaper reporter canvasses attendees at the Antiquarian Society of Smithton anniversary event. She asks a poised elderly spinster, Miss Bunham, if she is an Antiquarian, and she confirms membership with notable dignity.
Reports detail coal washing to remove impurities improving coking yields, and a vast Antwerp dockyard planned to handle rising grain trade. Discoveries in iron ore east of Lake Superior prompt renewed Minnesota mine exploration. a Minnesota ore body and option interest boost prospecting.
An English observer praises American honesty while critiquing Continental mail practices. He notes post boxes, letter boxes, and frequent collections as factors, joking that London fogs would ruin addresses and a dry climate would give Americans a nasal accent.
Jim Newcomb of Caldwell possesses a 14 inch mouse snake killed near Milano Junction. The reptile bears a full photograph of a woman on its head and neck, dusted and surfaced in two colors, preserved in alcohol as a curiosity. The image shows the woman with a top knot hairstyle and shirtwaist.
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