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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
3
The article surveys fashion notes on lace garniture and simpler fur styles, including long stoles and big muffs, plus a London Graphic trend of portrait jewelry with cameos. It also discusses education, urging balanced practice and theory, hand work, and eye training for child development.
An article discusses autumn millinery trends with velvet hats and new high crown shapes, emphasizing individual suitability over age, plus guidance on women in authority to use calm, dignified correction and avoid nagging, noting scolding should be sparing and constructive.
Kimono like sleeves on fur coats and shaded ostrich feathers mark the season as a vogue. White fox trims and flowered broadcloths appear among novelty silks. Corduroy crepes, lace trims for furs, moire patterns, panne velvets, and rich plaids define a refined style. Turbans, hats, stockings, and ribbons showcase intricate textures and color contrasts. Jasper gray described as a pure gray mix of black and white.
Household advice covers batter preparation two hours ahead to let flour swell for wholesomeness. It advises sipping hot milk to aid digestion and explains lemon uses from stain removal to breath freshening and headaches. The Brooklyn Daggle note suggests lemon in hot water freshens the liver and aids rust stain removal.
A historical recipe describes making buckwheat griddle cakes by beating buckwheat flour with cornmeal and salt, then moistening with lukewarm water and milk. The method uses compressed yeast, a sugar-like molasses option, and a soda lift, with overnight rise and a starter batter kept for future baking.
A series of practical home hints covers brightening copper and tin ware with salt and vinegar, preventing ink mold with cloves, restoring fabric color with ammonia, making lavender deodorizer, removing mildew with soap and chalk, preparing a bean salad with French dressing and chives, using salt to beat egg whites, stiffening starch with borax, refinishing a shabby bathtub with paint and enamel, removing brass stains with lemon and salt, drying and polishing, cleaning aluminum pans, and cleaning jewelry with ammonia in soapsuds followed by drying in sawdust.
The article describes two notable gold saving methods at Charleston on New Zealand's South Island. Fly catching uses boxes along streams to trap fine gold on surface mats as hydraulic sluicing carries sediment, creating floating gold. Beachcombing collects minute gold specks washed ashore by storms, processing black sandy beach deposits with copper plates and quicksilver to form amalgam, then separated. These claims have operated for thirty years.
A compact slate of quotations from Napolean to Bunyan and Shakespeare plus modern attributions. Encapsulates proverbs on opportunity, courage, reputation, and independence with brief attributions.
The Army regulations of 190 clarify what constitutes an artillery horse. The animal must be sound well bred kindly disposition and free from vicious habits. Geldings of uniform color 15 1 to 10 hands high weigh 1050 to 1200 pounds and aged five to eight years are preferred.
The Humbert case features Mme Humbert presenting a tiny satchel before a presiding judge to prove imaginary millions. The judge refused, noting it was not his function, and Mme Humbert withdrew the supposed bond packet, containing newspapers.
A quotation by B J Hendrick in the Atlantic argues that the push for giant office buildings may wane. He predicts production will slow while the focus shifts to corporate eminence and more economical urban property development. The architect will gain opportunities distinct from the construction engineer in shaping future skylines.
A collage of comic quips and gags from multiple papers. Snappy lines on life romance and irony feature lines from the Washington Star Puck Brooklyn Life Indianapolis News and more with playful exchanges and satirical asides about debt love and work.
Farm topics cover hog hoof trimming intervals six months to keep animals standing and clean. Fodder shredders rival cutters for ensilage in silos yielding finer, denser packs, better preservation, and palatability for stock. Animals’ digestion differs by species. horses require condensed rations while ruminants handle bulk. Whitewash kills germs, lightens barns, and reduces milk contamination risk when sprayed or brushed. A sunny dust bath combines windows and a defined space in the henhouse for a solar dust area.
Guidance on pig fattening from birth using rye meal and milk with gradual corn additions, plus routines for milking and feeding to maximize growth. Also notes on low vitality in sheep, showing how ticks and dipping impact mortality, and a brief aside on Paris taxes and general agrarian observations.
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