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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
3
A Washington Star quote celebrates pumpkins turning from plain fruit to beloved dessert. It extols transformation from humble origin to a festive pie favorite, highlighting the value of opportunity and kitchen creativity.
A collage of light verse and humorous exchanges from multiple papers includes banter on birthdays, reviving words, and medium of exchange. Caricatures of conversations among couples, teachers, and children appear, with witty replies and social observations shaping a playful reading.
An ex treasury official reveals a simple rule to identify genuine US notes. By dividing the bill number by four, the remainder determines the letter A to D printed on the note, helping detect counterfeits.
L H Bailey in Country Life in America champions the camera as a key gardening aid. He urges field observation, careful framing on the ground glass, and patient, artistic photography of plants and landscapes to cultivate nature appreciation.
In German cities parks hold several clean sand beds bordered to protect them from rain and scattering. Toddlers flock to the heaps from morning to twilight, playing with hands and simple tools. Nurses join cautiously, but children prefer independent exploration teaching early education through sand play.
German customs rule shows strict scrutiny of two component parts in imports. A malleable steel snap hook coated with tin, once dutyed at ten shillings per 220 pounds, was reclassified after inspectors found a concealed brass spring. Now taxed as brass goods at 24 shillings per 220 pounds, nearly prohibitive amid domestic competition.
The Amboglanna Roman station near Hadrian's Wall, five feet thick walls and noble gateways, was sold after 1,800 years. The camp interior shows street lines and building ruins. The estate fetched £8,000. British America is about 300,000 square miles larger than the United States.
The excerpt notes that in Virginia the colored element makes up about one third of voting age males, 32.7 percent, and is nearly entirely composed of persons of negro descent.
Government experts suggest gold silver copper and oil potential around the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma with uncertain quantities. Prospectors rush in as excitement grows storekeepers and stage lines ready for a larger rush. The piece also mentions potatoes forming about 14 percent of national food and includes advertisements for Hall's Catarrh Cure and other products.
An assortment of advertisements tout patent medicines and tonics. Cascanets claim bowel benefits with a 10 cent starter. Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer offers a $2 trial bottle. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup targets teething pains. Piso's Cure for Consumption cited by a testimonial from Joan F Boyes, with a dated imprint.
A farmer writes urging repeal of the raw sugar duty to lower prices and boost all households. He argues beet growers receive a contract price while duties mainly enrich sugar makers, appealing to fellow farmers to contact their congressman and protest the tax.
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