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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune piece argues elopements have faded as easier, lawful weddings rise. Officials on hand at docks shorten ceremonies to minutes, while modern women gain independence, meet many suitors, and prefer open orthodox marriages over secretive elopements.
An elderly Frenchman on Los Pinos river near Durango fences his land to protect hunted wild animals and taming goats started by Jules Barriller. He lives with four Great Dane guardians, yearly supplies by wagon, and faces opposition from local rivals while the goats multiply despite predators.
A Life magazine quote shows a mother questioning her daughter's readiness to marry a man with no social position. The daughter counters that he claims a million fortune, but the mother notes it will take him a year to enter society.
Late seeded wheat avoids Hessian fly damage. Frost risk in spring often stems from poor drainage. Properly tilled fields reduce injury from alternating freezing and thawing, limiting wheat damage.
Glasshouse soil equals field soil but is improved by heavy manuring and root decay that loosens texture. Fresh land can be used immediately for greenhouse crops and remains free from blights for a year or two. Each crop requires manuring and forked preparation before planting.
One method to preserve cabbages is to pull them up and stack them with roots in the ground and cover with salt hay or straw to shield from rain. This keeps them until spring as sprouts form after heads fade. Burying heads with roots up prevents use by frost. when frost ends, damp ground causes head rot. Using stalks as described also yields early greens.
Advice from Home and Farm emphasizes sturdy poultry housing for bad weather. Focus on a cozy roosting room, ample scratching shed, clean straw, and grain scattered in the evening to encourage scratching. Recommends whole oats as the main feed, with occasional variety and unthreshed oats for exercise. Ensure walls roofs and floors are tight and clean.
Saving dollars by buying lower grade breeding stock is false economy. Higher priced birds prove cheaper long term and yield better eggs. Select the earliest and best layers for breeding, keeping them separate during the season to fix the laying habit, as one farmer raised egg output from 86 to 198 per hen over several years.
An editorial urges aggressive mosquito reduction at shore resorts by kerosene or cheaper petroleum products poured over swamps and stagnant waters. It argues such methods cut disease spread, save lives, and should extend to flies, targeting manure heaps, rubbish, and filth receptacles daily with a cost-effective solution.
A historical excerpt describes a plague of flies invading homes and dairy rooms, slitting sleep areas and tormenting domestic animals. It notes annual insect losses run into millions in some cases, questioning how such damage could persist before calculating the broader impact.
J F Thomas in New England Homestead outlines converting a farm building into a dual blacksmith and carpentry shop. He lists essential tools for smithing, welding, and woodworking, plus ways to acquire second hand gear and scrap iron, and advises on layout, safety, and early projects for a functional rural repair shop.
E L Vincent emphasizes love for the work and high standards as keys to quality butter. Cleanliness, pure water, good cows, attentive care, and proper nutrition shape outcome, while neatness and hygiene from dairy to packaging prevent taint and failure.
An Indian guide recounts a true tale from Moosehead lake where two marsh communities the beavers and muskrats feuded after floods forced them into a shared space. Beavers built new homes on higher ground and, after a rafting challenge, muskrats aided by towing the raft, leading to cooperative housing on Spencer bay.
A sick youth among three messenger boys aboard a large tug boat keeping vigil for yachts endures heavy seas and wind. He barely moves on deck, is helped ashore, and asks reporters to request him for another term if needed.
The Largest county San Bernardino in California spans nearly 20 000 square miles making it the biggest in the United States while Bristol county Rhode Island with about 27 square miles is the smallest. If Bristol could be a square a man might traverse it in about an hour while San Bernardino would block an express train from crossing in two hours. The California county surpasses Vermont and New Hampshire together in area.
Des Moines voters may face a campaign issue next spring over a United States army post. City businessmen funded the purchase of a site nearly a year ago, but the city council delays. The government requires annexation of the surrounding territory and prefers the post inside the city to curb resort development near federal property.
A plain life of a Glasgow student is sketched from dawn to night. Morning train, quiet quad, a brisk bell, and the eager class moving to roll call. The day runs from lecture to note taking, with a warm reading room offering study and light conversation.
According to recommended plans the Carnegie Library building for San Juan Puerto Rico will cost sixty thousand dollars and rise two stories. It will be seventy five feet wide facing Plaza Colon and fifty feet deep. The second floor is to be an assembly hall, the first floor will hold shelves for one hundred thousand books, and the basement will contain two reading rooms including a children's room.
The article links Encke’s comet appearances to the assassinations and deaths of three U S presidents. Lincoln was shot April 15 1865 with comet visible from January 25 1865 for five months. Garfield was attacked July 2 1881 died September 19 with comet seen August 20 1881. McKinley was attacked September 6 1901 died September 14 with comet visible August 15 1901 for several weeks.
Monroe Drug Co of Unionville Missouri issues a refund of 100 for an Eve package labeled Pot Nam Faveiess Dre that failed to satisfy. The item’s claim contrasts with a 1703 Japanese earthquake noted as the most destructive on record, which killed 190,000 people.
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined. Catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cleney Co Toledo claims to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes 165 000 Britons born in the colonies.
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