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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
3
Report describes Lobengula, the African prince once beloved by London society, transforming into a brutal predator who beat and attacked his wife Kate Jewell. Passers-by intervened. the savagery ended with the prince overpowered, but the victim bears lifelong scars.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway is said to have glimpsed the veiled Princess Ermine, daughter of a former Egyptian ruler, while General Cherif Pasha and his wife attend foreign court duties. The tale notes the princess follows strict Koranic rules and reportedly never meets gentlemen publicly.
New York notes report the Manhattan elevated line plans 100 inclined elevators to replace stairways at stations. Estimated cost about 250000. Each elevator capacity 3000 passengers per hour, powered by small motors in stations. Also covers estate taxes on the Smith fortune and a proposed 2 million dollar American Institute of Music temple project.
The Scrap Bag surveys odds and ends from around the globe. Peppermint oil soaked scrap helps with mice while new US Army contracts pay surgeons during authorized absences. Paria exposition boasts world’s largest theatre for 12 000 to 15 000. South Africa prides equality for women. The late General Gordon’s family protests fundraising in London. The British Empire dwarfs the German and French dominions. Automobile bells attached to footboards become common. Lady Georgiana Grey reaches age 100 in good health. Brazilian physicians endure hard days on long rides. English speakers number 116 million vs 58 million French speakers. Dr Martineau on his eightieth birthday reflects on friendships in two worlds. US Senators’ salaries and staff pay totalily outlined. Vermont may honor Morrill in Capitol statuary hall. Sisley’s The Flood fetches high sums in Paris after 1876 resale. Cripple Creek mine sale questioned by Stratton. Universalist minister A B Church recommends coffins be abandoned. Minnesota’s first printed book was a Bible in 1836. Three year old Helen Francis travels to Stroud, Oklahoma, unescorted. English fancy dress veils feature khaki and Union Jack motifs. New ten-inch guns added to San Francisco Harbor fortifications. Sugar Trust figure Henry Oxnard noted as a sharp Washington lobbyist and tariff advocate.
Wu Ting Fang orders an automobile as a Chinese minister in Washington. Ex Senator Washburne of Minnesota made a $8,000,000 North Dakota land fortune and remains grounded. Consul Heenan returns from Odessa to Philadelphia on leave and is praised for service under multiple administrations. Bland’s widow hopes a life of his writings, while his fruit farm awaits full productivity. Thatcher Crowell’s flax mills in North Dakota show farmers the value of straw at $30 a ton.
A witty Chicago News collection notes that wealth does not imply crankiness, brains drive lawyers, and wisdom often travels with eccentricity. It jokes about editors hoarding waste basket quotes, shallow friendships, and the arc of a boy’s sleep cycle tied to illness and mornings.
William H Moore, famed as a corporate necromancer, pays 5 million in debts and reels in a 10 million fortune in five years. He is linked to the Match Trust Cracker Trust Strawboard Trust Steel Trust Tin Plate Trust and other giant consolidations he forged.
Judge Moore, noted organizer and financier, built a vast network of trusts and steel, biscuit, and strawboard companies. The Moore Group, with capitalization around 225 million dollars, connections to Diamond Match and National Biscuit, marks a defining era in U S industry as Moore moves to a New York base at 54th Street mansion after years of high stakes investments.
A Boston mother scolds her three year old for eating with elbows on the table and for misbehaving, shaking him until his glasses fall off. The anecdote recalls that in some towns sharp tongues are common as a serpent’s tooth toward children.
Gettysburg Battlefield work by the Battlefield Commission has cost the government and various military groups nearly two million dollars. The 361,916.79 dollars from the national government funds the erection of monuments and markers by states. The commission built Telford avenue, Sickles avenue, marked batteries, and prepared roads and walls, with 517.68 acres bought at an average of 41.83 dollars per acre. Land litigation remains for Confederate avenue. 207 guns have been mounted and Union lines are heavily marked. Confederate monuments are scarce but planned as land is secured.
During Disraeli era debates Macaulay drew crowds with wit while his opponent was derided. He ran again for Parliament in 1852 after defeat in 1847 and became the popular candidate. On hustings he was struck by a dead cat thrown by a rival supporter who apologized, and Macaulay quipped he wished the blow had hit the opponent.
The Tribune is the leading Freeland newspaper offering condensed world news for busy readers. It aims at the home circle, claiming to inform without exposing readers to objectionable content for children.
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