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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
4
A published notice requests that all money orders checks and other payments be made payable to the Trivune Printing Company Limited. The directive specifies the payee for settlement of outstanding accounts or transactions is the Trivune Printing Company Limited.
The Lackawanna Railroad Company plans a railroad telephone system with phonographs recording orders, promising sixty percent savings for operators. Also notes on cures and local ads clutter the piece, including dyspepsia remedies and local crime mentions.
Washington Letter in Chicago Record-Herald reports General John W. Foster argues the United States should use a singular verb, noting early republic usage favored plural but modern practice favors singular. Notable statesmen and jurists cited include Hamilton Jefferson Seward Gresham Elaine Sting Wright Edmunds Marcy KE J Phelpa Ewarta Webster Bayard Benton Adams Fish Depew Frelinghuysen Olney Andrew Jackson first president to adopt singular in official papers. Since Lincoln presidents have used singular in later messages and Supreme Court has shifted from plural to singular in many decisions. Treaties with foreign nations also follow this trend.
Harper’s Weekly notes that tobacco quality hinges on color burn and texture. A light cinnamon brown, uniform leaf with white ash that does not flake, good burn, and a soft glossy texture indicate desirable filler. Climate largely shapes flavor, with neutral leaf preferred as Cuban filler provides flavor.
Twenty years ago about 200 000 people crossed London Bridge daily with 180 000 on foot and the rest by vehicle. Population growth doubles the figure, despite Tower Bridge relief. The plan adds granite corbels to project footways over water on both sides, widening the bridge from Dirty feet to 60 feet. The solid parapet is removed for an open balustrade to offset extra weight. Existing and a third tube electric railway beneath the Thames add to traffic relief, though the effect remains substantial.
The paper discusses smuggling linked to embassies and argues that if mail bags used by diplomats show illicit use, the case for discontinuing embassies strengthens. It recalls a past incident where an ambassador imported ladies’ dresses for personal use and resold them abroad. The account reflects concerns over diplomatic exemptions and customs duties.
In Venezuela the castor oil plant grows like a tree around homes and keeps mosquitoes away. In temperate climates it reaches four to five feet. United States Consul Plumacher in Maracaibo believes the plant would be effective anywhere by keeping branches and seeds in a room to drive pests out.
In a Washington Star piece a character named Farmer Corn Tessel muses that discussing home cooking might hint at the summer board. He warns that some men seem to be steering away from that image, suggesting a broader sentiment about hospitality and local fare.
In a Chicago News item, neighbors trade barbs over garden seeds and chickens. One remark about harming a neighbor’s flowers leads to a sharp exchange on mischief and odds, reflecting local color and humorous tension.
A brief quotation from two papers contrasts adversity and ambition. The Chicago Record Herald notes a speaker predicting future visits to Toe's office while rushing to catch a train. The Washington Star recalls a humble upbringing and study by gas light shaping Joan's success.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a clerk testing grounds for a raise, citing years of faithful service and steady salary drawing as justification. Stimpson challenges or questions the basis for the request in a workplace dialogue.
A mash of quips and comic exchanges from 1901 era press features a housemaid and mistress bicycle dispute, a henchman remark about a wheel, and a playful exchange about a sacred cow’s hump. It also notes a whale of a joke in maritime lore and a mermaid kiss gag. An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve from Grover's City drug store.
A Brooklyn Citizen item recounts a man on a Myrtle Avenue streetcar toward New York who shouted about a calamity after misplacing 45 cents. The conductor coolly resolved the dispute, noting the passenger had been paid back and the man’s panic stemmed from a mistaken belief and a deadbeat mood in a big town.
A Baltimore World excerpt mocks Wigsey for vacation habits on the eastern shore. It jokes about frequent clam meals causing shells to rattle and stomachs to churn, using a humorous tone to critique seasonal misgivings.
A stray verse about a telltale bird haunts a young narrator as he recalls misdeeds and imagined consequences. The text shifts to brief scientific notes on corn evolution from coarse grass to multi row kernels and a quip about a man with a knife in a light exchange. It ends noting Georgian dandies enjoyed caricatures like modern photos in shop windows.
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