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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1901
Page
2
The annual report cites 1400 distinct manufacturing establishments in Connecticut producing 2346 articles while a Senate vote blocks a sharrows bounty repeal. A string of garbled sentences mentions Japan, American steel, and a debate on hotel guests versus paying customers, ending with a quixotic note on hospitality.
Nearly two thousand families deserted by husbands and fathers are being aided by the Chicago Bureau of Charities. This prompts agitation in Chicago for the introduction of the whipping post to punish those who abandon their families to a charitable charge.
A man who killed his wife and three children was given twenty-one years in prison. He thanked the jury and judge warmly, while friends began a pardon crusade, suggesting mercy may follow. The piece ends with a blunt commentary on uneven value of life.
The text argues that population shift from country to city is subsiding and that farming, if properly pursued, provides a stable, independent livelihood. It stresses industry and economy to a comfortable life through cultivating soil with less risk than other methods, urging adherence to agricultural guidance from experts.
Cavalry forces face high prices as bids opened for 400 horses for the newly organized Mounteeuth Civilyy at Port Levenworth. Prices ranged from 139 to 150 dollars per horse. The Quartermaster's Department is unsure how to proceed as horses remain essential though automobiles loom. The New York Sun comments on the delayed shift away from horses.
The German army reports that American and Australian horses prove unsatisfactory in China due to long sea voyages and unfamiliar food. Although good blood and breed, they suffer from the green forage available. Mongol posses are found most useful for the region.
In a sunlit July cottage Barbara frets over an unwanted guest while Lisette proposes a plan to borrow dinner from Millett’s. They worry over missing church guests and a hungry tramp, fearing a shabby meal, and consider a fricassee of white pigeons as a drastic option. Benny is sent to arrange help.
A feature on glove making from measurement to fit highlights the craft. Experts explain that gloves must be tailored to individual hands, including asymmetries and peculiarities from accidents or gout. The monogram glove trend, dyeing specifics, and future suede styles follow, with insights on production times and mending.
A historical note on key collecting as a fashionable mania among young American women visiting Europe. Marie Overton Corbin narrates how a single key sparked a lifelong obsession, leading to cathedral peering and widespread collecting from scraps and demolitions. The piece adds advice on discreet sourcing and highlights novelty gifts for traveling women.
The Great Nile Dam at Assouan completed after two years of work atop solid rock by the Duke of Connaught will form a 144 mile long reservoir creating a lake that stores over 1 000 000 000 tons of water. It will irrigate 600 000 additional acres and boost summer crop value by as much as 30 dollars per acre, with sluice gates regulating water supply for crops and a canal for Nile traffic.
A New Orleans bookseller notes a shift from large illustrated editions to small light volumes. He cites an 1886 Dickens set with $50,000 in illustrations, but says readers now prefer 5x7 to 6x8 inch formats. Large folios were table ornaments, not easy to read in bed.
A courtroom quip from the Ohio State Journal notes a lawyer obtaining the winnings as well, leaving the client with nothing, highlighting attorney fees in a suit.
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