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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
4
The notice indicates the Freeland Pennsylvania Post Office is marked as second class matter for mailing purposes under official classification. It reflects standard mailing designation used for periodicals or community notices.
A suburban New York mother tells two children to pray for a new sibling, and the next day the father finds them kneeling and praying for goats as the family laughs at the mix up. The collection includes aphorisms from Clemens Eliot Lamb and others.
A playful dialogue aboard a creaking ship features a bold young woman and a grim captain. She quips about boxing a compass while he deflects with a remark that paddling a canoe is no gentler, as the vessel again groans through rough weather.
A varsity rower asks if LT should gain a faster stroke through lax training. The trainer candidly answers that a paralytic stroke would improve the crew, highlighting a blunt exchange from Tit-Bits.
A Detroit Free Press quote shows Ife defending lofty ideals while her father scolds her for aiming too high in choosing a spouse. The exchange ends with a wry remark about gratitude and envy attributed to a Globe digest item.
A witty exchange in Boston features a seven year old boy asked if he is seeking a nest. He replies he is classifying the tree as a botanical product, showcasing a playful clash of street curiosity and scholarly phrasing.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad offers a seashore excursion with stops at Atlantic City Cape May Sea Isle City and Ocean City. Tickets go on sale July 22 with return passage valid to August 1 on any train except the Black Diamond. Round trip from Freeland priced at $5. Consult ticket agents for details.
A New York Mail and Express piece notes hats as flowery and picturesque with streamers at the back. The cream straw afternoon hat features pink roses, a black velvet band, a gold buckle, and pink roses near the hair under the brim with black velvet loops and streamers trailing behind.
Material costs drive lining choices for white dresses with transparent fabrics. Modistes warn against cheap linings. adaptable yachting costumes feature etamine skirts and varied waist fabrics. Also noted are black and white foulard blouses with lace trims and fashionable lace neck yokes and silk stock neckwear trends.
Summer hats feature fruit and blossoms with currants as a favored accent. The harmonious tints include blue and mauve blended nicely and roses in many shades. A cendre gray is noted as a popular color choice.
An article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer outlines how a circus trainer develops a candidate horse. It emphasizes two qualifications kindness and perseverance, careful selection, and a progressive, humane training sequence that builds trust, teaches kneeling and standing, and accustoms the horse to rings, commands, and performances without harsh punishment.
A late Duke of Richmond cures a mischievous stable monkey by strapping him to a hunter in a red coat. The monkey’s ride ends with the animal nearly exhausted, refusing further mounts, as observers joke about a rider in a red jacket and the fox’s escape during the hunt.
A collage of short items from a period miscellany including a kindergarten anecdote where Fabio claims wool comes from wolves, quirky English shop signs in Japan, a mispronounced geography memory aid about mapigany, a naming mix up with Hewitt as Chopit, and a science note on latent heat illustrated by heating a nail.
A home craft note explains making a relief design on an eggshell by coating with tallow or fat then soaking in strong vinegar. The acid corrodes exposed shell, leaving a raised pattern. Also a quip from a child about growing too fast and a bath joke.
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