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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
4
The Philadelphia Press argues the coming week marks a pivotal step in the anthracite strike. Railroads, owning mines and controlling transport, bear public obligations beyond private interests and must consider concessions to avoid collision, while keeping the public peace and honesty in reporting the union’s responses.
Quotes from Her Royal Highness Woman about marriage offer socratic wit on courtship and husband roles. The piece cites cautions against marrying richer or taller partners, urges manly restraint with collars and sleep, and recounts Bismarck's champagne anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post with a diplomat claiming 20,000 bottles.
A Kensington Sunday school teacher Miss Frisbee, famed for rich auburn hair, is pressured to sing after a rector announces a hymn. The precocious class youth quips the minister told her to sing, and she faints, needing smelling salts to recover.
Clarendon notes by The B Schoolmaster contrast choleric men with quiet natures. He argues angry individuals are like storms and tempests, while calm people are like air weather, welcomed and reconciliatory, gaining goodwill and peace despite tight fortune.
A critic praises M de Vendome for founding the French army in Italy and sending a youthful envoy to report victory at Suazara. The scene includes the king, the Duchess of Burgundy laughing at the tale, and a quip about describing battles. The second excerpt notes that fear arises from belief, not the thing itself, as a man comes close to death yet remains unfazed by danger until an empty sound unsettles him.
In Philadelphia Press chatter, Mrs Youngwife asks for plain chicken salad and is surprised to hear heads were removed. Dealer confirms, sparking a brief exchange about how the salad should be prepared.
A witty quip puns on Mrs Muggins and Mrs Wigwag in public life and notes Mrs Buggins active in sixteen clubs. A farfetched claim imagines the United States and possessions including Europe except Russia banished to Siberia with land for thirty five Connecticut-like states.
A discussion of how overwork and emotional strain exhaust the body like a machine, causing blues and melancholia after heavy exertion or drinking. It notes selfish impact on families, suggests solitary walks or cheerfully partnered company, and praises a patient wife for restoring cheer. Also observes travelers reading signboards for amusement with varied examples.
A Clyde ferry incident ends with a dandified Englishman falling overboard as ferrymen struggle to rescue him. He loses his wig and shirt collar in the attempt, while a neighboring note mentions Chinese women in cities repairing clothing through needle craft skills.
The phrase “knocked into a cocked hat” traces to bowls with three pins arranged as a triangle. In tenpin bowling, if only the three corner pins remain standing, the set is said to be knocked into a cocked hat, thus losing the main body or purpose.
An English sailor watches a Chinese man place rice by a grave. The sailor asks when the friend will come to eat it. The Chinese man replies with a sharp retort about the sailor waiting for his friend to smell flowers.
A humorous ethics snippet shows a woman torn between two lovers and an old woman’s blunt counsel. The old lady suggests securing both suitors’ affection and waiting for one to die to guarantee loyalty, reflecting tongue in cheek Victorian era wit.
A Delicate Point recalls Scaddington and his wife amid sharp talk. The exchange notes he began as a bootblack and rose, while one speaker jokes about his father’s potential reaction to a request. The snippet mentions A Oswald and the Elysian extracts agency and urges trying the fine goods.
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