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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
4
A Hazle Township school district warning describes a near bankrupt condition driven by bonded and wage debts. It blames the Taxpayers Association for reducing coal land assessments, pressures that harmed revenue and governance, and reports the board plans to restore director control free from assessment-parers influence.
Abe Lezotte, former Wilkes Barre Eastern league catcher, may be among Nood’s victims in the West while with the Peoria club. His wife lives in Wilkes Barre. Crescents advance athletic park work near town. Tigers scheduled to play Berwick tomorrow and Gloucester at Hazleton on Sunday. Kachel strengthens digestion with Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, sold by Grover’s City drug store.
A forthcoming fair at Laurytown almsheiee on the afternoon of four Thursdays in June, the 4th 11th 18th and 25th, aims to raise funds from sale of fancy articles to buy artificial limbs for Andrew O Donnell and Patrick McCole, each having lost a leg.
Annie Peglow of 3016 Missouri Avenue is asserted as the only woman pressman in the nation. For five years she has run two cylinder presses at Little & Becker Printing, after starting as a press feeder twenty years ago. She is in the Pressmen’s Union No. 6 and helped amend the International constitution to admit her.
Plain women have long inspired admiration and ruled through enduring qualities rather than mere beauty. The piece argues plain women are often cleverer than pretty ones, notes how mothers should dress up at home to please family, especially children and the father, whose love is genuine and steadfast.
A note on the latest effort to simplify domestic tasks highlights favoring sun dried underwear towels and beds. The movement emphasizes fewer chores and more natural methods in household routines.
The article explains that modern chemists recommend sun drying clothes instead of ironing or rough drying. Fresh sunned air is healthier and, since air is a poor heat conductor, sun dried garments retain more air and offer better protection per weight than ironed undergarments.
The article advises how to dress to match complexion. It notes brunettes suit cream, florid complexions glow in plum heliotrope or dove gray, blondes appear younger in dead black materials, brunettes need satin or glossy silk for black, and neutral complexions with blue gray eyes look best in blue gray and blue shades.
The text argues that neat attire defines a well groomed girl. Attention to torn facings, ripped bindings, spotted garments, loose buttons, open plackets, untidy gloves, and unpolished shoes signals poor impression. Proper dress boosts mind and bearing, offering a poise unmatched by shabby appearance. A keen observer notes that feeling well dressed brings happiness beyond religious solace.
A midcentury domestic advice piece counsels against drudgery in women’s duties and culture of temper. It offers airing bed techniques with chairs by windows and lists uses for linen toweling and a burnable kitchen mat made from layered newspapers for practical home care.
An old clipping offers home repair tips such as fixing curtain holes with a patch from a border piece dipped in cold Klazed and ironed. It notes 54 German cities have women societies watching railway stations to aid traveling girls with lodging and work. It mentions vogue gold framed mirrors as substitutes for pictures and asserts women should improve physically, mentally, and intellectually and can gain a good carriage by care and practice.
Wolf von Schierbrand recalls his Berlin stint as AP correspondent and a row over quoting Caprivi. He explains the continental code against revealing informants and describes the resulting scorn and career hurdles from naming names in reports.
Naturalist Charles Frederick Stansbury explains baby oysters cling to odd objects on the deep floor forming sets. They attach to old boats crates bricks and even corsets as foundations. Growth begins with the bill pointed upward and shells later host algae sea flora and nearby dogwinkles attaching eggs to the oyster shell.
A poetic reflection on the solemnity of taps over a fallen soldier. The author recalls how battlefield burial rituals, church ceremonies, and Grand Army of the Republic gatherings fade beside the simple bugle notes. The extracts evoke tears, memories, and farewell.
An advertisement claims DeWitt's Little Early Risers are not harsh purgatives and will ease constipation without gripe or sickness. Endorsed by W H Howell of Houston Texas and Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana, the pill is praised for mild, effective relief. A joke exchange about wealth follows in the page.
A light anecdotal note references a man who doted on Alice and would have married her if not for her mother. The mother is described as more attractive, shaping the romantic outcome. The piece also mentions a remark on temper and judgment, and a quick nod to attractive hammocks at Birkbeck's.
Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is promoted as a universal cure for kidney and bladder diseases rheumatism and female weaknesses. A free trial bottle is offered by mail to prove its rapid relief claims while a bank report fragment appears as an unrelated ad insert about Citizens' Bank of Freeland showing assets and loans.
June 13 event under St Anthony's Italian and Tyrolese Catholic chapel at Krell's hall. Admission 25 cents. Proceeds support chapel activities. Local residents invited to attend.
An advertisement urges readers to take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for stomach troubles. It claims nourishment depends on a healthy stomach and promotes the product sold by Glover's City drug store.
Advertisement touts Kodol as universal digestant curing indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims normal digestion, pleasure in meals, full nutrient absorption, and tonic rebuilding powers. Sold in bottles for one dollar. Grover's City Drug Store distributes.
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