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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
Extracts from various sources discuss the river and harbor park bill with a $70 297 439 price tag, moral tests for candidates, and critiques of Elkin and Quay. The pieces criticize General Smith for the Samar killings and reflect on U S imperial actions in the Philippines and China, urging accountability and homecoming.
Washington correspondent recalls Major Alexander McDowell pulling coattails to curb speeches in a Quay era scene. The piece also sketches Secretary Root working hard for the war department and admitting he missed hearing a southern delegation's camp location due to focus on duties.
Miss Alice Morton, niece of former vice president Levi P. Morton, creates a mild sensation in Chicago by introducing a cane fashion. Her cane features a crooked head with a silver snake wrapped around it and emerald eyes, and she is a noted figure in New York and Gotham society.
An 1868 anecdote recalls Lord Charles Beresford entering the house of commons as a young prankster. A gouty veteran slept on a bench until a division bell rang. He misplaced a boot during a mischievous moment, later by chance discovering the missing boot beneath Beresford’s special seat.
The Neighborhood Workers, a new citywide alliance of settlement workers led by Robert Hunter, campaign against child labor in tenement districts. They cite cases of girls aged nine and eleven who work long hours in basement bag shops after school, earning 75 cents to $1.25 weekly while surviving on bread and coffee.
The British House of Commons debated trade union influence with a motion urging legislation to protect workers from Lords judgments. The amendment, backed by the Home Secretary and Attorney General, barely passed by a slim majority. Picketing rules were reinterpreted since 1901, and unions' power drew praise for restraining unruly workers while sparing productive harm, aligned with figures like Burt Bell and Ralph Young-Cor.
The Allied Printing Trades Council of Chicago urged unions to support theatres carrying the union printing label on programmes. After failing to unionize Monroe street printers, the committee found Clyde W Iley as a suitable facility to produce union label programmes, which was endorsed at the council meeting.
San Francisco mayor elected on an independent labor ticket faces sharp critique from the Building Trades Council over interference in a dispute among unions in the building trades including the Carpenters.
The New English Printing Trades Journal warns rushers and typesetting experts that visiting Boston to see wrecks of No. 13’s former Swifts would curb their urge to record.
Dennis Boyle of Hanover township was released from Carbon county jail after Attorney Thomas F. McLaughlin argued he only looked on. Co-defendants Morgan and Pretzman remain jailed in Mauch Chunk, each fined 100 dollars and sentenced to three months. The incident stemmed from a Memorial Day seine fish catch. new rules require permission and bond, and fish must be returned.
The East Stroudsburg state normal school in Monroe county on the D L and W railroad is finishing its ninth year with phenomenal growth. It boasts an alumni of over seven hundred, a new recitation building, its own electric light plant, and a home like environment. Fall term opens September 8 with room reservations already in progress.
The text advises organizing reading by choosing a few books in a field of interest and following a simple plan. It cautions against overambitious schemes and urges proactive selection of right books to read rather than passively taking what comes.
A western Kansas yarn from Colby describes a poker game where Logan county sheriff loses to Ellis county treasurer who has one eye and is clumsy with cards. After a big pot, the sheriff warns others not to raise cards from the floor or he will knock out the treasurer’s other eye.
A statistic states that among 100,000,000 sea travelers worldwide fifty die and among the same number traveling by rail forty seven are killed. The figures highlight higher danger at sea compared to rail travel.
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