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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
2
New Jersey spent ten thousand dollars on a mosquito investigation but the effort has not produced a method to punish offenders. The report notes little progress toward accountability despite the costly inquiry.
American Medicine urges cheap disinfection for paper money to curb contagion from smallpox and other diseases. Banks and small shops struggle to disinfect money. advocates Washington redemption notes and English practices. National Magazine data show inter state migration, with New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois each at a million movers. Vermont leads proportionally in outmigration. Illinois gains population, while many New England and Atlantic Coast states show losses. West of the Mississippi, states generally gain.
English climber Sir W Martin Conway touring Albemarle rejects tales of giants in Patagonia. He describes Patagonians as large and fat compared to other South American natives, weathered by cold and dirt. He warns travelers against dirt in Patagonia, calling it one of the dirtiest places and advising against going there.
From photographs and measurements of a waterspout Professor Bigelow estimates the rotation at the sea surface reached 354 miles per hour nearly six miles a minute, indicating extreme surface wind speeds.
The National Glass Company will upgrade its Fairmont factory with three tempering furnaces and other improvements. Wilbur Copen was found guilty of second degree murder in the 1900 Ernest Haines shooting case in Charleston. Lonnie Merrick, 16, died after being struck by a falling object at Chilton facility.
A Missouri judge recalls a Pennsylvania murder case where a wrongfully accused man, Harry Winter, seemed doomed until a phantom warning from the balcony revealed a hoax. A rugged gang exploited confessions, with a ventriloquist captain and dead mother driving the ruse from beyond the grave.
Bridget, green as shamrock, is described as a priceless gem to the Bander household. One Thursday evening Mrs Bander finds Bridget preparing for a next day dinner, wearing best finery and hairpins, as her sister hints at a social visit and a planned display of appearances.
The Minels Central Railroad plans a vast tree program, planting over 200000 catalpa trees across its system within five to six years to yield future lumber for cross ties. Trees will be placed along rights of way, around warehouses, and at suitable spots, with a private firm contracted to plant and agents surveying optimal locations. Scarcity of timber for ties drives the project, as railroad officials have faced past timber sizing difficulties.
Crisfield correspondent Stephen G. McCready shares a history of the Chesapeake Bay boat known as the bug eye. Captain Clement Sterling built the first large craft by extending a log canoe, naming it after jokes from passing captains. The bugeye became a popular oystering vessel in Somerset County, with around 100 new boats built annually, priced around 1200 dollars and built from the finest logs.
A Washington Star item profiles Carl Herman Braatz known as Sinnie the God Samaritan. For about twenty years he has wandered downtown from 10 to 1 each night aiding intoxicated and homeless individuals, taking them to the Central Union Mission, feeding them, and helping them find work. Braatz, a former hutter for George Bancroft, received a $400 annuity after Bancroft’s death, with half sent yearly to assist the poor. Born in Prussia, he continues his nightly vigil to ensure others sleep comfortably.
Travelers learn from Bearner shepherds why they shun modern clocks. They use solar time by shadow on carved pillar grooves, claiming sun positions mark the hour sufficiently for daily life, though minute details remain beyond their reach.
Forests cover an estimated 20 to 40 million acres but remain inaccessible due to lack of roads. Over 600 tree species have been cataloged, with some trees reaching 150 feet and yielding gum rubber gutta-percha dyes oils tan-bark textile substances medicines and timber.
London Traveler describes Russian pilgrims at Epiphany on the River Jordan. Slav peasants travel from Jericho with haversacks to witness the baptismal rite, buy sacred souvenirs, and bathe in the Jordan, leaving muddy, weary but joyful as they press toward Jerusalem.
In a Macleod Gazette letter signed Wyoming Bill, John Nolan and half-breeds near Red Deer and South Saskatchewan kill eleven buffalo, including a massive bull. The bull’s head ends up with J Grant in Red Deer and a second head with Dr. George of Innisfail. The piece notes the last buffalo killed in the territories and laments dwindling game as plains wildlife declines across Alberta and the wider prairie region.
The text describes severe customs where Hindu families murder newborn daughters or poison girls at age 12 to evade laws. It notes Rajputs and Trindus as high birth groups responsible, cites 1840 Allahabad and Agra data, and mentions Brahmin Kulins arranging multiple marriages for payment. It ends with a remark on quiet or whispered activity in a sickroom.
A recount of George Washington riding a fourteen mile four in hand coach in Manhattan. Describes the English built coach arriving in New York in 178? with cream and gilt details and four seasonal panel images. Notes the city’s later changes from Federal Hall to Broadway and Central Park.
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