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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
2
A fragmented Freeland Tribune page includes subscription notes and rates, local and British tidbits, a legal question about a motorized carriage, remarks on shipping and fuel, a sermon anecdote from Moody, and a Harrison county man sentenced to two years for stoning a passenger, reflecting a mosaic of 19th century items.
A San Francisco Examiner poem recalls the Fool of a king and four merry wights, tracing jokes from ancient courts to modern times. It notes how laughter endures yet the world’s pain persists, ending with the ghost of blessings not to return.
In a foggy evening scene at a red brick house, two pale twin sisters Eda and Ella Carr arrive as aunt Mrs. Medlaw dismisses them, insisting they must earn their salt. She offers chores at eight dollars a month or nine as a waitress at the boarding house, but the sisters resist and consider their options.
Eda and Ella Carr, seeking aid, agree to a forclose mortgage plan that opens a small thread and needle shop. They sell wares, learn the trade, and attract customers as a tall, helpful young foreman from a great daily paper orders shirt buttons to be sewn. AMrs Martigny offers Ella a five hundred a year position reading to her and tending canaries, if she agrees to a companion role.
Ella plans to marry Mr. Lessner, buy Aunt Medlaw’s thread and needle shop, and have Eda as her companion. Eda’s admiration for Oswald Grey grows, while Mrs. Medlaw laments loneliness as the store changes hands and lessons in courtship unfold.
United States mountain guns in use for the Philippines receive a new shell named double common shell weighing twenty pounds, with an incendiary chemical mix that forms blazing stars on burst to ignite woodwork. A night shrapnel shell with illuminating stars is also designed, enabling large ground illumination to locate enemies.
A Richmond Indiana incident details a city misidentifying a tree owner, leading to costly removals and potential damages. Separately the New York Sun reports on Mormon elders quietly converting European domestic workers, swelling Utah-bound labor migrants and altering the domestic service market.
A collection excerpt contrasts So bieski and Stuart’s Highlands wildlife writing with a vivid doe and kids encounter. It also recalls Count Tolstoi’s family life with a gimlet tale of a music party where boys improvise an honest protest about a singer.
A figure suggests 4 billion dollars worth of gold and jewels lie at the seabed along the route between England and India. The estimate reflects vast wealth lost or hidden beneath waves and fuels speculation about treasure recovery chances.
A collage of joking lines from 19th century papers shows jokes about superstition in travel, marital teasing, fashion misreads, fossils as aging quips, and politeness costs in business. The pieces showcase punchy one liners attributed to Elliott, Indianapolis Journal, Chicago Record, Judge, and Philadelphia Press.
A collage of quips and cartoons from New York Journal Chicago Tribune Tit-Bita Ohio State Journal Jersey City Partner Washington Star and Collier's Weekly featuring lines about slippers limited words money counterfeit notes hatters and a Sunday school trust test.
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