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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
4
The article lists various home remedies and folk cures for ailments such as asthma a bad cough indigestion corns neuralgia and wounds. Remedies include watercress honey olive oil wine and salt water baths onion plasters pine turpentine as a corn plaster and collodion treated wounds with carbolic solution.
A German doctor, cited by the Lady, claims long experiments prove sleeping with the head below the feet and pillows under the feet cures insomnia and nightmares. He says this reversal improves the nervous system and benefits lung and kidney troubles, urging a shift from traditional bed layouts.
A Philadelphia woman earns 5000 dollars yearly by managing four large Rittenhouse square homes. Each month, a fixed sum from each house is deposited to her bank account from which she buys supplies in bulk, then returns the balance with an itemized account. She convenes weekly with housekeepers, visits each home, inspects larder stock, and plans menus for receptions and balls, handling every detail of events.
The piece extols laughter as healthy, Muscle building and lung developing for girls and boys. Dunmar can be cultivated in a girl's mind without compromising dignity. It praises humor that views life with a twinkle, easing daily burdens like child rearing and social duties, urging women to embrace the bright side of life and subscribe for the TAMU NE.
Edward Beaupre of Chicago lifts a horse, Major Walter McCaw will attend a hygiene and demonology congress in Brussels, Bessie Johnson becomes Cleveland children court probation officer, W S Jackson elected president of the National Society for the Scientific Study of Education, Harrison Simrull owns Henry Clay razors box, Sheridan home in Washington sold for 55000, Sir George White rises to field marshal, Waldteufel remains prolific at eighty, Charles Eaton cultivates a tropical garden near Santa Barbara, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe becomes a great-grandmother, Pasteur clarified disease as fermentation caused by microbes and hydrophobia cures spread his fame.
Maire parasols are in good form this year with round new skirts and tall gowns without trains. Orchid mauve sea green and tea rose pink appear on spring hats from Paris. The favorite hat features a flat round shape with a rose wreath and ribbon loops. Silk gloves debut in luxe embroidery with lace insets. Lace and net dresses in black and white lack linings to show silk skirts. Basket woven wools in two color combos, rose with stem green, champagne with sea green and blue with white and gun metal gray, headline the season.
George Ade plans A Country Chairman. Eugen Sandow top vaudeville earner. Studley Bostonians' leader studied for ministry. Hobart Bosworth leads with Henrietta Crosman. London summer with Williams and Walker. Mrs Langtry writing life of Mars. Willie Collier has Personal. Weber Fields to manage. Carroll Johnson joins Lew Dockstader’s minstrel. Annie Irish to rehearsal as Iras in Ben-Hur revived in September.
A compilation of brief maxims and reflections by Doardman Shelley Beecher Bailey South Howson and others on morality, self-awareness, kindness, mercy, and personal responsibility. The quotes urge self-improvement, compassion, and diligent cultivation of an honest mind.
A historical roster notes major generals under Washington during the Revolutionary War. It lists lifespans and deaths from 1786 to 1834, with details on postwar roles such as Knox and Lincoln as secretary of war, Schuyler in Congress and Senate, Moultrie and Mifflin as governors or congressmen, and prices paid to Baron de Steuben by Congress in 1790. It also records Stark pensioned in 1822 and Steuben land grants.
The text recounts the first use of chloroform tied to Dr. Simpson and colleagues in Edinburgh in November 1847. It mentions a doctor’s child named Anesthesia as Russia’s first vaccinated child, and notes the initial public trial of chloroform at Edinburgh Infirmary eleven days later.
J A Hart describes Spanish fashion in detail noting men wear heavy cloaks lined with multicolor plush and often with pointed hoods. Cloaks wrapped around throats mouths and even heads are common with mufflers bound around a head exposing only one ear eye and nostril in some cases.
In Lanark Scotland the ancient Whuppity Scoorte custom is celebrated yearly with crowds watching. The town bell rings nightly from March to September. On the first night youths gather at the cross and parade the parish church three times before a free fight between Lanark and New Lanark lads using caps tied to strings as weapons.
John Dwyer of Brooklyn, once a top American welterweight, left boxing for a counting room job and died within a year from tuberculosis. The big lungs that aided his fighting power faded in the counting room, leading to degeneration and a weak defense against the disease.
A Baltimore News humorous exchange shows plotting a home surprise for John with a towel head disguise to keep him away. The dialogue shifts to a love triangle where He asks about an engagement ring and the woman notes George would not object to her wearing it.
A Chicago Post item notes a man was thrown from a streetcar and may not know the extent of injuries as a damages suit proceeds. The jury remains out on verdict. The Atchison Globe adds a reflective line urging readers to think over their complaints.
Mrs Helen T Hogan of Braddock Pennsylvania says she has suffered asthma and hay fever most of her life. After starting Father John’s Medicine in December she has not had an attack and calls it the best medicine she has ever taken. Signed statement from 352 Willow St Braddock.
June 22 and 23 annual school entertainments at the Grand opera house with admission 15 25 and 35 cents. June 25 commencement at the Grand opera house for Freeland High school tickets 10 and 15 cents. July 1 Good Wills Athletic Association picnic at Public park. July 4 parade and picnic under Citizens Hose Company at Public park. Ladies invited. promotions for laxative ads and beauty tips follow.
A scarlet skull with a long pin on a bottle cork is urged as a clear danger sign. The author argues every container not for internal use should bear such a label to prevent accidental ingestion by careless household members.
Ainslee's cites Thackeray declaring thirty two as the Venus of Milo age, the moment of perfect bloom for a woman. The writer argues that from thirty two to forty are the years when she is most apt to feel and inspire great love.
Patent medicine promotion claims Kodel Gives Strength by aiding digestion assimilation and transformation of wholesome food into blood that nourishes nerves tissues and muscles. Advertises Kodel Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion dyspepsia catarrh of the stomach and stomach disorders sold by Grover's City drug store.
A group of auditors sworn to law certify the financial condition of the Lomanly school district as just and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. The statement reflects the township of Foster Luzerne County Pennsylvania and the auditors’ affirmation.
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