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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1902
Page
2
A historical discussion notes that the Philadelphia clay deposit could gild all city buildings and compares gold abundance worldwide. It argues that improved mining methods and power drills will reduce costs, predicting future gold yields may exceed 500 million dollars per year within two decades, depending on labor prices and ore profits.
King Oscar of Sweden holds a life saving medal while Denver mayor Crane invents a rotary ore working machine for gold mines. W W Astor funds a university professorship in London. Jacob A Bill would decline Danish West Indies governor post unless Roosevelt insists. Senator Hanna retains the pen used to certify the McKinley Tariff. Gong Gee, a Chinese electrician, plans an electricity book in Chinese. Sir Henry Strong of Canada plans September retirement. Taschereau to be promoted. Dr Heyman denies Kruger health concerns. Colonel Mosby in Colorado guarding public lands. James Parker Trall resigns to join Chicago University law department.
Mrs William Taylor of Stone Coal creek near Weston found strychnine placed in her well bucket suggesting a poisoning attempt. In Sisterville two capitalists Henry W McCoy and E A Durham plan a three story brick I O O F temple on Wells street site they recently bought. A new bank with 25000 capital is to be established in Martinsburg.
A compact reflection by Kathryn Murray laments petty words and small deeds that wound trust. The verse urges gentle speech and kind acts to banish sorrow, noting little kindness grows into warmth, while cruel deeds darken days and linger in hearts.
In Hoke County Pimly, Pete Jebson wed Sophie Grant and moved onto Grants west eighty. Laughed at as lazy and daffy, Pete secretly begins farming with a shop and plans a well. Neighbors doubt him while Grant probes Pete about leasing more land, fearing his son in law’s eccentric plan may ruin Sophie’s future.
In Pimly a rumor of gas under every foot of ground ignites rival farmers’ envy and schemes. Peter Jebson promotes gas leases, draws backlash from neighbors, and stages a dramatic gas powered firework exhibition to prove his claim while others push to cash in before his finances fail. John H. Raftery reports from the Chicago Record-Herald.
In efforts to improve villages cleanliness leads the way with clean streets and private premises. Eliminating nuisance piles and litter boosts order and public respect, while anti litter agitation and posted notices have reduced public depredations and raised health awareness.
The essay argues that the newspaper trade creates wide curiosity and partial knowledge of many pursuits. It notes that once a journalist, one tends to avoid mercantile or manufacturing paths, preferring the expansive, unfixed nature of country journalism over being chained to a single trade.
A collection of oddities: a missing banker treasure, a Prussian beard wager, a London leg accident revealing coins, paraffin nose surgery in Austria, a mummified London Bridge parcel, a Malabar whistling language, and a Kongo drum drum-language used on special occasions.
Describes Navajo sand paintings as sacred rites. Sand carried in blankets, fire removed, pigments from sandstone and charcoal used. Colors yellow red white black grayish blue. Gods and goddesses depicted with rattle and pinon. Rituals involve sprinkling sacred meat and water, rain symbolism, and post ceremony rubbing sand on body. Paintings start at sunrise and end late, with rapid artist execution.
Montenegro plans a 700 mile narrow gauge railway to the Servian border under a concession to a syndicate. Survey work is reportedly complete and construction may start soon. The bill collector notes no desire to reside in the land of promise.
California Senator Perkins recalls chasing access to King Oscar while aboard the Luna from New Orleans to Sweden. He and an English sailor were halted by gendarmes but recognized by a party member who revealed the monarch's presence. The King guided them through the palace, and years later Perkins met the same sailor on a California yacht, reconnecting amid his governorship.
The article notes Chinese soldiers display remarkable aptitude in drill and close rank maneuvers, modeled on German methods. Standards, tiger drill fencing, and disciplined parade form dominate, while officers largely ignore battlefield tactics and direct from armchairs in the drill camp.
River Mass residents report gray and black squirrels venturing into city streets and accepting food from dogs after strong local protection. An expert notes red squirrels and chipmunks relentlessly prey on larger species, keeping gray and black varieties scarce as the animals lack defense.
English physician Dr. A Wynter Blyth imagines a subterranean London city with perpetual summer, chalk sky, no rain or frost, and dry pine-ozonized air. meanwhile an automobile truck with dual motors moves iron safes in a building and court language in England is noted to carry a German accent.
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