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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
3
Old hunter Stribling lives near the San Antonio River and stalks a wild gobbler perched on a tall cypress. He fires a 44 caliber rifle from his gallery twice, fails to move the bird, and watches as the turkey sails away over the river in calm morning air.
Rear Admiral Robby D. Evans recalls a deadly cabin incident during Cervera's fleet battle. A 400 pound steel hatch slung loose crushed his shoulder but doctors saved him. he contemplates survival and the hope of finishing his book.
United States Consular Agent Harris reports Palestine shows steady signs of growth over a decade led by German initiative. German colonists merchants and horticulturists are awakening the Levant with a Jerusalem bank and Yafa branch handling large sums, Dead Sea boats and new routes linking Jerusalem Kerak. The Bagdad railroad and potential phosphate development promise broader markets and tourist access. Palestine’s current exports include wheat barley dates oil wine nuts figs apples peaches pears pomegranates apricots citrus almonds cucumbers lettuce onions artichokes and tobacco with new European vegetables entering.
Harper's Weekly notes a London sale where paintings measured by the square inch fetched 30 cents to 1.26 dollars, citing Christie’s auctions of works by T. S. Cooper and others. The piece humorously bets on value by size, comparing canvases to livestock and imagining prices for famous works if sold by area.
A historical note explains the decline of full-blooded Indian babies as intermarriage with white or mixed-blood individuals rises. It cites about 3,000 full-blooded children among 20 tribes, with over 20,000 children carrying white blood, living on far southwest reservations, and growing robust despite harsh conditions.
A cable from Tenerife reports the old Italian brig Anita S arriving after a remarkably long 205 day voyage from Brazil to Baltimore. Condemned as unseaworthy, she will be sold for scraps and broken up for firewood, ending a famed era as a square rigged vessel guided by a tiller and nicknamed the Sea Snail.
The passage portrays gauchos as dark-eyed, swarthy, and slender, blending Gypsy and Moorish traits with Indiana blood once tied to the pampa. It notes Spanish influence yet insists the gaucho remains non Spaniard, as the pampa shines through in his gaze, voice, dress, and manners, and the wilderness teaches him a distinctive wisdom.
Engravers completed a Roosevelt vignette to serve as the official picture. After his death it may appear on government money or securities, but not before. The image was chosen from the best photo of the president after reviewing ten years of photographs.
Advert reads Vogeler's Curative Compound treats stomach indigestion, claiming wide efficacy. Customer testimonial from W Bowell of Winchester Cal praises lasting benefit. St Jacob's Oil, Ltd. offers free sample via Baltimore address.
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