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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1902
Page
4
Notice for post office handling at Freeland Pennsylvania states all money orders and checks should be made payable to the Tribune Printing Company Limited as second class matter designation.
A short guide explains making a decorative handy footstool from any sturdy wooden box about eight inches high. It describes lining the interior, adding a con ventional design, staining, topping with a padded lid, brocade cover, copper fittings, and ribbon accents so shoes and footstool stay together at hand.
A short note extols home grown physical culture methods from Yankee farmhouses. Washing dishes or wiping them develops joint suppleness, with an elbow motion in wiping. Folding counterpanes and sheets stretches the body, improving posture and symmetry, while cautioning not to overdo the exercises.
An Omaha and Winnebago Indian meeting on their reservation formed a relic trust. Great Thunder, a Winnebago financier who makes bows and arrows, was elected president. Directors include Green Rainbow, Prairie Chicken, and John A. Logan. All tribe members will follow lenders on prices of Indian goods.
Lehigh Valley Railroad offers round trip tickets at one way fare for summer conventions in Colorado and the Pacific coast with liberal limits. Dates available from any LV agent or by writing Chas. S. Lee, general passenger agent, 26 Cortlandt Street, New York.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces a round trip fare of 8.55 from Freeland for Independence Day travel. Tickets go on sale July 3 and 4, return valid through July 6, on any train except the Black Diamond Express. See agents for details.
Special correspondence surveys lavish House baths in the capitol sub basement funded by taxpayers with porcelain tubs and Italian marble, plus Thomas F. Walsh building a costly west end mansion. It covers Walshs plans near Massachusetts avenue, Fourteenth and G streets, fireproof brick granite walls, and a $500,000 price tag. It also reports a $15 old government money order trace by clerks and Jimmie Garfield’s desk heritage on the civil service commission.
A writer in the American Cultivator stresses seed choice as crucial for good crops. Local adaptation, climate, and soil dictate suitable varieties. Seed selection improves crops like corn, with reliable varieties kept through careful breeding. Peach thinning boosts fruit quality and price, timing in June or July varies by region. Jane drop awareness and field lessons for country schools are suggested.
An agricultural note cites Hoard's Dairyman on fertility gains from dairy over wheat. It states that selling wheat removes seven dollars of soil fertility per ton whereas butter sales remove only fifty cents, implying long term soil benefits. It cautions parents about poisonous plants after four Ohio boys ingested wild parsnip, one dead and others critically ill.
Tobacco growers express pleasure at renewed rivalry between American Tobacco and Imperial companies. English rivals plan factories in North Carolina and Virginia to challenge the trust, with two NC and one VA factories to be built. The result is touted as benefiting tobacco growers nationwide.
The article states that tapeworm infection is widespread among sheep on the range this spring. Affected animals appear pale and emaciated, with poor fleece, unsteady gait, increased appetite, and digestive failure leading to diarrhea and often death from starvation.
Plant tomato vines along the garden fence to speed ripening with extra heat. Use a three-quarter inch wire staple and a hammer to fasten, converting an unsightly fence into usable space and covering waste ground.
A portrait of womanhood in aphorisms notes the pride in friends and envy of enemies. It discusses how women say yes when meaning no and wonders if happiness comes from joy or misery. A tired woman seeks solace in a long, refreshing conversation.
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