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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
3
Curious fortuitous wood forms grow as trees in the Falkland Islands where winds prevent upright growth. The so called living stones are root anchored and resemble mossy bowlders. Despite their odd shapes no grain is visible and the wood is hard to mill for fuel.
The Canadian census bulletin reports on agriculture across Alberta Assiniboia and Saskatchewan within the Northwest territories. It notes 190 968 117 acres total with 6 569 004 acres farmed and 76 99 percent unimproved. Field crops cover 53 percent of improved land and butter production has nearly doubled with ten new factories.
An eclectic page of early 20th century medical ads touts Dr. Kline’s Great Arve Restorer, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Allen’s Foot-Ease, and various tonics. Testimonials claim cures for catarrh, coughs, colds, swollen feet, and general infirmities, with prices and distributor notes across Toledo and Philadelphia.
A silver cigarette holder case, struck by a bullet at 1200 yards, was added to the Royal United Service Institution collection. The shot hit the officer’s pocket along with a sovereign purse and the case, yet he felt no pain or awareness of being struck at the time.
A New Yorker explains a BC Indian method for deer hunts that relies on coordinated group drives. Teams of six to twelve split valley ends and work along the mountain slope, using wind shelter and synchronized pursuit to herd deer to a central kill. This efficient system reduces effort while supplying meat for weeks.
Cosmopolitan reports a duchess lauding an Ardennes sanatorium cure for cold hands and feet. The single building has few windows and open walls. patients sleep with exposed extremities while winds circulate warmth.
European hotels trial paper slippers for guests to wear on arrival. Made entirely of paper with pasteboard soles, they come in various grades from brown straw to high quality white paper. Hospitals and public institutions may adopt the idea to reduce contagion, as slippers can be discarded after use. The Northern of France Railway plans wireless telegraphy on its Dover Calais cross channel steamers.
In letters from users across St. Louis Aspen and nearby towns, Doan's Kidney Pills are praised for back pain relief, urinary issues, and overall well being. Testimonies describe quicker relief, renewed energy, and cured or improved symptoms after samples or full courses.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the pelvic organs, linked to infertility. It quotes a Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho saying it helped her conceive a 10 pound baby after years of barrenness and asserts many grateful letters support the claim.
A letter from Mrs. E. E. Thomas of Alpha Missouri extols Peruna and Manalin for curing la grippe and a baby, claiming dramatic personal improvement after years of illness. She credits the remedy with strength gains, successful childbirth, and household recovery, urging others to seek Dr Hartman’s advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
Expert reports point to a rich Alaska placer district likely to flood markets with gold for a decade. An Anglo American syndicate reportedly controls the mines, with Rothschild representation. If the gravel yields average two dollars per cubic yard, annual output could reach about fifty million dollars for ten years, with low extraction costs.
The article notes Swedish wedding rites where the groom receives a prayerbook and gifts including a goose, and the bride gives a shirt he keeps but never wears again in life. It is buried with him, with some Swedes believing in bodily and betrothal shirt resurrection. A widower must destroy the bridal shirt before a second marriage.
A physicist, Prof. R. W. Wood, reports a screen that passes ultra violet while cutting out all visible and other rays. By combining nitrosodimethyl aniline with cobalt glass, he achieves a spectrum thirty times broader than ordinary quartz. The finding holds high scientific value after decades of search.
The Marine Hospital Service under General Wyman issues circulars to assistant surgeons at ports receiving fruit from South America and the West Indies to stop yellow fever via mosquitoes. Washington authorities drain or oil stagnant water, require property owners to eliminate standing water, and mandate physicians to report malaria cases to locate mosquito colonies.
The potato planter automates sowing by delivering seed potatoes, cutting, and separating eyes, then planting portions with precise spacing, covering, fertilizing, and tucking in each nascent plant, advancing methodically down the row with mathematical precision.
Chester reports from Budapest that the Hungarian State railways have extended the railway zone with stopover privileges. Passengers must obtain a certificate from the conductor of the first train and American tourists should avoid buying old Hungarian coupons from West European offices that lack stop over validity.
An automatic umbrella vending device with a glass front is shown in England. Shoppers insert two shillings to access a fan shaped compartment. The London Engineer notes frequent failures may cause trouble. Also Scotland acquires 456 acres at Blairgowrie to test Irish style small holdings, focusing on fruit growing and poultry.
Mrs. Josie Irwin of Nashville endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female diseases. She notes unprecedented demand across the nation and receives thousands of letters from grateful women claiming cures. Mrs. Pinkham invites women to write for free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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