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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
2
The verse asks how one faced hardship not by being hurt or lost but by the courage shown. It proclaims that falling short matters less than the fight and motive. Death is irrelevant. the key is how one faced adversity with resolve and dignity.
In a school tale, Tom Lawton defies the bell rule, stays after for punishment, and faces a polite, exacting new teacher who tests his resolve. Recess distractions tempt Tom, while fellow pupils and a sympathetic crowd observe the tension and small, lingering moments of discipline.
A stern yet caring teacher keeps Tom Lawton after class to retrieve a fishing rod. The lesson ends in a heartening fishing trip and playful wrestling that strengthens their bond, culminating in supper and plans for future outings. The New York Times reports a tale of mentorship and friendship.
A Russian charitable association sent traveling oculists to aid the poor. In three months at Harrofskeh and Vladivostock, 504 people received free eye care and 164 eye operations were performed. A French physician uses suction to remove foreign bodies from the ear with a soft rubber tube.
The Philadelphia Telegraph describes a society woman's elaborate beauty routine. Muscles around the mouth, care with cold cream, and warm skin prep are noted, followed by bathing, massage, manicuring, enameling, steaming, electricity, makeup, and hairstyling to achieve a youthful social conquest ready appearance.
Bracelets shaped like finger rings arrive with heavy antique gold chasings and medallion settings. They resemble heirloom broad bracelets, featuring lozenge medallions, cameos, enamel, coral mounts in antique silver, and stones set like Turkish princess anklets. They appear massive yet quaint, making slen der arms look plumper and overfat arms look shapely due to their weight.
In Harper's Bazar Margaret Deland notes how a devoted aunt manages children through patient guidance. She enforces manners and order while preparing the scene for the evening, washing faces, grabbing mittens, and tidying after the play. The aunt endures the day, content yet weary, glad she fulfilled her maternal duties.
A fragment describes women’s ease and grace, noting most struggle with simple tasks like picking up a handkerchief or climbing stairs. It contrasts typical women with those rare individuals who move with calm, unfluttered ease and poise, leaving a lasting impression.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes a woman shedding years as Path er Time seems to tighten its grip. It describes her lithe figure, quick movements, and revitalized vitality, challenging old beliefs that forty or fifty mark old age.
King Edward awards decorations at the durbar with Lady Curzon leading the list. Carmen Silva, a poet and sharp typewriter operator, features among prominent women. Mrs. A. Lloyd Smith spearheads a Willapa Harbor oyster company. Julia Ward Howe recalls her Battle Hymn era as she sees grandchild joy. Lancashire Cheshire factories push a women’s franchise petition. a York Pa forecaster marks 16 years at the station. A Prague scholar nun wows professors, and a Moravis native shines. A Finnish newspaper woman in Calumet plans a women’s stock company selling to female shareholders.
The era’s latest millinery trends feature metal printed chalices, small flower embellishments, and upper brim upturns. Trimmings include cart wheel rosettes, pine cone edges, and ribbons on chic frocks. Fabrics such as grenadines, voiles, and Swiss mohair shine with light, sheer textures and subtle metallic shimmer.
In South Boston a woman who owned and controlled a chain of nine weekly papers rose from nineteen year old hires to lead. She employs only young women, trains them as reporters, and signs editorials herself. Her modern venture blends general and women’s interests.
A fragment from Nettie Seeley Murphy quotes a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin contribution lampooning gender roles. It contrasts views on women and men, noting women as divine individually yet bore as a sex, and jokes about divorce and hypocrisy in male and female behavior.
Leslie's Weekly reports that after decades inland, Vicksburg Mississippi regained river access when a new canal redirected the Mississippi flow to the old axis, restoring navigable water to the city. The event spurred renewed traffic and local rejoicing as trade revived.
A collection of proverbs and reflections on wisdom, virtue, life, and human nature. Notable quotes include German sayings on tears and truth, Bancroft on public wisdom, Schlegel on literature, and Mill on imitation. The passages praise discipline, kindness, and influential intellect over mere office.
A Dartmouny College president faced a personal, almost comic tale about lodging in a Maine town. A former landlady asked for patronage, remarking on household matters. The farmer replied with humorous, imperfect grammar about a maid and hogs, highlighting the town’s rustic humor.
Mr Arthur Hultqvist assistant engineer in Gothenburg workshops has built a brake for electric motors using a small automatic reversing switch near the motor. A pendant emergency brake handle in red letters allows rapid shutdown, stopping machinery within a quarter to a half rotation, aiding safety in places using electric motors.
A gold penny from Henry VIII’s reign, one of the rarest English coins with only five known specimens, sold at a London auction for £325 to Mr Norton, a private collector.
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