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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
3
A scrambled 1900-era collage promotes Gnary-O as a children’s drink replacing tea or coffee, touting grains, cost, and grocer availability. The piece blends other patent medicines and odd facts from 1900s advertising, with notes on census work, Allen’s Foot-Ease samples, Beemum’s gum, and British battlefield bathing anecdotes.
A testimonial styled notice extols a life change period for women and promotes Mrs. Pinkham as the trusted, free adviser based in Lynn Massachusetts. The ad urges readers to write for guidance and help during this pivotal life stage.
A dramatic account from a New York Post writer describes the deadly cave ins that threaten miners, recounting the Pittston and Plymouth disasters, the arduous rescue efforts, and the haunting uncertainty that fuels hope amid the cave in. It highlights brave actions by Superintendent Langan, his son, and rescuers, and notes other mine related dangers and land subsidence.
A motivational wartime echo urges unwavering self belief and perseverance. It stresses asserting rights, refusing self doubt, and remaining proactive to seize opportunities in a competitive world.
Damascus is said to be the world’s oldest city dating back about 4000 years. Its current population is around 200000, with Christians comprising about a tenth. The city hosts numerous mosques and more than fifty places of worship.
A collection of oddities includes medieval battle casualties, height contrasts, red rain in Sydney in 1899, a Philadelphia autopsy with reversed internal organs, a sulfuric acid lake on Sulphur Island New Zealand, a mirror writing neurological condition from Romania, and a Roumanian patient whose handwriting is perfectly reversed in a mirror. The report notes physiological anomalies, environmental curiosities, and rare medical cases observed by doctors and scientists.
A French explorer recounts hunting emus in Australia with a white companion and a native guide. The seven foot tall birds run fast and circle to trap pursuers as the guide whistles to call them. Emus respond to whistling, believed by the guide to lure their young.
Four miners entombed for twelve days at the Matsuyasu colliery endured without food and most without light until rescue. They felt low spirited after oil exhaustion but adapted to darkness and carried on. Tokyo Correspondence in Chicago Record highlights their remarkable endurance.
Josh Wink tells of a Baltimore family seeking to bury the baby of strangers who lost their son Jim. The mother says she would mind hearing the child cry, and she expresses willingness to care for the baby briefly, while the other family contemplates the exchange.
A collage of humorous exchanges from early 20th century papers. Quips range from dental boasts to neighborly chatter, baby name quips, and social misfires. Light gossip and wry lines highlight social manners, misunderstandings, and slang of the era.
The Czar of Russia Nicholas I, famed for imperial ruth, fined a household officer for rough treatment of an old beggar woman. In a public rebuke, he ordered the man to pace a corridor all night repeating a harsh chant as punishment, reflecting a blend of stern rule and chivalrous zeal.
Historical note on sandglasses describing hour and half hour varieties in sickrooms music rooms schools and kitchens. Mentions ten and five minute glasses used for medical tasks and boiling eggs. Describes sandglasses used in science and on ships and notes term egg boiler for the three minute glass.
James Matthew Barrie, famed author of The Little Minister, seeks election to Parliament representing Edinburgh and St Andrews University. He has a background as political editor and leader writer in Nottingham and London, with works on politics and satire including Better Dead. His popularity with university commons boosts his candidacy alongside Sentimental Tommy and Tommy and Grizelle.
An assortment of 18th and 19th century excerpts describes facial hair fashions and customs. References include Crusoe style moslem whiskers, Turner's Hall dissenters with standing during singing, and Hungarian upper lip whiskers. Advertisements tout Jell-O and tonic claims amid plague care costs in Bombay.
A quip about adding personal warmth to letters and a breach of promise suit recalls a man’s legal trouble after mailing warmer notes. From the Indianapolis Journal, the remark underscores caution in personal correspondence amid potential lawsuits.
An advertisement offers Gold Medal Prize Treatise and The Science of Life books from Peabody Medical Institute and Vaile Mecum free prospectus. It promotes health vigor and happiness, with prices, postage, and mailing address in Boston. It cites England furniture moves and Turkey flour import figures, and includes a testimonial about Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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