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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1900
Page
3
A mosaic of short items includes patent cures for throat and lung ailments, Dyspepsia pills, beauty claims with Cascarets, No-To-Ba-Co tobacco quitting, and travel notes on Fisher Girls in Yarmouth. Also notes on English passenger classes and Russian royals cycling.
A testimonial set promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration, insomnia, and heart stress. Two women, Miss Adele Williamson of Atlanta and Miss Lina Gaines of Visalia, claim relief after using the compound and Blood Purifier, noting restored menses and improved strength.
A New York World investigation alleges that after the government sold the New York custom house to the Standard Oil National City Bank for 3.265 million dollars the government kept control of the funds and collected rent while the bank earned interest and profits. The piece details alleged violations of law requiring proceeds to be deposited in the treasury and questions title transfer and tax status, listing related statutes and multiple favors to the bank.
The New York World notes that government favors and the Standard Oil trust boosted National City Bank. Stockholders increased the capital tenfold to about $10,000,000 as profits and influence surged under favorable conditions.
The piece critiques Comptroller Dawes for praising concentration of capital and trust benefits while urging the GOP to oppose trusts. It argues he speaks to win votes for McKinley and accuses him of misleading the public about wealth concentration and its impact on the people. The author claims Dawes ignores broader public discontent and frames his remarks as Washington-driven rhetoric.
London papers note Sir Alfred Milner fears Afrikander uprising and seeks martial law authority. British cabinet rejects it as unwarranted. In Idaho a mob damaged a mill owned by an Standard Oil linked firm, leading to martial law by the governor and federal troops. The piece contrasts corporate power with colonial authority, declaring the republic offers opportunity.
The Atlanta Constitution reports that several Democrats joined Republicans on the currency bill, but the great mass of Democratic members opposed the move to fasten the gold standard. The vote reveals the party’s fighting strength and clarifies future prospects.
Kansas City Star suggests Mr. McKinley express the wish that Senator Hanna keep his band out of the next convention to reassure the public about political regeneration and to win support from enemies. In Westminster Abbey 1,173 persons have been buried.
A parade of largely unrelated notices runs through the page: Gratx-O promoted as a coffee substitute for all ages with 15c and 25c prices per package, tarantula filament used for balloon thread in Australia, starch innovations from J C Hubinger with premium offers, a costly Siamese king’s gift thimble, facts about House reporters’ pay, Hall's Catarrh Cure and a money back claim, Cascarets for constipation, sugar from beets, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup sample, and women hired as street cleaners and sanitary inspectors in Chicago and Yonkers.
Fragmented OCR text describes various old time notices including a Buffalo New York medicine pitch, a Wales wines seller, claims of Dr Hobbs sparagus pills cure all kidney ills, a South Carolina colored Congregational churches association, Dr Kline nerve restorer offers, and a note about reduced poultry buying in London at Christmas.
An English paper argues that British wars arose from trivial incidents. It cites William the Conqueror's clash with France over a slighting remark, opium trade in China triggering 1840 war, a Chinese pirate flag incident in 1856, and the Indian mutiny sparked by cartridges greased with cow fat, noting high casualties and costs in each case.
An advertisement touts Curicura Soap as the exclusive remedy for preserving purifying beautifying skin scalp and hair and lists accompanying products including Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent. It claims universal use, from infants to mothers, and markets a complete external and internal treatment for various skin and hair conditions priced at 25 cents for the soap and mas quantities for the set.
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