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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
3
A verse recalls a playful maid who, despite a bright daytime smile, leaves a lasting memory and a cheeky note pinned to a coat stating Please Kick Me. The humorous incident reflects lighthearted social wit and domestic romance from the era.
An assortment of humorous lines and exchanges from various periodicals. Snippets include a 1777 umbrella note, mockery about coats on tongues, bank frigid atmospheres, and quips from editors and critics. The collage features figures such as Elliott, the Indianapolis Journal, Chicago Record, Life, and the Ohio State Journal reflecting light, social satire and wordplay.
On the day the Boers declared war Africa had about 12 000 miles of railroad in operation. End of 1890 total was 5813 miles. In eight years 5972 miles were added. About 2500 miles more will be completed with extensions and new lines. Government plans include Tanganyika to the German line, Algeria to the Sudan, and Congo to the Nile. End of decade projection around 25 000 miles.
A Lyons consular report to the State Department notes in France one death from consumption for every six people. Of 850,000 annual deaths, over 140,000 are due to pulmonary tuberculosis, a figure that rises yearly. few diseases match its toll, eclipsing epidemics like typhoid, measles, and cholera.
Water from natural flow into the Gulf of California is described as lifted across the Rockies by ingenious engineering. A ditch diverts streams from Grand Lake into the Poudre headwaters, redirecting about 400 cubic feet per second to irrigate Larimer County farms on the Atlantic slope, though the author notes it is not strictly lifting the water over the range. Birthplace of the Cable. Cyrus W. Field’s New York house on East Twenty third Street is being torn down after serving as his home during the cable project’s inception and later years as a boarding house.
A Northern New York testimonial from Avoca dated February 2 1899 claims Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cured a long case of consumption after a neighbor advised trying the remedy. The writer D P Jolly asserts the patient recovered and enjoys good health.
An advertisement urges readers to treat persistent coughs with Ayer s Cherry Pectoral. It claims the remedy strengthens weak lungs and warns against delaying treatment to prevent progression to consumption.
Dr. Moreno surveys Patagonia as a largely unknown South American region with rich products and scenic landscapes. He argues Patagonia’s scenery surpasses old critiques, noting analogies to Arizona plateaus Alaska fjords and mountains. He draws parallels between ancient Patagonian and Alaskan Indigenous cultures and industries.
A promotional note urges shoppers to ask grocers about a saving plan that yields a large 100 package of Red Cross starch and Tiubin per's Best starch with a premium. The offer promises two Shakespeare panels, colors, or a Twentieth Century Girl Calendar as free Christmas presents.
A vintage broadside links Russian tea habits to poverty and high tea consumption, notes the brick tea practice, and claims heavy tea use sustains digestion amid poor fare. It also argues rocking babies is harming sleep patterns and should be avoided for healthier development. The text then pivots to a medical ad praising Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, claiming efficacy on mucous surfaces.
A New York Sun description contrasts newly arrived immigrants with Americanized relatives outside a barge office. Giulia and Pietro display flamboyant fashion while Francisco and sisters wear rustic Tuscan attire. The piece highlights rapid assimilation and social humor in vivid, period-voice detail.
The article recalls Paul Kruger's bitterness toward Britain rooted in his father firing the first shot at English troops at Boomplatz in 1848 and joining the 1826 trek. It notes the elder Kruger signing a 1854 petition for Britain’s protection, and Newcastle's rejection as a lasting insult remembered by Kruger and allies.
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