Subscriptions Rates and Miscellaneous News Flakes
Freeland Tribune delivers by carriers at 12 cents a month or 1.50 a year payable in advance. Mail subscriptions are 1.50 per year. Prompt renewal required at expiration. otherwise subscription is discontinued. Various notes on incomes, farms, and random observations follow including New York farms worth 3,107,107 and Vermont farms valued at 28,510. A Reno County farmer sues mortgage company over a note. St Louis Exposition building sizes noted. American matches and watches discussed. An elderly New Hampshire teacher notes teaching order and a motto Why. California oranges shipped east in tramp cars with volatile pricing. Reporters and police relations explored. media exaggeration and public curiosity discussed. A Lord Morris anecdote ends with a joke about practicing with gravestones.
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Freeland
Garriers
Freeland Ariive
The Mount Seymour Hotel Wartime Intrigue
In a Cape Town hotel during wartime a British officer’s dispatch case vanishes. Muriel Molyneux, frightened by a misread note, hides a messenger. John Beresford unveils a plot involving Mrs de la Fane and a de W. courier. Detectives close in as couples flee Europe on the next boat.
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John Beresford
Bob Molyneux
Fancy
Cape Town
Beresford
Mrs. de la Fane
Vigors
Kitchener
Ors
de la Fene
Kruger
Botha
Capt. Beresford
Mr. Dennis
Muriel
Stellenbosch
Mutiel
Muriel Molyneux
Stellenbach
J. X. de W
Tord
Mr. de la Fane
Mrs. Molyneux
Europe
Quaint and Curious Fragments From Odd Corners of Society
A Seattle marble monument to a faithful horse marks a cemetery memory beside the owner buried nearby. James Pelter of Winchester VA tamed a seven foot winged bald eagle, misreading its intent. In Parliament 6448 questions were asked this session, 226 days sat, 118 sittings. St Louis hosts three nut cracking plants powered by electricity with manual meat picking by women. A Caroline county Md case saw a 78 year old accused of stealing nine eggs. not guilty after 15 minutes. A Hamburg teacher tested 120 pupils 10 to 16. many had never seen sheep violet nightingale sun rise or set plow a man. city kids know theatres while many simple facts elude them.
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Caroline County
Hamburg
Opinion on Wireless Stations Near Explosive Magazines
The French minister of war asks the Paris Academy of Sciences for an opinion on potential danger from wireless telegraphy stations near powder magazines. It is suggested that the nature of the explosive-containing cases could be an important factor in the assessment of risk.
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Paris Academy of Sciences
The Average Woman and Society's Suppression Drive
A reflection notes that many women judge life as wasted unless they join a society dedicated to suppressing a specific issue. The piece comments on social pressures, collective action, and moral expectations shaping female participation.
Feeding Wild Animals In New York Parks And Menageries
A Scientific American piece details how New York City parks and zoos manage animal diets. It notes annual food costs near thirty thousand dollars and lists meat fish and fowl as the bulk, with 40 to 50 food kinds sourced to high standards. It explains risks from tainted fish to sea lions and describes cobra feeding from small snakes. It covers bears lions tigers and primates receiving fresh meat or bread and details varied diets for reptiles birds and herbivores.
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New York City
New York
Zoological Park
Central Park
Bronx
Zoological Garden
Mess Department
the Park
Scientific American
Books Bound in Human Skin and Other Curious Bindings
A Parisian trade paper notes volumes bound in human skin as literal “human documents” with examples from England and Belgium. Countess shoulders and a tanner’s work inspire a Terre et Ciel edition bound in epidermis, plus works bound in Delille’s skin. Instances span Valenciennes and Cincinnati, with numerous animal skins used for bindings.
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England
Anthony Askew
M. M. L. Veydt
Belgium
Bibliotheque Imperiale
Paris
Eugene Sue
Flammarion
France
Terre Et Ciel
M. Edmund Leroy
Delille
Leroy
Valenciennes
United States
Cincinnati
Sterne
Tristram Shandy
London
Comtesse de Montalgn
New York Post
Xarque Industry in Argentina and International Trade
Xarque or dried beef is a major Argentine industry shipping large quantities to Brazil and other South American states. A shipment is planned to the Italian colony of Eritrea in Africa. A Brazilian paper notes xarque is nutritious and inexpensive compared with tinned beef, and some foreigners prefer it regularly at meals.
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Argentina
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Erythrea
Africa
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