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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
3
Alfred 8. Donaldson in the Outlook presents a reflective verse about hidden thoughts, a chopper and severed rock as symbols, and a fern like dream buried in the soul awaiting revelation to inspire awe.
Dolly Parsons storms off after an argument with Bob Jamieson and paddles away in a canoe. A late‑day river voyage leads to a near disaster when another boat collides with hers, capsizing her. Bob leaps in, rescues Dolly, and drags her to safety, though she remains shaken and unresponsive.
In a quiet exchange by the riverbank aboard the American Queen Dolly questions Bob about his late excursion up the river. He admits plans to frighten her after anger but denies any deliberate fall. Dolly frets over her dress and appearance, seeking reassurance from Bob.
A Washington lunch room manager notes buckwheat cakes now rare and competition from wheat cakes. He cites millers adulterating buckwheat flour with bran and by products, reducing pure buckwheat production and changing breakfast habits, and urges strict enforcement of purity laws.
The 1st Chinese regiment under Colonel Bower performs well at Wei-Hai-Wei with about 350 recruits. They have shown solid drill and discipline, won praise after a sham fight against marines and bluejackets, and overcome desertion and language issues. Pay is $8 a month, paid punctually, enabling strict selection and a strong battalion physique.
A Philadelphia Press item notes a humorous exchange where a buyer asks for strawberries and the dealer offers boxes at 1.50, while the purchaser complains the fruit is green and insufficient in a box for farming need.
Plain tone velours lined with silk and silk fringe edges rise in fashion for portieres. Home care advice covers sterilizing a toothbrush after daily use with formalin or substitutes, and drying in sun. Corset cleaning steps use ammonia in warm suds, then flat drying. no ironing.
Articles advise housewives on lamp maintenance including quarterly cleaning, boiling parts, wicking with soft paper, and oil handling to prevent odor. It also covers softening hard water using quick lime, sal soda, or ammonia with precise measures and resting times.
Step by step old fashioned kitchen guide lists four dishes: Ginger Pudding mixing suet flour sugar and ginger then boiled in a basin for three hours with white wine sauce. Sweet Corn in Baskets cooks corn with water salt pepper butter and cream, shaping in biscuit baskets. Apple Pancake pours batter over stewed apples and bakes then slices. Rich Ice Cream combines cream eggs sugar flavoring and freezing steps in a double boiler.
An advertisement profile for Mrs Ella Rice of Chelsea Wisconsin who credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of womb inflammation and feverish fatigue. The piece urges tired, depressed women to seek Pinkham's remedy and advice from Lydia Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
The Daily Mail reports Poultney Bigelow’s London lecture criticizing American colonial administrators. He argues votes in New York do not prove fitness for public posts and contrasts American and British practices. He says Britain built greatness by sending men who served dutifully and were rewarded, and notes Bigelow’s claim that the Bible guides colonization and missionaries assist.
An old ad touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute costing 15 and 25 cents per package, claiming it suits delicate stomachs and is safe for children. The article then notes The Electric Review attacking electrocution as cruel, arguing that various methods are more humane than electric executions.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Headache Powders as a natural medicine claiming to relieve headaches and nervousness through herbal ingredients, presenting nature as the best physician and promoting the product for general wellness.
A vast Venezuelan asphalt lake, described as a limitless wealth source, becomes a tug of war between two American syndicates. Explorers report rapid excavation and replenishment, making it impossible to gauge true merchantable value, with estimates running into hundreds of billions. The text also traces the word waffle to its Tenomite root meaning honeycomb.
James J. Hill of St. Paul is praised as the transcontinental railroad builder who rose from poverty. The piece notes his shift from construction to combination leadership, his energy, and the Red River valley farms supplying grain to his Great Northern line, with Harpers Weekly citing him as a respected Northwest figure.
Lippincott's Magazine notes a Mexican capital painting titled Las Casas Protecting the Indians. It shows Las Casas looming over a slain Indian form, an Indian woman clinging to his knee, and a priest brandishing a cross before an Aztec temple as protectors amid conquest.
The report notes that during the previous year Boston recorded children under age five comprising 2.14 percent of total deaths. This figure highlights child mortality in the city and reflects overall health trends in the period.
The passage discusses England capturing a large share of Ecuadorian trade and mentions various health cures and medicines. It then shifts to claims about America’s vast untapped regions, citing Maine and Texas as two great states with immense resources in woods, minerals, game, and other profitable articles, contrasting them with costly expeditions to cold zones.
Cough remedies such as Kemp's Balsam are advertised to stop coughing at once. Vienna schools consider medical inspectors to periodically check contagious illnesses. A Chicago man proves bees can be kept in a modern apartment for honey storage. Booman’s Pepsin Gum promotes natural digestion. Niagara Falls is noted for its vast water flow of over 32,000,000 tons per hour.
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