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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
4
Discolored enameled pans brighten with powdered pumice. Turkish rugs should lay warp toward the light to show sheen. Corks in a furnace boost draft. A heated bread knife cuts bread well but wears the blade. Without mold, plain furniture is easier to keep clean and looks dignified. A plain carpet enlarges a small room, especially two rooms opening together. To cool an oven keep the door shut and adjust the damper to drop the temperature quickly.
Outdoors benefits babies when they breathe clean air but over bundling harms comfort. The article argues that open doors and windows give babies space to stretch and breathe, and that lightweight mattresses on a piazza or grass can be safer and better than carriages packed with pillows for months of early life.
The piece argues lighting a child's room is crucial for sanitation and convenience. It warns against harsh direct lamp glare into young eyes, recommends training children to sleep with minimal light, and advises shaded lighting to prevent squinting and poor eyesight.
A periodical ad note discusses selecting underclothing for climate and skin, noting cotton weave for heat and air. It promotes Witt's Little Early Risers constipation remedy, claiming gentle bowel action and glandular benefit with continued use, sold by Grover's City drug store.
A jury convicts Throemorton of first degree murder in the Olive Graham case after a fair trial. Judge Smithson sentences the condemned man to death and the scene shifts to a dramatic lightning photograph showing the killer’s position on a shale cliff.
Benjamin Bathurst, kin to Lord Bathurst, vanished on November 25 1809 during a secret mission to Vienna. After visiting Perleberg he withdrew from a guarded inn and disappeared at dusk while traveling with troopers. Despite rewards from England and Prussia, no trace or remains were ever found.
A visitor questioned a youth in a reception room about earnings. In the MPs private office the attendant reveals he was paid 22 shillings weekly, while the caller claimed £10. The MP asks the boy what he told the man and the boy replies I earned it.
A Kansas City Independent tale recounts a firm of upholsterers busy beyond capacity hiring a cabinet maker to craft six chairs. He completes the order but the chairs prove a failure, displaying a heap of chair parts. The joiner inspects the wreck and quips the pieces must have been out on.
A vintage page features a toy that spins on water using five corks and gum, with warnings about oil, plus a tale of the clever raven stealing hare and dog food. It also includes interactive party games, a rhymed town tale about Lydia Lee and Maria McKee, a puzzled math joke, and a child’s remark about marbles ending with a joke.
A reader testimonial touts Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as quickly alleviating severe kidney and bladder issues. The ad claims benefits for Bright's Disease, Gravel, and related pains, praising its kidney-targeted action and laxative effect. Also promotes Cherry Balsam for colds and a Sunday poem by Abbie Farwell Brown.
An 19th century style ad and notices discuss waste and digestion, tout Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as enabling stomach and digestive organs to digest food and rebuild tissue. It claims to cure indigestion dyspepsia and stomach troubles and mentions sale at Grover's City drug store. Also notes Mrs. Ann Melvin’s confinement for habitual drunkenness and offers government seed giveaways, along with a real estate notice for a fourteen room house on South Centre street and contact details.
In Chicago thirteen Royal Trust windows feature young women as tellers. The female tellers receive the same salaries as men and advance rapidly under civil service rules, with every bank position awarded accordingly.
An advertisement for Kodol digestive aid claims it cures indigestion and dyspepsia by enabling digestion of all foods. It promotes restoration of normal digestion, assimilation of nutrients, and overall health, with pricing for trial and regular bottles and the Chicago manufacturer.
The notice lists comprehensive schedules for Havleton Freeland and Hazleton routes with first and last car times, Sundays and Saturdays variations, connections with other towns, and daily services. It includes center city stations in New York, transfer guidance, and ticketing details with General Manager signatures and the station offices at Liberty Street and South Ferry.
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