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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1900
Page
2
The item details subscription rules for the Tribune Printing Company in Freeland PA, including payment methods and dates. It blends editorials on public life, reflecting on leadership, ethics, and historical references from Clara Barton to Dewey and Roosevelt, with regional place-names and humorous town naming anecdotes.
A jester at Peter the Great’s court tricked the emperor by feigning concern for a cousin condemned to die. The Czar, caught by the ruse, pardoned the condemned after the jester’s bold plea. The tale stretches into other curiosities about bric a brac and a note on wild boars in Morocco, with a hunting party killing over 100 in a week.
Matthew Deane, pressed by rent demands, is confronted by Olive Mellen who locks him in and refuses to release him until he promises not to press for overdue rent. Over days, his stubbornness softens as Olive's wit and resolve win him over and he agrees to marry.
A Philadelphia Post item recalls Mrs. Sewell head of a girls classical school in Indianapolis who, while teaching physics, defines centrifugal and centripetal forces. A pupil quips that domestic virtues are centripetal and a saloon is centrifugal, prompting laughter from the class.
In a brief panel from Stray Mories, a couple jokes about clumsy romance as a man laments his failing eyeglasses while clinging to his partner’s hands. The scene captures lighthearted trouble in a playful, affable exchange.
The article describes English women training in agriculture at institutions like the Lady Warwick Hostel in Reading. It notes the modern, serious study tone, the range of subjects including beekeeping and mushroom culture, and the practical hands on work such as making a mushroom bed. It cites costs from 850 dollars yearly and highlights graduates becoming formidable rivals to male farmers. Edith Bradley reports on term ends and outdoor mushroom bed work with detailed time and expense records for eventual sales.
A reflective piece praises the calm homewoman who avoids cleverness and noise, juxtaposed with fashion and sewing guidance. It surveys cording, button sewing, Shetland undergarments for slender figures, Siberian dress habits, and a fur and velvet season, ending with shop notes on adornments and gowns from the Dry Goods Economist.
Ainslee's Magazine notes South Africa faces rinderpest, tsetse flies, and white ants as major pests. It describes the cattle plague spreading from Central Africa, animals dying near water, and the challenges of control. The piece recalls boots left by a traveler in Bulawayo and the ants’ impact on buildings and daily life.
The article recalls how freight outfits of the early sixties formed long streams of ox teams and wagons. A typical ex-team train had twenty five wagons, with trains sometimes a mile long and hundreds of freighters. Prairie schooners carried three to three and a half tons, and security came from peep holes and muskets.
Sacred white peacocks star at Central Park menagerie in New York City, exchanged for a cape buffalo from a Cincinnati circus. the albino birds are rare, with only two in America and ties to India sacred lore. A separate note covers a boy denied entry to see the Molineux trial while claiming to write a murder play.
A New York Press quip condemns men who pause before newsboys pretend to feel for change, inspect headlines for free news, then decline to purchase with a curt “Just bad one.” The remark captures a petty insult to journalists and newspaper readers alike.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple era papers. The Funny man muses on a comical world with sun and moon, rivers and mountains, while other bits poke gentle fun at shoes hats and fortune. Several brief humorous exchanges touch on fame, marriage, and telegrams.
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