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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
2
A reflection on how X rays could authenticate old master works while declaring science as a truth-teller, alongside notes of progress in Southern Wisconsin where farmers gain telephone service at 12 dollars yearly and some electric cars now halt at farm gates.
A speaker notes that at current vehicle prices, buyers investing in automobiles are likely to burn through money, implying caution for those committed to a purchase.
A contemplative remark about how people misspell English and how each person only absorbs a small portion of the language. It suggests reading the dictionary to understand spelling habits and the vast ocean of words beyond our everyday grasp.
Thirty years ago the capital of the Standard Oil Company stood at 1 million dollars. Today its quarterly dividends total 20 million dollars and the company would fetch 890 million if sold. The speaker wonders how it feels to be the aging magnate behind the empire.
A Wellesley College professor remarks that men in Massachusetts and Patagonia differ in how they treat wives. The claim notes that Massachusetts women have not voiced a wish to swap lives with sisters in Patagonia.
The Washington Ilumine Association adopted a resolution condemning winter horse clipping as cruel. One member noted rare cases where it might help, but he stressed his general opposition to the practice.
A man in New Jersey had a young woman arrested after she kissed him on a public street against his will. He questioned the value of a man who must be kissed or a woman who cannot resist the man’s insistence.
In a drought wary region, farmers press for irrigation ingenuity. Independent growers push to touch crops with steady water access, noting rainfall is unreliable. They urge creative dissemination of water resources to ease thirst, echoing Old Mother Earth’s enduring response.
A report notes changing styles in movement toward gray hair at a New York City fancy-dress event. It observes that some attendees achieved the look by wigs or dye and questions what fashion will bring next.
The Minneapolis Tribune predicts that wireless telegraphy will aid supply bases and communications during polar exploration. It states the North Pole is worth exploring and will be visited by white explorers within this century.
The underground electric railways ease street disruptions and quarrels, reducing applications in city court. Authors credit modern transit with calming traffic and improving urban life amid noisy, crowded streets and evolving infrastructure.
A girl named Elpie, left unpaid by unkind guardians, encounters a mysterious young man Norman Kemp who reveals they are cousins. He uncovers a will hidden in the family Bible, which bequeaths Elspeth Grey sixteen thousand dollars held in trust until she turns eighteen. Norman vows to pursue the claim alongside his own.
A year after a deceitful theft case, Norman Kemp declares his love to Espie Grant, the once neglected girl now grown and poised. He asks her to marry, promising a home and fidelity, and she answers with a tender kiss as he vows to be her only master.
The London Graphic reports future penny in the slot post offices at railway stations restaurants and large shops. Machines will handle penny stamps telegrams and letters with glass fronted slots and quick delivery through Automat ics. They allow messages to be sent and returned and will aid travelers couples and business people with near instant communication at stations and shops.
A newspaper notes the Prince of Wales keeps a mummified hand of an Egyptian pharaoh daughter as a daily use paper weight on his private desk, described as the most curious item in existence.
Professor Myron P. Kirk returns with a vast Cocopah desert collection. He describes the Gila monster as thick as an arm and 18 to 20 inches long with four fangs. He recounts bites and effects from Benson to Nogales, noting tragic deaths and lasting injuries. Also referenced are the vina groom and a grass-eating Mojave turtle, Xerobates agassizii, valued at 3 to 4 dollars per specimen.
Visitors to the Paris Exposition learned daily meat consumption in September with Villette slaughterhouse output totaling 5044 oxen, 1041 cows, 23384 sheep, 3725 pigs, and 2099 calves. Comparisons show lower ordinary daily needs, and the piece notes international cattle supply. It also highlights a new milk preservation method using high pressure, with 100000 psi extending freshness by 24 to 60 hours and 115000 psi keeping milk fresh 4 to 6 days.
Reports discuss a German scientist linking fish age to scale bands seen under the microscope. The Amsterdam council votes 2.6 million for a city power plant with underground distribution and tramways. Other items note charcoal yields from pitch pine, nickel steel in precision instruments, sea cucumbers as a flowering animal group, sea lodgers harming hosts, and Berlin electric railway lightning arresters for trolley cars.
A New York firm tested California and Sicily lemons to compare juice yield and citric acid content. Results show 91.5 California lemons per US gallon of juice and 128.5 Mediterranean lemons per gallon, with juice specific gravity 1.041. California fruit at peak season favoring the test, while Mediterranean fruit was early season. Florida trends toward small fruit and orange business.
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