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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
2
A faded verse recalls a radiant palace once ruled by a king Porphyrogene. Golden banners and luminous windows frame a throne where echoes sing the wit of their monarch. Yet sorrow robes the realm as dawn never returns to his desolate estate.
A physician recalls his narrowest escape crossing dangerous harbor ice to reach a sick child. After dark and treacherous travel, a wind driven breakup forces him to crawl by gaff light, risking death until neighbors and the child’s father locate and rescue him by boat. The tale ends with the doctor noting the proverb that the longest way round can be the shortest path home.
The Thetis soil holding F W Goding, United States Consul at Newcastle, England, details a fire arrest apparatus for ship holds. A watertight wooden trough sits at the hold floor center, with a deck pipe and a material filling several tons alongside gallons of liquid. Cost to fit enough for six charges is about $100. The unit resists salt water, requires no deterioration, and can be carried for years ready for emergencies.
Manuel del Valle, born November 24, 1745 in Zacatecas, Mexico, is said to be the second oldest by age if a Russian claim holds. He lives in Melno Park, weighs ninety pounds, and stands under five feet, frail but mobile, with a long history as a Franciscan Mission supernumerary at San Quentin before moving to San Francisco in 1845.
The article details harsh conditions faced by workers building the Siberian railway. Crews carried food, were lowered in baskets to lay track, lived in huts on piles over a bog sixty miles wide, and accessed work sites by boat. Mosquitoes forced workers to wear masks, with 4000 masks purchased for the effort.
A Japanese tale unites myth and rumor as Seikichi Kayene of Mito allegedly spent thirty years devising a skin blemish removal method using plant extracts and animal materials. Reportedly he achieved a pigment-absorbing compound that darkens crust before peeling away, erasing stains without trace. Only Chishi and Mr. Obishi hold the understood formula, based on notes from the Osaka Mainichi via Japan Times.
The London Tatler tells of Lord Kitchener meeting a resolute young Canadian engineer during the desert railway push to Khartoum. After the Sirdar voiced disapproval, the engineer calmly asked if he was bossing the railway or if Kitchener was, prompting a nod of approval from the famed conqueror.
A Cairo Yorkshire Observer correspondent describes Aswan's barrage area flooded with depots and dwellings submerged as the river alters its course, with a wide new bed and deep inner channels. The piece also reviews vapor baths and various medical devices including ankle protectors, lightweight nose glasses, and eye lens supports, noting invention by Batchelder, Nathan, and Briggs and a trend of women entering medicine in London.
The article explains a new self striking fishing float by Christopher Hymers that uses a spiral spring inside the float and a trigger to instantly expand on a hook pull. Set by pulling the line before casting, it allows the fisherman to jerk the hook when a bite occurs, keeping line handling simple.
O W McShane introduces a practical device for medicine dosing and measurement. A bottle face groove holds a sliding metal bar with a tongue that aligns with hourly graduations from 12 to 11 45, indicating when the next dose is due and allowing liquid volume to be measured by level.
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