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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
2
Poem by Jamies Barton Adams urging courage and resilience. The speaker riffs on facing fear, standing up to trouble, and choosing to fight rather than run. It emphasizes perseverance, self-reliance, and inner strength as the world tests a person.
A thief recounts a failed scheme set in London to steal twenty thousand pounds worth of jewelry from Stoner and Sons. The plan uses a faked wife, chloroform, and a hotel pickup, but the attempt collapses when a Dutch dealer exposes paste stones as fakes, prompting media coverage of the botched robbery.
Nearly half the boys in New Orleans are catching itzards for pay. Initially priced at twenty five cents per hundred, demand grew and the rate rose to fifty cents per hundred. A San Francisco man seeks to use the lizards to control insects damaging fruit in California.
Mrs Coulter argues for domestic training in schools to prepare girls for home leadership and skilled labor. She cites manual training as a foundational step and notes growing funding and club support advancing reforms for women, illiteracy reduction, and better public school training.
A reflective piece on how wars reshape perception of places and names. The author recalls childhood ideas of geography, the allure of exotic locales, and how distant towns become world famous through conflict. The essay muses on Venezuela, Caracas, and the historical role of explorers and pirates in shaping map lore.
An essay argues wealth alone cannot define greatness. True heroes are large-hearted servants of humanity such as editors, teachers, and inventors. It criticizes society for praising unearned wealth and urges simple, manly living and personal integrity as the path to lasting gentlemanly conduct.
Hamilton W Mabie argues recreation is essential to balance work and life. He urges moderation in leisure, favors outdoor pastimes for deskbound workers, and notes that both serious pursuits and humor should coexist with work. He cites business leaders and professionals taking long vacations to relieve strain.
A fragment from The Smart Set and Philadelphia papers contrasts comic boasts with marital satire. A man’s creased suit and misfit clothes provoke a smiling reaction from a woman, while the joke shifts to a separate remark on marriage and personal responsibility.
A collage of brief humorous exchanges and quips from multiple papers including the New York Journal and Chicago Tribune. Jests touch on examinations, typewriters, Andew Carnegie, and misadventures, with a light tone and quick punchlines from various editors.
A dialogue excerpt shows a visitor mispronouncing a name and a minister urging propriety while a decisive question on war is debated. The exchange highlights skepticism about a rival nation's willingness to engage in conflict and reflects cautious diplomacy.
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