Subscription Rates Freeland and United States Exports 1900
Freeland readers face a 124 cent monthly rate paid every two months or 1.04 year paid in advance In town and by mail subscriptions vary with pro rata terms and expiration shown on the address label The United States leads world exports in 1900 with 1 453 015 000 dollars in domestic merchandise shipments while the UK and Germany lag behind A tragic case of cruelty follows a young woman driven to suicide by a cruel practical joke allegedly by her companions using a speaking tube to imitate a dead lover.
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Indeterminate sentences gain favor in crime study
The London Assistant Commissioner of Police notes defects in current punishments. Dr. Anderson finds short sentences for theft and burglary lack deterrence, treated as business risks by offenders, and supports indeterminate sentences. He sees no effective fix beyond life sentences on the second offence and argues for future safety via permanent detention of incorrigible criminals.
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London
Anderson
Tiny Anvils in a World of Small Metal Work
A survey of tiny anvils shows weights from fifteen ounces to ten pounds used by jewelers and silversmiths. Finest steel, mirror polish finishes, and nickel plating mark the small anvils, some made in the United States, others in Germany.
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United States
Germany
New York Sun
Mrs Swan’s $20 Gold Piece Bargain For Love And Home
On a hot June afternoon Althea aids Mrs Swan as she seeks a $20 gold piece to buy linen and gifts. The pair uncover a years‑long rift over money, coveting objects for a happier home. Althea uses tact to mend the quarrel and suggests practical buys to ease hardship and fund a library project. Mrs Swan contemplates forgiveness and a plan for her husband’s chair.
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Animals in Pablo And The Moral Of The Mouse And The Lion
The piece reflects on Aesop’s fable of the lion and the mouse, arguing the story’s universal truth about humility and value of the insignificant. It likens the lion and mouse to two men and notes similar animal parables in Indian tales and Buddhist beliefs, citing the Bible’s parable of the lost sheep for ethical teaching.
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Hillman
National Telephones in Norway Government Takes Over
The Norwegian government has purchased private telephone system assets and now controls national telephone service, bringing the kingdom’s communications wholly under state management.
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Norway
Hand Organs Move From City Beats to Country Roads
A New York Post report explains hand organs and their trade from Elizabeth Street shops to a Brooklyn factory. It notes tunes vary by district, with Fifth Avenue opera airs upstairs and Bowery waltzes below. About 300 licensed players, mostly Italians, earn up to 1.50 daily. good organs cost up to 200 dollars and some feature mechanical cranks or drums for hands free performances.
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Hyéry City
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New York
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Harlem
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New York Post
The Stereoscope Dream in Early Photography
A Broadway studio proprietor says color work remains undiscovered and praises the ongoing stereoscope goal. He notes steady sales of antique views and a back-country daguerreotype craftsman still tinting portraits, framing with leather cases.
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Patent Office
Col. Sellars
Niagara
Yellowstone
Gettysburg
Ohio
New York Post
To Day In The Newborn Echoes Duty To Day
Poem fragment urges urgency in effort today and tomorrow. Mentions to day and Cairn with evening light, urging earnest thought and steadfast duty as night approaches. Strong artistic imagery evokes daily resolve and moral duty.
Humorous Exchanges and Quick Quips in a Comic Sketch
A collection of witty exchanges and puns from a humorous dialogue. Characters include Freddie, Wigg-D Auber, Mugsing, Muggins, DuBrau, Hoax, Joax, Saphead, Mr. Askit, Miss Gebbeigh, Bluffer, Dr. Dent, Mrs. Newrich and a Modiste. The bits cover love, professions, pranks, funeral rites, diaries, dental antics, and fashion trains with light comic timing.
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Smith
Bragg
Saphead
Askit
Bluffer
Dr. Dent
TWO EAGLES KILL A DEER IN WILDERNESS FIGHT
W P Oakes reports from Dover Maine a lumberman N D Rice observed two large black and white headed eagles weighing 40 to 50 pounds each attack a deer on the Moosehead Lake area road. The deer died from arterial wounds after being pursued and struck by wings and beaks, the birds flying away as Rice approached.
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Maine
W. P. Oakes
Dover
Moosehead Lake
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Guilford
Rice
Mr. Rice
Ife
New York Sun
Life in Japan on Home Service Markets and Dressmaking
In Japan the higher class ladies do not visit markets. dealers bring wares to their doors. Fish merchants, green grocers, sake dealers, and meat men deliver to patrons. Morning chores include harimona, slatching and drying old clothes in the sun as the first step to remaking garments. Even the richest embroider their own clothing, reflecting economical dressmaking by Japanese women.
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Japan
Adjusting Notions of Poets by Notable Labels
A playful catalog assigns superlatives to authors across traits such as cheerfulness noisiness height and piety naming Samuel Smiles Howells Longfellow Hawthorne Pope Gay Tickell Burns Chatterton and Akenside in a Chicago Times Herald context.
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Samuel Smiles
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