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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
3
A report describes rapid progress on the Simplon Tunnel to serve traffic by 1904 with an estimated total cost near 400 dollars per yard. It notes the tunnel will be 12 miles long, with favorable altitude, and planned paired tunnels starting with a single line and a parallel 10 by 8 foot passage.
N. L. Chew of Indiana serves as assistant auditor of the treasury for the post office department. He obtained his position because of his short name and signs 40 to 50 days each quarter, signing 5,000 to 6,000 warrants daily. He could earn more for the government than Congressman Edgar D Crumpacker, who had a longer name.
The chaperon in Samoa, essential yet fading, serves as the taupou's constant companion. Each village selects a chief's daughter to entertain visitors, with housing provided and a court of native girls surrounding her. No local man may enter sacred areas, and the taupou travels with an elder woman. If the taupou resigns, the chief appoints another high‑born damsel.
Mrs Pacrns Jimaon of 47 Hoyt Street Brooklyn testifies that after two years of pain from a womb condition she found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The testimonial offers a $5000 forfeit if fake and promotes free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
A quirky fable shows a donkey insisting his braying is music and a crowd debating taste versus talent. He brays loudly, arguing that appreciation is a matter of taste, while the chorus and listeners weigh sound, volume, and value in a sunny summer scene.
Abridged reminiscence on Abraham Lincoln highlighting his habit of thoughtful detail. It recalls a Springfield meeting with a boy named George Patten who sought proof of the encounter and received Lincoln's handwritten reply. The piece also mentions a tale of Thomas Bailey Aldrich sending a verse from Babylon to console a grieving family, later seen for sale by an autograph dealer.
Five mongooses attract attention for peculiar habits beside their origin from India and West Indies. They were imported to destroy rats but became a nuisance by clearing birds from islands. The mongoose, about the size of a cat, is tameable and kept to rid vermin. It kills cobras and reportedly uses an herb to counteract poison. The ichneumon Egyptian mongoose is praised for destroying crocodile eggs.
A biographical note on General Grant highlights his decisive integrity. It recounts an incident in Paris where he declined a Sunday racing invitation from the French president, citing American custom and religious principles. He attended worship at the American chapel instead.
A cattle dealer’s flock on England’s moor faced a severe storm. One sheep escaped, buried beneath snow for twenty two days, then surfaced alive as the snow melted. Shepherds and dogs had sheltered the flock, fearing the worst. This remarkable survival highlights harsh winter conditions.
A brief opinion piece discusses the burdens faced by those at the top of fame. It notes serenity may mask ongoing annoyances and discouraging impositions for celebrated figures.
A fragment from a boy George Washington compiled rules on behavior. It urges respect in company, avoid flattery, concise business speech, humility in teaching, reverent language about God, obedience to parents, keeping promises, not blaming others when efforts fail, and choosing good company to protect reputation.
In a German school teacher Johann Trebonius taught with bare head to honor boys. He urged, Who can tell what famous men may be in this class. Among his pupils rose Martin Luther destined for undying fame.
A Hull House instructor shows street urchins a classical photo. The pupil says Jesus and his mother, while another remark notes the rim around their heads gives them away. A professor tests pupils on blood circulation, and a boy answers that feet are not empty, causing laughter.
A boy asked to pick meat from two kinds chooses the not soup option, revealing he did not recognize the soup meat on the table and politely requests the other piece. The tale highlights a child’s confusion between similar dishes and the humor of literal interpretation.
The article argues that American competition has dramatically shifted trade with Great Britain, reducing U S purchases from the UK while boosting exports. It notes a 1895 to last year increase in American sales to Britain from 387 million to 651 million, and a net positive trade balance rise of about 210 million, signaling a potential industrial transformation.
A collection of aphorisms from Democritus Eliot Joubert McDonald Clarke Cicero Montesquieu George Eliot Plato Bruyere Charran Longfellow Johnson Leigh Hunt Schopenhauer noting weaknesses in pride and the value of self knowledge and restraint. The lines caution against self praise and urge reflection, patience, and humility in judgment and behavior.
Up-to-Date Business Maxima quotes a Century piece on humor and a modern fable about the Old Pox and the Young Pox. It offers ironic maxims on dress, alms, society, and communication, warning young salaried men about the trousers habit and praising concise telegrams over lengthy letters.
The gold ingot or loot of Annam, a French colony in Eastern Asia, is a flat rounded piece with its value written in ink. It is described as awkward and worth about 325. The next large coin is the Japanese obang worth about $50 followed by the Ashantee benda valued at about $45.
Many sickly children and adults are urged to take Cascantr Candy Gathartic for natural movements and quick relief. A nurse from New York promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to break up colds, feverishness, teething disorders, and worm destruction. Samples offered by mail and druggists.
Medical ad claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. Describes deafness tied to inflamed Eustachian tube and mucous lining, promising a $100 reward for cures not helped by Mall's Catarrh Cure. Mentions irrigation lands in California, Colorado and other Western states totaling 0,500,000 acres.
Early 1900s ad copy touts Earliest Russian Millet promising 5 to tons of rich hay per acre at prices 1.90 and 3.00 per 100 pounds from John and Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin. Also includes tonic claims for Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer and other patent medicine references amid a collage of product pitches.
A note discusses contrivances for ventriloquial sounds using a telephone. The receiver placed in the dummy’s mouth makes the audience hear a voice from behind the scenes. Ventriloquists now add stuffed pigs horses dogs and other animals to the act, aided by this telephonic method.
Professor D. Wilson relinquishes a vast set of Syriac manuscripts to Princeton University. The collection is described as the largest and most valuable privately held, with many documents dating to the era of Emperor Constantine.
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as uniquely effective for fifty years. It claims unknown ingredients, unmatched pain relief, and thousands of cured cripples. The copy asserts higher sales than any proprietary medicine and far surpasses competing oils and salves combined.
Advertisement claims Vogeler's Curative Compound strengthens weak sickly children with digestion issues and general debility. It asserts doctors endorse the remedy, offers two to five drops twice daily, and promises improved flesh and color. Free sample bottles are available from St Jacobs Oil Ltd in Baltimore Maryland.
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