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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1894
Page
4
The passage presents a collection of newspaper boilerplate, moral maxims, and assorted news briefs. It cites subscription guidance, cautionary proverbs, and short paragraphs on political, military, and economic topics including wheat yields, British harvest commentary, London real estate, and copper production by country, with numerical data from the era.
A square 14 1 2 by 16 by 12 4 inch bushel box enters use with market men. It comes in three styles: all slatted. slatted bottom and sides with solid ends. and solid ends with close bottom and sides bound with galvanized iron. Handy for handling potatoes in fields and sold still in box. cucumbers tomatoes apples also handled this way.
A children’s page blends a whimsical wish poem about princess life with a garden fable where Ruth, Jack, and others observe mischief in a rockery plantings. Old Bronze the cat receives a humorous water lesson, and the lily and morning glories eventually flourish around the quiet garden scene. An illustrated note then describes a toy kangaroo game of chance with a mechanical jumper driving balls into numbered cavities for a high score.
Abe Waithen reports successful bamboo trials in Florida with patches near Fort Myers. He notes rapid growth up to a foot per night and highlights bamboo’s potential for summer houses, furniture, road vehicles, clothing fiber, paper, and even food. He says the plant could provide shelter, clothing, and sustenance.
A collection of Maxims on safety, contentment, and character. Foreboding harms rest while wealth reveals inner traits. Happiness requires steady steps, self denial, and courage to do right.
A Texas research note asserts tree rings record past weather. Experiments on 130 plus year trees show rings reflect wet and dry periods, sunshine and temperature, suggesting rings encode over a century of nature's history beyond rainfall alone.
A. C. Levering of Kansas City reports witnessing the lake's weighty water during a Utah trip. He describes a gale producing white capped ridges along the shore and notes the immense momentum in low waves that push a person effortlessly, making diving or standing difficult.
A Berlin fire department reports a paper fire engine with a carriage made entirely of papier mache. The body wheels and pole are finished well, offering durability and resistance similar to wood but far lighter. The lightness suggests wooden carriages may soon become obsolete.
The New York Dispatch outlines a new social trend the surprise wedding. Invitations invite guests to a dinner then the parson is introduced and the couple is wed without further ceremony with the bride blushing and the groom leading the guests into confidence.
An extract from T. Mitchell Prudden explains how glacial bowlders in New York were carried by ice ages and later buried in soil. The rounded rocks, of erratic origin, show wear from long transport and are exposed again as ground is cleared for building.
Elijah Davis a Salt Lake City Railway motorman on car 121 on the Lake Breeze line saved a baby that crawled onto the track between Ninth and Tenth West on Second South. He warned and halted the car then leaped to the step and pulled the child from the rails as the wheels bore down. The babe escaped serious injury and Davis acted with quick courage.
The article traces the origin of Boston Massachusetts to the English town of Boston founded in 857 by St Botolph. It notes St Botolph’s Church, the Pilgrim Fathers led by John Cotton, and the restoration of the English church in 1855 with a tablet honoring John Cotton.
A vivid sketch of Paris headwear across society. Maids wear white caps, peasants in varied bonnets, market women with marmotte scarves, workers with trade insignia, officials in uniforms, and carriage drivers with gold bands and cockades. Parlour dogs are shaved monthly, with barbers' trade hats bearing their market.
A humorous reminiscence from fifty years ago in an English village dame school. A young pupil struggles with alphabet questions and riddles set by visiting ladies, giving comical missteps and a final cheerful error about two and two making five.
A nostalgic poem recalls a schoolday verse "If you love me as I love you" from a tattered Sanders Speller. Carolyn L Bacon credits Buffalo Express as the source, as the speaker cherishes a blue-eyed sweetheart and memories long years ago across seasons.
A collage of quips and witticisms from Puck Atchison Globe Boston Transcript New York Press Harper's Bazaar and others. The jokes touch on aging vanity ambition math and literature with brief exchanges about trains cab rides and reading choices reflecting period humor and social observations.
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