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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1894
Page
5
A nostalgic verse piece portrays bedtime scenes and rhymes about sleepy children and familiar nursery figures. The speaker asks what story to tell a sleepy child and blends tales of Little Boy Blue Little Bo Peep and a baby’s loving farewell in gentle, comforting language.
Grandma Mockbee protests as Octavia refuses consent to marriage plans. Octavia declares she will wed Ferdinand Fothergill and move to the city, rejecting Jerome Meadowgay. Margie urges Jerome to write as he departs, fearing he may never return from Greenland.
Octavia Mockbee abandons Jerome Meadowgay for the dashing Ferdinand Fothergill but a marriage license dispute and a letter expose hard times. Jerome returns to confront a rekindled passion as Octavia seeks reconciliation while Grandma Mockbee and Aunt Adaline pressure for a respectable wedding.
A tense exchange unfolds between Octavia and Jerome as he insists the breakup is final. Margie soon marries, becoming a charming bride, and the Gothic cottage with vines now has a new mistress.
A new wall material called compoboard uses one-eighth inch wood strips between two layers of heavy strawboard bound by cement. The process feeds wood strips with strawboard, uses cement and a hydraulic press at 120 tons per square inch, then cuts to size and dries. Claimed benefits include air tightness, less dampness, no warping, light weight, and comparable cost to plastering.
The Philadelphia Times notes paper is a universal staple with daily U S output around 1200 to 1500 tons of news print. It cites state leaders in production, with New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois supplying nearly three quarters of the national total.
A physician recalls a case from South America where a young Mexican worker died days after an earthquake caused a museum scene of moving skulls and dancing skeletons. The fright triggered a fatal shock, illustrating extreme fear as a death cause in a wartime era report.
The War Department studied using the Potomac Falls to power Washington City lighting and found the plan practicable. An engineer said power could be transmitted to Washington, a canal around the falls could feed a plant downstream, and even at low water 6895 horsepower is available while 4400 are presently needed.
A New York City breeder operates a guinea pig nursery near New Canaan Heights showing a seven pound male giant among 250 pigs in various colors. The pigs are bred for vivisection purposes by Dr Alexander Lambert, with sales to hospitals and pet buyers. the text explains vivisection, inoculation, and the shift from other animals to pigs, noting modern anesthesia reduces suffering and the balance favors anatomy.
The Lee Metford rifle for the British Army showcases enhancements from recent tests. The feed now holds ten rounds, the barrel is lighter, sights extend to 1800 yards, and total weight drops to nine pounds four ounces. Experts say these changes boost effectiveness and support its claim as Europe's best army rifle. Mount Blanc observatory in Switzerland is the world’s highest.
The New York Herald notes high level pistol shooting in France with M. Bonzon winning the premier prize at Paris gallery Gastinne Renette. He fired six shots at sixteen metres with a 44 caliber revolver, all striking the bullseye and lifting a portion of the center.
Kansas irrigation report highlights G M Munger of Eureka Greenwood county building a 160 acre water reservoir with a 2800 foot dam and 38 foot height. Water raised by two compound duplex steam pumps to irrigate a 500 acre orchard. Estimated total plant cost about 15000 dollars.
A New Orleans woman visiting Asbury Park reports a notice in the pavilion asking tobacco squirters to refrain. It declares ladies with neat dresses have rights which must be respected and suggests copying the notice in other public places of our city.
Professor Bailey of Cornell University reports an exhaustive study on the origin of the common strawberry. He finds it to be a modification of a strawberry discovered ages ago in Chill South America.
Street bands in Germany face permits and may play only with processions in public spaces. In Vienna organ grinders are restricted to performance between midday and sunset, reflecting strict time limits on street music activities.
A marvel from an English potter bureau and bedstead, crafted at the factory, given as a wedding gift to the Duke and Duchess of York. The fragile furniture rivals wood in beauty and usefulness with large rose-wreathed mirrors illuminated by tiny electrical lights in their centers.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure promising to cure deafness caused by catarrh. Claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and that topical applications fail. Offers one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved and invites readers to request free circulars. Toledo based firm F. J. Creer & Co. lists druggists as sellers.
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