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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1902
Page
2
A Casson poem excerpt reflecting disillusion with modernity and mechanization. It contrasts mapped intellect, tamed passion, dwindling inspiration, and fading prophetic visions with industrial force and economic burden. The lines imply a world where human spirit yields to cold calculation.
A wandering tale threads love and memory as a Fall River man and a Kankakee boy journey to Chicoutimi to chase a voyage on the Saguenay. A cross Atlantic flirtation, a telegram plan, and a fogbound drama end in a quiet wedding at Cacouna as letters and fate conspire. Chicago Great Inland Port notes follow, highlighting shipping and commerce growth.
In St Nicholas, Cleveland Moffett profiles the perilous Lachine Rapids and the pilots who master them. Fred Ouillette, famed Lachine pilot, embodies skill and nerve in navigating a four mile twisting waterway as a test of river craft and courage.
A fatal incident occurred at the Derby Connecticut residence of Miss Ella Bassett where two able-bodied men armed with clubs were unable to subdue a Wildcat trespasser for almost an hour before the animal was killed.
Thomas Kane, a New York businessman, fished alone in a rowboat near Stamford Lighthouse. Fog rolled in as he caught weakfish and wackfish. Two sharks, over eight feet, surged beside the boat, snapping at Kane’s fish. He cast extra bait overboard and steered for Sound Beach, reaching shore unharmed.
Dorothy Bassett a 20 year old Kansas City Armour employee was hoisted in a bucket to the top of a 265 foot brick chimney, placed the American flag on the peak, sang the Star Spangled Banner, and named the stack Dorothy before being lowered safely. Five thousand spectators witnessed the stunt conducted as a dare by J C Fennell purchasing agent at the plant.
A Pall Mall Gazette commentary extols polite discourse as a refined art. It cites Ras Makonnen of Abyssinia in Paris answering about France, England, London, and Londoners with enigmatic discretion. The piece likens communication to diplomacy, suggesting a study between Abyssinia and China.
Plenipotentiaries from the Netherlands Germany Austria Hungary Belgium France Italy Luxembourg Portugal Sweden and Switzerland signed late conventions at The Hague regulating conflicting laws on marriage divorce settlements and guardianship of private minors prepared by the 1900 Conference of International Law.
Medical findings show arsenic in small but notable amounts in various tissues after recent poisoning outbreaks. The Hospital notes arsenic is concentrated in the thyroid, with traces in thymus skin hair nails bones and brain, and a normal baseline level may exist in body tissues.
The Berlin exhibition features alcohol burning locomotives on a circular railway attracting interest. Other items include nitroglycerine powder for extended artillery range and Pacific cable reducing transPacific distance to minutes. Experimental cancer freezing methods and pine needle oil industry prospects are noted alongside musical instrument theory and a South Australia oil discovery impacting US imports.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer argues that government control of the cable line in war is a formal, already existing power. It notes the government would seize if needed and pay owners later, asserting national authority would protect this critical property without cost to the owners.
The Philadelphia Record notes that prolonged sea coast stays benefit children, especially the delicate, due to sun and sea air. Sand play, clothing removal, and exposure to iodine and bromine support growth, making coastal conditions more advantageous than mountain air for rejuvenation.
An entry from Leslie's Monthly notes that the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, perched on a hill amid frequent thunderstorms, allegedly never suffered a lightning strike in a thousand years. The temple was clad entirely in gold, a superb conductor, creating unprecedented protection.
The article notes skylarks are famed for flight songs but lists other singing birds. It mentions the tithick woodlark water pepper sedge warbler willow warbler and whin chat as additional feathered singers in flight per Great Round World.
Farm topics discuss aeration of milk to extend sweetness and reduce odors from livestock. It notes covering milk cans with moistened cloths lowers temperature by several degrees versus leaving them uncovered.
The Ontario agricultural college fed hogs of several breeds both outside and in hog lots, twice daily. Inside hogs received green feed, tares, and rape, while outside hogs grazed on rape and tares. Results show outdoors produced less meat and slower gains, with pasture feeding deemed very expensive, though outdoor hogs required about half the care time.
A barrel coop design uses a twist front for chicks with a removable front for adjustments. The article also explains cylindrical hay bales of 18 by 36 inches with around 140 to 275 pounds, noting space efficiency, reduced mould risk, and fire safety benefits for army and civilian use. Multiple armies have shipped these bales to campaigns in the Philippines and South Africa.
Clarence M Weed of the New Hampshire Experimental Station reports success using carbon bisulphide to kill woodchucks. He saturates cotton, inserts it into burrows, then fills with dirt. Of twenty five burrows treated only two or three reopened, indicating rapid elimination though inhalation risks are noted. The piece also mentions potential meat use and a separate note on Russian officers and marriage age.
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