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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
2
A 1900 01 era reflection discusses whether college enhances intellectual growth for girls. It argues college life is impersonal and that a mother’s guidance and a home environment may better nurture character and balance than elite institutions. It muses on education versus home influence and notes broader social topics.
Reports from Galveston describe the city nearly wiped off the map with up to thousands dead and ten thousand homeless. Martial law is declared as Major Payling commands troops to load bodies for burial in the gulf. survivors face looting and rampant assaults amid city ruins and a scorching floodlit dawn.
Mayor Walter C. Jones dubs 5,000 dead as official tallies rise. Over 2,800 bodies removed or buried in trenches amid widespread decomposition. Police and soldiers patrol ruins, with shootings reported and looting met with deadly force. Ninety-two children and eleven men killed at the Orphans Home. one sister reportedly raped, details scarce. Also reports 24 Dominican nuns killed, with Newark relatives seeking word. Over $400 raised in Newark for relief.
The Journal and Advertiser sent a special relief train from New York at 7 p.m. via the D L and W railroad. It carries two Pullican sleepers with 28 doctors and nurses and an express car loaded with medicines and comfort items for invalids. The route goes to Brisoly then Wabash to St Louis, then Iron Mountain to Houston.
Indications point to John B. Stanchfield for governor and William F. Mackay for lieutenant governor as the Democratic ticket, with Truman Croker Murphy McLanaghan leaders guiding strategy. Kempner of Kings to deliver the nominating speech for Comptroller Coler. McCarren named temporary and permanent chairman with Milne as Platform chair for a broad reform agenda.
In Spring Valley New York on September 12 a naked man described as possibly insane has stirred the area for days. He has been seen by several residents and was spotted yesterday by Mrs Matthew Stare in her pickle patch before emitting a yell and disappearing as a hunt for him was organized.
Belfast dispatch dated Sept 12 reports Boer sources confirm plan to formally declare guerrilla warfare against Britain. Bothe opposed by General Botha but overruled by council. Kruger said too feeble to travel, likely to Komatipoor, while denouncing Roberts proclamation as void. Captain Slocum arrives in London to take post in St Petersburg. Roberts and Kitchener bid him farewell at Pretoria. Hay praised by Slocum for Pretoria record.
Baseball scores and club standings are listed with records for the National League and American League teams led by Brooklyn Chicago and Pittsburg. Sequences include game results from Kansas City Chicago and Toronto with Eastern and other league notes and a Roosevelt visit report from Yankton South Dakota.
State Senator Samuel A. Losch of Pennsylvania has died at age 58, a figure in Republican politics and G. A. R. circles. Bingh amton population figures show 1900 total 30047, up 4042 since 1890. Brandywine battle centennial marked on Sept 11 1777 battlefield. Whitehall and Granville Railroad Co incorporated in Washington County with 750000 capital to run 1414 miles to Granville powered by electricity. John H. Stearns of Cazenovia died in Syracuse of stomach cancer, attended by Francis Barnes who claims divine healing. Dr L I Weaver seeks to prosecute Barnes to stop faith care practices.
The Delaware Susquehanna and Reading Railroad issues a timetable effective April 16, 1907. Trains depart Drifton for Jeddo Kelkey Harwood and others at 6 00 am and 7 10 am daily except Sunday, with 3 00 pm connections. Additional departures run to Oneida Junction Harwood Road Humboldt Road Sheppton and Hazleton Junction with multiple daily times. Connections at Hazleton Junction link to electric cars serving Hazleton and Jeannesville. A 1 00 pm daily train from Hazleton Junction to Der inger provides service to Way stations. Luther Smith Supervisor
A longtime article notes China’s medical scene where many doctors face demand for immediate cures and patients seek quick results. It describes patent medicines, vivid labels, and aggressive advertising, with small, affordable remedies sold to a masses with limited means, while a Western educated doctor resists leaving a village.
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