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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1900
Page
2
A poetic speaker imagines a simple life in a sheltered town meadow with violets replacing sheep and crops. The narrator longs for a violet farm under cool humid skies, contrasting with bright daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips, and envisions violets as the bounty of a tranquil, nature filled homeland. The voice reflects a pastoral ideal from Spectator writings.
Dr. Eaton recalls a patient from twenty years ago as Mrs. Grafton, seeking aid to settle unpaid funeral expenses for a stillborn child. He helps locate the undertaker and invites her to Grimby, where memories of a vanished baby and a vanished debt intertwine with a quest for restitution and closure.
In the afternoon, the doctor and Mrs. Grafton return from an interview with the undertaker. She expresses deep gratitude and insists the debt be settled today. The doctor assigns her a seat in his gig and notes plans to visit Grimby, reflecting on the matter as a matter of conscience. The scene closes with a quiet sunset departure from Grimby.
The British ship St Mirren arriving from Yokohama experienced a two hour sea upheaval south of the mouth of the Columbia River. Crew reported huge waves, shifting winds and a possible distant earthquake with electrical disturbance recorded at 4 am. Officials note Japan quake effects can appear about ten days later.
The Brocken summit in Prussian Saxony offers a yearly sunrise or sunset optical spectacle of observers projected onto misty clouds. Sir Walter Scott notes legends of a demonic figure amid oak leaves, while skeptics attribute the sight to optical deception. Also included is a brief note on Nurse's Heroic Method with Dolly’s quip about a nurse.
The London News describes Amburg’s Hagenbeck menagerie with polar bears elephants condors and alligators as proof of his vast trade. A perilous elephant rush nearly crushed Hagenbeck and a rattlesnake incident left him with a poison-stained arm while feats aboard ships and a giraffe drag are recounted alongside Jenny the walrus and other oddities.
Household advice covers mirror cleaning with whiting paste applied sparingly to glass only, avoiding gilt frames. while Summer Willows note, paper pillows for hospitals, cloth upholstery and India grass cloth for summer furnishings highlight cool fabrics and decorative touches. It also extols keeping household accounts with a column Journal, showing all income and expenses by department, effort to curb overspending.
A collection of home made treats including Apple Silid Two cups thinly sliced apples and one cup pecans formed on lettuce leaves with dressing. Chocolate Biscuits mixed from bitter chocolate and egg whites formed into rounds and baked. Lettuce Soup using lettuce hearts with stock, pepper, salt and cream. Cocoanut Biscuits with eggs sugar cocoa and flour fried on sheets. Tea Cakes with sugar butter milk flour nuts and baking powder baked twenty minutes.
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