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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
A preview of summer dress trends highlights taffeta gowns with velvet trim, delicate muslin and batiste shirts, French batiste hand embroidery, and black accents. It describes collars, cravats, pintucked shirts, and decorative nets with lace yokes, plus practical notes on laundering and coordinating skirts and accessories for a polished, era-appropriate look.
A detailed 1920s style guide outlines authoritative advice on men’s dress for formal, morning, and outing occasions. It covers jewelry, color harmony, fabrics like blue and white flannel, and accessories including hats, belts, and walking sticks, emphasizing restraint, two color combos, and proper tailoring.
Costly silver tuned chiming bells become a fad among wealthy estates. Popular hats feature sailors with rolled brims and black velvet bows. White dotted maslin with black velvet ribbon, black and white striped silk, pale pink blue and green mercerized lawn outfits, and dimities and ginghams appear in the season’s fashion for summer day gowns.
A writer argues that swimming in salt water is as comfortable as land with proper technique. Instructions cover floating on the back with arms extended and palms down, breathing, and posture. The text notes body buoyancy and a drowning incident where a young woman floated on her back at a seashore resort to avoid suffocation.
The article details safe floatation techniques starting from resting on the back in a calm bay or inlet. It explains breathing, body position, and arm movements with numbered steps to gradually build confidence, including how to respond if submerged briefly and how to protect ears from water. It also covers assistance from a partner and the thrust mechanics akin to rowing to propel with smooth, even motions.
The text describes figure based steps for back swimming and leg positions numbered 1 through 4. It explains raising arms to push water wedge and how the body advances, noting that rack swimming remains restful with hose and mouth out of water, aiding beginner confidence.
Inexpensive home ice cream guidance shows how to use quart freezers with salt and ice, packing the dasher properly, and cooling steps. Instructions cover dampening moisture with newspaper, using a wooden mallet, and steps to retrieve the frozen dessert, plus a lemon tea and orange tea recipe from Good Housekeeping.
The passage details a lace collar pattern using Materials No. 70 lace thread, two shuttles and inches of No 2 ribbon. It specifies starting with the wheel and mete a sequence of stitches: S P with two stitches between, closing and trimming the thread, then 28 P, 2 48, follow top of the ring, 20s P, 2 0s, close, fasten on the second thread.
Instructions describe creating a tatted lace collar with eight rings and chains, forming groups of wheels, four sets, and attaching lace to a ribbon or fabric foundation. It notes alternation, joining, four ringed textures, and variations using silk, velvet, or stock collars with polhota tacked on.
Fragmented mock sermon on greed and ritualized violence uses fake dialect to mock radical uplift calls. It describes a insidious seduction toward wealth with a ritualized murder aim, urging restraint and moral critique while exposing manipulation and danger.
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