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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
1
A humorous biographical sketch portrays Adam as the first tailor and customer, founding a fashion era from Eden. It notes crude methods, hand stitching, open-air workshops, and the rise of ready made clothing while tracing his rise, peril, and unearned wealth.
The article explains the origins behind familiar sayings and terms. It covers the Honeymoon a Teutonic honey mead custom for thirty days after marriage, The Bridegroom serving guests on his wedding day, Sirloin of Beef named after King Charles II, The Spinster linked to a full set of bed furnishings, and Cabal traced to Charles II’s cabinet council initials Clifford Arlington Buckingham Ashley Lauderdale.
Scandinavian carving has long been valued from early times. Stockholm houses numerous pieces in a famous museum. Borgund and Hitterdal churches showcase rich ornamentation. Everyday homes feature wooden forks, spoons, salt boxes, platters, and large carved tankards for study and admiration.
A Scotch missionary reports red flannel used as money by islanders in the South Pacific. A shipwrecked sailor's shirt reached shore and, to the untutored natives who had never seen clothing, its red strips were cut into small pieces and used as currency.
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