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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
3
Describes a fashion idea using tissue fans made to resemble fish scales. Gold tones deepen to copper for a carp effect, silver to bronze for a salmon, with dull mother of pearl sequins. Paired with a white gown, the look is described as fascinating and novel.
The piece advises tepid water and buttermilk or rose water for facial soothing after travel. It then highlights seasonally bright purses and pocket books in vivid hues and exotic leathers with art nouveau mounts. A millinery detail explains the plumage veil covering the breast feathers and its effect in wind.
The London Chronicle misprints Consuelo for Spanish duchesses to imply feminine forms. Consuelo means comfort and is masculine, while most Spanish women bear forms of Mary such as Dolores Carmen Carmencita Conception and Consuelo reflects specific titles like Mary of Good Comfort.
The piece discusses difficulties for full throated figures in buying silk stock collars with tight fits. It explains adjusting upper edges to increase surface area, adding rosettes bows or ribbons, and moving fasteners to improve fit. It notes risks of choking and the desire for smarter neckwear options and longer models.
The latest skirts closely match waists in color and style and include the drop skirt. This full silk skirt, finished with accordion plaiting at the foot, is long and floor touching at the front with sweeping back and sides. A top Paris dressmaker crafts the drop skirt separately, fitting it like a dress skirt for a flawless look.
The piece describes hats decorated with a range of flowers from Banksia to La France roses. Some exclusive models feature large sprays of hyacinths and other blooms, reflecting stylish millinery trends.
The article discusses seasonal colorings of drangea and the lasting popularity of this flower through early summer. It notes revived toreador hats with minimal trimming, a smart rosette of satin, and quills. A new plateau toque folds in two with a flower wreath veiled in tulle and velvet bow. The ordinary plateau remains popular.
The New York Herald describes two new games in fashionable Europe. The necktie race involves horsemen dismounting to have neckties tied by ladies before resuming the race. The apple race requires kneeling horsemen to seize a floating apple with their teeth, holding it to the finish.
The article notes that sixty years ago no woman was regularly accredited in law medicine or theology. Antoinette L Brown became an ordained minister decades ago, while Lucy Stone faced disenfranchisement. Medicine proved most accessible to women. many physicians practice successfully, including missionaries. Few women attained financial independence in law, though some succeeded.
The piece highlights low and flat Paris model hats with panne and miroir velvet, satin, and white chiffon boas edged in black and white. It notes jet buckles and laces, reversible silk skirts, up to date velvet ribbons, jeweled embroidery on hats, all silk hats for children, and a one-seam bishop sleeve model with various finishing options.
A series of maxims on virtue discipline and character. It emphasizes self culture, disciplined focus, and moral living through friendship literature and noble companionship. It argues that true strength comes from inner reform and living by high ideals.
A Home Magazine writer estimates wars cost the 19th century about 20 billion dollars. The piece compares war outlays with church and building costs, education spending, and per capita money, then highlights Chicago's free transportation for crippled children to school as a philanthropy example.
Roof dwellers in downtown New York live in small cottages atop skyscrapers, a novel beacon of city life. Their homes, built of wood or brick, offer sunlight, fresh air, flower gardens, and even vegetable patches. They enjoy seclusion above the city bustle with views of harbor, trains, and towering towers.
The Baltimore Sun notes a medical journal warns that solitary meals may disrupt digestion and nourishment. It explains that eating alone can lead to haste and social withdrawal, increasing health risks for those living without companionship.
The Empress Freiderick’s coffin held letters from her late husband Emperor Frederick and his last messages placed over her heart. The Eagles of Killarney, once near Eagle's Nest, have been exterminated in the past three years.
A genealogical sketch by Rev. A Stapleton traces President McKinley's lineage to David McKinley born 1775 in York County Pennsylvania. It notes Revolutionary service, migration to Westmoreland and Ohio, and burial markers at Chatfield Lutheran Cemetery. It recounts John McKinley and family ties, land holdings, and early Chanceford township roots. The piece highlights the historian's research into court records tax lists and land warrants to establish descent.
Oldest Eng land house on the River Ver near St Albans abbey is octagonal and said to be 11 centuries old. Alles ley church bells ring at 5am summer 6am winter curfew 8pm. German farmer Obermayer bound and driven from his field by a strong lass. An American offered to ride 1000 miles on a cowcatcher but refused. Osterlout family of Susquehanna famed wildcat and rattlesnake hunters. Herman Osterlout bitten often and with 127 cats killed. wife also hunts and kills snakes and cats.
A scientist questions if the north pole will ever be discovered and a capitalist doubts, suggesting a trust might someday see financial potential in the venture.
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