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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
3
A survey of women in various professions notes milliners and dressmakers as trendsetters in style while teachers doctors and lawyers are described by contrast as less fashion conscious. It also highlights the era’s varied fashions with corset debates and artistic stockings featuring cobweb fine lace and decorative embroidery.
A reader recalls a doctor explaining how switching from high heeled slippers to low heeled ones cured foot tendon strain. The physician notes some women suffer from the habit of alternating flat and elevated foot positions, similar to ballet dancers, and counsels safer footwear. The anecdote ends with a witty exchange about cleverness and prettiness.
A fashion notice highlights undulated black velvet ribbons for trim and delicate pink quartz handles for parasols. It details silk waist embroideries, Irish lace boleros, Madras fabrics, striped silks, washable lace braids, silk poplin cloaks, and ecru Valenciennes lace on gowns. It also notes bright lining colors, ruffled collars, and hemmed edge detailing in linen and lawn ensembles.
Practical tips to elevate table presentation with flowers plants and a silence cloth. Instructions cover bright silver cleaning doilies carvers and home made silver polish using whiting turpentine ammonia. Also notes newspapers as safe storage for summer garments to deter moths and preserve furs and woolens.
A New York reader asks about the black cockade worn by servants, explained as a royal office badge with colors varying by country. The piece notes cockade history from Hanover to Jacobites and describes a York Assizes jury who literally turned around in court, amusing the judge.
Good Housekeeping describes laying matting by sewing rather than tacking. Use strong linen thread and whip with a long loose stitch so it lies flat and has no underlying seam, and it can be used on either side for better appearance and longevity.
A collection of kitchen guidance including Poached Eggs with butter and herbs, Salmon Soup using canned salmon and milk base, Potato Noodles from mashed potatoes with egg and flour, and French Lemon Tart with lemon custard and meringue. Ends with a quip about some fellows who talk loudly without being drunk.
Reflections on everyday life showing dietary limits, domestic habits, and social perception. A man told by his doctor to avoid strawberry shortcake, a wife using a desk as a cutting table, and the notion that a hero is a valet’s shadow, ending with a remark on how posterity views women’s visiting cards. A portrait of ordinary behaviors and public judgments.
An Elephanntine ecora from Paris notes the Viscount of Bourg de Brozas with his rifle killed six large elephants in four minutes, while Tartarin of Tarascon did nothing of the kind.
A collage of humorous quips from periodicals rereads foolish luck and social foibles. Jokes about marriages, wealth, appearance, and social pretensions recur, as the snippets parody press misrepresentation and everyday vanity with light, tongue in cheek tone.
The Stone of Scone’s lineage traces origin legends from Galethus and Scota to Simon Brech and Fergus McEre. It traveled from Argyle to Ireland, then to England after 1296, with coronations linked to Westminster’s Queen’s chair and the Entail of Edward VII through Elizabeth Stuart.
The American Naturalist report by W M Wheeler shows strange ant behavior in which workers move germinating ant rice from stores and plant it nearby. Seeds sprout near nests, and the ants’ crop-like grain remains near the site, but no deliberate sowing or farming is evidenced.
The New York Press taunts ambition as greed to seize others honors while noting a conscientious woman keeps a secret even if she must recruit two or three friends to assist. The brief reflects satirical opinions on ambition and discretion.
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