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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
Reminiscent advice and fashion notes discuss a neck exercise for throat health, white cloth stocks and belts with suede medallion appliques, a sheer standout collar, and accessories like snakeskin belts. The piece then quotes New Orleans Times-Democrat on a three ages of women theory, detailing childhood to old age stages with observations on speech, giggling, and evolving self-awareness.
Report from the New York Times recounts a young clerk’s first day in a department store. He is instructed to replace fine and medium nibs with stub pens, as women writers prefer stubs and rarely use other points. A rare male worker may misstep, but customers insist on their preferred tools.
The Topaz reappears among fashionable women who once prized pearls and diamonds. Jewelers highlight topaz set with diamonds and sapphires, matching blue sapphires to cornflower purple. New tortoise shell settings crown combs bracelets and armbands, with topaz in shades from pale straw to deep yellow, per New York Herald.
The Washington Star notes beadwork by Indian women rises in popularity in fashion and home decor. Beaded designs, from candle shades to fringed trims, brighten niches, hats, belts, purses, slippers, and baskets. Beadwork’s durability and artistry promise lasting appeal as nonnative makers learn the craft.
Feathers become highly fashionable this season with velvet trims on skirts and bold cuffs on walking gowns. New hat pins feature chenille pompons, while ivory velvet waists with gold buttons gain popularity. Lace, velvet, and decorative braiding appear on gowns as trimming dominates the latest spring styles.
The Los Angeles Times reports oil as fuel on locomotives is not more dangerous than coal and may be safer in some aspects. Southern Pacific officials and experts argue oil quells flames quicker by allowing rapid shutdown, while questions remain about ignition in head-on crashes and spills. An Arizona mechanic works on an automatic flow-stop device, seen as important by railroads and the traveling public.
The London Express warns of declining British physical standards. Only two of five volunteers become effective soldiers, with 23 000 rejected at sight and many discharged early. Crowding in towns and poor childhood nutrition are blamed, with infant feeding linked to heart and lung trouble and physical defects.
The year 1902 saw a high death toll from disasters disease and war Epidemics caused about 385000 deaths volcanic eruptions added roughly 50000 deaths in the West Indies and elsewhere battles added about 25000 to 26000 fatalities Shipwrecks accounted for 4200 accidental deaths and self harm contributed to a grand total of 8231 The Nashville Banner notes the difficulty of estimating deaths from murder and other accidents.
A collection of moral aphorisms from Seneca Colton Southey Whitman and others. Reflections on duty energy adversity sacrifice and human forgiveness. The excerpts urge steadfast personal effort and living by principle as the path to a fuller life.
E Benjamin Andrews argues in the American Monthly Review of Reviews that U S cattle numbers rise slowly than population and range land costs push beef production up. He calls for pasture regulation and long term leases like Australia Canada and parts of the United States used to restore fertility, rest pastures, reseed barren ground, and improve herd profitability.
A wild tusker and a young elephant damaged crops in Midnapur Bengal. The district head, Babu Ganjan Lal Malla, attempted to kill the animals and wounded the large one. The pair lingered for a month as the companion cared for the wounded elephant, then the dying creature faded away and the survivor vanished.
Heinrich Rundshagen of Schiphorst near Tauenberg wrote 852 lines from Schiller plus 148 lines of German verse on a single post card. The feat aims to impress the Kaiser and be shown at next year’s St Louis exposition.
An anecdote on Lord Kitchener showing strict, relentless discipline. He rewarded true merit but punished any failure, driving officers to perform without excuse. A sunstroke misdiagnosis led to swift, decisive action, and the subject later died in action at Mafeking.
An experimenter in Germany found aluminium a fine substitute for a whetstone to sharpen blades. Under a microscope the edge from aluminium showed a straighter, smoother profile than stone sharpened edges. A greasy surface coating on aluminium adheres strongly to steel, contributing to the keen edge.
The African Trans-Continental Telegraph Company has suspended operations north of Ujiji due to engineering hurdles while monitoring the Marconi wireless telegraph system with interest for potential adoption.
The Postoffice Department has approved the design for the new five cent postage stamp. The Union stamp features an engraved Lincoln head centered in an oval with a woman representing the North on one side and the South on the other, each figure holding a palm and draped in the American flag.
The Carnegie Institute funds Yale University’s experimental psychology department to continue voice studies begun over a year ago. The project will collect dialects nationwide using a car equipped with voice recording machines and will include North American Indian tribes. The car will be sent out this summer.
A commission recommends a $275,000 appropriation for a New York State Electrical Laboratory at Union College in Schenectady to study electrical science, set official standards for measuring instruments and apparatus, and establish building wiring standards to protect municipalities and the public. Germany already maintains such an institution.
Mrs Lee C Harby of Charleston South Carolina won the 100 dollar prize in a Texas ordered contest for an official flag song. Her poem set to music will be sung at all patriotic occasions.
Information from Honduras reached Mobile asserting that due to revolutionary troubles all entrants to Honduras must carry passports. The message notes the government requires travelers to present valid passports upon arrival.
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