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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
3
The Delineator describes sashes as thin belts with Louis Quinze borders or soft ribbons tied around the waist. Pompadour ribbons suit white muslin dresses, white ribbon with rose wreaths pairs with pale green organdy, and coffee color lace flatters white gowns.
The article describes dainty house gowns displayed in shops, including a blue and white striped gown with a plain skirt and small train, yoke waist, lace trimmed sleeve, panne velvet cuffs and girdle. A pink gown for a girl features a pale ground with black and white pattern, pleated skirt, plain pink front, and minimal trim with a black velvet ribbon.
The Shoe-string belt, crafted from braided shoe-strings, offers a smart, pliable belt that fits the waistline well. Black and white linen fabric belts are common, with options in brown, tan, and plaid patterns. Baby ribbon braided similarly also serves as a belt for shirts waists.
The Washington Star notes rising use of small note sizes with pure white paper and delicate handwriting. It highlights central placement of addresses on cards, the Berlin block engraving, and Black Old English for misses cards as preferred styles in the season.
Mme Brassard of Lyons runs a small shop and claims to be Europe’s most noted female alpinist. She followed French Alpine troops during maneuvers and joined the 99th Battalion marching into Savoy before transferring to the 97th. She climbed Mont Jovet and crossed Col de la Vanoise amid heavy snow.
Mme Brassard accompanied troops through Mont Froid Mont Cenis and Frejus during Savoy grand maneuvers. She carried a thirty pound cocoa basket, wore ordinary shoes, and walked with the soldiers to sell cocoa. Profit totaled 150 francs.
The article notes Ireland has over 700 women graduates and highlights Mrs Y Goodman aged ninety as the oldest living woman artist who painted more than 1200 portraits. It covers women in business from Rhode Island market gardening to oil ventures in the Gulf States, and mentions Mrs Hugh Reed Griffin leading the Society of American Women in London. It also describes Ella Kellogg seeking a Colorado game warden post and recalls a Swiss court defense by Mile Mackenroth, plus a harsh view of arranged marriages among Russian peasants.
Fashion notes describe opaline ribbons and lace inset gloves as key trends this season. Matching costumes dominate, with buttons, openwork braids, and Mexian drawn work trims appearing on tailor gowns and hats, plus fruit motifs and snake girdles as statement accessories.
Observations cover cockroaches in South Africa kept in check by a parasitic fungus used to control their spread, earthworms enhancing soil nitrification and phosphate solubility, mastodons skeletons found in New York belts suggesting distinct feeding grounds, a French experimenter using electric current for anesthesia effects, and plant poisoning by caffeine and atropine derivatives in high dilutions with tea and celery plants noted.
The Larper's Bazar notes shirt waists with wide center pleats and shoulder tucks as key features in spring styles. It highlights May Manton pongee ensembles, duchesse lace boleros, champagne cloth gowns, and a revival of black gowns with high lace yokes. The piece previews flexible separate waists, lace trims, and upcoming evening dress trends for restaurant and resort wear.
New York's Street Cleaning Department studies city air to prove clean gutters improve health. Gelatine plates exposed in varied districts show bacilli counts, with averages ranging from five in light traffic areas to over 9000 in crowded tenement districts, implying high dirt correlates with disease germs.
A Washington correspondent notes the President sits at the head with the Postmaster General beside him and the heads of Interior Commerce and Agriculture and Labor in sequence. The arrangement reflects a long established practice without challenges.
The article notes the vast holdings of the 67 leading life insurance firms in the United States, totaling over 1.5 billion dollars in securities. It specifics that in 1901 these companies reported about 376 million in income, with roughly 175 million paid to policyholders or heirs, 77 million for operating expenses, and over 120 million retained, sparking economists’ debate over policyholder participation.
George Vanderbilt buys nine acres in Asheville North Carolina from Joshua Moore for 2250 dollars. Moore says title issues prevented fuller payment and that his wife and her daughter receive most proceeds. The land was deeded to Moore’s wife by Erwin Hardy years earlier for her future children.
The Bank of England began operations on January 1 1696 at Grocers Hall Poultry. In 1696 it stopped payment for a period and by 1745 faced a crisis paying claims in sixpences to stay afloat.
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