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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
3
A Boston Herald item notes pearls allegedly protect wearers from a microbe attacking the pearl. It also covers a lecture by Dr John Dewey on domestic economy in schools, arguing girls should learn carpentry and cooking as future service subjects, reflecting early 20th century views.
The article surveys Chinese street seamstresses in major cities, noting limited needlework beyond running stitches and strong patronage from Chinese merchants. It also describes the Monette Missouri Housemaids Club rules, wages, and safeguards, plus fashion notes on white glove styles and summer shirtwaists with new fabrics and trims.
The article explains fashion origin as a collage of ideas rather than a single genius. It notes Montmartre artists constantly design and copy, drawing inspiration from historic figures while a chief and trusted collaborators refine sketches into wearable elegance.
The piece surveys spring fashion, noting satin foulard neck wear with polka date and hemstitching, mercerized mnons for shirtwaists, gold buttons on waist girdles, blue and black lisle stockings with embroidered clocks for tan Oxfords, and bishop sleeve shirtwaists with narrow cuffs. It highlights chiffons and fichus, lace trimming shifts, three flounced skirts, embroidered mulls for blouses, straps as garb, and a vogue for vivid reds with ecru or guipure lace. A yellow lace waistcoat on chameleon velvet or satin, gold braid edges, and metal buttons are described as novelties, while ruffles appear abundantly on gowns for the season.
Aluminum production in 1889 was 22 tons in the United States and 71 tons elsewhere. by 1900 US output reached about 4000 tons and other countries 7500. Also noted are telegraph and telephone lines sharing a single circuit in Berlin, a salt lake in Cyprus, a flax waste textile machine in Bradford, a dual-submerged bridge in Maryborough, and a Gruson turret plant planned at Eddystone for U S coast defenses.
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