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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
3
The piece argues American women have always been good looking and attributes perceived changes in beauty to shifting fashion styles over past decades. It notes that at social events the line between daughter and mother blurs as styles evolve, with no drama beyond fashion’s influence.
Jaunty half coats in linen pique lace and silk captivate shoppers with loose jackets reaching mid thigh. Most are double breast ed, fastened with large pearl porcelain or steel buttons. Wide circular collars and bell sleeves define the girlish style, with coffee colored lace over taffeta and satin ribbons for added flair.
Bands of Oriental or Russian embroidery lift gowns from navy serge to zibeline, with black velvet and gray velvet gowns rising in popularity. A silver gray velvet gown lined with pale blue features a lace seam, white collar, and turquoise and pearl ornaments. Turquoise chains and jeweled pendants replace heavy necklace trends, while Indian shawls lose purchase as wraps. A Paisley shawl tradition lingers, valued for heritage as much as for fashion.
A combative critique contrasts indigo India shawls with Paisley, condemns faddish parasitic theft, and then attacks the feminine habit of gossip and fabrication. It mocks the Chinese lie as semi aesthetic embroidery and warns diligent fibbers to guard memory and avoid exposure.
A lively survey of early 20th century fashion details highlights hats with swirl bows and sunflower rosettes, lace medallions and Chantilly fabrics, ornate parasols, and the evolving sleeve from wrist to elbow. It notes coarser weaves gaining popularity and the rise of sheer filmy gowns with delicate trimmings.
The piece argues that success is cultivated by surrounding oneself with energetic, achievement‑minded people and by training the unconscious mind to think of success. It advocates reading inspirational works and studying successful lives, sustained by a constant focus on success both day and night.
A columnist notes billionaire philanthropists endowing libraries and universities to honor their names, yet questions whether mass education yields true mastery of living. The piece contrasts vast literary volumes with the practical science of nourishing and building the human body, asking why no doctor of dietetica exists and whether education should prove how to live.
Excerpted advice from George Horace Lorimer urging fathers to assess boys by character and fit, not polish, noting office misfits, the risk of overbearing leaders, and the value of aligning talents with underlying abilities rather than rigid expectations. The piece compares youths to pups and stresses practical virtues over prestige.
A New York Journal piece argues that education of the mind is key to character. It urges parents and physicians to teach love over revenge, harmony over discord, and to model the law of cause and effect in daily acts.
A collage of items from old papers describes a tiny pink flower kept briefly, a doll wish, and a pair of stage tricks with water and scissors. It also notes dramatic real life moments where quick acts saved lives, from a girl applying a medical lesson to drain a drowning victim to a boy restraining a runaway horse.
A child narrator recalls a magical hammock shared with siblings and pets, guided by fairy Love versus Selfishness, restoring room for all. An adjacent feature explains a basin experiment with matches showing surface tension and capillarity, detailing how liquids behave like an elastic surface and how water rises in small tubes and wicks.
A historical note describes a fire extinguishing compound made by mixing twenty pounds of common salt with ten pounds of sal ammoniac in seven gallons of water. The formula reflects period chemistry and practical fire suppression ideas.
Ivy growing on a house extracts moisture from walls rather than dampening them. The classic belief of ivy causing damp is challenged by observations of moisture transfer, suggesting ivy may protect the wall by drawing away excess moisture.
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