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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
3
In felt brims bound with contrasting color, bright apple green velvet, and green parrot accents stand out. Large toques return with flat trims and lace drapery at the back. Appliqué motifs, cretonne cutouts, and veiled transparency redefine decoration. Jewelry notes mark earrings as revived, favoring short drops and screw heads with pearls for a subtle, non swinging finish.
The article discusses wedding cake presentation with decorative boxes, monograms, and rings promised by a bride to her maids. It then covers skirt fashions focusing on form fitting serpentine silhouettes with circular flounces and elastic-backed elements, ending with a proverb about work and play.
The article argues that women are more conscientious and productive but overburdened by daily work. It suggests that leisure activities like theatre or reading restore mood, widen horizons, and preserve individuality, warning that lack of recreation harms health and turns women into narrow one-track beings.
The article surveys sleeve styles emphasizing close cuffs and elbow drapery, favoring outfits that show arm contour to the elbow. It notes bagged sleeves, five inch deep cuifs, and elaborate collar embroidery as key distinctions. It cites a tabac brown velvet gown with yellow hatiste collar and diamond-trimmed pleated cuffs.
The article surveys winter hat and gown trends with white roses for hats, silk drop skirts, fur accents on gauze and tulle, Irish crochet and filet lace, guipure lace waists with fur bands, intricate stitching, and a wedding bridesmaid wreath of sweet peas. It also notes brown tweed suits with cream panne revers and Persian embroidery, plus elaborate spangled nets over brocaded silks and chiffons.
A short verse contemplates bright stars on cold nights and a playful note about outdoor cats. It then describes a European social game where two blindfolded players use paper cudgels to try to strike the other’s head based on a voice cue, often missing and hitting shoulders instead.
A five story Hutchinson building in New Haven gutted by fire during a Yale Princeton football visit. A student on a fifth floor ledge was saved by firemen after a long wait by a cheering crowd. Lower floors suffered minimal damage while many students lost possessions and searched for new housing that night.
Five year old Dickie flees a clever farmyard turkey on the eve of Thanksgiving. The turkey pursues him as Sam the cook chases the bird, while Dickie clings to his fears and vows never to bite back. Snippets show a playful farm scene and a child’s imagined danger.
A Thanksgiving family scene on a farm centers on Dickie who learns to stand up to a sly turkey with his father and brother Sam guiding him. Grandfather visits as Dickie shares a meal, misinterpreting the grownups’ laughter when he bites the turkey.
A childhood memory describes a garden with sunflowers and a legend of Clytie the naiad who falls in love with Apollo. She pines for ten days until a sunflower grows, turning toward the sun as a sign of the nymph’s transformation. Separate items note a Long Island schoolboy joke and a light quip about boasting.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat analysis outlines scams in unredeemed pledge shops. Aggressive touts cry items like watches and jewelry in loud tones to lure passersby inside, then push fired-up sales with emotional backstories. The piece highlights tactics by multiple bidders and a seasoned tout who claims to have bought thousands of watches.
The Athenaeum notes bagpipe music survived misguided efforts to push it into urban entertainment and compares it with classical forms. It recalls a Chicago jury ruling bagpipes are not instruments, yet the craft endures, spreading through British and Indian regiments as a military instrument.
An 80 year White House attendant recalls President Arthur’s wardrobe. He changed shirts and suits multiple times daily during social season, favored low-quarter shoes with silk strings, and kept a large stock of shoes and neckwear. The speaker praises Arthur as a fine man who treated servants well.
A humorous census entry from Britain describes an immigrant in New Zealand declaring his mother a Kaffir and his father an Irishman who became a naturalized American. He claimed birth aboard a Spanish vessel between Yokohama and Colombo, and the official tally settled on Scotchman.
Platinum now sells for twenty one dollars per ounce, higher than fine gold. In 1890 the price was ten dollars, driven by rising demand and limited supply. The metal resembles silver in looks but has duller luster and strong resistance to acids and corrosion.
A Muskegon correspondent in the Electrical Review suggests atmography as a concise term for wireless telegraphy, to be pronounced like geography, formed from atmosphere's first four letters and telegraphy's last half. Also reports Lavender's $100 per acre profit and high prices for refined lard products, including pure lard extract and Cologne.
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