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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
6
The new pendant trunk idea replaces box style packing with a hanging frame that slides out from the trunk. It acts as a portable clothes closet and lets expensive gowns stay wrinkle free while maximizing space and accessibility.
The piece discusses compact trunk storage for garments with hanging sections and automatic locks, then shifts to seaside bathing advice, sun protection methods, and fashion trends. It notes blond bridesmaids, green trimmed hats, shirt waist suits, and various fabric and accessory trends of the era.
Handsome structure advertised to cost about 82500 with plans by Yemus & satiegad erelilets of 2s0 Broadway New York. Describes a stone walled digus home on a full cellar with a hot air furnace, hemlock frame, North Carolina siding, Bangor slate roof, ash and whitewood trim, quartered oak staircase, modern sanitary plumbing, antique copper hardware, cherry mantels, and extensive interior finishing details.
Advice from the Boston Cooking School Magazine on washing and starching shirt waists. Prefer mild white soap, tepid soapy soak, thorough rinsing, and cautious use of bluing. White waists may be boiled briefly and sun-dried. prepare starch with wheat starch, hot liquid, and optional wax for smoothness.
The article highlights sleeve fashions as a key detail for individuality. A floral sleeve design uses a lattice of ten drils from the foundation with pompon roses along the length, trailing to hanging buds by the elbow. A netted silk mitten with raised embroidery accompanies the look, plus a filmy tambour face mitten with shoulder drapery.
The article offers canning tips for okra and tomatoes and ideas for soups and gumbo. It details boiling dapigen with cinnamon and salt, serving hot with sugar and cream, and preparing onion salad with peppers and greens. It suggests wetting jelly bags to prevent fruit juice loss and gathering young nuts for pickles. It notes cucumbers split and stuffed with white sauce as an Arab dish.
A beauty specialist links dry home air and artificial heating to early graying and thinning hair. She advises letting hair hang free at night and during daylight to improve scalp rest and root vitality, noting fresh air is essential for hair health.
Railroads equip locomotives with 6000 candle power electric searchlights. Firemen operate the lamps from the cab to aim ahead for curves. The devices extend visibility to avert accidents on 50 to 60 mph trains, with Pennsylvania’s 488 mile Pittsburg to New York run achieved without a stop by enlarging the tender for extra coal.
A University of California exploration group in the Humboldt mountains between Lovelocks and Mill City Nevada reports ten large fossil blocks of Nevadan ichthyosaurus. Collected by Vance C. Osmont and Chung Yu Wang, the specimens will take six months to a year to prepare. The expedition, funded by an Oakland donor, also aims to link Nevada finds to earlier vertebrates.
The article notes Clerk Maxwell’s theoretical idea of light pressure and reports Professor Lebedev of Moscow confirming it experimentally. Using a specialized radiometer with an exhaust bulb, light-driven vanes move, and the measured pressure agrees within about ten percent of Maxwell’s calculations.
A plant discovered in northern Paraguay has leaves with a sweet substance that in small pieces behaves like sugar in tea or coffee. It is not sugar, being stronger and non fermentable. The Agronomical Institute director in Asuncion says its chemical nature is different from known substances. The herb is common, and German researchers in the area plan experiments to cultivate it for the war effort.
Massillon travelers will soon ride through to Grand Rapids and Petoskey on the Fort Wayne route with a Pallman car running daily on train No. 9. The next month the through service expands to open Northern Michigan resorts as excursion tickets offer ten popular resorts for 13.50 round trip from Massillon on July 31. Details available from J A Shoemaker, Ticket Agent, Pennsylvania Company, Massillon.
Train timetable notes daily routes with No 5 stopping here. North bound trains run early morning and evenings on weekdays and Sundays, with specific departures at 5 2 am 6 3 30 pm 8 7 20 pm and Sunday departures 8 10 am and 5 48 pm. Southbound trains include No 7 6 52 am daily exclude Sunday No 1 9 58 am No 8 4 05 pm No 5 8 15 pm No 41 10 36 am Sunday only No 45 8 45 pm Train No 5 stops here.
Baltimore & Ohio offers low excursion tickets to San Francisco and Los Angeles from July 28 29 and August 1 to 10 for the Knights of Pythias biennial meeting. Tickets valid for return until September 30 1902. Inquiries via nearest B&O Ticket Agent or General Passenger Agent B N Austin Chicago Ill.
Low rate excursion tickets to West, Northwest and Southwest offered by Pennsylvania lines. Details on fares and train times available from passenger and ticket agents. Cleveland July 15 1902 announces daylight trips and July August Saturday departures canceled. Evening steamers from Cleveland and Buffalo daily under standard times. Cincinnati to Atlanta and Jacksonville service by Queen and Crescent praised.
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