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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
6
The article compares insect specialization with human tool use and imagines a glass age where homes, furniture, and utensils are indestructible glass. It cites ants forming functional “living bottles,” giant soldier ants, and glass streets in Paris, then envisions glass rooms to experience walking on glass floors and drinking from glass cups.
The scene shifts along a Fifth Avenue strip near arts and bookstores where Mark Twain pauses after seeing a likeness of himself in a window. A passing chatterer questions the work, and Twain replies he is the greatest impostor Americans refuse to take seriously. The chatterer later repeats the tale to friends.
A French savant envisions homes built from a newly created stone glass. Foundations and walls would be glass, joined by iron, creating hollow spaces for pipes and services. The concept aims to house all features needed for modern living including heat light water and electricity.
Water constitutes most of the body and supports all vital functions. Regular intake cleanses tissues, aids waste removal, prevents headaches and fatigue, and can help reduce excess fat by improving digestion and assimilation.
Reports note wage increases for Belfast bakers and a growing labor influence with 107,000 Brotherhood railway brakemen and a sizeable rise in carpenters joined by a 66,858 increase in twenty years. Other items mention wage gains for Springfield coal handlers and a Paris labor palace nearing completion.
The article explains water polo as a rough water game with six players per side and two goals a hundred feet apart. Players swim to push a rubber ball between goals over fifteen minute innings and best two of three wins, noting it is less dangerous than football. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy knighted by King Edward VII for leadership of the Canadian Pacific Railway. his career and family ties are outlined.
In a Chicago Record-Herald passage a wealthy baron named Bullion rides in his carriage with a million dollars and marble palace yet starves in spirit. A speaker compares himself to Bullion, wishing for a crust, toast, and onions, mocking inequality and excess in a world of breadline hunger.
A party of country visitors touring New York City discovers wistaria vines on Fifth Avenue houses and debates the flower’s name. A clergyman explains its origin naming Dr Caspar Wistar and the Wistaria Consequana species while a student quips about pea varieties. The column then shifts to quips about sun on rain and a sixteen year old peach cobbler.
New York fashion notes embrace rough cloths like zibeline camel hair and chevrot for dressy gowns and lingerie. Bold coral red zibeline gowns with black trimming appear, while tea gowns in panne velvet silk and crepe de chine feature lace, satin, and delicate embroidery.
Fashion notes describe gowns of rough cloth and velvet trims in walking length and long dressy gowns. Cream and brown dominate colors, with white satin fronts and Persian embroidery. Featured designs include oyster satin faced cloth with Persian embroidery, willow green broadcloth with black silk chenille, and light brown ladies cloth with steel gimp. Fur trims appear sparingly in negligees.
The article details season millinery trends with belts in varied forms and decor, leather and fur accents, and color pairings like Cypress green and dark browns. It notes Louisine silks and armoire weaves replacing taffeta for drapery and discusses black white royal blue and brown hat drapery with dotted accents and spangled nets.
The text discusses combining brown velvet with satin or silk trims, noting embroidered and crocheted silk buttons as stylish fasteners. It highlights large green onyx buttons on corduroy and suggests gowns like Neglige attire in gray or green. Black chiffon with gold sequins and green floss is praised for elegance alongside a simple blouse with stitched center band and side tucks.
A New York Times report describes a keeper at Long Branch tending fifteen ostriches from Hot Springs Arkansas. The birds, valued for their feathers, exhibit temperaments toward a local policeman and a mating pattern, while the keeper notes the birds’ aversion to dogs and details their size, eggs, and feather trade.
Leigh England with 2100 people produces about 900 divers spanning the globe. The article notes their hereditary trade, exceptional lung and ear adaptations, and their dominance in global diving labor with high earnings, while Cornwall miners from two parishes contribute a similar international wage bill.
A physician advises a regimen to help the thinnest person gain flesh. Begin with cocoa or chocolate upon rising, breakfast of eggs with meat and coffee, then fruit. include soups, meats, fish, and starchy vegetables at dinner. Favor milk and sweet desserts, avoid acids, cold baths, and heavy exertion, and sleep well.
A tarantula arrived with a shipment of bananas and was sent to the Academy of Natural Sciences after the dealer refused it. At the museum the spider shed its skin revealing a second spider, but one leg was lost during the process. The species died soon after as scientists noted the outer skeleton growth.
In a Coney Island restaurant known for racetrack crowds, the famous conductor Sousa, famed as a public figure, is denied a reserved table. The waiter and proprietor insist a Mr Sofa has booked the seat, prompting Sousa to remain amused by the irony of fame.
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