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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
6
The piece critiques men adopting women’s clothing and roles, citing Amelia Bloomer and the rise of bicycle gear. It notes men stealing garments like shirts and hats, dressmaking, and millinery, predicting a growth in unmanly attire and intrusions into traditionally female domains. It also offers DIY fashion tips, detailing bolero finishes and adaptable garments for women.
A historical note outlines Ephreta Pa once a manufacturing hub now a village. It recalls Conrad Beissel and the Dunkards who observe the seventh day as Sabbath, with independent congregations and unpaid clergy. The piece mentions emigration and a comic exchange about betting amid travel.
Mrs Ferguson widow of the late James B Ferguson plans to breed and race thoroughbreds under her own name at Kingston. The estate in Kentucky houses ninety stalls with many famed horses and she aims to revive the green and orange sash once made famous by Price McGrath. A separate table notes babies’ daily sleep hours from birth to twelve months and suggests a long night and midday nap.
Miss Maude Wright a Vassar student who walked ten to twenty miles daily to shed pounds fell ill with appendicitis after strenuous exercise. Surgeons operated and she is reported to be recovering as weather kept her from continuing walks.
The Lancet reports two cases of leg dermatitis in which arsenic was found in dye in black stockings. Dr F W Tunnicliffe attributes poisoning to sodium arsenate used as a fixing agent in dyeing. Perspiration may have aided absorption of the poison.
Wedding cake boxes now favor severe shapes with premium materials. Tops feature monograms in relief in white or gold and silver. Ribbons use moire, taffeta, or satin to tie the boxes.
Instructions describe filling a bottle with cold water, stretching a stocking over it, securing the ends, placing lace over the stocking, tacking it, and placing the bottle in a kettle. This yields a shaped tool for laundry or delicate fabric care.
The article recounts Beissel and his followers establishing a communal life in 1732 near a river in a cave dwelling. It describes monastic garb, shared property, mills, and printing presses, then details rituals such as foot washing at conferences, the Lord's Supper, and oil anointing for the sick, noting the decline of the old community and its estates.
Mrs. Lucy Cleaver McElroy creator of Juletty is a Kentucky author born in Leba non, Ky, who spent her life in the state. An outdoorsminded girl she rode with her father’s sports and remained active after marriage. An injury from a horse accident left her an invalid yet she wrote Juletty using one hand on a typewriter.
The biggest clock in America stands in a Philadelphia public building tower. It rises 351 feet above the street with a 25 foot dial and a 12 foot minute hand. The clock is powered by a three horse power engine and its bell weighs over 20 000 pounds.
A garbled colonial page lists scattered notes on population, monuments, law phrasing, a botany incubator in Sydney, paper money, a villa Egyptian statue, a bean exhibit, a French seed query, and Barn owls near grain elevators. The text is fragmentary with many mis‑spellings.
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