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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1913
Page
5
In Diego California officers raid a depot where New York travelers allegedly concealed foreign merchandise inside stockings. A woman inspector lists items seized including a Panama hat cay peon wheat bowl clay bull matador pennants spoons a lace shawl and a carved wooden bowl.
Rhubarb is a low value food used as a fruit, with oxalic acid and purgative effects. Giant red stalks are prized, best when grown under glass or outdoors, and should be used soon after cutting. Cook with water, sugar to taste, then simmer until thick. Rhubarb pie details begin with two bunches.
A collection of rhubarb based recipes detailing pie fillings with sugar corn starch and butter, a meringue topping method, and rhubarb jam and conserve preserving instructions. Includes proportions for pie crust handling and methods to prevent overflow and burning with notes on raisins and lemon rind.
A costly residence was destroyed by a blaze at the door of the Tire Building. Police blame the fire on the premises as firemen struggled to control the flames spreading through the block.
A roundup of international society items notes Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe announces a voting women committee to press enfranchisement with President Wilson, plus cases ofelopement tragedy in Minnesota and a Honolulu wedding travel. A Harrow Lancashire birth claim and a Hyde Park suffrage riot are reported along with a female confession in Oklahoma and Lena Fennell’s gas-tube death case.
Readers debate dancing as public entertainment versus private practice while anon asks about naturalization timelines and citizenship for children of naturalized parents. Issues include military academy eligibility, church conduct, and etiquette in public transport with a male companion.
A basement sale advertises ANZAI toilet paper seven rolls for five tenths, regular 10c per roll, plus Japanese crepe paper and nickel plated holders. It lists wire items, brushes, cabinets, varnish, dippers, toasters, broilers, strainers and other kitchenware with reduced Tuesday prices.
A tentative dialogue begins as the MacDougall Southwick Company and others seize the moment. The text suggests vigilance in handling the offer, advising a courteous reply and indicating reading or not reading the paper as a personal choice.
A short letter from Cynthia Grey notes many responses lack names or addresses. She urges readers to include a stamped self-addressed envelope to ensure prompt replies.
The 1912 death rate for Panama Canal employees was 7.14 per thousand, lower than 10.42 in 1911 and 45.73 in 1905. The sources note Washington’s lieutenant governor Lou S Hart and Clark Savidge as a public lands official, while Jerusalem town installs a citywide telephone system. The New York Public Service Commission sits at 154 Nassau St.
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