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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1913

Page

5

Leading Dental Work in Seattle Promises Painless Care

We are in the lead in dental discoveries offering fillings extractions and treatment by painless methods. Expert crown and bridge work and light weight Never-Slip Plates position us as Seattle’s premier dentists. Nervous patients and children are treated with gentle care. Prices claim to be one third to one half of competitors. Regular heavy and regular plates priced at $10 with a money back guarantee signed by operator Dr L R Clark and manager 9405 Third Ave N W. Cor Union.

Seattle

Wife of Wilson Explores Disease Laden Alleys of Capital

In Washington on April 14 Mrs Woodrow Wilson toured the capital’s disease ridden alleys and courts to witness conditions she argues her husband will try to remedy. A guide notes 275 interior courts house about 16,000 people, with 161 inhabited alleys near the White House, born from post Civil War refugee settlement.

Wilson Washington United States Woodrow Wilson White House

Washington Housing Faults Spark Local Government Debate

Descriptions of narrow courts in Washington reveal dirty alleys and crowded tenements with unsanitary conditions. A National Civic Federation housing report notes foul garbage smells, damp basements, and shared toilets as urgent issues fueling calls for local self government in the District. President Wilson faces pressure from reform advocates and real estate interests over Washington’s governance.

Washington Wilson Green's Court Committee On Housing The Women's Welfare Department National Civic Federation Logan's Court District of Columbia United States

Spring greens colonel guide to healing the stomach blues

The article counsels using greens to revitalize the stomach after winter excess. It highlights spinach as a bowel broom and dandelion as a laxative and liver tonic, urging fresh greens such as cowslips purslane mustard tops turnip and lettuce, with notes on proper washing, cultivation, and cooking to avoid biliousness and improve digestion. It also mentions sorrel lambs quarters and Swiss chard as spinach substitutes prepared like spinach.

Flint

How to Prepare Spinach and Beet Greens in Several Ways

The text describes washing and cooking fresh spinach in a stew pan for fifteen minutes, draining, mincing, and finishing with butter. It notes young spinach is preferable, and offers serving with eggs or salt pork, plus variations with horse radish sauce. It also explains blanching and peeling beet greens with roots, boiling until tender, mincing, and seasoning with butter and salt.

Dear Miss Grey advice column on marriage and fences

A grocery wife asks about dancing with husband absent, guardian Emma counsels bargaining to attend with his kin and a warm home. Mina Grey answers on hats, steadying with a 22 year old, and a 27 year old torn by a younger rival sister, urging patience and restraint.

Miss Grey

Dear Miss Grey Letter Reaches Candid Advice Desk

A 19 year old writes seeking guidance from Miss Grey about a relationship with a coal wagon teamster who flirts with another woman, expressing deep love but concern over his occupation and behavior. She asks for counsel from the anonymous columnist.

Miss Grey

Old Fashioned Sewing Supplies List Amid Linen Goods

A fragmented inventory lists binding tape and width varieties, dressmaker threads, basting cotton and lustre twist, all from Kerr's and Alex. King brands. Items include 1-yard tape lengths, 100 and 200 yard spools, and multiple dozen pieces or spools with assorted prices.

Holt India Kerr Alex King Rela Tolman

Salmon Bisque Tested Recipe by Caroline Coe

Drain oil from one third of a can of salmon and rub skinless meat through a sieve. Slowly whisk in a quart of scalded milk with salt and pepper, then blend in a paste of four tablespoons flour and two tablespoons butter. Stir in hot milk, then the paste until smooth and boil one minute. Serve hot. Crab or lobster can substitute. Bisque is best in soup plates though clear soups suit bouillon cups.

Unsigned Inquiries Prompt Replies to Cynthia Grey

A reader note states many questions lack names or addresses and cannot be answered in print. It advises sending a stamped self addressed envelope to obtain a prompt reply and is signed Cynthia Grey.

Cynthia Grey

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