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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1910
Page
7
A Seattle newspaper advertises a kids contest with prizes to the next Saturday matinee of The Red Mill. Readers submit humorous child observations. winners earn theater seats. The page shares sample anecdotes from participants and notes a deadline before Wednesday noon.
A neighbor recalls a discussion with Mrs. W about faith and healing. She notes Mrs. W prefers doctors despite Christian Science talk and mentions Mrs. C who eschews medicine. The exchange highlights tension between faith and medical care.
Quaint old-fashioned puffed bands and sharpened cords trim imported dresses. Ties of fine crepe or white muslin with embroidered ends are worn around the neck. The extreme skirt on the market gathers fullness below the knees with a trimming band.
A playful verse follows Tad as he runs away to avoid play and is chased by Wink Hink and Sleepy Bye. The Sand Man, tasked with bringing sleep, helps capture the boy and he drifted into Slumberville where Sweet Slumber transports him to Dreamland.
Directions to extinguish a candle by holding it aloft and blowing upward to avoid grease, and notes on sweeping dust with a broom, using flannel, and a lime whitewash cement that hardens to resist water.
A breakfast list includes orange, cereal, beef, toast, coffee, tea, and cake. Instructions describe boiling and turning vegetables, draining oyster liquor, baking macaroni with oysters and cheese, and preparing seasoned beef stuffed potato shells baked with buttered crumbs.
Friefied Beef outlines a method to prime dried beef cut into strips then brown in butter. It instructs to dust with two tablespoons flour, pour in milk, season, and stir until smooth for a creamy sauce.
The text describes cooking steps for a beef dish using five oxen cuts with onion, butter, flour, milk, eggs, and spices, then a bread crumb pudding baked in a water bath with milk sugar and a lemon sauce. It includes frying, simmering, adding oatmeal, stock, and nutmeg, then assembling in a pan with stale crumbs and a milk-sugar mixture, finishing with a fruit liquor sauce.
A Green Lake housekeeper shares a reader letter describing how to identify carpenter ant nests in wood and cites Cham ber's encyclopedia. The article recounts finding nests in pantry wainscoting, and details using turpentine kerosene and tar to block runways and cracks as a remedy.
The fragment requests day of week for several historical dates including January 11 1586 March 21 1844 August 17 147 and April 27 1887 plus 1846 and 1844 dates and discusses lace curtain washing and a tailored neckwear fence.
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