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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1910
Page
7
A letter signed Unmarried from The Star prompts responses from several women. Multiple readers offer opinions on love and marriage, describe ideal qualities, and suggest how he should meet someone, with one woman proposing her sister-in-law as a potential match.
A town recalls a tin weathercock on a church steeple that pretended to foretell the wind. Vanity fades as rust binds the rod and the cock cannot turn. A replacement is erected and the old one is discarded with no one noticing or caring.
Sexton W. R. C. No. 35 will host a veterans ball and card party in the armory tonight. All are invited. The notice adds care on storage and fabric care tips about shells and wool work.
A writer contrasts American life with southern leisure and foreign pauses, condemning the mad rush for wealth. The piece laments hours lost to labor not for needs but for status, urging values of health love leisure books art and family. It argues life is too beautiful for constant hustle.
A scrambled kitchen note lists dishes such as Tomato Soup Radishes Green Onions Meat with Lentils Parenip Cakes Shrimp Salad Dessert Coffee Supper Beef and Rice and Potatoes in Cream Blaculla Rhubarb Marmalade Irish Potato Layer Cake and a chaotic baking instruction with melted chocolate vanilla and mashed potatoes. The text includes garbled quantities and unclear steps.
Soak lentils in cold water for half an hour. Cook ham or smoked meat, skim, then add lentils and onion. Boil with about three quarts of water for an hour and a half. Pare and dice six potatoes and add. Season with salt pepper and half a teaspoon marjoram or poultry dressing. Very palatable.
The instruction describes mixing a tender roll with mashed components, adding egg yolk, pepper, and cracker dust, forming small cake shapes and frying them to finish.
A reader asks if a law compels payment for a signed book and if collectors bluff. Another asks if 19-year-olds can take a homestead in Washington or Canada. Readers query legal names, pronunciation, Kipling’s Vampire, and a dry shampoo remedy for dandruff and hair shedding.
A nostalgic note on seasonal millinery trends describes a picturesque hat returning to style. The piece highlights the rear-up brim and elaborate trims of tulle lace ribbon iron and flowers, echoing old elegance in modern wear.
Instructions advise making a chlorine lime wash by dissolving chloride of lime in a quart of water, straining, and applying to mildew on white cotton. If ineffective, a dab of kerosene on a damp cloth may remove dirt from painted kitchen walls and stove burners, with caution about lamp upkeep.
In this fragment a reader describes using dry coffee grounds to stuff pin cushions and notes that needles and pins resist rust. It mentions removing worn figures from chantilly lace and applying them to chiffon for trimming gowns, then advises protecting outdoor brass with vaseline and a dry cloth polish.
A simple dessert layering sponge cake slices with jelly filled between the layers. Whipped cream crowns the top and is finished with a sprinkling of chopped nuts for texture and flavor.
A partial recipe lists three quarters of a cup of batter two cups of granulated sugar one egg beaten separately and one half cup of cold water plus two squares of chocolate.
A jumbled fragment describes mixing an herb mixture over a heat bage or bread and layering lettuce with salad. It mentions arranging leaves and adding two portions per leaf, though clarity is limited by garbled text.
A surprising victory saw Pyth Lion defeat Mmbia by a clear margin as the game featured strong defense and key plays from top performers. The win boosts Pyth Lion's standing while Mmbia faces a disappointing loss with upcoming fixtures.
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