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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
14
A reader asks for breakfast variety due to monotony. Miss Grey suggests fresh or cooked fruits, alternate cereals, potatoes with eggs, potato pancakes, fried corn mush, biscuits muffins jams and rice dishes as flexible options fitting a meatless diet.
An advertisement voice pleads for more coffee with the tagline Oh give me some more of that coffee and credits a speaker named Jim Boldt, reflecting a local sales pitch tone. The brief notice captures a bygone coffee culture moment.
Cyn thia Grey offers cautions on rekindling love and enduring marriage while addressing readers about girl privileges at 18 and 21. An advice note warns against loveless marriage, urging thoughtful choices and considering parental consent for visits, amidst mixed letters and guidance.
A practical tip explains wrapping a towel soaked in very hot water around bottles to avoid burns when filling with boiling fruit. The method softens heat transfer and allows safer pouring.
A bride recounts hair cutting under pressure from her husband and crowd, regrets the surrender of her long curls, endures the barbering and a tense phone exchange, and longs for shared mourning with Bob as she faces the consequences.
A vintage remedy recommends rubbing butter on bruises to prevent discoloration. Do not apply to broken skin as salt in the butter may sting. The note highlights children receiving bumps over summer that turn blue but do not break the skin and may leave marks.
Lavoptik eye wash blends witchhazel camphor hy drastia and related ingredients to ease eye strain. A customer reports restful feeling after one use and a young man and his mother say they were helped. Swift's Drug Co. and leading druggists guarantee aid for weak or inflamed eyes.
The piece links the poppy to consolation and oblivion in flower language and cites ancient art and myth about narcotic uses. It recounts Greco roman petals in love rituals and an Indian legend of Postomani, a transformed girl whose grave yields a drug that alters behavior to mice, dogs, apes, boars, and elephants.
A Chicago woman describes long lasting side pain and illness improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The notice claims forty years of women using the product and promotes its herbal formula free from harmful drugs.
Seattle welcomes a new chain store, Sweet Sixteen, opening at 1021 Second Avenue in the Rialto Building. The firm highlights Sixteen Dollar dresses and coats, youthful styles, and no sale pricing, with extensive buying from New York to offer low-cost fashion across the Northwest.
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