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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1911
Page
5
A column presents Cynthia Grey letters on cooking eggplant with a batter fry method and dessert banana ideas. It also shares reader questions about health worries and exotic names, suggesting diet guidance, humor, and a banana recipe variation for baked fruit.
Questioning how to remove apecks from brass fixtures and tint walls with calcimine. Advice suggests vinegar and salt for brass and caution with calcimine. The letter asks what day Feb 15 1885 fell on and ends with incomplete guidance for carcimine use.
Edith B. Phillips of Seattle to wed H. Hughes of Boylston Avenue this evening at the couple’s home. Rev. Hughes to perform the ceremony with Anna Hughes as maid of honor and David Phillips as best man. Home at 2024 Franklin Ave N. Also a list of marriage licenses issued in Seattle and nearby towns appears nearby.
A quoted dialogue fragment shows a character pondering meaning and declaring meaningful life, ending with a reflective line about not living in vain. The snippet centers on spoken provocation and introspection without broader context.
Fashion notes from Paria highlight early fall hats in white, pale blue, and shell pink worn low on the forehead, trimmed with matching silken scarves. Ostrich plumes enable quick styling while purple shades pair with American Beauty tones, featuring purple parasols edged in black velvet and white taffeta parasols with bold trims.
A fragmentary piece mentions Seattle and Jake Forth amid an unclear context. The text intertwines health and cooking tips, including bread staling, drying, and toasting, plus vegetable washing guidance. The passage reads as a stray set of kitchen instructions rather than a coherent report.
A fussy old man questions a young drug shopkeeper about a diploma. The clerk admits no diploma but asserts they have a home preparation that is just as good.
Alice Gitchell Kirk explains jelly making using under ripe fruit to retain pectin. She discusses fruit selection, acidity, sugar ratios, tartaric acid addition, and testing for set, noting how sun or rain affects sugar content and candying. The piece covers currants crab apples quince grapes blackberries raspberries and strawberries.
Drain liquor from canned vegetables and place in a basin. Mix with mayonnaise sauce, whipped cream, and white tarragon vinegar. Stir in skinless boneless cold cooked chicken or game pieces.
Instructions describe removing currant stalks by pouring hands over the fruit and rubbing the currants hard between them to separate stalks efficiently. The text emphasizes a rapid technique for processing currants.
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