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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
5
A column of Miss Grey advice answers readers questions on franchise rights for married American women, colorfast couch covers, setting fabric colors, tapioca pudding without an oven, building plans, skin care, hair ribbons, elbows, marriage happiness, morning visiting, and pie crust technique. The page mixes personal queries and practical homemaking tips with literary quotes.
In Toyland Aug 9 Santa Claus announces a Seattle Christmas with a choice line of dolls and toys. Dolls from Sonneberg and Meiningen will be offered, including character dolls and bathing dolls priced 10 cents to 1.26 dollars. An auto-sled toy costs 2.75 dollars. Santa encourages early selection to avoid factory delays and notes toy quality and fun for kids.
This reads like a vintage recipe column with instructions for cold dishes to beat heat. It lists Canton ginger with sugar and waters, gradual heating, lemon and orange juice additions, cooling and straining, and serving with crushed ice. Also included is Apple Pudding with apples, almonds, sponge dough, and a slow bake, plus Vegetable Salad with potatoes beets celery or cabbage English walnuts and French dressing on lettuce.
Covey Wet-Wash Laundry Inc offers weekly family washing for 50 cents per household using segregated, contact-free units that deliver drier results. Located at 223 Broadway North, the plant invites inspection and arranges home pickup via telephone East 4696.
Seattle author Sarah Pratt Carr is a prominent figure in the local literary scene. The piece notes her decade of writing, works such as The Iron Way Billy Tomorrow Waters of Eden and All The World Is Queer But Me, and her collaboration on Mary Carr Moore s opera The Cost of Empire. It mentions travels including crossing the Isthmus of Panama in a chair and climbing the Sierra Nevada, and identifies her as the wife of Col. Carr of Seattle.
The piece describes ripeness by weight and rind blisters. It notes a ripe melon is heavy and explains that as the fruit ripens small blisters form on the rind. The description mentions a crackling sound from within when fully ripe.
Almo Mland Covey will marry John Walter Poha at 7:30 tonight at the couple’s home 3939 Burkeay. Rev Mason of the University Congregational Church will officiate the ceremony.
A brief, quirky note records an unusual encounter last night as the speaker and companions met people possessing an automobile who appeared indifferent to being known. The incident is described with curiosity and a hint of humor.
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