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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
5
Incoherent OCR fragment describes public health or urban planning terms with scattered phrases about good solid packages and weak maintenance. Names, dates, or clear actions are not discernible, rendering a compact record of uncertain event.
Wendell A. Odlum a salesman for H. E. Orr Co. was killed when a White Steamer overturned on Fifth Ave near Highland Drive. Rhodehamel, head salesman Clark Shadehamel, had warned of a coming accident days earlier and feared he would be the victim. Funeral services were held and the body shipped to Boulder, Colorado for interment.
Kansas City Aug 17 A Missouri legislative session yields a flood of reforms many described as draconian including restrictions on liquor in dining cars bans on public nudity and new penalties for power theft. The piece notes a single bright spot for travelers hotel beds must be nine feet long sheets and clean to protect guests from unwashed bedding.
C W Mathews announces a special carrier and clerk examination in this city with applications due by 4:30 pm September 4 in San Francisco. Post office employees start at 690 dollars yearly with automatic raises to 1100 dollars. Also note Silver Dick Adam Dickson Warner of the W C T A speaks on The Curse of the Modern Saloon at First Presbyterian Church next Friday night and may run for mayor on the prohibition ticket when returning to Los Angeles. Dreamland hosts a free admission dance tonight with prize waste championship.
A vintage column offers advice for women on demeanor and social drills. It urges quiet resilience, polite smiles, and discretion, with tips on laughter, storytelling, greeting friends, and managing troubles, alongside fashion notes and etiquette for gatherings.
A recipe segment describes molding rice dessert with milk orange rind gelatin and custard served with fruit preserves. It also offers a second dish using leftover string beans and potatoes with onion fat flour and milk, simmered and served hot.
The passage offers frugal home advice on cooking and preserving items and keeping water flowing. It suggests keeping scraping tools submerged to prevent splashing and warns against leaving doors open to reduce cooling loss. It also proposes storing a crochet needle in the bathroom to clear waste pipes and maintain drainage.
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