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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
6
The fragment describes cooking meat with water and butter then adding spices and bread garnish. It also includes a long preserve method with tomatoes sugar cinnamon cloves and cider vinegar boiled hours, berries mashed, sugar added, and lemon pieces cooked slowly then jarred. The text is fragmentary with typos and garbled terms.
A fragment lists food items including eight pounds pears stemmed and sliced thin, four pounds sugar, four Canton ginger, and three lemons or pears with sugar, incomplete and lacking context for full meals.
Mint leaves are steeped in hot water for twenty minutes then strained. Gelatine is dissolved with sugar lemon juice and green coloring. Mixture fills square tins to a quarter inch, dusted with almonds, cooled, cut into shapes and served between bread slices.
Melt one four pound marshmallows in a double boiler and dissolve one fourth cup confectioners sugar in one fourth cup boiling water. Gradually add to the marshmallows while stirring until blended. Cool before serving.
Fashion notes say chavior will shape fall and early winter cloth, with long jackets over skirts and silk Indian sashes. Ostrich plumes in muted tones adorn large brims, while zephyr morning dresses stay chic and affordable. Paris shows favor short skirts with overdresses and larger sleeves. princesse cuts dominate. Suffragette picnic planned at Alki Point with own lunch, and Miss Martha Gruening to speak on conditions for women in New York at Alki church.
The column advises dyeing a white sweater by consulting a dyer and to avoid hot water to prevent shrinkage. It discusses writing to a new acquaintance without permission and suggests communication only if she desires. Instructions are given for canning pears with cloves and brown sugar. No licensing for selling eye glasses is required, but peddler licenses are needed for ped dling. A warning about Samoa Island prospects is noted, and the name Elnora has no standard abbreviation. The Seattle Woman's Suffrage Club meets September 2 with a paper by Mrs. Parrish.
A collection of practical advice on home care including cleaning with salt water and salt, oven warming for fruit cakes, coconut soaking for icing, replacing cleaning powders with sandpaper, sharpening knives on sandpaper, blueing for clear glass, buckram strips to stop rug curling, and wrapping winter clothes in labeled newspaper to deter moths and aid storage.
The narrator recounts a voyage ending on a desert island with a giant roc egg and a perilous ride. He discovers a valley of large diamonds, but serpents occupy the area and he hides in a cave overnight. He resumes walking among the diamonds at dawn amid looming mountains and rocky ruins.
The article notes hats remain large with simple trims, mostly covered in fabric and tied with one bold bow. Creative color schemes are developed by the artistic girl shaping the ensemble.
A brief poem fragment by Edna Catharine Embury expresses defiance at being loved and a resolve to keep personal happiness intact. The speaker rejects change to their joyful state, calling the heart a bankrupt for the beloved’s sake while maintaining independence and intention.
District Attorney Elmer Ich Todd filed information against Young Brothers Inc, tea and coffee importers, alleging misbranding of a coffee labeled Red Gate Modia and Java. The package claimed 20 years of coffee trade experience and storage roasting, with a blend of South American and Dutch East Indian coffee analyzed by a federal lab after purchase by a foods inspector in Coner d Atene Idaho.
Stockton California residents reel after yesterday blaze. A planing mill, printing office and eight residences burned with losses pegged around 100000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames overnight and investigators assess the causes.
Dover report says Edward Meyer a Dutchman started today to swim the English Channel. He was accompanied by several assistants in a power boat and predicted success. The note mentions extra Kirkland ferry night service raising 1911 costs by $10,000 versus 1910.
The narrator describes large pieces of meat falling around as he sorts items in a turban. He hints at a forthcoming story about how the meat ended up there and mentions Sinbad being glad the incident happened in that peculiar setting.
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