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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
5
Cynthia Grey answers readers on telling children about Santa Claus, whether Friends ministers can marry, and life choices for a lonely older man. She discusses honesty in love, the value of companionship, citizenship implications for children, and wage garnishment limits for doctors.
The fragment notes Princess Eulalie living in Paris and visiting during the May 1893 world’s fair as a guest of the Spanish queen regent in the Columbus celebration. It cites a photo taken at that event and quotes her about valuing personality over birth.
Readers debate age difference in marriage and personal growth, with a 15 year gap cited and advice to delay marriage. A correspondent laments shifting guidance and asks Miss Grey how to proceed with work and education while supporting a family. A second letter from SUNRISE seeks vocational guidance amid hardship and a drunkard father.
A girl swimmer speaks out about ridicule over a skirtless bathing costume. She argues modesty concerns reflect harmful attitudes and calls for respectful treatment.
Miss Dorothy Taylor of New York criticizes skirts for bathing. She advocates trousers or trunks with a long silk jersey for modesty and comfort, arguing skirtless suits are less clumsy and preferred by practical bathers.
Pinex Cough Syrup claims rapid relief for coughs including croup and whooping cough. The ad touts Norway White Pine extract and guaiacol, with a 50 cent bottle making a pint, mixable with sugar syrup or honey. It asserts nationwide use, imitators, and a money back guarantee with a certificate in each pack.
Readers seek medical guidance from a Seattle physician on catarrh skin yellowing tonsil removal and boils. Answers advise that some conditions vary by severity liver or blood disease require examination and suggest tonsil surgery and skin infections treated with poultices plasters and drainage when needed.
Instructions describe making a jolly snowman themed work box for children aged six or seven. It explains materials such as Japanese crepe fabric and heavy color lined paper, precise dimensions for a four inch square bottom and three inch high sides, lacing with ribbon, and proper mounting of cloth and paper with a single paste.
The article explains headaches as warning signs of underlying issues. It discusses stomach-related triggers with nausea and gastric symptoms, and nervous headaches tied to prolonged mental strain, sleep lack, and poor recreation. It notes women are more prone and attributes pain to disposition and hygiene.
The reader ponders ending an affair with a first love and pursuing a second, while the advice notes memory of the first cannot be set aside. It urges recognizing genuine feelings differ, warns against women taking initiative, and advises classifying a partner as timid or selfish to decide on tolerance or dismissal.
When cream turns sour, mix a cupful with salt cayenne lemon juice and vinegar. Beat until stiff white foam, then whip with an egg beater for a few minutes. This makes a nice dressing for vegetables.
A cooking tip advises to pour cold water on fresh grease spills to harden the grease quickly. Hardened spots can be removed with a sharp knife, then cleaned with hot water and soap. This method helps prevent grease soaking into wood or floors.
Liver spots appear on neck hands and face signaling liver disorder. Seek physician guidance for treatment. Beauty parlors endorse fruit. eight oranges daily may aid the cure. A bleaching lotion mixes corrosive alum eight grains, tincture of benzoin one drop, in eight ounces of distilled water.
The Illinois State Equal Rights association in Chicago announced a list of the world’s twenty greatest women to compare with recently selected lists of men. Names include Carrie Chapman Catt Mary Baker Eddy Frances E. Willard Harriet Beecher Stowe Jane Addams Ella Flagg Young Emmeline Pankhurst Florence Nightingale Clara Barton Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B Anthony Lucre tia Mott George Eliot Elizabeth Browning Charlotte Bronte Margaret Fuller Sarah Bernhardt Mrs Raymond Robins Anna Howard Shaw and Mme Curie.
Dorothy Taylor defends silk trousers for women swimmers saying the outfit is a proper swimming costume. She arrived on the Olympia and criticizes prudish reaction, arguing she wears a long silk jersey with trousers to knee length and rebuts critics for their attitudes.
Chief of Police Sebastian orders conversion of Police Judge Frederick Son’s courtroom on the second floor of City Hall into a chapel for prisoners to attend Sunday services. An organ and pulpit are sought to complete the religious facility.
Purported heirs accuse Frank Pyles, executor of Emma Starbird estate, of diverting a $50,000 estate. Testimony says the will left to English relatives was destroyed, with Pyles claiming the document was lost. Starbird died January 1911, leaving a will naming Pyles as executor without bonds. Edna Doyle testified she gave him keys to the safety vault housing the will.
Councilman Haas pushes an ordinance to label cold storage eggs as cold storage fruit. Dealers who sell unlabeled cold storage items face up to 30 days in jail or a $100 fine or both.
The council failed to stop further work on the Cedar River dam as a feasibility study was sought. Councilmen Goddard and Hesketh opposed postponing the resolution while Kellogg warned against suspicions of unwarranted spending.
Creditors meeting in circuit court derailed an amicable settlement with Western Steel Corporation. Metropolitan Trust Company of New York plans to take over the Irondale plant with preferred stock at 70 percent and common stock at 40 percent. Labor claims of 27000 to be paid in full. creditors to vote December 20. Receivers Sutcliff Baxter and Lester Turner discharged as trustees in bankruptcy.
City council votes six to three to instruct the board of public works to provide a sufficient number of cars so every passenger can have a seat on the new municipal car line. Opponents Blaine, Peirce Wardall warn it may be impractical in year one and call it dangerous. Kellogg notes anticipating trouble.
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