This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
10
A flood of letters to The Star from widows of the city expresses longing for happiness and fear for their children. They recount lost happiness and note employers’ reluctance to hire widows due to concerns about family responsibilities and efficiency.
A lonely widow with one child asks for a suitable husband between 38 and 48, tall and able to support his own wife. She notes debts after her husband’s death, endured illness, and wishes for a home and family, seeking a match through a local dating-style appeal.
The piece voices widow voices on hardship and marriage norms, with a widow describing early mornings to work and supporting a family on meager wages. It reflects social pressure and economic strain in a historic newspaper column.
A husband seeks guidance on marital money clashes sparked by small luxuries. He defends frugal living while his wife accuses spending on fares and vaudeville seats. He asks for advice on resolving the tension and preserving family wellbeing.
A reader responds to a letter about a married man and his wife, urging harmony at home. She advises wives to cheerfully support their husbands, keep the house orderly, and show affection, while husbands should help, communicate kindly, and avoid scolding. She recalls her own effort to please her spouse and keep the home pleasant.
A writer in The Sar argues for recognition of chambermaids and housewives suffering long hours and hard conditions. She contrasts seven day work in hotels with Sundays and holidays for shop girls, urging empathy and appreciation for domestic workers.
The fragment lists breakfast items such as bread and bananas with lemon, figs and cream, creamed dried beer, toast, coffee, tea, and a squash dish. It describes baking hubbard squash, draining, mashing, butter, pepper, cracker crumbs, and cheese, then browning in a hot oven.
A colonial style recipe recounts making a thick white sauce with butter milk flour and cheese folded into a squash omelet and sliced Virginia beets served as a paired course. The method covers beating eggs olive oil pan frying and serving on a hot platter with careful heat control.
Eva Dean presents a simple student project for a handy boy to make a practical gift. The piece emphasizes ease of construction with basic tools and clear cuts suitable for a reference book.
Instructions describe layering beets with butter salt and sugar, finishing hot to keep juices. If cooled, reheat briefly, then turn in dish. Also included are Corned Beef Hash Balls made from minced meat and potatoes formed into patties, fried until brown, with a note that boiled potatoes with corned beef improve flavor. Signed by Mrs. F. G. 8.
A Danish style leftover hash recipe. The writer uses all remaining meat and potatoes except smoked meat, trims fat, browns onion, adds lean meat with flour, and cooks until browned. A small amount of boiling water may be added to prevent sticking.
The speaker guides thickening gravy with water and simmering for an hour and a half, then adding potatoes. Seasoning with salt and pepper, skimming fat if needed, and noting potato-cutting method used for chowder. A Danish girl.
A vintage recipe text describes a tomato rarebit using butter flour cream tomatoes cheese and eggs to melt into a sauce served on crackers. It also outlines a light sponge cake batter with sugar water lemon rind and baking powder to be folded with stiff egg whites.
The column answers reader questions about troop placements, a forgotten recipe for salted almonds, home remedies for bunions and chilblains, and the latest winter neckwear. Port Ethan Allen Vermont hosts Troop G 10th Cavalry after Philippine duty. almond prep method and home cures are shared. jabots and turnover collars as winter fashion.
Ladies handkerchiefs in sheer linen and Madeira embroidery offered in various edge designs. Individual prices range from 65 cents to 2.50 dollars, with boxes of three at 3.50 to 5.25 dollars and Armenian lace edge versions at 50 cents each.
Silk crepe de chine offered in three qualities with 23 inch widths in black and colors at 1.00 and 1.10 per yard and 46 inch width in black only at 2.40 per yard.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.