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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1911
Page
5
A fragment discusses social position in cities and neighborhoods, noting Irving Eller’s novel title and the trend of “Keeping Up with Lisle.” It contrasts itinerant married life abroad with staying in hometown circles, and warns of financial pressure to match neighbors and relatives in social expectations.
An eastern bride in a nettle western town tells a visiting friend she and her doctor husband began from rock bottom and have steadily built a life. She claims happiness comes from focusing on immediate needs rather than back home concerns about dress balls or opera. She suggests others could do the same with courage and adaptation.
An elderly Wisconsin woman explains her decision to attend college at 80, recounting life as a homemaker and mother, studies in psychology, philosophy, ethics, and literature, and her aim to study through age 90. She describes enrolling after hearing lectures at Ohio State and notes her memory and knowledge come from decades of experience with her children and grandchildren.
A column of letters and responses from Cynthia Grey offers Christmas greetings and advice. Topics include thanking readers, guidance on personal relationships, hair care and scalp issues, and questions about love, marriage, and social conduct in a 1910s-era voice.
A reader asks about the Panama Canal specifics. Details include a 49 percent mile length, average bottom width 649 feet, minimum depth 41 feet, with an estimated total cost of 375.6 million dollars by 1915, plus sanitation and prior payments to entities. The canal begins at Lem a n Bay on the Atlantic side, runs through Gatun Lake, and ends at La Boca on the Pacific side. Alma Mann, a 15 year old, meets her mother in a Chicago court before Panama transfer arrangements. The court notes a six month window to reassess the girl’s preference for her foster mother.
The corsage of this gown features two contrasting sides. Over the right shoulder chiffon is heavily embroidered with seed pearls. The right side of the skirt pon e with the
A Denver waitress Misa Ivy Cole saved 1000 dime tips to buy a fur coat and has since received many proposals. New Brunswick celebrates Mrs Priscilla A Inslee's 100th birthday with help from the town. Detroit divorcee Vivian Kellogg wins 35000 alimony after court finds her husband’s past testimony harmed her reputation. In New York Mary and John Flovatsky welcome twins at 9 am and noon while Mary serves dinner to 40 boarders.
Simple kid friendly New Year card project describes making a snow man or row of bells from cut paper. A folded contrasting card holds the design created by freehand cutting and tracing patterns for pasted silhouettes.
A reader seeks a cure for threadworms in an adult and medical guidance for a frail eleven month old baby. Advice suggests large warm water injections for the worm issue, and dietary changes and vitamin C rich juice for scurvy like symptoms in infants raised on proprietary foods.
A grateful note from Mona thanks Miss Grey and local ladies who sent a dollar and baby items, describing how the gifts help.
The article recalls a superstition table linking birth months to married life with several lines about January to December brides. It also reports John Brennan, 21, who lived over a year in a Riverside Stamford Connecticut cave terrorizing locals, was found and jailed for four months.
Miss Sarah Lane was awarded a medal by the Canadian Royal Humane Society for her heroism on August 8 when she saved Miss Eliza Knapp from drowning at the high school exercises in Schenectady New York.
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