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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
6
Miss Grey answers readers on wage concerns marriage and education for shop girls and advice on relationships. The column includes letters from Seattle readers seeking guidance on work, language, marriage, and social behavior with practical responses.
An advertisement promises a free trial of Gauss Combined Catarrh Cure for chronic catarrh. The offer urges filling a coupon and mailing it to obtain a cure of foul spitting and low spirits, claiming it will restore normal breathing and a sweet breath.
A home bakery idea without a women's exchange offers comfortable incomes for many women. Householders should specialize in one baked item, secure space in a grocer’s shop, keep neat packaging, and pay commissions promptly. Prices exceed bakery rates, with profits varying by product and volume.
The Star gives a free bound Marion Harland Cook Book to the reader who submits the most ideal four person family dinner menu. Send ideas ink on one side of the paper before Thursday night. Prizes announced next Saturday and book mailed that day.
Those who recall the Arthur administration remember Mary Arthur Mebksroy, sister of President Arthur, who presided at the White House as a prominent figure and hostess. The piece notes her role and influence during his presidency.
The ad advises consulting a physician before using Ayer's Hair Vigor for falling hair or dandruff. It promises no hair coloring or harming effects and leaves the final decision to the doctor.
A widower appoints his sister as mistress and hostess at the executive mansion. She is described as talented and cultured, a graduate of the Emma Willard female seminary, and currently residing in Albany, New York.
A narrator muses on marriage for home stability and high rent. The piece notes a paradox about harsh critics of dirty streets having childhood mud in their past. It suggests people desire many things they might reject if they faced consequences.
Polk's Oregon and Washington State Gazetteer for 1911 12 covers Seattle Spokane Tacoma Portland and all towns in Oregon and Washington with complete business and classified directories listing names and addresses of every businessman.
Judge John E. Humphries urges a bill to fix recall elections by requiring candidacy filings 10 to 20 days before the election. The measure also treats nominations for regular elections the same way to address a defect in current law in Seattle.
The East Ride Improvement and Commercial club opposed Magnolia Way improvements, arguing that benefits would be disproportionately small compared with costs and that the expense would burden taxpayers at this time.
A plainspoken advertisement for Pyramid Pile Cure asserts fast relief from piles without surgery. It promises instant healing of sores and reduced inflammation via home suppositories, offering a free trial by mail and a full treatment afterward through a drug store.
A Seattle mother and grandmother thanks a local advocate for securing her son’s completion of the Neal 3 day cure for liquor. She says his wife and baby returned home and calls the treatment the best investment she ever made.
A note from a Neal Institute patient states he was cured of the drink habit and has referred many others. Readers are urged to call to obtain the person’s name and address for inquiries about the cure.
An advertisement promotes a treatment by the Neal Institute in Seattle claiming a legal bond guarantees a cure for intoxicant craving within three days or the service is free. The notice invites readers to call phone numbers East 381 or Cedar 431 or write for contract details, booklets, and testimonials.
Judge Frater declines Anthony Felini's divorce petition citing lack of positive evidence that Mary Felini is a real resident and that the couple remains legally separated. The ruling limits dissolution without clearer proof of abandonment.
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