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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1910
Page
6
A mixed set of notices and letters from The Star section includes men seeking brides under 28 with specific traits, a 40s woman seeking an elderly spouse, and readers reacting to the column with verses and comments. The exchanges reveal dating aims, social norms, and community humor.
Excerpts urging prudent marriage choices and moral self restraint contrast with social mockery of female appearance. The piece weighs ideal ages for wedlock, insists on self sacrifice in love, and notes everyday fashion lapses as signs of carelessness. Mentions Princess Hermine of Reussia as a referenced figure.
Cynthia Grey notes the six New England states Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut and traces their origin from colonial grants to Plymouth Company in 1606 and Captain John Smith 1614 map exploration.
A collection of reader questions to Dear Miss Grey asks for a persimmon preserving recipe, a hotel cook book for feeding 50 to 60 people, where to buy large sheets of white celluloid, and the address of a local coin dealer. The columnist notes addresses cannot be provided.
Practical tips cover marble stain removal with lemon and borax, hair washing with liquid soap, cleaning enamelware with lime chloride, and assessing pallor in children. Also notes Cuban pineapple eating habits and American opinions on enjoying the fruit.
A brief recipe fragment lists cup molagnes with 2 teaspoons soda 2 4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon nutmeg and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. The instruction says mix stiff press into a half inch thick and mark with fork tines for texture.
A dated breakfast and dinner menu lists items such as Tangerines Cereal and Cream Fried Balt Pork With Apples Kye Gema Coffee Onion Chowder Hirdled Heefsteak and Baked Potatoes. The cooking directions include mixing flour butter salt cayenne milk and rice with cheese to bake a layered dish then a chowder style step with onions potatoes bread and milk.
Steps describe a pudding mix using oink bread crumbs grated chocolate and egg yolks. Scald milk add crumbs and chocolate then fold in yolks with sugar. Cook sixteen minutes then whip egg whites with sugar to make a meringue. Spread over and brown serve cold with cream.
Frica seeed Rabbit prepared by cutting up and disjointing the meat. Sauté in a stewpan with cayenne pepper salt and chopped parsley. Add a pint warm water and simmer until tender. Near end stir in butter and a splash of cream with grated nutmeg and avoid boiling.
A recipe describes simmering a one pound beef chunk in cold water for two to three hours with celery leaves for flavor, then making gravy. It also provides a fudge cake method using butter sugar eggs chocolate molasses sour milk and flour, baked in muffin pans, served warm with whipped cream and vanilla or cinnamon. The cake yields about 18 muffins and can be layered with white icing.
Wrist watches on leather straps return to style and Sterling charms gain favor. Bette street costumes feature wide shapes with large buckles. Evening gowns sparkle with rhinestones and crystal embroidery. The millinery favors practical yet pretty designs with medium hats and soft ribbons. The rosette sits larger on the right side.
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