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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1911
Page
6
The article echoes Mile. Pavlova advising readers on beauty of carriage and manner. It urges placing weight on one foot in standing to create flowing curves, avoiding military straight lines, minimizing tight shoes, and using a curved arm with a natural wrist line to maintain grace.
The Star offers a free Marion Harland Cook Book to the reader who submits the most ideal dinner menu for a family of four. Write the menu on one side, mail in ink before Thursday night, and the winning plan will be printed next Saturday with the book mailed the same day.
A collection of practical tips for women on stain removal and cleaning including ink stains from fabrics and wood, moth control, caramel coloring, custard flavoring, fish whitening, carpet cleaning mixtures, and maintenance advice for hinges, kitchen utensils, and floors. It offers step by step methods and substitutions using common items like lemon juice oxalic acid soap ashes and seed oil.
A New York Herald feature outlined a home made Hair Tonic with growth promoting claims. The recipe uses Bay Rum Lavona de Composees and Menthol Crystals dissolved together and applied to the scalp twice daily. It is said to restore gray hair and stop shedding with no coloring ingredients.
A reader requests help finding a home for a cocker spaniel. Letters cover citizenship questions for foreign-born parents, a wife’s marital concerns, and guidance on maintaining interest and knowledge. Also includes a DIY lampshade craft with simple steps.
In the past year 17,777,701 pieces of mail were distributed by carriers in the city, up 1,407,146 from 1909. Yearly totals amount to 974,170.95 dollars. In Hoquiam on January 18 OC B Pemberton, who deserted his wife and child amid tuberculosis hardship, was arrested in Portland and brought back for trial.
George R. Martin of the Martin Lumber Company, a leading figure in the local lumber trade, had a close brush with drowning when he attempted to leap a creek near his mill Monday morning. He escaped unharmed, authorities said.
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