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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
6
Practical household tips on cleaning, cooking, and fabric care. The piece shares methods for lemon and salt use in stain removal, lamp lighting tricks, safe flame handling, preserving heat in tea and coffee, cleaning copper and aluminum, drying carpets, drying celery tops, and whitening clothes with lemon in the boiler.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the best quick cure for grippe and severe colds. It claims relief after the first dose and warns quinine is ineffective, noting a 25 cent package cures without side effects.
The Star invites readers to submit an ideal dinner menu for a family of four to win a bound Manson Harland Cook Book. Entries must be on one side of the paper in ink and mailed before Thursday night. The winner menu will be printed next Saturday and the book mailed that day.
Readers send questions to Miss Grey on topics from dating and etiquette to recipes and gifts. Answers cover parental guidance, appropriate attire for brunettes, inviting escorts home, cooking tips for chocolate pie, polite behavior at car departures, simple prayers, and address details for famous inventors.
Cynthia Grey urges parents to openly discuss puberty with preteens 14 to 16, arguing ignorance risks danger. She warns mothers to shed false modesty, answer questions frankly, and create a trusting channel so youths resist vulgar schoolyard talk and form healthy self understanding.
For custards four eggs per quart of milk. up to six eggs per quart for mold turning. To save yolks when whites are used, drop yolks into cold water and refrigerate so they stay fresh for days. Leftover lemon halves stay fresh longer if pierced on a plate and covered with a inverted tumbler.
A quip about the ideal husband noting his decency at home while sick with a neck carbuncle. It contrasts the innocent girl and the view on chaperons, reflecting social expectations and behavior norms.
In a letter received by Arthur Rollinson Colburn, Wm. T. Stead contends neither Cook nor Peary reached the Pole. He asserts Cook was nearer than Peary, and that Sir John Franklin previously implied Cook neared the Pole before turning back.
William Boyd 48 a prominent Ballard businessman and former King County commissioner died at his residence 2642 West Bath Street at 6 yesterday morning. He is survived by his wife. The body is at Mayfield's.
An old advertisement asserts Ayer’s Hair Vigor does not alter hair color but stops hair loss and promotes growth. Readers are advised to consult a doctor for guidance.
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