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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
6
Advice excerpts cover washing candles and wood care with chamois, damp cloth use for silk and lace, keeping handles dry, proper soup stock from bones, noting bathtubs and coverings, preserving scarves, knitting guidance, ink line work with rulers, and a folding coat hanger trick for travel use.
Ada Walsh predicts fashion will be driven by women not lawmakers. She clips legislator proposals and argues women will design their own gowns as beauty standards evolve toward independence and personal taste.
Instructions describe making thick mayonnaise dressing from vinegar yolks cream sugar and spices with boiling just reached then bottled for storage and thinning options. Also outlines Vanilla Candy from sugar water cream of tartar vanilla and cooling on buttered pans with square marking. Mentions fashionable cloth topped shoes in plain colors and shadow plaids among women.
The message urges self discipline regarding liquor, arguing that drinking harms mental and physical health, wastes resources, and prevents leaving plenty for old age. It warns that continued drinking leads to a nervous, shattered, and burdensome old age for oneself and family.
A page of The Star prints questions from readers on romance, marriage age, and advice from Cynthia Grey. Topics include two love interests for a teen, marriage timing, income sufficiency, work help, and campus social etiquette. The letters reveal era attitudes on youth, finances, and relationships.
Instructional piece on home nail care with minimal tools. It advises four implements three sufficing: two nail assistants a nail file and a satin covered polisher, plus optional orange stick. It guides nail length oval shaping pushing back cuticle and avoiding trimming raised skin, plus weekly polishing for a lasting finish.
In New York on January 27, 1902, Mrs. Henry B. Cogwell filed for divorce after a poker session at Mrs. A. Brew er’s home led to the revelation that her husband held five aces. She accuses his code of honor and alleged habit of deception. he disputes the claim and asserts an annual income of $20,000, which she denies. He counters that she is unbearable and jealous, driving away patients.
The American Bowling Congress in St. Louis planned an officer election this afternoon. Secretary-Treasurer Henry Langtree declined another term.
Petit, held in Beauvais France after an escape from Guiana, begged in court to be sentenced to deportation again. He said his pastime was escape and that he had made five fruitless attempts before his successful escape.
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