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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1920
Page
3
A reader letter column discusses loveless homes as a root of divorce and endorses separate homes and natural law over strict codes. Contributors defend or oppose perpetual courtship and urge parental education, eugenics, and practical caregiving in marriage.
Rice pudding is prepared with malted water milk eggs sugar and lemon extract folded with raisins. Apples are cored but not the blossom end and arranged in a buttered dish with the rice custard poured around them. Bake until set, then fill each apple with currant jelly and top with merinque made from egg whites and sugar, and decorate with orange segments.
The 1840s Irish potato famine forced large scale emigration halving Ireland’s population and pushing families toward the United States, including cities like Columbia Colorado in search of opportunity.
A toneless health ad asserts that dandruff can be dissolved and destroyed by applying four ounces of ordinary liquid argon at night. It claims rapid results within a day and complete elimination with repeated use, promising smooth hair and stopped itching. The ad recommends squid arvon as the inexpensive remedy.
Photo caption describes two summer dresses, one in voile with heliotrope color and a five-row tuck skirt, the other in dotted challie with blue background and white spots. A dainty collar cuffs and belt trim the outfits. The Star offers two Orpheum vaudeville show tickets to readers visiting the editorial rooms.
In a Ninth Avenue shop, Peter Bender, a white haired dealer, recounts fifty years in beads and predicts the current craze will last only a few months. He recalls cornering the market 47 years ago and claims to possess beads from Bohemia and Venice. He distrusts imitators and Indian woven pieces, asserting his knowledge and stock built over decades.
In Colorado's Cave of the Winds tourists leave hairpins and hair ornaments as vows for marriage within a year, a superstition tied to single women. In Ramona's Wedding Place California girls toss coins into a well hoping for spouses, filling the bottom with coins and a rising fortune.
London July 6 a woman on the Alder shot staff of the navy and army can teen board was asked if they actually taste beer. She explained they test beer with a special instrument and take samples for analysis. A former woman inspector tasted beer, and the term beer taster is a technical phrase for beer tester. Columbia Cole, the new American beer Advy.
In a tense scene Ann Lorimer, sought by detectives and plainclothes guards, confronts Morrison and Mahon about Claude Ives’s murder. The narrator debates Ann’s honesty as she recalls her plan to meet Ives and explains why he followed. The piece ends with a cliffhanger as Morrison proposes a difficult, formal step.
Fashion writers note corsets evolve with hygiene and comfort, shifting from wasp waist praise to fitted designs. Multiple corsets per season suit different occasions, with options for everyday wear or specialized use, while bras and bandeaus rise in importance in the American wardrobe.
Stockings made of mesh tulle and maline surge in Paris amid silk import ban. The fine mesh is novelty wear and appears in various outfits. the fad grows though the stockings are designed for single use.
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