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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1909
Page
9
Special interest to women outlines jelly making with currants and fruit, giving step by step guidance on picking fruit, preparing currants, boiling juice, heating sugar, and testing for jelly readiness. Includes instructions on sterilizing jars and cooling with paraffin seal.
A turn of the era guide directs women on wearing earrings to suit face shape and style. It cautions against oversized hoops for broad faces and suggests modest dull gold danglers for piquante looks, while slender necked figures may wear elongated pendants. care tips include cleaning gold chains with warm soap and chalk treatment to remove dirt.
Recipe fragment collection shows Porcupine Pie with beef or lamb and onions, Walnut Cake with boiled frosting, Rhubarb stews, banana and date desserts, and Bancroft Pudding. Includes pie crust, caramelized fruit steps, and preserving tips.
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Mrs Ophelia Amigh superintendent of the Illinois state training school for girls pleads for the girl who is somewhat defective but not feebleminded. She argues judges should not assume irresponsibility when determining commitment to an institution.
A moralistic editorial labels so called defective girls as wayward and incorrigible, urging confinement. a Detroit news item rebukes feather dusters as spreaders of consumption, recommending damp cloths instead and proposing a ban on feather duster manufacture.
Advertises silk lisle cotton and lace hosiery in multiple colors and styles. Lists 19 cent pricing for plain cotton lace and silk lisle options in black white tan brown gray pink sky blue navy red green champagne and other shades. Includes stripe plaid and polka dot effects and boot lace varieties for women.
The listing shows priced floor coverings including printed linoleum at 35 to 45 cents per square yard, Axminster rugs at 2.85 dollars and 1.65 dollars, China and Japanese matting in various small unit prices, indicating a promotional catalog snippet.
Garment for kids sizes 1 to 3 years priced at 49 cents. Available colors include gray red or white with pink blue or red trim and pearl buttons. Nae outlet listed.
Ad for children's sleeping garments in good quality with neck and sleeve embroidery trim sizes 1 to 3 years priced at 25 cents each.
Blue chambray gingham rompers priced at 25c and tan gray or pink duck striped shirts rompers in sizes 1 to 6 years. Garments described as well made and piped with white.
A basement sale offers a range of women’s oxfords with prices from 1.65 to 2.95. Styles include Russia calf blucher oxfords with street-weight soles and military heels, lace oxfords with Cuban patent laces, and bronze Cali oxfords with Goodyear welt soles. Brown Vici Kid and patent kid button oxfords feature varied heels and finishes. endangered details point to a single vendor listing multiple models and prices.
Classified listing describes Pongee-color net bands silk embroidered in multiple colors by the yard at 27 to 28 cents, mesh fabrics 18 inch net with coin spots at 75 cents, 42 inch imitated tucked net at 1.25, Venise bands 2 to 3 inches wide at 21 cents, Swiss and Nainsook corset cover embroidery 25 to 35 cents, and torchon edges 7 1/2 cents to 7 1/2 cents per yard, Basement Balesroom.
Listed items show 36 inch wide by 7 feet long window shades mounted on a Stewart Hartshorn improved self-acting roller. Also offered are water color shades matching 36 inch width and 7 feet length.
The offering features new fall sample skirts from a leading New York manufacturer. At 4.85 dollars are navy blue and black panama and black voile styles with gores and trim. At 6.45 dollars are black voile and navy blue chiffon panama skirts with numerous gores, lapped seams, plaited styles, and satin or taffeta trimmings.
The well known M Waists for children are stoutly made of good material and have shoulder taping that carries attached clothing. They do not sag at neck or arm hole and are equipped with tape buttons. Price 25e.
Catalog notes list a white percale morning waist with black or red figures and front tucks, close neck turnover collar priced 50 cents. Also morning sacques in lawn patterns at 1.00, styled like 75 cent sacques, with line items and a miscellaneous Mensement Hat-err.
Listing from the Drapery Section features Arabian-color Nottingham Lace Curtains in 24 yard pairs with two patterns and fringes from 5c to 75e Cords and Fringes including tassel edges. White Enameled Curtain Poles four feet long with brass-tipped ends and brackets priced around $4. Couch Covers in dark Oriental stripes measure 72 inches wide and sell for $1.50 each.
Dutch Chemisettes in lawn Valenciennes lace and embroidery priced 25 to 50 cents. Jabots of lawn lace embroidery and baby ribbon 22 to 25 cents. Soft Dutch Collars 25 cents. Fancy Stock Collars 25 to 50 cents. Dutch Collars 22 cents. Box Ruching six neck lengths 22 cents. Tourist Ruching boxes three yards 9 cents and six yards 22 cents. Basement Salesroom.
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