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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
10
Nurses plan an evening card party to raise more than 50 dollars for an elderly woman injured at a party in Owen Sound. Local firms donate prizes and refreshments to support the cause as the woman seeks help to return home and recover.
Mrs Edward Dodd of Laredo Texas is described as the world's largest woman Bermuda alion farmer with about 500 Mexican workers and a reported profit of over 40000 dollars from 196 acres. Miss Ethel Dickens granddaughter of Charles Dickens trains young English women for secretaries. Miles Theresa Woods of New York, blind since infancy, runs a witchboard for the New York Association for the Blind and answers all calls without error.
A set of vintage candy making instructions from CERE describes maple creams with butter, chocolate nut taffy with walnuts and vanilla, cocoanut candy with sugar syrup, and a vanilla cream moldable confection. The methods emphasize cooling, beating into a waxy texture, and molding into shapes.
The piece argues that married life hinges on the wife’s energy and capital in managing the home and supporting her husband. It warns against overcontrolling other chores and suggests soothing a tired husband after his workday. It also includes a brief guide to rhubarb preparation without added water.
A diary style note discusses how to wash in apartment settings using Fels Naptha soap with cool water. It explains soaking rolled clothes in cool water, rinsing, and drying without a boiler, noting it saves time and reduces room odor compared to traditional hot-water washing.
In Honolulu a chaotic episode reports a agitator named Garvin tarred and feathered by angry locals. A woman, claiming to be the same person, stripped on a public road while observers describe a sensational scene. Garvin reportedly asserted he was the incarnation of Christ.
A group led by Mrs. F. A. Cooke calls a 10 o clock meeting at the Washington hotel ballroom to plan a benefit baseball game to support the Florence Thomley fund. Beattie young women are invited to assist with fundraising schemes and aim for a record crowd on game day.
Gov William Bi Glaasevelt of Virginia wired this morning that he cannot reach Beattie in time for the West Virginia Day exercises tomorrow. Those in charge announce Virginia day at the AcV P until Friday.
Four men Elmer Nelson Ernst Carleon Nick Weildge and L R Beck were arrested in Washington at a saloon by Patrolmen Schelling and Bebe for gambling. Each was released on $25. A waitress burst in with a chaotic scene of a fleeing patron and a landlord asking for help to catch the culprit amid a rushed adjoined room.
A fragmented OCR item mentions protest activity and possible candidates including Brook. The text is unclear but suggests a public action or candidate discussion with references to Benatar-Well and Jom Bagi.
Everett dispatch reports rancher and logger John H. Stuart aged 42 shot himself twice in the head and body near his two room shack two miles from Mukilteo. He had been secretary to Jamon Hazen Hyde and had vanished after testifying in an insurance probe. A woman linked to an eastern railroad official arrived from New York to share his life before the suicide.
The telegraphone, a device to record telephone messages, is ready for commercial use and may render the telegraph obsolete for train dispatching. Early doubts about reliable recording are resolved, with manufacturing to begin soon and the device expected to enter markets in quantity, impacting telephone industry and railway operations.
Kayser's double tipped silk gloves sold at 50 cents and one dollar per pair. The Paris point embroidered gloves, black white and street shades, offered as two clasp style also in black white and street shades, priced at one dollar. Floor location noted as Firet Floor.
Womens Black Taffeta Skirts in 13 and 15 gore flare with stitched seams and narrow bias bands. Silk embroidered floral bottom design optional. Special price 18.75. First Floor.
Misses fine ribbed Lisle and Cotton Hosiery 25¢ per pair. Misses Silk-lisle with double knee high spliced heel double sole toe 25¢. Misses real Mace Cotton with double knee high spliced heel double sole toe 25¢. Misses Silk-lisle extra fine 35¢. Boys single and double ribbed Cotton Hosiery 25¢. Boys Silk-lisle four-thread with double knee high spliced heel double sole toe 25¢.
Hofi light-weight suit cases on three-ply frame with sole leather corners Corbin lock and linen lining priced at 3.95. Cowhide cases on blued steel frame with hinges leather corners Corbin lock linen lining and price 4.85. Extra quality cowhide suit cases on blued steel frame with leather corners and brass belts priced 6.00 for 24 inches and 6.50 for 26 inches. Other values to 14.00.
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