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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
3
A reader asks Miss Grey how to handle guilt over a ex wife while engaged. The column urges abandoning past secrets, choosing integrity over passion, and not harming the fiancé. A Woman responds with advice on fidelity, self-discipline, and moral strength.
Use two or three onions and radishes with lettuce to make a salad. Prepare a French dressing, mince the radishes and onions, mix into the dressing, and pour over the lettuce for a crisp dish.
An old advice piece recommends cleaning telephones with alcohol every so often. It notes alcohol as a strong antiseptic and explains sanitizing the mouthpiece by washing with a cloth soaked in alcohol and letting it evaporate.
A blaze at the Navy Yard Sawmill Co. plant in Bremerton causes $16,000 in losses. Fire department reports full containment and investigation to determine cause.
A vintage advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women facing health issues from backaches to displacement, claiming it restores health and happiness for wives and mothers and improves family life.
In Ann’s kitchen the group praises a luncheon cooked at short notice to the delight of Willy Van Eyck and colleagues. The outing to White Point stirs talk of Deborah Burns and Jim, hinting at past love and a looming love triangle.
Miss Nina O. Buchanan was elected president of the National League of Teachers' Associations at the East Lake City convention and has returned to Seattle. The organization is the oldest teachers' group in the United States and includes leaders from major cities nationwide.
The National Kindergarten Association emphasizes music's prominent role in early education. Josef Hoffmann is quoted as calling music a spiritual influence, shaping children's minds in a largely unconscious way to promote continual joy and happiness.
A compact note urges early action against moth millers that emerge from books and pillows. It compares prevention to a stitch in time and stresses ruthless control to spare greater damage later. The piece highlights watching for the season’s first flyers and not letting a single moth miller escape.
Fashion editors note a shift from last winter crinoline and pannier draperies to straight line designs in fall afternoon and evening gowns. The trend emphasizes sleek silhouettes and modern elegance as illustrated in bold advertising.
School children may exhibit at flowers shows Friday in Jefferson School and branches Columbia University Ballard Ya ler Green Lake Queen Anne and Fremont libraries. Georgetown school hosts a similar show Thursday. Children in school garden work may enter. parents’ exhibits are not prize competitors.
In Paris the latest fashion is tulle and net hose made from fine elastic mesh. Prices run high as silk stockings face import bans and are worn only once, yet demand continues to grow steadily for all colors and rapid display.
The Women’s club of Washington D C with about 3200 members opens a smoking room in its clubhouse. It also owns the historic Mary Scott Townsend house for club use. In 1919 nearly 83000 motor cars were sent abroad, about 4 2 percent of U S output.
A decorative note explains the pansy name from pensees meaning thoughts, its folk names in Germany and Scandinavia, and the five heart shaped petals with green sepals. It recounts love philtre lore and a midsummer dawn fairy tale of how pansies were colored by night and blessed by an angel for success and energy.
Olaff Johnson of Spokane describes recovery after influenza and rheumatic pain following Tanlac treatment. He reports improved appetite, digestion, sleep, and strength, with weight gain and relief from headaches, dizziness, back pain, and nervousness. Hartel Drug Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac.
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