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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
5
Birth, marriage and death frame life, with marriage seen as the voluntary event. The piece surveys customs across cultures from American Indians to Germans, Japanese, Romans, Jews and Turks, noting rites, beliefs about the marriage ring, moon phases, girdles, and consent requirements.
Bargains in Meridian Trenue district cottages near Green Lake plus West Seattle lots near Junction with water and electrical service. Prices from 400 to 499 with small cash down and easy terms. Mercer Island tracts offer lake and mountain views with $1,000 lots and affordable payments. Contact details encourage immediate inquiry.
A mother offers ink stain removal for cotton using cold water and lemon salt, then advising dressing a window seat to suit room style. Parlor seating suggests upholstering to match furniture. plain rooms get varnish or stain. Dining rooms gain a pot of ferns, while cottages or bedrooms use a light drape. Additional Q&A covers hosting working girls, student millinery, and charity ideas.
A farmer letters about buying land and building homes over 15 years. He describes acquiring 60-foot lots, a shed, small additions, selling plots to fund larger houses, and owning 10 acres near a county road to Lake Burien valued at 1 200 per acre. He advocates investing rent money in suburban home installments.
A reader asks if a BC marriage is valid when one party is still legally divorced in the United States. The reply: yes in BC, but if returning to the state the marriage could be void unless remarrying after six months. A separate letter seeks marital advice. the response urges trust, empathy, and fair treatment, urging the husband to consider his wife’s position before distrust.
Full size crochet bed spreads in Marseilles pattern, hemmed and ready for use. Summer weight and easily laundered. Price 1.38 each. $1.00. Located on third floor.
Advertises fully guaranteed lawn hoses with Para rubber inner tubes and Sea Island cotton covers. Lists multiple lengths and prices, with sales notes and quantities including 25 and 50 foot options. Mentions free couplings and brass nozzle with 50 foot lengths, basement location.
Billie Burke praises hats tied under the chin describing the charm of ribbon strings for all ages from a baby to a grandmother. The fashion note extols soft lingerie hats and bow accents enhancing facial features and mood.
The column lists showings at multiple theaters including the Society Olympian Odeon and Grand with titles such as The Ant-Lion The Bandit's Child and Mabel's Awful Mistake plus others. A separate Oakland report details vegg men blowing a safe at Don Donovan's saloon on the Oakland Berkeley boundary stealing 1200 dollars in negotiable paper two gold watches and 200 in coin before dawn.
An old advertise boasts Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste kills rats mice and cockroaches in one night. It requires no mixing and won t blow away like powders. Money back guarantee. sold by druggists 25 cents or 1.00 or direct from Chicago based Stearns Paste Co.
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