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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
A widower reflects on marriage as evolution and lifelong growth. He cites a perfect financial understanding, a female as treasurer, and avoiding too many visitors. He lauds home life over public socializing and notes the happiness his own home once held.
The article surveys wedding cake folklore noting objects baked inside signal outcomes. The ring means first marriage, the thimble foreshadows spinsterhood, the coin suggests wealth, and the button implies bachelorhood. Additional customs warn luck or sorrow based on the cake and pieces kept or eaten.
In London on June 23 the Duke of Devonshire's Glass Palace at Chatsworth was demolished after being sold for scrap. Explosives totaling 150 pounds shattered 40,000 panes of glass, with blasts heard seven miles away. The historic conservatory, once the kingdom's largest, drew millions of visitors.
Ann confronts the detective dialogue on moral duty and family honor as a beach murder case unfolds. The narrator warns that three clues will tie the Lorimer family to the crime, while reflecting on constraints of individual life within family ties and society.
Guidance on canning fruit without sugar explains unsweetened juice preserves flavor and that cold pack uses plain water. Proper sterilization and air exclusion are essential. In London a 1572 Tudor coin with Elizabeths head and Tudor rose was unearthed during land draining at Chelmsford.
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