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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
5
A 1912 fashion piece discusses summer wedding attire with emphasis on a cream gown and tailored styles. It describes centerpiece ideas with crepe paper decor, table drape options, and tasteful floral accents for intimate ceremonies.
The piece compares home canned strawberries to factory brands and stresses careful canning. It instructs draining berries, layering in pint cans, steaming halves, filling to top, resealing, then steaming again and cooling upside down for best color and flavor.
This recipe instructs weighing strawberries with one to one sugar, stirring to keep berries whole, resting, draining juice, sun curing for 12 hours, then setting berries in jelly glasses with juice and sun again. It emphasizes using cane sugar and suggests serving with cream cheese and wafers.
To one quart of strawberries use one pint of pineapple cut in portions about the size of an ordinary strawberry. Weigh the fruit and use the same amount of granulated sugar and let stand half an hour. Boil in small batches to avoid mushy fruit and jammy juice.
A device guides liquid from a cup into a bottle with a straight stick or glow rod. By pressing the cup edge against the rod, liquid drips along the rod into the target container. Slow pouring is required to avoid spills and keep hands clean. In a separate note, a dog incident leads to a court case.
A wartime era exhortation urges forgiveness and moving on from past sins. The writer argues God forgives and advises against reopening old wounds by confessing to others. Emphasizes living in the present in a new light and life. ONE WHO KNOWS.
A man who has fallen into chronic borrowing gradually loses the will to assist himself. The sentence implies a link between debt and diminished self-help actions, reflecting concerns about financial behavior and personal responsibility.
A Seattle druggist offers Samose as a remarkable flesh forming food with a money back guarantee if it fails to increase strength and vitality. The product is described as a concentrated food that aids digestion and helps build tissues and health by extracting from consumed food the elements that form flesh and strength. A 50 cent box is advertised with refund offered if results are not achieved.
A reader asks how to handle a compromising visit where she accompanied a friend's husband and infant after the mother fell ill. The column advises caution, urges no disclosure to husband or wife, and recommends distant kindness to the husband to avoid heartache or tragedy.
A reader asks whether to reveal to adoptive parents that they are not biological kin. The advisor urges openness, notes the value of the person beyond blood, and praises the adoptive parents while stressing self worth and responsibility as guidance for living.
A school boy writes to Miss Grey defending women against the notion one man is better than a woman. He cites Lincoln’s “All I am I owe to my mother” and Herbert’s line on wives shaping men’s fortunes, arguing home training and a wife’s cooking influence a man’s health and success.
A letter to the editor asks why voting for the Potlatch queen is limited to a few, urging inclusive rights and noting the event draws people and money to Seattle. The writer argues last year’s queen was sweet and questions the fairness of restricting the process.
Seattle provides a vast network of playfields with two supervisors per site, one for boys and one for girls, ensuring safe supervised outings for every child. The article highlights Hiawatha in West Seattle as the largest playfield and describes structured activities teaching self-control fairness and teamwork to foster good citizens.
Advice blends domestic partnership guidance with observations on behavior and affection. It counsels appreciating honesty generosity support and restraint while warning against manipulation and revealing how to respond to a spouse. The text also poses a science trivia question about why touching a bell stops its sound and stresses teaching a child to do their work well.
The doctor explains pneumonia is a germ disease with no specific antidote. Treatment relies on supportive care and keeping the patient strong, with oxygen as the key medicine. He advocates well ventilated cool rooms rather than sealed environments to aid recovery.
A dental ad promotes a regular extra heavy $10 Gold Crown for $4.00 and $10 Never Slip Plates for $5.00. It guarantees protection signed by the operator and manager. The clinic emphasizes ownership by a graduate registered dentist and all associated dentists. Note asks readers to bring the ad.
A reader asks how to bind ground rose petals into beads. Advice suggests grinding eight times daily for eight days, judging moisture, molding like putty, and adding glycerine drops if the mixture is too dry after drying.
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