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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1913
Page
5
A vintage guidance piece argues that proper tea requires fresh boiled water, hot faucet water is stale. It advises quick boiling, airing the tea kettle, and exact tea spoon measures plus optional flavorings like cloves and orange rind for better taste.
A series of reader letters to Miss Grey cover courting, communication in love, and marriage issues. Topics include how to break the ice with a shy suitor, whether to write to a distant boyfriend, legality of marriages under assumed names, censorship of songs, and a wife enduring family opposition while seeking independence. The column offers practical, plain-spoken guidance.
A reader signs Cynthia Grey stating letters cannot be answered in the paper and many lack names or addresses. She notes a stamped self addressed envelope yields a prompt reply.
A reader writes Miss Grey seeking opinions on popular songs sung by young people, criticizing titles like The Red Rose Rag and Oh You Beautiful Doll as lacking refinement and promoting vulgar impressions, arguing love should remain pure.
Tonight at the Broadway rink 711 East Pine Street near Broadway High School offers 15 cent admission and skates for ladies. Manager Roller appeals to Seattle ladies who have not roller skated to try the sport with a similar offer on Friday evenings. The note promises a large smooth surface and modern skates, inviting easy, healthful fun.
Tailor shop announces made to order ladies suits with fit and workmanship guaranteed. Location at 228-240 Lumper Exchange Building.
An Albany Utah dental business promotes itself with a colorful ad stating second floor location in the People’s Panic Building at Second and Pike. It invites customers to take the elevator or stairs and promises pleasing work and surprising prices.
In a Seattle theatre dressing room Miss Bryant concealed in disguise reveals a cache of fan letters from matinees in Oakland. She says she enjoys the kind notes from sincere young fans and the encounter provides a glimpse into her stage life and the romance surrounding her.
A miscellaneous notes column discusses Harriet Beecher Stowe as author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, licensing for homemade toilet articles, a high school girl earning cash by babysitting, church offering norms, and California divorce remarriage rules, reflecting period social guidance and trivia.
An advertisement promises quick dandruff removal and rapid hair growth from a 25 cent bottle of Danderine. It claims immediate scalp cleansing within minutes and after weeks' use visible new hair, with instructions to apply a strand at a time for shine, softness, volume, and healthy appearance.
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