Miss Grey Letters on Love and Inquiries in The Star
A Seattle Star pages feature Cynthia Grey answering readers on romance, etiquette, and personal advice. Questions cover engagements, perpetual motion rewards, dress fabrics, teen kissing games, slander, selling stories, shoes and escort rules, Myrtle Reed facts, and domestic arrangements with children.
Stray Remarks for Women Readers
A brief column notes the allure of a woman with dark hair and sparkling eyes, remarking that when she appears others fade from view. The piece conveys a light, humorous tone typical of early 20th century society writing.
Freckles Vanish With Ethine Double Strength Cure
A society woman credits ethine double strength sold at Bartell Drug Co. with removing freckles and improving her complexion. She says freckles disappear by morning after nightly use and notes an ounce can handle even severe cases with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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Dolores Maginots: A frame of Spanish style and pious fashion
A fragment describes Dolores Maginots and notes how she carries herself with a frame of Spanish flair. It contrasts religious women who discuss fashion on Sunday with other worldly conversations.
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Dolores
Dolores Maginots
Marital Strains and Witty Quips in a Humorous Column
A humorous clipping notes that installment plans could prompt wives to dispute purchases and husbands to claim fraud while humor surrounding divorces, school teaching, and bachelor life punctuates the item. It cites a jab about a tooth, a joke about heaven crowns, and a definition of a spinster versus bachelor girl living in a city.
Mexico Insurrection and Woman’s Role Highlighted
The article notes how the Mexican insurrection affects women as wives and daughters of officials. Senora Diaz faces exile from the presidential palace if rebels win, while Senora Creel risks losing status and she is linked to Gen. Louis Terrazas. Mrs Wilson and other prominent figures are pictured as fashion interest rises. Chicago fashion expert Mrs Whitney predicts dress trends as ha
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Senora Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Senora
Angela Creel
Ding
Senora Creel
United States
Washington
Louis Terrazas
Chicago
Nok onfon Meat Croquettes and Nut Roasts Dish Guide
Instructions describe making meat croquettes from cold roast beef veal or turkey with egg pepper salt onion and sage rolled in crackers fried in hot fat. Also simmered nut meals with potatoes turnip onion tomatoes thyme marjoram parsley and milk, served with rice and gravy as a meal idea.
St Patrick’s Day Decorations and Menu Summary
An old item describes St Patrick’s Day decor with green paper shamrocks, candlesticks, and centerpieces. It notes tableside garnishes, green salads, and festive desserts. A separate travel notice highlights a Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound train to St Paul with fare details. A dinner menu lists roast suckling pig, vegetables, and baked green apples.
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Erin
Malaga
St. Paul
East
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Seattle
Missoula
Butte
Harlowton
Miles City
City
Boulton
Iver
Try This for Kidneys
A short widely circulated remedy prescribes a half ounce murax compound half ounce fluid extract buchsu six ounces good gin taken one to two tablespoonfuls after meals and at bedtime to address early signs of kidney or bladder trouble. The notice urges a druggiver to supply ingredients and stresses early use to avoid serious disease.
Fat Woman Hates Society and Patent Fat Reducers
An advertisement advocates Marmola Tablets as a harmless fat reducer claiming rapid weight loss from 32 to 16 ounces daily and no sagging skin. It links obesity to health flaws and portrays fashion discomfort for overweight individuals, urging readers to order via mail from Farmer Ride, Michigan.
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Pat Peopie
Armotea
Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Relief From Indigestion
An ad explains stomach misery from gas to dyspepsia and sour stomach and touts Pape's Diapepsin as a five minute cure. It claims quick digestion of any food, stops fermentation, relieves bloating, heartburn and related symptoms, with a fifty cent price at pharmacies.
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Rainey Bays
Rainey
Pape
Gatlin Institute Promotes Quick Cure For Liquor Habit
The Gatlin Institute claims medical authorities back its three day cure for liquor drinking and that over 11 000 have been treated with perfect success. It markets home treatment, contracts guaranteeing cure, and avoids injections while expanding nationwide with books on liquor effects offered free by request.
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Gatlin Institute
Gatlin
Gatlin Institutes
United States
Queen Annecy
Republican
Gatlin Institute of
Seattle
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