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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
5
Dear Misa Grey Letters Avoid Self Harm
A distressed eighteen year old writes seeking help for chronic melancholy and thoughts of suicide. Cynthia Grey offers reassurance, explains adolescence as a temporary transition, and quotes scripture while promising guidance and a helpful book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Grey
Tiis
Seatah
Dear Miss Grey Letters on love faith and illegitimacy
A penitent writer seeks guidance from Miss Grey on reconciliation after a lost love and a child’s status. The exchange discusses heaven as a state of mind, illegitimacy of a child, and the need for present virtue. The letter urges hope, honesty, and spiritual comfort despite heartbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grey
K. M
Letters Reflect Attitudes On Girls Social Standing
Two readers discuss how girls are judged by peers and boys, contrasting popularity linked to dress and town behavior with concerns about moral education. A third reader urges schools and communities to teach right living and responsibility, while a mix of letters requests simple recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie's Weekly
F.C
Marria
Bathing for beauty in 1912 woman’s guide
Anita Norris urges daily night baths for women to maintain beauty amid soot and grime. She describes a hot three quarter full bath, fragrant softener, soap lather, and thorough scrubbing especially on nose chin neck and behind for a clean, soft complexion and rested sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Norris
Amien
Milady
Marshmallow Filling and Frosting Method
The recipe describes heating milk and sugar to a boil, melting marshmallows in a double boiler, and combining with hot syrup and vanilla to make a spreadable frosting. It notes thinness suitable for fillings and frostings and suggests chopped additions like nuts olives and pimentos mixed with mayonnaise as a coffee accompaniment.
Keat Ere Color Tips for Blue Galatea Materials
A reader suggests using vinegar to fix color in blue galatea fabrics. The note mentions salt and alam as prior attempts and asks Mise Grey for guidance on achieving the color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Grey
Why Easter dates move between March and April
The explanation traces Easter from Jewish Passover alignment to a unified rule. The church set Easter on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon, the lunar cycles after March 21. If March 21 is a Sunday, Easter shifts to the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Grey
Firat
Alexandria
Exclusive Florida Winter Trap
Mrs Oldcoyne Piut argues against Florida winter travel preferring local resort luxury. Mrs Newcoyne counters that exclusivity loses value if not widely known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldcoyne
Florida
Newcoyne
Black Cake Recipe Note from Reader
A reader shares a black cake recipe with steps for a molasses sugar batter, spices, flour, soda, butter, and boiling water. After baking in layers or a loaf, a sugar syrup icing is prepared and poured over the finished cake, then a raisin or fig topping is added.
Picture Brides Arrive in San Francisco Port
California labor leaders claim more than 1,600 Japanese women posing as picture brides have been admitted through San Francisco. They say these brides are now taking work in laundries restaurants and homes from white women, highlighting social and labor tensions reflected in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Food for Sickroom Doctor Wiley Prescribes a Diet for Invalids
The universal food for invalids is fresh pure milk. Fresh soft boiled eggs or raw onions, beef juice, tea, and broth from sound meat are advised. Fruit juices like apple and grape, sterilized without chemicals, aid recovery. Small portions of certain meats are enjoyed by invalids, but avoid overburdening digestion. Alcoholic beverages are discouraged as stimulants decline in usefulness. Pure, digestible foods remain the best medicine for the ill.
Women and Court Views on Marriage and Elopement
Detroit teens Meyers and Diehl eloped to Chicago after meeting over a purple tie. They were reunited by police and dined at a restaurant, while Rose lauded playful affection as essential in marriage. A Philadelphia judge rules spouses need not reveal past lives before marriage. Chicago judge says wives should jolly husbands to reduce house conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Meyers
Detroit
Charles Diehl
Chicago
Rose
Pennsylvania
Magill
Philadelphia
Harry J. Rothman
Clara
C. N. Goodnow
Studious Woman Receives Nantucket Prize
Miss Margaret Harwood of Lit tleton Maas wins the Nantucket Maria Mitchell association woman’s astronomical fellowship worth $1,000. A Radcliffe graduate, she has spent four years studying and assisting at Harvard Observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Harwood
Littleton, Maas
Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Association
Harwood
Radcliffe College
Harvard Observatory
Woman sues for divorce from two husbands
Marie M. Lewis of Louisville sues Clyde J. Lewis and George F. Rude for divorce claiming she did not know which man was her lawful spouse. She says Clyde abandoned her and claimed the marriage was illegal, while she was later wed to George. Now she seeks freedom from both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie M. Lewis
Louieville
Clyde JE. Lewis
George F. Rude
Ask Your Doctor And Why Not Cough Pectoral Ad
Advertises Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as endorsed by doctors for coughs and colds. Emphasizes the value of having a family doctor and consulting him regularly, arguing medicine cannot replace physician guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
LSA
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Cold Cure
Claiming two to three doses every two hours can break up a cold or grippe within hours. The ad touts relief from headache fever sneezing stuffed nose and sore throat. It markets a 25 cent package with no quinine and asserts three years of research and fifty thousand dollars spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
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