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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
3
City council approves appointment of a women protective worker to lead a new unit. The role emphasizes prevention over arrest, with travelers aides patrolling trains and beats under a forward looking plan. Applicants must be tactful resourceful diplomatic and womanly with a quick decisive act in emergencies.
Mrs. Nellie Mitchell Fick, newly elected president of the King County Political Equality club, rejects the idea that suffragists lack home life. She outlines plans to host domestic events to dispel the notion and to campaign for the upcoming suffrage bill with a two-thirds majority goal. She notes the Seattle visitors for a national convention and says her best ideas come from household duties.
At Cal track on March 17 actress Lillian Russell outperformed bookies by betting heavily. She placed $100 on Red, $100 on Te Peer, and $100 on St. Francis and Cadichon, earning sizable returns on a Peer and Booger Red while others lost in the Wildfire hands race.
The strike of telephone and postal workers is expected to widen before daybreak. Officials offer varying estimates, but the postal and telegraph services nationwide are described as demoralized and facing a difficult situation.
Tickets for the Colonist line offered by R. and Nav Company return this spring with routes from St. Louis to Kansas City St. Paul and Missouri river points. Fares start at $25.00 with advance sales from Union Ticket Office No 608 First Ave East. E Gent active.
A curious claim suggests using a hat instead of a knife to slice bread yields thinner neater sandwich portions. The idea, though impractical, highlights creative approaches to food preparation.
A Y P E mystic emblem entices readers to note every letter and trace it as it appears. The Star promises clues within a day or two and hints at a forthcoming prize, urging careful study of the emblem.
The article reviews fastenings on new trot tour skirts front or side, hats with turbans miming Robinson Crusoe and owl heads, jet trims and draped scarfs. Black velvet fabrics appear in stocks, lace frills Jabots and velvet bows accent fronts, with dainty crossbar muslin lingerie and beading trims noted.
Priscilla Prim outlines a method to extend short lace sleeve lengths by reusing and joining lace strips to create a wider material, then cutting a new long sleeve pattern for an up to date hampered sleeve. She notes knit and machine sewing options and mentions string lace revival in handbags and macrame revival in shops.
A Cleveland era style advertisement touts possum skin remedy claiming rapid eczema relief and acne cure. It advertises a 60 cent trial package and a 50 cent option with a $2 jar, available at Seattle stores or by mail from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
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