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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
7
Mrs. M. Colborn of Elmwood denounces a suffragist for linking voting rights to prohibition and urges women to back the prohibition ticket. She argues women bear home suffering from liquor and vows to defeat those who oppose restrictions at the polls.
The article notes Paquin, famed Paris designer, created a white satin sult with a beetle effect and simple de Paquin styling. It mentions a $000 price tag, the garment's fashionable lines for spring 1908, a gored skirt with a medium full train, velvet collar, dark green braid on vest, and white-formed buttons as ornamentation.
A fragment outlines cooking steps for rice with method of frying until brown then simmering with water tomatoes and onion. It also notes a pudding method using a double boiler and mentions baked potatoes wrapped and pressed for a messier result.
Anna Morgan, society figure and daughter of a renowned financier, shifts from lavish social life to social reform. She joins the National Civil Federation, pushes for enforcing laws, and funds a nonprofit restaurant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to feed 700 shipyard workers at cost, seeking better living and moral outcomes.
A brief notice notes the arrival of three ladies dress items, described as the latest best makes and high grade for hotel use, signaling new inventory and quality.
An 1880s style recipe advises mixing glycerine and Virgin Oil of Pine compound with straight oil, then dosing a teaspoon every four hours. Claimed to cure colds in twenty four hours and any curable cough, it warns to use only Leach Chemical Co. Virgin Oil of Pine compound from Cincinnati Ohio.
The note mentions收费 rounds trips daily and a schedule around 9:15 with fares around 1.05, including names Beattie and Ghoti with references to Everett and Edmonds.
A cheese course variation uses Roquefort and apples. Slice cheese and a walnut-sized batter piece into a paste, thin with a splash of cream, and spread over siloes of rasset applies.
A parade of socialites and reformers is sketched from New York to California. Mrs Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner urges a separate court for women evildoers. Mrs Taft reshapes the White House starting with two coachmen. Georgia Van Vorhees marries her chauffeur on a mobile honeymoon. Princess Kane to wed in Tokyo next month with a Paris trousseau. The Marquise de Chambray lectures on food. Miss Florence May Kennedy inherits 100000 from Pittsburg aunty. Minnesota considers restricting chorus girl costumes. Miss Lind af Hageby travels amid anti vivisection work and plans a London congress.
Advice suggests using crayons to mark patterns and replacing tape with elastic. Create a buttonhole and sew a button to tame clutter, and maintain dining room table surfaces with a cheesecloth bag and pumice powder rubbed with ammonia for a weekly polish.
A parade of spring models shows wide drooping brims framing youthful faces. Hats sit back from the face with simple trims that display hair. First hat is made with soft material, second uses foliage and flowers around the crown, third presents a romping style with long scarf-ties.
A historical recipe describes making doughnuts by creaming eggs and butter with sugar, then dissolving soda in sour milk and adding to the mixture. The batter is seasoned with salt and nutmeg and thickened with flour to form a dough for frying.
Instructions describe making a soft dough from flour, rolling and shaping, then deep frying until cooked. After cooling, the pastry is dusted with powdered sugar for a sweet finish.
A catalog of fabrics offers Ottoman Silk at 60c a yard in pink, light blue and cardinal. Novelty Challis features satin stripe and Persian designs at 35c a yard, plus figured Challis with stripes, checks and florals at 27c a yard.
Advertises 54 inch heavy silk taffeta ribbons in black and colors priced per yard at 27e. 44 inch heavy satin taffeta ribbons in black and popular colors priced per yard at 25e. No 1 wash ribbons in white sky pink and lavender priced per bolt at 17e.
A catalog of edging laces and insertions with prices per yard and width details. Normandy and Venise bands. plain nets and tucked nets. torchons and corset cover embroideries offered in multiple colors and price points.
Heavily lawn fabric kimonos with white ground and large dot pattern come in red or navy. Finished around the edges with embroidery and scalloped trim for a refined look.
Advertised items include muslin gowns in slip-over style with puff sleeves and embroidered trim, two-piece combination suits consisting of skirt and corset-cover or corset-cover and drawers, with Valenciennes lace insertions and ribbons. Corset covers in cambric offered at 19¢ with bare trimming options, plus other corset covers at 25¢ and 39¢.
Listing of women’s garments with varying neckline and sleeve styles. 2 percent good fitting sacque in lawn with puff sleeves, 35c. Loose dressing sacque with kimono sleeve and embroidery edges, 50c. Morning lacque in lawn belted at the waist with square collar and trim, 75c. Percale morning lacque with fitted belt and peplum in navy or black with white dots.
A 19th century advertisement lists women and misses knit underwear in pure white cotton. Items include spring weight union suits with high neck long sleeves and ankle length, another style with high neck short sleeves knee length, plus vests and tights with band tops and ankle length. Also ribbed cotton vests in white pink and sky and misses pure white union suits with high neck short sleeves.
A compiled advertisement lists varied hosiery for all ages. Infants and children offer ribbed cotton seamless hose in multiple colors at 15c per pair or two for 25c. Women and men present fast black or assorted color hose with multiple features and bulk options at set prices.
A sale starts tomorrow offering writing paper in boxes at fifteen cents per box and Calumet Linen Fabric in men sizes along with Hiawatha Lawn and Winthrop sizes. Regal Lawn white and Tokio Bond parchment finishes, Persian Vellum ruled or unruled, plus damask novelty finishes and other styles in stock.
A catalog note lists various wall and steamer trunks in several sizes from 32 to 40 inches. Prices range from $6.75 to $14.95 with details on coverings bindings linings and trays.
A floor coverings section offers rugs and carpet sweepers. Items include an 8 by 11 rug priced at 8.75 and a 9 by 12 rug, with Bissell carpet sweepers listed at 1.65.
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