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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1911
Page
5
Article urges women to start baking bread, arguing economic and educational value. It explains quick-raising and slow-raising methods from a U.S. government bulletin, describes fermentation times, air pockets, and how to handle mold risks, cooling, and storage for loaf quality.
The article urges housekeepers to use all kinds of flour to add variety to bread and diet. It notes bread made from different flours is nutritious and that differences between flour types are small for healthy digestion.
The article discusses bread as a staple, noting its low waste and digestibility while stressing its protein deficiency when eaten alone. It covers improving bread’s protein via akim milk, loaf lightness, gluten’s role, oven heat distribution, and baking times with practical oven temperatures up to 500 degrees F.
The advice warns not to set the oven too hot to avoid a thick dark crust before the bread is baked through. It suggests moistening loaf tops before baking to slow crust formation and ensure even interior doneness.
Cynthia Grey publishes a heartfelt appeal from a young mother seeking a home for a 50 year old boy with cerebral meningitis scars and unable to walk. An orthopedic hospital surgeon offers services but the boy faces two months in a Paris cast after five days in care. Billy is pictured and readers are urged to help.
A Star reader requests guidance on domestic difficulties, clothing donations, and social etiquette. Letters describe a 22 year old wife abused by her husband and seeking advice on leaving, plus questions on car etiquette and gifts, and a teen helper seeking cast-off clothes for siblings.
Mrs J Allison Monthorne Wash offers no children references and fresh eggs and milk. Mrs W H Cole 822 Trenton Park 14 shares contact. Dear Miss Grey asks how to remove indelible ink from linen and receives oxalic acid dissolution advice.
Members of the Women’s Commercial club will march in the Progress and Prosperity parade scheduled for June 1. The event features local groups highlighting civic achievements and community enterprise.
An 8 am voting buffraget report notes a highest salaried female employee at a purported Uncle firm, with details unclear in the fragment. The item reads as a brief scare or commentary on wage hierarchies and gender in pay.
Mrs Leona M Wells of Wyoming receives about 4000 dollars per year as assistant clerk of the senate committee on appropriations in Washington D C. She is a suffragist and a Republican who has served as election clerk in her precinct. Though not allowed in the senate chamber, she works just outside the doors and her suggestions reach Senator Warren. Mrs Wells is a loyal Westerner who loves outdoor life and spends vacations in Wyoming riding.
The new workmen's compensation commission will meet today in Seattle. Howard L. Hindley of Spokane is expected to be named secretary. A test suit to determine the law's constitutionality will be arranged. Members will be guests of the Seattle Manufacturers' Association at the Commercial Club rooms tonight. Superior Laundry will run a wagon to South Seattle Georgetown and South Park every Tuesday.
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