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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1910
Page
5
A fragment recalls people in Paris style stockings and bells on Second Avenue. The wind and bells signal Santa Claus rumors as families, Papas and Mammas, stroll with portraits and frocked outfits, while musical tones and duets ride with the wind through the block.
When working button holes on fray prone fabric, cut openings with a sharp knife after finishing the holes. Leave a one-third inch margin between the hole and waistband end, then sew the margin in with machine stitching across the band from bottom to top edge.
A wartime era tip advises leaving the oven door ajar after a leak to vent moisture. Closing the door immediately traps steam, which condenses into moisture and accelerates rusting inside the oven.
Hundreds of mourners braved heavy rain to honor Louis K. Schoenfeld. A double service at the family home, held under Temple de Hirach and Masons, was led by Rabbi Samuel Koch, followed by a Masonic ritual from Westgate Blue Lodge, with cremation completing the rites.
Mrs Cornelius, widow of a clergyman, ran The Angel House in Tacoma offering reading and visiting space for wayward boys. She tolerated swearing but opposed blasphemy, helping many young men. At 83 she closes the home and moves to Chicago to live with a son. she authored four books and began a fifth.
An inquisitive reader seeks tips on diet to reduce flesh enlarged pores and skin care while Arthur C and a Star Reader offer blunt guidance. Diet and exercise are advised, with cleansing, walking, scrubbing and cold cream for pores. Another note suggests ending engagement if deception is suspected.
The Grange of Pulaski N Y held its annual harvest home supper with a course of strawberry cake as 150 people enjoyed fresh berries from L J Palmer who promotes fall bearing strawberries. Samuel Cooper from Cattaraugus County originated the Pan American fall type and Mr Farmer now grows two varieties. The plants bear spring and fall crops if blossoms are pinched in summer and care is given. The fruit sells for 40 to 50 cents per quart in October and the plant is an ever bearing type requiring careful cultivation.
A colored man, Robert Wonwood, living south of Youngstown Ohio, is reported to be developing white spots that spread quickly. He previously worked in a Chicago fertilizer plant, and exposure to fertilizer dust is blamed for the change in his skin color.
New York detectives report they cannot trace the path of William Lewis, a teamster who left a trunk with a mummified body in an apartment on West 54th Street seven years ago. The trunk was opened recently revealing evidence of murder.
In Chicago on November 21, Miss Neyberg, fiancee of David Nathan, killed herself while Nathan fetched a marriage license. A quarrel with her mother in law over the wedding prompted the tragedy at the flat Nathan had furnished. Nathan urged her to join him at the license bureau but she stayed to tidy up.
King and Pierce counties join forces to seek equal per capita gains in next year’s legislative apportionment. The pact aligns with census based representation but may not be enacted in 1911. King holds about one third of population yet only 17 of 96 seats. the agreement aided Howard D. Taylor’s bid for speaker.
In Dayton Ohio Nov 21 Thomas Baron one of Darke counties wealthiest farmers was killed by his son Charles 24 during a granary rat shooting Both stood armed the father with a rifle the son with a revolver They fired at the same rat and the son's bullet killed the father instantly.
The Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis plans to sell 1 500 000 stickers at one cent each. Each sticker bears a red cross and holly wreath with the greeting Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. They will be placed on all outgoing mail to support the association’s work.
A U.S. style aviation plot centers on a Havana to Key West crossing. John B. Moissant offered the plan to Cuban President Gomez, marking a new aviator thriller contemplated in Havana on November 21.
In two duel encounters Count Reymond de Castellane grazed Count L Estang on the hand with a rapier and George Cassela wounded Jean Marnold in the arm. The clashes followed L Estang’s mockery at a skating rink and Marnold’s newspaper polemic.
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