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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1914
Page
2
Fifty velvet and plush ostrich plumed hats arrive in four plume varieties. Each hat features one to four ostrich feathers and at times a single plume is worth more than the hat. The dealer proclaims the collection as the best value of the year with the last fifty priced at 3.98 and earlier at 3.96.
The obituary note reports Rev W V Davis of Algona arriving in Wenatchee to pursue further inquiry into the death of a son found in a Dryden area cabin on November 10. Pinchot’s critique of the new party highlights its drift from radical aims to cautious reform and labor trust alignments.
The Star’s Cooking Expert notes Martha Washington’s pumpkin pie as the family favorite and national Thanksgiving dessert. It advises baking slowly until thick and creamy, warning that a thin watery pie ruins the dinner table.
A fragment describes mixing ingredients into a pie shell and baking slowly for over an hour. It mentions boiling milk triggering a pump, but the passage ends abruptly with no clear outcome or full context.
The passage outlines proper carving of a roast turkey followed by a chocolate vanilla marble cake recipe. It describes knife handling for wings and breast, then instructs on mixing eggs flour milk and butter, flavoring, and layering white and dark dough in a greased tube pan for baking.
A mixed instruction list blends pumpkin pulp with sugar spices and eggs. It outlines beating eggs then folding in pumpkin and spice, then adding milk and cream before baking in a crust. A second recipe fragment adds cooked pumpkin with boiling milk, sugar, molasses, salt, and ginger and cinnamon.
Reports from Petrograd say the Russian advance between the Vistula and Warthe rivers was stopped only by German losses. About twelve thousand German prisoners were taken at Kutno near Lowicz, and cavalry patrols reportedly penetrated toward Warsaw. A major battle remained ongoing between Czenstochowo and Krakow as Russia continued to gain ground.
The German war office in The Hague reports engagements between the Vistula and Warthe rivers continue. German leaders express confidence they will prevail despite Russian claims of a decisive victory in Russian Poland.
Denver November 23 The federal administration will be asked to immediately withdraw federal troops from the coal strike zone in Colorado if Gov Ammons acts according to the recommendation of the legislative committee.
Prominent figures from Congress and government spoke at a Washington hotel banquet hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Senator Walsh of Montana chaired the mining committee, with Senators Dexter and Johnson, Representatives Bryan and Hadley, Gov. Lister and Congressman-elect Hadley among the speakers.
Reading an Eng dispatch reports a British force in Hel dium defending trenches weaponless. A stout hand to hand engagement followed with a Middlesex sergeant knocking out two Germans with his flats before a German bayonet felled him.
Milestones depicts three generations of the Rhead and Sibley families in London across 1860 1886 and 1912 with a drawn room setting and a lighthearted yet pointed look at love sacrifice and youth. The Lure presents a virile Seattle Theatre stock company production about a young woman drawn into white slave traffic and survival.
Herbert Williams with Mise Hilda Wolfus headline an Orpheum bill, performing a travesty on current piano acts. Williams presents a zany routine described as the nuttiest piano act in years, delivering comic percussion and antics that amuse audiences.
Cut a 3 inch thick slice from the ham center and trim. Rub both g sides with two teaspoons of dry mus.
A detailed old fashioned Thanksgiving menu with roasting methods for ham and turkey. Includes cabbage, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and marble cake. Provides times, temperatures, and steps for preparing giblets and stuffing, plus guidance on serving and portions.
An English soldier, shot four times including the stomach, was taken to Poitiers Red Cross hospital. He crawled from the ambulance to a barber shop next door and, after being told it was not a hospital, insisted, I want a shave first and want it right away.
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