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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1911
Page
5
A sensitive neighbor graduates from an architecture program, celebrating a notable achievement in a quiet community moment. The accomplishment highlights perseverance and local support for education and professional growth.
October weddings inspire gowns in ivory satin, Charmeuse, or muslin. High necks and long sleeves with trains remain fashionable, with veils and floral headpieces recalling court dress. An October bride may wear ivory silk with a full two yard train and a jeweled bodice trimmed in banad-wrought detailing and orange blossoms.
A vintage craft note explains transferring a belt motif onto cloth using window-light tracing. It suggests coarse cotton, solid edges, long stitches for the medallion and edge, with the belt potentially ending in a medallion acting as a buckle. Designs extend by repeating clips, and matching collar and sleeve lattice ideas are offered.
A long readers’ Q&A columns tests Miss Grey on removing stains from straw hats to ink and ice cream on dresses. She prescribes oxalic acid, peroxide, moth control, door etiquette, and antique questions about Senators and Washington’s secretaries.
Recipes include Apple Compote and Children's Apple Bread with apples, sugar, butter, and bake methods. Also notes suggest safety pin method to keep stockings paired after washing.
A guide to varied school lunch options emphasizing brown graham and white breads. It offers fillings like cream cheese with snappy cheese and peppers, chopped veal with mayonnaise on white bread, egg salad, and chicken salad. Also suggests crackers, cookies, and fruit pairings.
Fashion notes show new skirts for afternoon and evening wear aim for a near normal waist. Waistbands are rarely more than two inches deep and the trend preserves fuller hips while returning a natural waist shape.
The piece advises using linen shoe thread and a large glove or milliner's needle to fasten ornaments on a hat. It covers wrapping thread around the bow center, piercing quill stems to secure them, and sewing feathers in place. Ostrich feather tips are tied with fine thread to hold their tips securely.
A traditional kitchen and household note explains layering a cake with picks around the edge to set filling. It also describes cleaning walls by covering a board with sheep pelt and tacking it, then brushing walls in the usual manner.
An old-fashioned beauty tip touts mercolized wax as a magical skin enhancer. The wax supposedly absorbs discoloration and flakes away old surface flaws, leaving a clear smooth complexion without cosmetics. The ad notes mercolide in wax absorbs flaws and promises a youthful skin tone.
A home prep uses powdered saxolite dissolved in witch hazel to instantly tighten the skin. Bathing with the solution is claimed to erase deep crow's feet and neck creases, making one look years younger.
A poorly written notice urges people to inspect other dental offices, learn prices, and then come for a free consultation and examination. It claims to offer the cheap class of work with low prices and warns that shoddy work harms patient satisfaction and the firm’s reputation.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions painless dentists and financial terms but lacks coherent facts. No clear event dates or entities exist to summarize into a proper news item with definite people organizations or locations. The readable fragment provides insufficient structure for a valid summary.
The ad touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cure for dandruff and itchy scalp that cleanses the scalp, stops itching, and prevents hair loss. It claims initial gloss and fluffiness within ten minutes and visible new hair growth after about two weeks, encouraging purchase of a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
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