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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
3
In Norristown Pa the special interest note describes boys and girls marching with banners and bibles in protest of a school closure. They cite religious reasons and praise a lone school board member who supported the Bible. Lawyers busy as schools remain idle and plans to take the issue to Gov. Stuart surface.
Dear readers seek practical advice on dress in California and hosting a kitchen shower. The column suggests lightweight midlife attire and simple two piece gowns in muted tones, plus limited travel meals. A kitchen shower is proposed with wrapped utensil gifts and guessing games with prizes.
An appreciation honors Maria Parloa for uplifting home cooking. Her teaching spread through books and lectures influencing domestic life. The article lauds her methods and argues the home should aspire to higher ideals than a hotel’s comforts.
The readable text touches on cooking steps such as boiling and rinsing, and mentions leather treatment by rubbing. It appears as a disjointed OCR fragment describing food and material care with uncertain context and fragmented phrases. No clear persons, dates, or organizations are identifiable.
A compact home cookbook excerpt outlines simple desserts and savory pies. It lists shortening sugar and milk ratios for cookies, a cottage pie with ground beef and mashed potatoes, and a tomato pie with molasses vinegar flour and raisins. It also includes a basic method for preparing gizzards and fowl feet, boiling and flavoring with onion pepper salt and parsley.
A compact home baking note lists ingredients for a fruit cake. It calls for one well beaten egg, one cup sugar, butter, sour milk, two cups flour with soda cream tartar cinnamon cloves and allspice, one cup chopped raisins mixed with flour.
C E Burton representing the Estate of P D Beck with Inc denounces rivals who advertised they won the highest prize for malleable stoves and ranges. He argues the jury awarded only one highest prize and that some groups misrepresented classifications and rights, urging public condemnation.
Describes 50c dressing sacques in kimono flannelette with dark Persian patterns and navy stripes, full front and belted waist. Also 1.25 dollar sacques of blanket cloth in lavender blue gray with zephyr scallop trim and eiderdown sacques in red or gray with embroidered edges, all in basement salesroom.
Attractive changeable taffeta in multiple color combos and widths. Solid-color taffeta and satin duchesse offered in various shades with wide extra width options and a varied novelty silk assortment including jacquard peau de cygne figures. Basements Saleeroom.
Classified item listing offers double-bed-size cotton comforts at $1.00 each with dark figured patterns, tan soft-finished cotton blankets at 75 cents a pair, and 8x25 chicken-feather pillows covered with A. C. A. ticking for 50 cents each. Cement Salearoom.
Wash goods priced at 12 1 2c yard for 32 inch shirting Madras with figures and stripes on white. Kimono crepe offered in dark patterns at 27 inches wide for 12c yard. Soft finished bleached cambric for underwear at 30 inches wide at 12 1 2c yard.
Black broadcloth long coats priced at 14.75 dollars. Tight-fitting backs, coat collars and revers, tailored cuffs with buttons, lap seams, and satin lining to the waist. Basement Balesroom.
All-wool women and misses knit sweaters offered in box and semi fitted cuts with single or double breasted fronts. Features patch pockets high or low neck and optional collar and cuffs in contrasting shades. Red gray and white price 2.95 at Basement Halesroom.
Black imitation heather bloom petticoats in deep flounce with two narrow ruffles stitched bias bands and cluster-tucks priced at 1.45. Basement Salesroom offers quality items for women.
Advertises women's vests and matching drawers priced at 29 cents. Vests are pure white cotton with fleece lining, medium weight, high neck, long sleeves, and crochet edge. Drawers match the design, ankle length. acpement.
Women’s white cotton ribbed union suits with neck long sleeve and ankle available at 59 cents each. Neck style and perfect fit emphasized. Basement Salesroom offers exceptional value on these underwear items.
A basement salesroom advertisement promotes two corset values. A 49c corset uses strong coutil to fit average figures with long skirts and low busts, creating a straight-hip silhouette and includes two hose supporters. A 75c Spirite corset targets the average fall figure with nearer front, high back, strong coutil, and two hose supporters.
Women's patent leather shoes with tip medium weight sole and military heel priced at 2.95. Patent leather button shoes with black cloth top and Cuban heel 2.95. Gray suede top button shoes with street-weight sole 2.95. Vici Kid Blucher shoes patent tip swing last Cuban heel 2.95. Misses school shoes include Vici Kid lace and button styles Goodyear welt sole and low heel 2.45. Sizes 24% to 6.
Silk-embroidered net bands in popular shades priced 75 to 95 cents per yard. White and ecru Valenciennes edges, 5 to 9 cents per yard. White Venise all-overs at 1 dollar and 75 cents per yard. 72 inch plain nets in white cream and ecru. 45 inch chiffon cloth for veils and 42 inch nets with small dots. Pinch embroidery and torchons match trims. Salesroom, ment &
Drapery section offers muslin curtains 36 inches wide at 10c per yard. Arabian Casement Cloth for side curtains and over drapes at 18c per yard. New Arabian Net patterns 45 inches wide at 20c. 48 inch Roman stripe Tapestry in three colors for couch covers and curtains at 40c per yard. Basement Salesroom.
19th century style basement salesroom listing offers children rompers in pink gray duck watermarked fabrics at 19 cents and dark blue shirting options with collars and belts priced at 39 cents. Sizes range from 2 to 6 years.
Diagonal cloth coats for children sizes 2 to 5 years in navy blue red gray and brown. Double breasted box coat style lined with sateen and fastened with gilt or pearl buttons. Priced at 2.25 and 2.00 and 0.90 dollars.
Children hosiery 15 cents pair ribbed cotton hose sizes 6 to 10 two for 25 cents. Special china and Japanese matting sale with 15 20 and 25 cent yard pricing. Cocoa door mats 14x24 45 cents 16x27 6 cents 18x30 75 cents. Carpet ends drummer's samples short lengths 4 to 20 yards at low prices. Basement Salesroom.
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