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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
5
A bride contemplates her wedding attire described as lavishly adorned with lace tucks insertion bows streamers and rosettes promising a beautiful ensemble carefully crafted to perfection.
The article describes elaborate bridal undergarments with lace, insertion, and ribbons. It notes prized French cambric, heavy hand embroidery, and appliques on nightgowns, with ribbons shaping waistlines and shoulders. It also mentions new narrow petticoats and care tips like rust removal from knives.
Women study proper posture before mirrors to improve grace health and comfort. The routine instructs heels together toes turned out 60 degrees arms relaxed abdomen drawn in chest thrust forward with shoulders down a vertical line from lips to toes.
Hortense calls Mia De Billion to ask for Fido while Carlo wishes to bark a greeting over the phone. The playful scene centers on pet chatter and humorous canine chatter among household members.
The text outlines three recipes: corn pudding with eggs butter milk sugar baked in a dish for about an hour. plain succotash combining green lima beans and sweet corn with milk and a flour butter roux. and corn fritters using corn milk eggs flour baking powder salt and pepper, folded with beaten egg whites and fried until round and hot.
A recipe directs passing one pound round steak through pepper and salt, shaping into a cake like a sirloin, pan searing then slow baking for about 15 minutes. Finish with butter and serve, optionally with brown pepper or tomato sauce.
In a New York case a mother sought damages after her son was killed in an accident. The father died, leaving no next of kin for damages, and the mother could not collect due to legal definitions of next of kin.
A quick method suggests making a paste from flour and gasoline and rubbing it into the hat before hanging it to air out. The note warns gasoline is flammable. An alternative uses seed oil and a few drops on a flannel to brighten linoleum and wipe dry.
The Neal Institute in Seattle at East Howell and 16th Avenue markets the Neal Method for habit treatment. The firm claims high success rates and positions itself as a center for behavioral therapy in the region.
Cynthia Grey answers reader questions on removing chin hair with electric needle or hydrogen peroxide, making cucumber pickles and muskmelon butter, removing axle grease from fabric, obtaining naturalization papers, patent office guidance, lip and cheek color restoration for anemic youth, and cleaning gilt frames with Ivory soap and warm water.
Quick homemaking hints cover dust removal, timing meals with a kitchen alarm, candy preservation on ice, cleaning tricks with laundry soap, repurposing a shoe instep as an iron holder, floor care with coarse salt, carpet fitting advice for stairs, and a quip about actors writing their own works to speed audience reaction.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin promising immediate relief from indigestion gas and dyspepsia. It claims five minute digestion relief with a large 60 cent bottle and urges readers to tell their druggist to obtain a thorough cure this time.
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