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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
6
A fragment discusses girlish summer attire for daughters, noting dresses should touch the ground, color palettes from rainbow hues, and affordable fabrics like silk and satin. It mentions maidens at dances and suggests cotton voiles, billowy organdies, and light fabrics as practical choices for young girls.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column discusses height and weight standards proposed by Dr. Blanche A. Denig. It notes Stenographers association members in Cambridge estimating heights inaccurately and mentions a claimed ideal body measure linking height to fat and skin.
A damaged OCR fragment outlines body measurements for a person, listing arm, hip and wrist values and a height based ratio. It mentions a depth of heat as one fifth of height though the context is unclear and several terms are misspelled.
The article notes many suffer from head colds due to drafts and dust. A simple home remedy involves inhaling camphor vapor by pouring half a pint of boiling water over a drachm of pulverized camphor for ten to fifteen minutes to relieve sneezing watery eyes and head pressure.
Workmen uncover an 1872 daybook in Richmond revealing era prices. Sugar 26 cents per pound, salt 1.75 per bushel, cotton 75 cents per yard, whiskey 75 cents per gallon. The document highlights high prices of the time.
A recipe combines one cup butter creamed with two cups sugar and one cup milk. Four sifted tablespoons of baking powder, four eggs separated, then flavoring. Bake in two loaves. Question asks how to remove wagon grease from brown.
A reader advises using loosely twisted silk to prevent shrinkage in knitted underwear. The note warns wool garments will shrink and form holes. The second item invites readers to a dance in Uroarmland tonight.
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