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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1910
Page
3
A 19th century piece argues fat girls should slim through household chores. It praises cleaning and sweeping for waist and hip shaping, claiming fat will disappear with regular scrubbing and kneeling. The text envisions a girl becoming a skilled housewife to attract suitors.
Mrs Geo A Smith reports Dr Stone spoke on women's progress at the Interstate fair. The event drew many attendees from suffrage groups and organizations, with a parade, advertising, and a campaign that editors say grows stronger daily.
A column offers home care advice from stain removal to bath sachets and kitchen prep. It also describes a Bosnia scene where women with real estate gain parliamentary suffrage vote veiled at the polls, reflecting cultural custom.
A poetic fragment portrays a lover watching over a sleeping lady under a summer night. The speaker urges the moonlit night to hide its light as the beloved rests, while the lover keeps vigil and dreams of devotion.
Instruction on patching a cot gown hem with precise cutting and mohair braid to prevent wrinkling. Also describes a Practical Collar Support with a removable ivory bone in a tape pocket to stop collar boning from digging and to ease washing and adjustment.
Readers ask about large pores sage tea for gray hair preventing mold in catsup patent leather cracking and skirt length hair arrangement and color trends for middle aged women answers advise gentle cleansing no heat exposure airtight storage black or purple tones and five inch skirt length for balance.
The text describes selecting a flattering hairstyle with a soft fat pompadour or a middle part. It notes the style should sit loosely and collect at the back just above the nape of the neck, aiming for a simple and becoming look.
The article extols carrots as similar to onions in sleep aid and digestion benefits. It notes they contain sugars and can be cooked sweetly or chewed uncooked. It also claims toning effects on blood and complexion and mentions a vegetable ricer for mashing and creaming.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a universal cure for kidney and urinary disorders. It claims rapid relief from backache and bladder trouble, urging use before progression to serious disease, and notes availability from druggists worldwide with Cincinnati based manufacturers.
A compact bake combines corn bread pieces with baking soda and boiling water, then moistens the crumbs. Apple sauce is layered with a batter of eggs milk sugar and nutmeg, then baked for about forty five minutes.
A fragmentary recipe advises one cup sugar two eggs and milk or cream with baking soda and flour to form a good patter. It claims a wet cloth keeps the cake from sticking and suggests starting with two and a half cups flour, adding more to reach proper batter thickness.
A faded recipe instructs beating two eggs then stirring in sugar molasses sour cream lemon rind salt and spices. It ends with flour and soda folded in before baking in gem pans and cooling with a frosting.
Core sound apples are prepared in a shallow dish with water. Sugar, cinnamon and a pea sized butter are added into the cavities. Each apple receives about a tablespoon of syrup and is cooked until tender.
A recipe describes beating eggs with one cup of milk and one cup of pastry flour to smooth lumps, adding a pinch of salt. The batter is poured into hot buttered gem pans and baked in a hot oven until well browned. The author credits rapid mixing and quick baking as the secret.
Handy to carry fits the vest pocket advertisement for Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co selling 26c bottles. The ad lists Cor Hillam and Ann Streets New York as the address.
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