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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
10
The interview with Nellie Oleson reveals a mother of eight confessing a shoplifting crime. She describes past misfortunes, her criminal alias life, remorse, and a plan to move to Alaska to escape temptation. She claims she can quit with effort and vows to reform.
The Merrimac and Monitor battle display and a related exposition attraction will close Sunday at the Seattle fairgrounds. Tickets cost 25 cents for adults and 19 cents for children with proceeds supporting local newspaper men and club treasuries as the big white fortress on the Pay Streak awaits visitors.
Jesse Clipper and Alice Whit taker won the grand prize cake at a large exposition drawing praise and controversy. Hundreds believed Arthur Ragland and Helen Lettridge deserved the honor and plan to appeal to President Chilberg.
The naval harbor under construction for 11 years near PovER Eng opened today by the Prince of Wales. It covers about 700 acres and cost roughly 20 million dollars.
A dated opinion piece argues women should dress for health and warmth rather than fashion. It cites May Sutton, world tennis champion from California, praising athletic appearance with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. Sutton reportedly favors a carved silver bracelet worn since a match win, and claims it coincides with her success.
The article describes women signaling affection through silence and indirect cues, using eyes, smiles, and tactful manipulation to encourage shy lovers. It notes the delicacy required, warns against overacting, and explains how a woman may seek support from a man while guarding dignity and loyalty.
A playful collection of maxims on proposals, happiness, and marriage. The lines joke about appreciation, advice for girls, and the blindsides of romance with a men’s perspective, noting onions, beauty hints, and the dynamics of married life.
A fragment discusses proper mushroom preparation with butter soaking and gentle simmering for a delicate sauce. It then outlines Rochester Gingerbread with creamed butter sugar eggs and spices, including ginger and cinnamon, baked in brick-leaf pans.
A simple instruction blends brown sugar with white sugar, milk, and butter. Brown the sugars, then the milk and butter, and stir to form a cream. This compact note preserves a historic kitchen method with ordinary ingredients.
A mixed dessert instruction details bananas with sugar water melted butter vinegar salt and baking steps. It includes a Johnny Cake batter using granulated yellow meal sugar flour salt baking powder egg and sweet milk with melted butter folded in before baking in shallow tin.
A vintage recipe describes mixing salt sugar and scalded milk with a yeast cake dissolved in water and flour. Beat, rise, add butter and eggs then knead with more flour, rise again, shape into small balls and bake in buttered patty pans in a hot oven once doubled in bulk.
A simple batter combines one cup suet scant and one cup molasses with one cup milk and one egg. Add one teaspoon soda and one cup currants, then three cups flour. Bake for three hours.
A simple guidance to cook lima beans by simmering in salted water for about 45 minutes then draining. Add cream a cup and a bit of butter pepper and salt. Heat and serve as a rich side dish.
Four large potatoes and one onion are boiled in two quarts of water. The mixture is pressed, then one pint of milk and one tablespoon butter are added with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and serve.
Roll five eggs hard. Melt butter and cheese then add flour and milk to a thick smooth sauce. Stir in eggs chopped coarse and season with paprika. Serve over toast.
Instructions for buying live lobster and boiling it in salted water for about 20 minutes. Avoid overboiling to prevent toughness. Let cool, split the body lengthwise, crack the claws, and remove the head while picking out all.
Recipe fragment describes arranging lobster meat with coral and head for decoration, pouring mayonnaise dressing, and garnishing. Includes adding beef mutton or chicken meat, rice and water or gravy, stewed tomatoes, salt, optional butter, and cooking rice until soft.
A column answers readers on etiquette topics. Advice covers selecting calling cards for girls, proper nail care to remove cuticles, seven leaf clovers, birthday gift ideas with a turquoise pin, handling coats and hats if there is no hall, whether brides should give grooms presents, how to address announcements for an orphan bride, and whether a divorced woman should wear her wedding ring with guidance based on circumstances.
Claim that poslam relieves itching and cures eczema in a few days. Mentions other skin conditions like hives rash and scabies. States possum jars priced at two dollars or fifty cents for curing listed conditions. Emergency Laboratories offers free overnight sample upon request.
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