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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1911

Page

5

House Cleaning Time at the White House by Mrs Taft

Mrs Taft conducts a correspondence course in house cleaning from the Summer White House at Beverly Farms. She overhauls kitchens and employe quarters, adds a subsidiary kitchen, installs a hotel range, and personally orders new stock to keep linens, china, and silver in top condition.

White House Beverly Farms Massachusetts Executive Mansion Roosevelt Taft Mater Jafray Charlie Taft

Treat laborers as neighbors to earn faithful service

A social exhortation urging households employing help to improve food, room cleanliness, and living conditions. It criticizes accepting substandard meals and bedding and urges owners to imagine their own comfort before judging workers. Emphasizes dignity, respect, and prudent consideration to keep reliable helpers.

Fragmentary fashion notes hint at era attire and figures

The readable lines discuss popular fashion terms, afternoon wear with slight trains, and the need for figures to appear uncorseted. Mentions puffs and scallops on dresses as styling details from an early period.

Victorian Hairdressing Ad Promises Low Prices

An early 20th century styled notice markets new and turned roome services at low prices. The Viretnus advertises Virginia efreet and mentions Weetlake venee in a damaged line.

Virginia Efreet

Picture Show Schedule Mixes Dramas Comedies and Acts

A listed program features Dream-Educational and At The Threshold of Life, comedies One on the Masher and The Artist's Son, western dramas A Western Heroine and The Stolen Gray, Indian pieces An Indian Vestal and Por the Flag, thrillers The Mate of the John M. and Raffles Caught, and various acts including manufacturing fireworks and a detective tale Master Cupid with other attractions across multiple venues.

John M Raffles Lyceum U. S Connecticut Josh Cupid Ajacelo Napoleon Jimmie Por

Unscrutable OCR Food Item List From Historical Page

Fragmentary OCR text lists various foods and weights such as butter milk creamery but ter and 306 lb Minnesota batter. Mentions oranges lemons Beech brunes soap and other stray terms. lacks coherent narrative or clear events.

Toa Porto Ae Lee Stee Ane Oregon Minnesota Jonathan Aples Don

Man Earns Honest Living Mowing Lawns Despite Push

A readable fragment notes a man who relies on mowing lawns for a living, showing steady effort and persistence. The quote highlights his push to succeed and his honest work ethic as he supports himself through lawn care.

Local Market Prices Highlight Pantry Staples

Readable fragments show prices for peaches at 26¢ per crate bananas at 10 cents per bunch and grapes around 26 cents. Apples, potatoes, onions, eggs, butter and cheese appear with varying cents per unit and pound figures.

Concord

Pape's Diapepsin Offered for Quick Stomach Relief

Advertisement promotes Papes Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims relief within five minutes, prevents sour burps, belching, and heartburn, and asserts a 50 cent case covers most chronic dyspepsia.

Dear Miss Grey Letters on manners and advice

A collection of reader questions and Miss Grey’s replies on social conduct. Topics include dress donations to Day Nursery, introductions, walking etiquette, appropriate marriage ages, gifts to engaged partners, courtship in Beattie, rug weaving, handling unwanted advances, independence for a working girl, churchgoing behavior, and guidance on personal integrity.

Miss Grey Grey Sunshine Strobber Arapneer Vivian Winquist Susie Peterson Viola Goehring Jos. A. Kamber H. K. Mar G W. Merrihe Harmony KE. Ravet Erine Buttle

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