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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
5
An exploration of drapery as an art form adapted to the veil, tracing how fabric folds, textures, and silhouettes shape modest fashion. Designers blend tradition with modern technique, highlighting nuanced craftsmanship and cultural expression.
A doctor warns that warm weather ending brings typhoid risks from flies. Keep screens closed and clothing protected to prevent flies from entering homes. Maintain the campaign against disease carriers through colder nights and change dish water regularly.
Mme Harriet Labadie hosts a benefit performance on Friday October 25 at the Metropolitan for the Girls Home and Training School. She will present Percy MacKaye's Tomorrow with live mental characterizations, reproducing scenes from real life on stage to charity.
A fragmentary verse ironizes bargain culture and social pretensions, contrasting shop talk with personal restraint. The piece mentions a woman in mind and a critique of the poorhouse, ending with an ad for Modern rooms at Hotel Virtus near Eighth and Virginia.
Mr and Mrs Richard Ri Agessiz announce the engagement of their daughter Eva May to Mr William J Walsh of Tacoma. The wedding is planned for the second week in November.
The Hallet and Davis Piano Company expands with permanent ware rooms in partnership with Waak Baker Piano, 1406 Firsty. David McDonald takes charge for Pacific Coast interests after 17 years in the piano trade. The firm promotes optimism about Pacific Coast growth and promises value and quality in new goods for the holiday season.
The exchange asks why fathers and mothers focus on guarding girls while ignoring boys. AUNTY argues boys face many traps too and urges parents to guide and talk with sons from a young age. The second writer agrees, praising self-control and condemning those who take advantage, calling such men the true measure of character.
A reader asks about marrying a woman he has only met online. The columnist proposes a safe option: deposit the cost of her return ticket in her name with a slip and check book so she can return if they are not mutually pleased. The columnist disapproves of engagements and marriages sight unseen.
A reader asks how to tell her boyfriend to stop smoking before he does it and how to handle mealtime when he ignores others. The adviser suggests patience and direct, kind communication and notes he may be used to smoking in boarding places where meals are rushed.
An old advert explains Samose as a flesh forming food that rapidly builds flesh and strength for thin people. Bartell Drug Co offers to pay for Samose if customers are not satisfied, claiming many readers became plump and robust through its use.
A reader asks whether to stay and support his wife as a boarder or leave. The columnist admonishes that if he caused the indifference, he must show genuine love from a higher stand, not just physical. he must remain and uphold duty. The note calls him unworthy if he abandons a good woman.
A 25 year old man asks whether to stop calling after a young woman refused him. The columnist counsels that ending contact may harm the relationship or friendship. He should not rely on a woman to complete his life and should instead focus on his own path.
A young writer, 15, expresses desire to become an actress despite stigma and poverty. She asks about earning through dramatic school and wonders if a clean life is possible on the stage while noting family hardship and a heavy drinking father. She offers to mail a self addressed envelope for a school contact.
A book form of Sis Hopkins is praised as a fine example of its kind. The Bahai movement led by Abdul-Baha Abbas seeks a universal religion. A divorce can be obtained after one year of residence in this state regardless of where the marriage occurred. A 1909 Lincoln penny with premium is a minor proof coin. Dr Lettson offers a home remedy for animal skins using corrosive sublimate and other ingredients.
Miss Eleanor W. Sprague sued a contracting company for damages after a dynamite blast at Harlem near New York Central RailRoad excavation. A jury awarded her 1500 dollars for her right hand, but Justice Newburgher questioned the amount and planned to reduce it to 1000 dollars. The article also notes divorce proceedings in the Scheff You case.
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