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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1910
Page
6
A 1920s women’s page suggests a novel Hallowe'en party puzzle. Host collects right hand prints from guests, assigns cards, and guests pair by matching prints to find partners for supper. The activity prompts lively hunting and light, noncontact fun with a caution against holding hands.
The text lists well known detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson alongside Lee Barbee, Inspector Dew, Nick Carter and Chief Wappen as prominent figures in classic mystery literature and detective lore.
A quick pudding method uses four cups milk butter flour egg and flavoring, simmered then boiled briefly and served with sugar and cream. A sour cream, sugar and flour mix with lemon soda forms another batter baked about 45 minutes. Sausage rolls use pie crust dough filled with sausage meat then baked 25 to 30 minutes.
A historic recipe describes mixing suet into flour with sugar, then adding milk dissolved with soda. Stir in chopped raisins, pour into a buttered mold, and steam until done. The pudding keeps for weeks and can be reheated by steaming.
The article suggests a playful party stunt where partners are hidden and prizes go to the first and last to find theirs. It also recommends sending unique black hand invitations and using cutouts from The Star to decorate invites for a fun, old time feel.
A concise reflection by Paul Laurence Dunbar on how trust and belief from a loved one enabled perseverance and prevented failure, framing inner resolve as the key to success. The speaker credits steadfast support for overcoming doubt and achieving prevail.
A reader page titled Dear Miss Grey offers etiquette guidance on dining before meals and leaving invitations, followed by recipes for chile con carne and green tomato ketchup. It includes reader questions about flirting at sixteen, parental rights at dances, and simple plant cooking tips, plus a warning about fur hair care and a language question.
A playful guide describes making a makeshift fingerprint ink using butter on a plate and candle smoke. It advises testing on your own hand beforehand to avoid slips at a party and suggests the ink could mark guests without dirty hands.
Officers warn seal protection requires turning Pribdlof Islands into government reservations. Japanese poachers, notably killing breeding females, threaten the seal herd. Forty nine Japanese arrested this season for poaching.
Students and alumni oppose a proposed sale of University of Washington lands in Douglas County and elsewhere as the board of regents meets today to decide. Henry Ordeman and Kid Cutler clash for the world wrestling title in Minneapolis with Frank Gotch set as referee.
A home cough syrup recipe costs little and acts quickly. Mix sugar and water, add Pinex and sugar syrup, and take a teaspoon every one to three hours. The formula claims instant relief, mild laxative effect, and broad throat benefits, with refunds if unsatisfied.
Walla Walla October 26 Northwest leaders join the Four State and Washington Good Roads conventions to be held in the city later this month Gov Hay of Washington L Crow state president of the Farmers Union C B Kelsey leading engineer City Engineer Thomson Seattle and T J Wilmer Konalla will deliver addresses.
Berlin report: Lieut Menthe of the German army aviation corps died when he fell from a Wright aeroplane at Magdeburg during maneuvers. The accident occurred while he was piloting the craft. Chicago note: Judge Landis extended until November 24 the contempt cases against packing firm officials over failure to produce company books for a federal grand jury probe.
M. W. Peterman of Seattle plans to circulate a subscription paper to raise funds for the defense of John Dietz who faces a murder charge. Dietz and his family resisted deputies in an effort to save their home from the Weyerhaeuser lumber interests. Peterman notes several former neighbors of Dietz live in Seattle including Frank Conn of the police department and Frank Henrich of Ballard.
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