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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1912
Page
3
The reader is warned of a fateful life path with marriage and wealth foretold. Through quirky prophecies, the piece hints at personal fortunes, loneliness, and eventual happiness tied to a life of selling door to door and plants of modest enterprise. The tone mirrors an old fashioned fortune telling column.
A vintage style ad promotes Cascarets as a cure for biliousness indigestion and upset stomach. It touts quick relief from constipation gas and bloating with a nightly cleanse claimed to work by morning. It mentions children dislike the taste of harsh laxatives.
A guide to a Halloween table with orange paper decorations, candlesticks from hollowed vegetables, a gilded kettle centerpiece, a witch doll, candy box decorations, and cut out owls bats and pumpkins. The menu suggests light dishes and a playful plan with removable envelopes on cut outs as treats.
A 22 year old woman writes about an engagement broken after a doctor misused her trust. She seeks guidance on contacting the former fiancé for help, lamenting betrayal, and is urged to seek aid from the YWCA and to acknowledge her own selfishness.
A reader known as A Dancer recalls dances where ragging was introduced and celebrates a refined form of walking over rough boisterous ragging. They advocate smooth, well timed movement and warn against Society hops at country dances.
A 16 year old writes of two boarding men who harass her with compliments and flattery at home. She asks what attracts them and how to stop the behavior. Miss Grey advises the mother or older sister to speak seriously and set boundaries, noting the men may be teasing but the behavior should end.
The piece references Billy Burke as a childhood name given by her father and mentions the Grand Labrador as the greatest waterfall. It cites a USGS investigation on drainage basins noting the earth’s surface erodes about one inch every 760 years. It also notes letters cannot be fully printed due to privacy and length, offering a stamped return envelope for prompt reply and guidance to consult library tech departments for premiums and addresses.
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