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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
7
Two new tin street frocks are showcased with soft fabrics and tailored details. The dresses feature a clevel cut with pleated skirts and turned up bodices while the hats adopt modified Russian shapes. Trim is simple, appealing to those who dislike ornate military styling.
A dated guide on home exercises for varied body types advocates simple routines to improve health. It describes floor stretches, supported pushups, and back raises, noting beginners may struggle and recommending persistence, regular practice, and performing routines with windows open for air.
A column piece outlines several home recipes including Mary Snow Pudding with cornstarch sugar egg whites and a boiled mixture, a potato onion salad method layered with cream and butter, a grape jam process with crushed grapes and juice simmered to thick, a sponge cake with flour eggs and leavening, and a date cake with beaten eggs and flavorings. The text presents step by step instructions and measurements for each dish for home cooks.
A muddled recipe describes mixing 13 cups of milk with soda, flour, cream of tartar, and salt. It instructs preparing 1 cup of rice and chopped dates, dusting with flour, and stirring into the batter before baking half an hour. A note suggests adding various spices for flavor.
A list describes quantities for a fruit drink or mix: juice of six oranges with pieces, juice of five lemons if oranges are not very sour, one can of pineapple, two bananas sliced, and two quarts of water. The entry reads like kitchen instructions or an informal recipe note.
Mix two cups of cold cooked salmon with dressing to create a creamy texture. Pack into timbale molds and chill until firm. Unmold onto lettuce leaves and garnish with cucumber and dressing for serving.
Prepare a rich baking powder biscuit dough and roll it to half an inch thick. Spread black currant jam, then roll tightly. Steam about one hour or until a fork releases clean. Slice and serve with a accompanying warm liquid sauce.
A list of baking ingredients appears including butter sugar sweet milk flour whites beaten stiff foam soda cream of tartar and grated coconut. The note reads like part of a vintage cake recipe with precise measurements.
Instructions describe cooking celery until tender, stirring in milk, salt, and pepper. Thickening with flour and butter then pouring over thin toasted bread and serving hot.
A historic beverage method combines sugar and water boiled, then pineapple boiled with water, strained to extract juice. It adds citrus juices including oranges and lemons, boiled sugar water, strawberry juice, fresh green tea, and ice water to yield multiple quarts of sweet punch.
Mies Grey guides readers on cleaning a pongee dress with brown velvet trim using gasoline bath and soap rub to avoid rings, warns against spot cleaning, and notes proper drying and pressing. She also answers weight concerns from fruit, suggesting moderation and that certain fruits may affect weight. A second reader asks about removing white table spots with alcohol, then lavender dress fading with lemon juice, and hair styling to make curls.
A description of a smart coat made from rubberized silk with a standing collar and double-breasted design. The outfit includes a broad-brimmed beaver hat trimmed with a tasseled sash, stout leather gloves, and high sturdy buttoned shoes, presenting a mannish but practical style for facing any weather.
A dated set of household hints covers serving chocolate with marshmallows atop each cup and basic dress repair ideas. It suggests dusting corsets with rice powder in heat, storing delicate neckwear in tight vessels, and using safety pins with covered buttons for wash day care and reattachment.
Up-to-Date Fall neckwear stocks finish at top with colored satin bows in light blue lavender pink and white priced 25c. Soutache-braided stocks with jabot at tached in white old-rose light blue or pink priced 25c. Black plaited satin stocks with satin bow jet buckle 50c. Venise stocks military shape various patterns 29c. Stocks of embroidery Venise edges and insertion 25c. Soft Eton collars assortment 25 35c. Lace and embroidered bows 25c. Jabots small to large 25c 35c 50c. Cream Venise yokes 50c 65c. Embroidered linen collars many styles sizes 12 1/2 to 15 Prices 10c 17c and 1L5c. Basement Salesroom.
Floor coverings offer wool art squares in sizes 9x12 9x10 9x9 and 7-6x9 at 8.50 6.75 6.75 and 5.75 dollars. Bokanya art squares 9x12 9x10-6 and 6x9 priced 13.50 12.50 and 8.00. Matting remnants 10 cents per yard and Lindleam remnants available in 3 to 24 yard lengths at attractive prices.
Advertisement listing include Boys' Balbriggans shirts and drawers in 28 garment set.
Basement Salesroom lists corset girdles with silk ribbon and hose supporters for slender figures priced at 50 cents each. The item targets a fashion audience seeking undergarments.
A catalog style notice lists Vici Kid Lace and Button Shoes with foot-form lasts and Goodyear web soles in multiple sizes and prices. Chocolate Kid and Russia Calf Shoes with oak soles. Boys Patent Leather Blucher and Black Russia Calf Shoes with sizes and price ranges. Gun-metal and Kid Lace styles for large girls. and clearance on barefoot sandals Tennis Shoes and Oxfords.
Advertises 72x90 bleached sheets at 39 cents each with center seam, 42x38 pillow cases at 12 1/4 cents each, 19x40 towels at 12 1/2 cents each, 11-4 crochet bed-spreads in Marseilles pattern heavy weight 1 dollar 35 cents each, 11-4 gray cotton blankets cut and bound 49 cents, double-bed cotton-filled comforts two-sided with silkceline priced 1 dollar each and finer grade 1 dollar 50 cents each. Basement Salesroom.
Machine made opaque window shades 36 inches wide seven feet long mounted on Stewart Hartshorn improved self acting roller priced 49e Water color window shades same dimensions priced 29e. Galesrente listing notes unclear.
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