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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
7
A reader essay laments traffic jams caused by stalled cars on Second Ave and Pike St at 6 pm and argues social ills like sickness and crime block societal progress. It urges personal responsibility to keep engines in order and speed life, then comments on male bathing suit style and its moral impact on women.
A narrator watches Debor ah Ann bring home a raccoon from her honeymoon and jokes about the creature becoming a pet. Tension arises over responsibility as Ann and Jim prepare to care for the furry prize and the narrator muses on domestic dynamics.
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best and most harmless laxative for children. It emphasizes a fruity taste and full directions on the bottle, urging parents to look for the California name on the package.
A reader asks where to obtain The Face on the Bar-room Floor. The reply notes possible title confusion and advises checking at the library or any bookstore to secure the poem.
Up to entering the war the strongest national fundraising drive was the clergymen pension fund, totaling about 4 million dollars as its objective. The note highlights a major charitable appeal prior to wartime mobilization and the scale of clergy support efforts.
A historical note explains radium as the rarest and most valuable metal, once sourced mainly from pitchblende in Austria. It cites the high cost per ounce, extreme extraction difficulty, and claims no radium remains in a single pound globally, with immense energy potential per gram.
This short recipe instructs peeling and halving peaches, filling each cavity with honey, butter, lemon juice, and cinnamon, then baking in a hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve on sponge cake rounds with whipped cream.
The instructions describe preparing corn a la Creole by cutting corn from the cob mincing onion and chopping peppers after removing seeds and fiber peeling and dicing potatoes melting butter and cooking vegetables for 20 minutes then seasoning with salt and pepper and serving on hot buttered toast.
Mrs. Fae H. Campbell, a Tacoma housewife, built a small dress venture branded "The Faedla" after making a gift dress for a friend. With encouragement from Ross F. Chastain and A. V. Love, she financed a first cloth order via Liberty bonds, sold to Stone Fisher store, proving a homegrown manufacturing success without a factory.
The article explains ginger pears recipe with syrup, pear prep, lemon rind and juice, and thickened mixture. It then describes Mrs Campbell organizing young married women into work crews to produce fine dress pieces sold to Frederick & Nelson Seattle, Meier & Frank Portland, and Crescent Spokane, expanding to California.
A clean-up sale offers medium weight gray cotton union suits for fall wear. Features long sleeves ankle length and closed crotch. Mostly size 38 in stock at a price of 2.10.
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