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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
2
Chicago report details Mrs. Blaes filing for divorce from Andrew Blaes alleging hypnotism occult practices at home. She recounts nights of incense, eerily dressed in red and black as the devil, with uncanny noises and acts that frightened her, including a throne scene and forced bowing.
A fragment notes a violent scene with a person burning red fire and a screeching female witness or participant. The brief text shows intense distress and aggressive actions without full context or outcomes.
J. H. Cook of Portland arrived with his family in a White Steamer mark 00 and planned to return at week’s end. The roads along the final stretch were described as excellent with dust laid by last week.
R. W. Heath, a Tacoma shipbuilder, plans to relocate his plant to Seattle. He has purchased land near Oxbow on the Duwamish and is arranging for a dock and buildings.
A small morning blaze at the AYP exposition foundry was fought by Fire Chief Bringhurst and crews. The fire was spotted around 13:45 and caused about 500 dollars in damage. In Natchez Mississippi on September 18 the torpedo boat destroyer McDonough and torpedo boats Tingey Wilkes and Thornton were en route to St. Louis to escort President Taft to New Orleans and would depart tonight up the river.
Letters to Miss Grey offer simple party ideas and home tips. Readers ask about a children's Japanese party with decorations and food, cleaning a white taffeta parasol, pantry ants, laundry downsizing while traveling, and etiquette for a bachelor tea with a chaperon.
Readable recipe fragment lists bread pudding with stale breadcrumbs milk sugar butter and vanilla or spice. prepares by soaking bread, mixing with eggs and heat slow. Also describes salmon timbales with mashed salmon whites folded in, peas garnish, and bake in water bath. Includes California Drop Cakes Parker House Rolls and Yankee Pot Pie with griddle crusts and biscuits.
A health column extols fruit like oranges and lemons for skin and eye brightness. It advises diluting lemon with water for a facial tonic, cold water splashes in the morning, potato and baking soda for liver cleansing, and nightly cold cream for nail care to prevent cuticle drying.
Practical tips for repurposing paper bags near the kitchen area. Suggestions include storing scraps for garbage, using bags as makeshift clothespin holders, and other handy applications. Also notes on door alignment, bread mold prevention, and bread box ventilation.
Cooked ham pieces folded with one cup dairy and one pint cream then heated and stirred briskly with pepper. Serve on toast for a quick use of leftover ham.
The article lists dream interpretations for women including costly necklaces foretelling wealthy marriages and running foretelling happiness. It also describes sweeping posture to improve chest appearance and shoulder tone, praising upright form and exercising arms for a lean, fit look.
The piece muses on how engagement and wedding culture affect surrounding friendships. It suggests that an engaged girl feels an atmosphere that stirs love affairs among her close companions and that loneliness or distance can hasten lovers toward new unions as if love were a contagious disease.
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