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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1910
Page
5
A mother reader urges simpler attire for city schoolgirls arguing uniforms like blue serge suits and matching hats would curb heartaches and jealousy. She notes economic hardship as mothers sacrifice fashion for education and asks others to weigh in.
Governor Hughes will leave the governorship to join the supreme court while Senator Swanson of Virginia brings him to the capital. Mrs Hughes will join the court circle and assume leadership of the court family as the justices wives host the usual at home day.
A humorous note on Welsh rabbit recipes and the open season for rabbits. The piece cites variations for cooking methods and ingredients including cheese beer and butter, and mentions a South Dakota university faculty member expelled for adding beer to the dish.
An October prose piece by Arthur Stringer in Everybody's laments aging and lost youth. It contrasts the Gate to the Land of Dreams with a grown view that cannot recapture childhood wonder, noting how youth knows truths the years erase.
The Star prints reader questions on social limits schoolteachers friendships dyeing plumes home work and joining postal card clubs. Advice covers appropriate relationships hair dye home craft caution and a recipe for Mexican red hot Chile con carne with step by step cooking notes.
A historical recipe fragment describes Oafor eggs in white sauce using butter flour milk and cheese baked in a shallow dish with 16 minutes in a moderate oven. It also outlines a pea soup method with fresh green peas milk butter herbs and condiments.
A pantry style recipe for corn relish combines twelve ears of large peppers one head of cabbage shredded and seasonings including sugar mustard and salt. The mixture is simmered about 36 minutes until boiling then cut from the cob packed hot and sealed for serving with cold meats.
Wash sound fruit and weigh. To each pound of fruit allow a pound of sugar. Put fruit and sugar in a kettle in alternate layers begin with the sugar. Simmer slowly for an hour. Take fruit out with a perforated ladle and spread on platters. Boll sirup rapidly skimming often for 15 minutes. Pack fruit in java and pour over it the hot sirup. Seal at once.
At Madison Park fair a Votes for Women booth displays posters of Lincoln Roosevelt and Mark Twain urging suffrage. Women are invited to buy suffrage pins while men admit taxation without representation, signaling growing support and optimism for a Washington victory by November 6.
A joint Lake Washington Canal Association and Duwamish River Improvement Club committee voted to ask the city board to let voters approve a 1.75 million dollar bond. Funds would cover canal excavation 760000 dollars right of way for Duwamish 600000 municipal docks 350000 Cedar river diversion 50000 and related costs. In Sacramento a three story lodging house collapsed killing one and injuring several.
Rev Adna W Leonard of Cincinnati arrived in Seattle yesterday to assume pastorship of the First Methodist Church, succeeding the retiring Rev W H W Rees. Leonard, 36, is accompanied by his wife and two children and has served in Rome and Porto Rico.
Metropolitan Building Co. obtained a writ in Judge Gilliam's court demanding the county auditor certify court records of the board of equalization which assessed an 810000 valuation against the leasehold on the old university property amid discrimination claims.
Washington reports growth figures for Fall River Cambridge Lynn and Savannah. Fall River rises to 119 296, up 14 492 from 1900. Cambridge 104 839 up 12 954. Lynn 89 996 up 20 423. Savannah 65 064 up 10 820. Percent increases vary from about 14 to 30 percent.
Graham Stevens a 23 year old former superintendent for Republic Iron and Steel Co wandered the east in a mental haze for a year working as a day laborer and sleeping on park benches. He awakened in Chicago and returned to his parents in St Louis son of W J Stevens a St Louis public school principal and chemical engineer. His wanderings followed strains from two strikes at the plant.
A series of tremors rattled the Phoenix area, starting late yesterday afternoon and recurring into this morning. No damage was reported.
Gold sluicing in the Tanana district will continue until October 1, per W H Parsons of the Dexter Horton Bank. Shipments of gold bullion are arriving in Seattle, with more than three quarters of a million dollars worth en route, and the Dexter Horton Bank alone expects to receive about $600000.
In Roqueville Mississippi on September 24 Frank Johnson died after a bullet fired into the air ricocheted down striking the top of his skull as he fled a posse of deputy sheriffs. The incident occurred when the shot dispersed upward from the pursuing officers.
Walter Hunter Covington, seven, son of farmer James Covington, has hair that began whitening at age three. Doctors note his head of hair appears grayer than the average sixty year old man. The report comes from Bowling Green, Kentucky, dated September 24.
Phillip Wolf died in East St Louis after a 25 year rise from farm hand to wealthy investor. He arrived from Germany at 25 with no money and built a fortune through frugality and real estate investments. In Mississippi area Buena Vista a Kuklux revival terrifies locals. Ike Dahimer, a black man, was found dead bearing the order’s insignia.
Mon Wing, a Chinese leper who escaped from the St. Louis detention hospital, sought shelter at the city hospital and was returned to quarantine. Mia Annie Landholt, 33, died from a sliver she pricked herself with while polishing a door in her home in Red Bud Illinois.
A Tulalip agency school audience of Indian children ponders if the white man will remember them at Christmas. Dr Charles M Buchanan urges memory for forefathers who traded vast lands for reservations in 1855 amid a bargain that shaped Washington state.
Company thanks LATONA University Fremont and Green Lake communities for strong demand after opening LATONA bunkers for LADY WELLINGTON coal distribution. Six teams run daily to meet orders and customers praise the coal as best in Seattle market.
George Rinn, a 40 year old unmarried miner, was drowned at the Occidental coal mine near Palmer when an underground water pocket released. The flood swept him to his death, filling the level to 80 feet. Owner Patrick Gibbon says the mine will be pumped dry immediately. In separate note, Missouri University announces new cooperative dining hall board costs of $2 per week with 688 students enrolled.
Edward Sullivan of Georgetown Transfer Co suffered five broken ribs and internal injuries when his wagon collided with a street car on the Ninth Ave trestle. He was rushed to Providence hospital as one horse plunged 20 feet into the tideflats and the other was trapped under the car fender. Miss Viola Allen promotes The White Sister at More theatre starting Monday October 4 with James O Neill and cast including Minna Gale Fanny Addison Pitt and Henry Stanford.
Congregation Bikur Chelum announces holiday Rash Hashono services at its new synagogue on 1th and Yesler Monday evening October 3 at 6 oclock with a follow up on the 4th and Sth. Tickets available from H Kessler at 216 Pike Street 7 to 10 am or 703 First Ave 6 to 8 pm daily and evenings.
Pool game action at Oriental Pool Room tonight offers $10 cash prizes daily. Location is 1413 between Pike and Union with event details sparse and no additional participants listed.
Edwin J. Brown at 713 First Avenue claims a statewide reputation and offers half the price of rivals. He promises painless dentistry by experienced graduates, guarantees fit and satisfaction, repairs plates free, and urges patients to compare with other dentists. Open evenings and Sundays to attract customers.
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