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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1910
Page
7
Adele Ritchie urges women to avoid excessive fashion and garish outfits. She favors long flowing lines, one piece dresses, coordinated skirts and blouses, and careful corsetry to create hygienic, sane, tasteful attire without immodesty or impractical trends.
Advice column urges wife to win back husband via COURTESY and charm. Reader is advised to tidy hair, dress, and home, greet him warmly, avoid nagging or brooding, and recall courting days to rekindle romance despite suspicions. If he is worth loving, make home inviting to reverse unhappiness.
Washington reports the government invoked the pure food law to crack down on Mme Yale’s cosmetics. Seizures of 85 dozen packages from Maude Bishop Yale Wilton of Chicago led to charges that labels overstated virtues and claimed cures for aging and obesity. The court upheld the charges. the shipments were forfeited, then returned under a $500 bond to ensure lawful handling.
The article prescribes making a lacquer from lac in one pint and one-fifth spirit of wine, warming steel, and applying a flowing coat. To clean a garment with gasoline, place a small lard can of gasoline in a tub, heat with hot water, add garments, cover with flat Nid, soak 20 to 30 minutes, shake, then rinse. If very dirty, use soap and air dry.
A collection of letters to Miss Grey from readers in Seattle asking about Fort Lawton and military matters, peach stain removal, fall coat colors, mildew on white dresses, paper size for manuscripts, egg shampoo for hair, and authentic Mexican tamales with corn husks. Answers offer practical tips and brief guidance.
General Felix Angus advocates equal suffrage as progress in American journalism. The Baltimore American and the American Star press the cause, saying it is bound to come and will arrive soon. The page also lists recipes for Ham Stuffed Eggs, Graham Gems, Soft Custard, Date Macaroons, and Nut Bread with brief preparation notes.
Rev Dr Adna Wright Leonard, successor to Rev W H W Rees at First Methodist, began his Seattle work with the baptism of a grandson of the superintendent of Walnut Hill church Cincinnati. The child, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Colter, was part of his sermon in which he rejected higher criticism of the Bible.
Four year old Joseph Bureh died in Gainesville Texas after an older brother accidentally shot him. Authorities investigated the incident on September 26 and the case is being reviewed by local police.
Congregation Bikur Chelum holds Rash Hashono services at the new synagogue at 17th and Yesler Monday evening October 8 at 6 o clock with the 4th and 5th. Tickets available from H. Kessler 216 Pike and 703 Firat av from 6 to 10 p.m. daily.
A visitor roams the metropolis and probes the tall Singer Building near Pike and Union. A cop questions him as he waits for the tower to start, while plans to play pool at the Oriental Pool Room offer $10 daily prizes nearby.
In Trenton on Sept 26 a satire notes college yells as a tool at political events. Princeton figures led undergraduates to chant Old Nassau as Dr Woodrow Wilson receives the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, with the crowd’s roar described as pivotal to the moment.
In Alton Illinois a lenient court excused Thomas Hickey, summoned as a witness in a personal damage case, so he could hurry to Toronto to marry at a set hour.
In New York on a Monday sept 11 a comic tale follows cavaleery a singer with dark hair and sharp wit. romance centers on bobchannier descendant of John Jacob Astor and Ling a 16 year old son of cavaleery. chatter sketches family oddities, marriages, and scheming amid a bustling New York scene with colorful locals.
Reporter Cooper was assaulted after leaving the Star office amid a vagrant crackdown. He was not seriously hurt after walking two blocks. Scores of vagrants gathered in the city today as the incident sparked renewed tensions.
A historical prize list announces top awards including a Krell Auto-Grand Player Piano for first prize valued at $1,000 and a Kimball Baby Grand Piano for second prize at $850. Additional prizes cover uprights, rings, certificates, watches, ranges, sewing machines, and a large set of 92 credit certificates ranging from $54 to $100.
A public appeal highlights Washington residents flocking to Eilers Houses as they expand from a single store to forty. The message touts progressive methods, extensive piano selection, money-saving terms, and a pledge of value and liberal treatment to every buyer backed by widespread patronage.
The Eilers Piano House promotes a public drawing giving away over 40 pianos and other instruments to attract attention. Winners will be listed on request, open to all professions and ages, aiming to familiarize residents with Eilers pianos built on Pacific coast spruce and damp-proof brass action.
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