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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
2
The Bon Marche presents a wide range of skirts on the second floor including silk taffeta faille messaline poplin and novelty fabrics in black and navy with striped patterns. Styles include shirred belted and yoke tops as part of the current dress collection.
The Seattle Star offers a $100 prize for essays answering what is the deadliest sin, tied to a McClure Publishing Co promotion about Eve Lavelle and seven deadly sins. Entrants must write up to 250 words on one side of a sheet, with prizes for top five entries.
Advertises silk and wool poplin at 1.45 yard for dresses and suits in colors such as reseda fern green bottle green and navy. Black silks priced 1.00 1.25 and 1.50 yard with chiffon taffetas and satins 30 inches wide in 29 colors and stripes in washable silks 32 inches wide 1.25 yard. Included are many shades blue green pink and neutrals with wide color variety and fabric weights.
Seattle society figure Harry Whitney Treat could lead a Japanese regiment in a U S war effort. Thomas Nobutame, a prominent Japanese businessman, asserts Japanese in Seattle and western Washington could form two to three regiments ready to fight under the American flag within 24 hours if called. Nobutame and Treat discuss loyalty to the United States and the prospect of Japanese troops serving abroad, while Treat’s long community leadership and popularity are noted.
Mai Gen J Franklin Bell commander of the Department of the East cannot accept thousands of trained Japanese soldiers from Seattle and Western Washington. He says the authority does not cover such a situation and it must refer to Congress. Harry Whitney Treat reports to Representative John F Miller that a decision may take time.
Secretary Daniels awarded 25 contracts to the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton for 300-foot submarine chasers costing about 30000 dollars each, excluding engines. The yard will produce these fast vessels, with Mare Island near San Francisco to build twenty more chasers.
A blaze erupted early today at the Miehle Press Co shell factory in Taunton Massachusetts. The plant produced shells for the Russian government and firefighters battled the flames to contain the fire.
An ad lists ENGLISH SERGES at $2.25 a yard in multiple colors and widths, plus WOOL TAFFETAS AND POPLINS at $1.25 a yard with a wide blue gray rose and brown palette. JAMestown WORSTEDS at 85c, 52 patterns for school dresses, and BLACK AND NAVY SERGES from 85c to $2.60 a yard. Corduroys in various colors at $1.00 a yard.
The ad lists cottons and percale fabrics priced from 15 to 200 cents per yard in striped, checked, and floral patterns. Includes 36 inch wide cottons at 1 20 per yard, 27 inch ginghams, Devonshire and Kiddie cloth, kimono crepes, poplins, and tub suits fabrics with widths from 25 to 32 inches and prices mainly 15 to 25 cents per yard.
Very dainty and effective afternoon dresses may be fashioned from these sheer Voiles. They are shown in pleasing floral and stripe patterns in many attractive colorings. Thirty six inches wide, 25¢ and 35c yard, Basement Salesroom.
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