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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
10
A beauty note advises a lemon juice and orchard white lotion to whiten and brighten skin. Strain lemon juice, mix with about three ounces of orchard white, and blend with a quarter pint complexion lotion. Daily massage promises whiter, smoother skin for face neck arms and hands.
Pimply faces can improve after a few nights with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The ad claims the tablets cleanse the blood and bowels, replace calomel with a gentle safe action, and banish bad breath or dullness. Take one or two nightly for a week. available 10c and 23c at all druggists.
Dr James Bell of Newty argues in the Clinic that excessive drugs worsen influenza. He notes fever and chills mark onset and prescribes gentle bowel cleansing with citrate of magnesia. For fever and pain an anti Kamoia tablet every three hours provides relief with fewer remedies.
A new reporter observes Seattle police court where a grim, dingy crowd waits behind the railing. The kindly judge can be humorous over minor fines yet stern as needed, while defendants struggle to recall their whereabouts, revealing a steady, dismal stream of offenders with little defense.
The marine corps at Bremerton invites Seattle men to join Class 4 reservists for guarding government property in the 13th Naval district and to provide vehicles for emergency use. An active class seeks men to serve aboard ships. all reserves may seek commissions. The Seattle recruiting office is at 101 Yesler Way.
A bustling market page lists stalls 8c through 128 with prices for milk butter eggs coffee sugar rice and canned goods. Fresh produce includes lemons grapefruit cranberries lettuce celery apples and oranges with various meats fish and cheeses.
A market note lists stalls 4 and 64 featuring butter peanut butter cocoa peaches corn beans veal roast mutton stew donuts coffee cake horseradish pork and beans salmon trout perch ling cod and assorted fruits and fish. Prices shown as per pound or per can, with items including 12¢ to 150 lb listings and multiple canned goods.
The listing shows prices for canned meats pimento cheese salt sugar and various staples at stalls 9 and 120 174 175 176 217 118 124. Includes peanut butter cottage cheese naptha soap garden tools rhubarb asparagus potatoes and cod trout clams and cocoa with multiple stall references and unit prices.
Ray Dumet defeated Arthur Simon and Ray Gardner for the University of Washington student government presidency in the annual campus elections held Wednesday. Dumet, a law student, previously attended Broadway High School. Thomas Dobbs of Tacoma won the Daily editor position, beating Edward Condson. Groceries valued at 101,181.31 dollars were purchased yesterday by C. E. Dole for the Aleakan engineering commission to be sent to the Nenana district.
New York April 26. Sarah Bernhardt told doctors she loves America but must live to see France victorious and return to Paris after the war. Official bulletin reports her condition favorable and steady progress at Mount Sinai hospital.
London report says Lloyd George postponed his Irish home rule statement for a few days after pressure from Foreign Secretary Balfour and indicates Washington favors home rule. The American government and people are portrayed as supporting Irish self government, with a Northcliffe canvass in the U S noting Roosevelt Taft and others backing the move.
A free first aid course for men begins Thursday at the Y M C A. Dr Gordon G Thompson local surgeon teaches Red Cross methods. Official certificates issued to those who pass the final exam and attend 80 percent of sessions.
Druggists report extraordinary demand for Phelactine a new depilatory claimed to remove both hair roots and surface stubble. The ad asserts it is safer non irritating odorless and instantaneous versus traditional methods and can be used anywhere with simple instructions.
A fashion notes item touts a large display of coats in colors like Apple Green Sage Gold Rookie Chamois Copenhagen Rose Navy and Black. Friday highlights Velour and Gabardine arrivals with unusually low prices at 19.75 dollars.
A local sale lists silk lisle socks in sizes 10 and 11 with colors gray tan burgundy black and white. Also offered are extra heavy wool automobile rugs 58x84 inches and select men coats sweaters and pajamas in varied sizes and fabrics.
Frugal shoppers can snag remnants of flannel and gingham at ten to nineteen cents per yard. Navy blue and tan poplins, ser petine crepes, and printed flannelettes join the sale with values from 15 to 50 cents. MacDougal Southwick on the Third Floor advertises the LB4ne Wash Goods event.
In stock: Women's union suits elbow sleeve knee length high neck in sizes 34 36 28 Regular value 65c. Remnant Day bargains with 80c. Women’s envelope chemise round or V-neck value 50c now 65c. Mercerized vests 19c. Children’s knit waists 19c. Located at MacDougall Southwick First Floor.
Silk stockings in all sizes with stripes checks plaids and color combos. Isle and cotton stockings in several weights and sizes. Regular value 40c special 2c. Children's stockings sizes 54 to 10. MacDoumall Southwick First Floor sale notice.
Bedding seamless sheets 81 by 90 inches priced at 87 cents per remnant. Maslin pillow cases 45 by 36 inches offered as 19 cents each in a special. White bedspreads with honeycomb pattern for double beds 1.79 each in a special. MacDougall Southwick, Third Floor.
Broken Lines offers boots patent leather and dull leather in button and lace styles reduced to 3.15 from 5.00 to 7.90. Pumps Oxfords and Slippers range 5.00 to 7.00 with incomplete sizes across ten styles. MacDougal Southwick Second Floor.
Linens and White Goods list Irish linen scarf 18x54 hemstitched regular value 1.50 special 1.25. Breakfast Cloth 45inch damask value 1.50 special 1.35. Long Cloth 36 inch wainsock finish 12 yard pieces value 2.25 special 1.95. Remnants of white goods reduced.
Buy 24 pieces of inlaid and print linoleum at extreme reductions. 9 pieces at 65c and 45c per sq yd, lengths from 3 2 3 to 12 yards. Various other pieces priced up to 1.89 sq yd with lengths listed. Bring room measurements. tiles and wood effects available.
Remnant Day sale features 48c allover Swiss embroideries 20 inches wide in dainty designs. Flounces and laces in crepe organdy and valenciennes reduced to 65c to 20c. Real Cluny insertions and silk tassels offered, with multiple sizes and low remnants.
Madame Irene Nemo and Redfern Corsets reduce prices from 5.00 to 7.50 to 2.85 for remnants. H. and W. Corset Walete cuts to 69 cents for women and misses sizes 18 through 20 19 20. Brassieres front and back fastening 23 cents for sizes 36 42 44.
Assorted remnants offered in several hundred pieces at desirable prices. Variety suitable for hair bows and millinery work. Contains lengths tailored for decorative trims and craft uses.
Doilies and scarfs offered in varied white thread linen at reduced prices and stamps. Colored pillow tops scarfs and centerpieces also discounted with set values. Discontinued lines include waists dresses doily rolls and novelties from Royal Society and Pacific Embroidery Packages. Needlework Shop P Fourth Floor.
A listing shows various gloves on sale including Glasses Gloves in sizes 5% and 5% with prices from 1.25 to 1.50 now 69 cents, plus mended gloves in mat sizes. Glace washable gloves in all sizes mostly pearl shades offered at 65 cents. Kid gloves for misses in tan and white sizes 5 5% and 5% with a special price around 7H cents. Fabric gloves for women mostly black also labeled Special about 4 cents. MacDougall Southwick First Floor.
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