The Special Price Basement Offers One Dollar Treasures
Very attractive offerings headlined as the Special Price Basement with values at one dollar. The promotions promise unusual deals in line with the store’s standard, tomorrow’s sale features.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
3
50 Trimmed Hats On Sale Tomorrow
Special collection priced for tomorrow features banded sailors trimmed leghorns and silk hats in light summer colors. Fifty hats offered at one dollar each in this promotional event.
500 Petticoats for sale at one dollar each
Classified notice advertising 500 petticoats in waterbloom heather and sateen fabrics in plain and figured colors including black navy green cobalt brown. All well made and priced at one dollar each.
300 Pongee Petticoats at One Dollar Day Sale
Nicely made petticoats of pongee offered in colors tan green brown navy and black. Limited run of 300 units priced at one dollar each during a Dollar Day sale.
100 Women's Aprons Special for $1 Each
An advertisement offers 100 women's aprons in plaid and stripe patterns with square necks and bias fold fronts. Priced at 1.00 each with a limited stock note and a simple layout typical of a bargain section.
Nations Struggling With Food and Living Problems
World reports show Britain, France, Canada, Australia, Italy and Japan facing food and living costs. British subsidies keep bread at 26 cents for four pounds while sugar becomes cheaper. France blames transport limits for shortages. Canada forms a wheat board to stabilize prices. Australia uses a government pool to keep farmers paid. Italy spends 400 million on bread. Japan sees costs rise faster than wages, pushing for price caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aue
Sugar Commission
Great Britain
Paris
France
Ottawa
Wheat Board
Winnipeg
United States
Rome
Nitti
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Tanlac credited by Washington farmer for cure
Joe Ellinger of Rockford near Spokane says Tanlac cured his rheumatic pains restored appetite and energy and added seventeen pounds. He reports improved sleep and strength after using Tanlac from Bartell Drug Stores in Seattle as advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ellinger
Rockford, Wash
Tanlac
Rockford
Wash
Margittroyd’s
Spokane
Ellinger
Mr. Ellinger
Taniac
Tanlae
Seattle
Bartell Drug Stores
Warner’s Safe Nervine Promises Quick Nervous Relief
The ad touts Warner’s Safe Nervine for nervous exhaustion restless sleep and irritability. It claims direct nerve action without narcotics and urges sleepless sufferers to try it with a sample offered for ten cents. Sold by leading druggists nationwide from Warner’s Safe Remedies Co. Rochester NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Warner's Safe Nervice
Warners Safe Remedies Co
Dept
Rochester
N. Y
California Receives Division Colors of Wild West Unit
California will own the Slat Wild West division colors under a rule granting the state the unit's personnel quota. Adjt Gen Borree was notified by Maj Gen Johnson of Camp Lewis Washington that the 91st division headquarters pennant and the guidon of headquarters troop will be sent to the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
California
Adjt
Borree
William H. Johnson
Camp Lewis
Washington
Fugitives Shot as Monroe Reform School Escapees Nabbed
Five men broke from the Monroe reform school brick wall at 3 15 pm. Guards pursued through a wheat field near Sultan and ordering halt the group fired on. C Higgins 19 one of the escapees was killed, Jim Simmons wounded, others recaptured or at large. Higgins had served in France and the captives ranged 17 to 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Higgins
Monroe
Higgins
George Nichols
Jim Simmons
John Kon
Sultan
Simmons
J. Moffat
Wtll
France
Women's Hosiery Special on First Floor
Special sale on the first floor offers women's stockings at 1.00. Silk stockings described as pure thread with fashionable leg, seamless foot, in black sizes 8 1/2 to 10. Lisle stockings with double sole and garter top in white sizes S to 10 also priced at 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ODO
Dollar Day Dress Goods and Menswear Sale Items
Fraser-Paterson Co offers 675 yards dress goods at 1.00 yard with 36 to 54 inch widths in Pan ama Cloth Nun's ceiling Batiste and checks. Also featured are second quality athletic union garments, four pairs of men's hose for 1.00, and 1.00 linen handkerchiefs and box of four socks, all in the Men’s First Floor section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Athletic Union
Tomorrow II the Usual Monthly Dollar Day Sale Preview
Unusual savings and special purchases offered for Dollar Day. Items include Bleeveless styles in sizes 4 to 14 years and leather hand bags with coin purse and mirror in multiple colors. Traveling or camping kits priced at $1.00 each and other odds and ends discounted for the event.
Dollar Day Glove Special at First Floor
Two priced glove options highlight two clasp Milanese silk gloves with embroidered backs in white and gray and two-tone chamoisette gloves in white gray and ivory. Each pair offered at one dollar in the Glove Section on the first floor.
Dollar Day Lace and Embroidery Special Near Voile Flouncing
Readable ad lists 17 inch voile embroidery at $1.00 for 2 yards and 27 inch lawn embroidery flouncing at $1.00 on Dollar Day. Also notes baby yokes and sleeves ready for use in trimming section on first floor with specials for a seven day period.
Dollar Day in the Art Department Sale Notes
Dresser scarfs of good quality Indian Head muslin with heavy lace edgings and insets shown. Porch pillows of figured cretone with bright flowered patterns offered, two for 1.00 dollars. Art Department second floor features the special sale.
Baby Crib Blankets Dollar Day Deals
White cotton baby crib blankets with pink or blue borders priced at 1.00 each. Includes slip-over muslin underwear and Bandeau style lace garments on Dollar Day. Readable item lists appear from Infants' and Careet sections on the Second Floor.
Drapery Section Dollar Day Specials Quietly Spotlighted
Cretonne 36 inches wide in appealing designs and colors 2 yards for 1.00. Curtain Voile 36 inches wide in white cream and ecru 4 yards for 1.00. Opaque Window Shades 36 inches wide 6 feet long mounted on spring rollers in green and tan at special Dollar Day price. Fourth Floor Drapery Section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretonne
Dollar Day Notions Garment Shields Sale
The Tango Garment shields a durable net dress with lace back and net sleeves, designed to fit sizes 3 4 and 5. On Dollar Day, priced at $1.00. Notion Section first floor.
Infants Wicker Baskets Sold at Special Price
Thirty strong wicker baskets for infants offered at one dollar each. Limited quantity of thirty, located in the China Section on the fifth floor.
New Radio Record Set From Airplane
A seaplane SD-1 piloted by Lieut O P Kilmer set an American radio electrography record by sending a message from over the New Mexico to Point Loma wireless station over 250 miles away. Radio Electrician 8 KE Deveise was killed in the crash, while Kilmer and photographer Willis Baker were slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
O. P. Kilmer
New Mexico
Point Loma
Radio Electrician
KE. Deveise
San Diego Bay
Lieut
Kilmer
Willis Baker
Dollar Day Wash Goods Highlighted in Second Floor Sale
The advertisement promotes wash goods for a Dollar Day with White Poplin, Middy Cloth, and Percales in various widths and colors. It lists quantities in yards and prices, plus two sizes of Filet Scarfs and notes the Wash Goods Section on the second floor.
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Fraser Paterson Co
Morocco
Algeria
Melbourne
Australia
Tokio
Farmer
Bushell Org
Ste
A & Stores
Taree
Fraser-Paterson Co
Father Goods
Dollar Day
Art
Art Department
Chine
Hughes
Hbony
Crepe de Chime
Eevee
Dollar Day Notions
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