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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1910
Page
8
Congressman John W. Weeks of Boston and the Great Telegraph Telephone Interests are accused of accepting substantial Eastern money from Murray Crane and Massachusetts interests. The piece suggests Uncle Joe Gannon is believed defeated while Weeks is described as safe on every issue.
The piece notes Wall Street backing John W. Weeks of Boston, a Hornblower & Weeks partner worth about 15 million, for speaker to appease interests. It contrasts Weeks with incumbents and describes Crane and Crane’s Wall Street influence shaping the insurgent and standpat dynamics in Congress.
Telephone and Telegraph Co and Weeks and Crane urge cautious government handling of mergers as legitimate business. Republicans face next house election before choosing a speaker amid insurgent resistance and potential intra party clashes. Analysts note eastern reactionaries count Weeks as a likely ally while planning strategies to beat insurgents and support Democratic candidates.
Florence Nightingale, heroine of the Crimean War, will be buried in Westminster Abbey in state with a large military procession. Her wish for a simple funeral is contested by soldiers pressing for a public pageant. John Finegan, her orderly, died today as a Crimean War sequel.
About 1,409 members of Washington Camp No. 606 gathered at Pleasant Beach for their annual picnic. The day featured athletic events, baseball games between Woodmen teams, and a crowded dancing pavilion despite bands of rain. The event was organized by D. H McCarty O. B. Gwyn and F. J Myers. A separate note reports Barkentine Archer in distress off Carroll Islet with a tug dispatched. Archer owned by Tacoma & Roche Harbor Line.
Rev. Prank B. T Herthum staged a sociological experiment at Dreamland rink last night showing the public not receptive to religious dancing. A week earlier a longer program drew a large crowd but officials opposed it and the plan was trimmed to vocal and instrumental music. Last night only about 4 dollars was collected, with $15 to run the rink, excluding light and janitorial costs, leading to the plan’s end as the rink will be rented to a church with no dance program.
Kim daughter of the Seltzer King was granted a divorce from her husband Smith Hollie McKim in Reno. She arrived in San Francisco today escorted by Ray Baker a Reno and Oakland club and society man now a Nevada Ing man. Baker’s brother is an in law of Senator George Perkins. Baker was formerly deputy county clerk of Meda county.
A catalog of neckwear items includes fine net ruffling with laundering ease in white or ecru at per yard and white batistes with Valen ciennes edges. Batiste ruffles feature Persian folds, edge tucks, or Swiss embroidery ruffles priced from 35 to 65 cents per yard. A large assortment offers Persian folds with satin and gold cloth accents. entries list 35 yard and 50 cent items.
Advertises Venise lace collars in white ecru and black with large cape and Venise lace Eton collars. Special pricing highlights include $1.50 for large Cape Collars and 65 cents for Venise Lace Eton Collars in white black and ecru.
The catalog lists women’s gloves including one-clasp cape gloves at 1.00 a pair in black white and English tan with P X M seams. Chamois gloves at 1.50 and 1.00 with embroidered backs one-button style and spear point embroidery. Stiff gauntlet gloves priced at 1.00 pair with pique-sewn seams in tan and black. First Fiver. ca
Quick Clearance features taffeta and natural color parasols with jungle and Persian effects, Pongee options, colored borders, mission and crook handles, handkerchief-shaped raffia parasols with silk borders, grouped for clearance at $2.00 each.
Advertises various hemmed and all linen Huck towels in sizes 18x36 to 25x46 with prices from 16 to 50 cents each. Turkish bath bugs offered at 85 cents and Turkish rug options at 1.00 dollar. Includes note “Firet Floor” as location cue.
Double bed size cotton ets priced at $1.70 per pair in white or gray. All wool white blankets at $5.63 per pair. Comforts offered at $2 each with cambric patterns and borders. Gray wool and cotton blankets $3.35 per pair with three quarter size at $2.65. Imported English satin bed spreads $2.35 each in full bed size. First Floor.
A Santa Monica ad describes stationers selling place cards, tally cards, dance programs, correspondence paper and cards, seals, monogram stamps, hand colored views of Seattle, and engraved invitations. It touts pineapple linen paper, boxed sets, and a Seattle book by Robt A Reid highlighting commerce and growth.
Six attractive tapestry couch covers in Oriental designs with fringe braid or plain edges. Aged sizing around 60 inches by 3 yards, offered at 3.75 with a $3.25 note for Third Fleet.
Fall styles in men shirts soft shirts and undergarments priced from 50 cents to six dollars. Hosiery gloves and silk items add to the men’s wardrobe selection on the first floor. Various colors and fabrics advertised with washable colorings and attached or separate cuffs.
The shop introduces Florentine silks 31 inches wide with 85 yards in new designs and colors including Copenhagen navy tan reseda green cardinal lavender and apricot. Silk poplins 45 inches wide priced at 3.00 per yard feature a heavy weight close weave in cream Copenhagen gray apricot and black.
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