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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
The article describes women's special interest fashion items in ink black and white, including beadwork for garments, shoulder adornments, gummer evening dresses, drop earrings, and amethyst jewelry to complement jet tones and wistful colored dresses. It emphasizes coordinated accessories to enhance evening attire.
Anna Caddgan, president manager of the Host, one of the largest New Orleans hotels, navigates succession after her brother’s death. She continues to run the hotel with Wright of New Orleans handling night school for boys during the day.
Nerton Development Company offers large Navy Yard parcels near waterfront recovery efforts. The notice references 1 060 payment pieces and a new steamer HB Ken with a Colman deck 1¢ galley 50 minutes ride. Map and price details available by writing Cher y 41 Ground Floor.
An all female professional orchestra in Los Angeles marks 17 years under director Harley Hamilton. The 20 member group has earned praise from notable artists and plans an annual music festival for Southern California next year.
The notice outlines return limits from September 9 to October 31 and October 4 to November 30. It lists route connections via Salt Lake and Dover, full reservations, and tickets at Ticket Office 608 Avenue. Signed by BE K RLS, General Agent.
A recipe fragment outlines baked spaghetti with tomato mix and malted beet drippings, plus deviled egg sandwiches with paprika and pickle, cucumber sweet pickles with brown sugar vinegar, and orange salad with mint and wine. Includes steps, seasonings, and garnishes.
Dear Miss Grey column answers readers on eating cake finger foods finger biting and dress code. Advice covers using gloves to curb nibbling quiet party games and kitchen tips for Amanda salting and cooking shells with olive oil and salt in a brief period.
Women’s pure white cotton knit vests with lace trim and low neck styles. Sleeveless or shield sleeve options plus plain or crochet edging. Swiss and Richelieu ribbed fabrics with soft finish. Available in white pink and sky blue in regular and extra sizes.
White lisle knit vests with low necks and lace trim or floral butterfly crochet designs. Pure white cotton vests in white pink and sky blue. Women s lisle vests with dainty crochet edging or silk tape finish from Basement Salers.
Linette Tailored Waists priced at 125 dollars feature front fastening with four one inch plaits on each side, plain back, linen collar, and long sleeves with stiff cuffs. Other styles show small tucks and five half inch plaits down the back, noted at 125 dollars.
Hundreds of new designs in popular large Collar Pins suit Dutch collars. Highlights include large stone effects jet combinations Arts and Crafts styles and rose gold hand shaded finishes. Kept at 25 cents with attractive values.
Linen linette chambray and rep skirts in white tan blue offer many gores and trimmed options. Seams finished with narrow stitched straps and bias fold hems. Pearl button closures. Very attractive values at 95 cents and 1 dollar 45 cents.
Classified notes describe lawn sacques with tucked backs and embroidered yokes, lace finishes on necks and sleeves, priced at 75 cents. Additional lawn sacques feature a full front, cluster-tucked back, Dutch collar and lace, priced at 65 cents. Flannelette sacques in black and white or blue and red Persian pattern offer plain back, full front, long sleeves, priced at 75 cents.
Gray and white striped flannelette house dress with plaim back full front long sleeves turnover collar and five gore skirt with inverted plait at back priced at 1.00.
A number of high class fabrics added to the dress goods showing with unusual prices. 78 yard 44 inch storm serge and Panama in street shades with rich black and navy finish. 73c yard handsome suitings in gray grain mixtures and gray plaid, 46 to 48 widths. 78e yard rich clay serge plaids 54 inches wide in navy and green with satin crossbars. Skirt lengths at 5.00 Parisian style, 48 to 100 inch widths, four yard patterns offered.
The advertisement lists Good Values in Aprons and Maiden Aprons with hemstitched bibs and bretelles priced at 25c. Rand Aprons in blue green or brown gingham with ruffle options also 25c. Kitchen Aprons feature Amoskeag gingham blue check plaid, circular skirt large pocket and square collar bib priced at 50c.
The close-out sale offers New York import real Scotch Madras at 19 cents per yard. Fabrics come in 36 and 45 inch widths with designs in red green yellow and other shades plus white and cream. Ideal for bedroom hall living room curtains door panels and transoms. Basementsalestoont.
Red gray and white coats and sweaters for children sizes 1 2 and 3 offered at 49 cents with part wool. Basement Salesroom advertises fall wear in a compact sales listing.
Readable listing offers children’s cotton hosiery in black and tan with spliced heel and double knee. Medium and heavy weights feature a soft silky finish. Price 15e per pair, 2 for 25e.
Oriental laces Readings and insertions in cream white yard 1e Normandy Valenciennes laces and insertions match widths 1% to 4 inches yard 10c Torchon laces insertions 4 inch to 1% inches wide yard 5c Bobbinet 72 inches wide white cream ecru yard 40c 45 inch chiffon maize apricot black white yard 50c White chiffon cloth 45 inches wide yard 85c
A new stock of Swiss Embroidery Flouncings and Insertions offers value with English Eyelet Blind and Shadow effects in multiple designs. Flouncings priced by the yard at 29 and 39 cents for 20 and 27 inch widths. Insertions 1 1/2 to 4 inches wide priced at 19 23 and 39 cents per yard.
Hand stitched lawn handkerchiefs with letter initials and a delicate floral corner design priced at five cents. Sold as women’s accessory with quality material and dainty embroidery.
A Canton list of drapery fabrics features Cretonnes 36 inches wide in bordered designs dark green pink or cream suitable for curtains bed sets comforts and dresser covers. Nottingham weave 27 inches wide heavy diamond pattern in white or ecru priced per yard. Novelty Net 48 inches square mesh cable thread for curtains at a yard. Serim round thread in white cream and Arabian resembles voile and etamine. Curtain Muslin dotted and figured white offered at 10 yard. Casement Salesroom. Sh ad.
In the basement salesroom, customers view 27 inch dress gingham in many patterns and colors suitable for waists and dresses, priced at 5 4c yard. 28 inch mercerized lateen in white figured effects on dark grounds costs 15¢ yard, and 27 inch figured batiste with floral designs on light and dark grounds is 9¢ yard.
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