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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1910
Page
2
The Washington Chauffeurs Club hosts an animal parade through downtown starting at noon from Pine and Broadway. Participants include motorcycle corps, Mayor Gill, council members, taxi workers, dealers, and business autos. procession ends at the club HQ.
A Seattle to Bremerton boat liquor trade faces closure as Kitsap county enforces dry limits. Sheriff Davis notes passengers drink aboard ships, causing drunks to be unloaded in a dry county. No licenses authorize Sound steamer liquor sales in King county.
Water will be shut off east of 22nd avenue eight from Holgate street to Genesee tomorrow between 9 and 3. Affected area excludes the portion served by the old Columbia mains. An additional shutoff affects intermediate service mains east of 10th Avenue Northeast between Ravenna Boulevard and EF 70th Street from 8 to 4 tomorrow.
In Kansas City a fire at the J. W. Jenkins music house trapped William Mayer a fireman who suffocated while removing merchandise. His father Captain John Mayer stood below unable to help as the top floor fire cut off entry. Mayer’s body was recovered after the flames were extinguished.
Attorney Vanderveer issues a ruling requiring the titles Dr and Prof be omitted before candidates’ names on the primary ballot. The directive affects several doctors who have filed to run and changes how names appear in official lists.
Edwin J. Brown advertises Seattle dental services at 713 First Avenue claiming half price care by experienced graduates in a painless system. He asserts a 1909 decision to resist the State Dental Combine and notes a large practice with a strong guarantee and extended hours for working people.
Mrs. Lillian Hobart French of Butte Mont a divorcee said she will sue Fr. Augustus Heinze for breach of promise if he marries the chorus girl from the A Fool There Was company. She claimed intimate friendship for 12 years and said Heinze offered a pension of 150 a year. The article also notes Siam's sole ice plant turning out 20 tons daily using American machinery.
Skagit river yields the body of Edward Rowland of Anacortes the last victim of the Mount Vernon auto wreck. Remains found by Ed Graham. Rowland leaves a wife and three sons. Also notes on a bug killer case. a lumber fire. thirteen deaths in Bee county. a drawbridge crash. a criminal assault case in Fort Wright. a boot tree invention. Fred McKinnon named athletic director in Bellingham. a murder suspect possibly in southern Idaho linked to a Japanese man and an American woman heading to Gooding Idaho.
Strong forest fires between here and Spokane force the Great Northern west bound overland train to arrive about six hours late. The service carries the Eastern mall and passengers. It was due at nine oclock and has been re routed onto the Northern Pacific line to reach the station later.
The nation faces no decline in immigrant inflows with an expected one million foreigners this year. In Seattle a sixteen leenere is reported loeeed in a local emit. R Phillips won 15000 damages against Copper River Northwestern railroad in federal court over a Keystone canyon battle where he was shot by a Guggenheim employee. Battle Creek and Jackson populations show ten year gains. John Abner, feudist, was killed near a river bridge by unknown shooters. Sparks from a donkey engine caused a fire yesterday.
In Anacortes, 54 of 756 voted wet, approving seven salcones and one hotel bar. Orting, home to the Old Soldiers' Home, voted dry by 32 of 232 and police note an amateur burglary at Hennin residence with missing silverware jewelry and a revolver.
The gloves have been expertly repaired by manufacturers after returns for imperfections. Seams restitched gussets or thumbs replaced in some cases. Two and three clasp styles available in overseam and pique sewn in black and colors. Exceptional values at 58 cents per pair.
Basement Salesroom offers school dresses in heavy-weight galatea and alpaca fabrics. Galatea blue with white stripes and polka dots feature French waists and plaited skirts. styles include surplice collar, shield effect, and soutache braid trims. Alpaca dresses in blue and brown show silk trims, belts, and piped cuffs.
Fall suggestions for the home milliner list various hat shapes in black satin velvet and silk with small to large sizes and prices from 85c to 4.95. Items include mushroom shapes with velvet edges 2.25 and 2.95, ostrich plumes 0.18 to 4.95, and fall roses plus shaded foliage in velvet and silk.
New Arrivals in Women's Long Street Coats at 25.00 and 27.50. Dresses and coats feature novelty tweeds in gray tan and dark green 54 inches long semi fitting tailored finishes stitched straw buttons satin lining and notch collar. Second Floor.
An advance showing features a strong line of women’s fall footwear priced at four dollars per pair. The collection highlights patent, dull calf, and kid leathers with several styles including the four tolloy Dull Calf Button Boot with cloth top and Cuban heel, Patent Button Boots with cloth top, and Winged Patent Blucher Boots, all at $4.00.
High grade Nottingham Lace curtains in Brussels Duchesse Cluny Antique Lace Battenberg Filet and more offered at 3.75 per pair. Also Cable Net and Madras weave curtains at 3.75. French tapestry portieres at 5.00 with silk faced designs in green rose and borders. Camp Cloth Portieres with appliqué borders also 5.00.
Bedding at special prices featuring double bed size comforts cotton filled and silkeline covered on both sides in assorted colors. Also offers double bed size cotton blankets in white or tan with pink or blue borders and cotton sheet blankets at 85 cents per pair, first floor.
Ladies gloves include two-clasp silk models with double-tipped fingers and Paris-points on back in black white pongee tan gray navy and brown priced at 1.00 per pair. Chamoisette options offer natural shades with stitched backs at 50 cents per pair. Also offered are sixteen-button-length white pongee gloves at 1.00 per pair.
Items from the showing include girls reefers in golf red serge at 5 dollars with sateen lining and pearl buttons in sizes 2 to 5 years. Boys varsity caps in golf red brown and navy serge with or without turn-up brims in sizes 2 to 5 years. Golf red hats offered at 50 cents and 1.00 with various trims, plus leather and beaver gray hats priced up to 6.50.
Silk chiffon auto veils 36 by 72 inches with wide hemstitched border priced 1.75 each. Heavy chiffon cloth two and a half yards long with wide border in multiple colors 3.50. Black mesh veilings 25 to 35 cents per yard. Silk chiffon veiling 32 inches wide with woven border 1.73 per yard. French woven veiling pink with black eight seal yard. Piret Floor Business listing notes available veil items and prices.
Atlas E Z Seal jars offer a large mouth design for peaches and pears with quick sealing. The jar features smooth edges to prevent hand cuts. Prices are listed as pints 90 cents per dozen, quarts one dollar per dozen, half gallons 1.25 dollars per dozen.
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