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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1916

Page

6

Boston Clothing Co. Big Sale Slashes Prices Up Near Half

The Boston Clothing Company at 1115 17 First Ave advertises a massive sale with prices cut on men’s suits to 9.85 from 20, hats to 1.28, shirts to 0.38, underwear to 0.49, and shoes as low as 1.98. Boys wear and school outfits are included with dramatic savings across clothing and accessories.

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Advice and letters column on marriage views and arsenic questions

A girl of 18 expresses desire to avoid marriage and self support through work while friends mock her. An editorically framed reply weighs marriage, motherhood, and self sufficiency, urging balance. The page also answers readers about arsenic types and a pickle recipe, with guidance on cucumber preservation.

Miss Grey Elizabeth

Fashionable gowns and costs in Triangle studio films

The article explains how film studios spend heavily to dress stars for audiences, noting Triangle’s reported ten thousand dollars weekly. It describes gowns worn by Fay Tincher Bessie Love Bessie Barriscale Dorothy Gish Mary Thurman Enid Markey Mary Alden and Margaret Thompson, with details on fabrics colors styles and hats.

Moving Picture Studios Triangle Company Triangle Fay Tincher Bessie Love Ank Bessie Barriscale Dorothy Gish Mary Thurman

Enid Markey Stars in Lieut. Danny U.S.A. Triangle Photo

Enid Markey co stars with William Desmond in the five part Triangle photoplay Lieut. Danny U.S.A. presented at the Liberty through Saturday night. The show marks a strong showcase for her talents and features notable early film names.

Enid Markey William Desmond Danny

Allies Bid for Rumania's Aid

United Press reports that Allied armies in the Balkans seek a political effect to urge Romania to join the war. They need Romania's participation to mount a major offensive, with Russian and Italian contingents landed at Salonika to show unity. If Romania hesitates, minor operations may continue along the Greek border to sway public opinion.

United Press New York Rumania Balkans Serbia Salonikae Bucharest Halkan

Metro and Colonial Star Films At Local Theatres This Week

Clemmer presents Harold Lockwood and May Allison in The River of Romance filmed near the Thousand Islands, with Henry Otto directing water heavy scenes. Colonial features Nat C. Goodwin in A Wall Street Tragedy, a five act drama on modern speculation. Rex shows Mary Pickford in The Eternal Grind with a dramatic wedding sequence. Class A runs The Girl From Frisco and The Secret of the Night. Mission screens A Son of Neptune and Submarine salmon educational short.

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