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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
10
A notice describes access to a furniture store showing entrances on Madison or Spring streets and an alternate through the Second Avenue storefront or store.
An old catalog lists untrimmed shapes and wings in multiple colors with prices from 10 cents to 95 cents. Ostrich plumes and uncourled ostrich are offered at 75 cents to 1 dollar, with jet pins, buckles, and rhinestone settings included among the decorative items.
The store showcases fall tailored women suits in broadcloth and novelty cheviot in navy black wis taria catawba and dark red. Coats feature semi fitting cuts 42 and 45 inches long with silk maire collars large jet button trim and some front fastenings with silk frogs. Skirts are gored with small cluster plaits, promising well tailored garments and unusually good value at $16.75.
The piece discusses hand made night dresses and princess petticoats, noting the craft skills, patterns, and careful cutting needed for good fit. It highlights embroidery, ribbons, eyelets, and delicate materials used in dainty, decorative garments.
A fragmented Victorian style recipe set describes pea soup with split peas and milk, bay leaf, and onion. instructions cover cooking, sieving, and seasoning. It also outlines a Strawberry Parfait using heavy cream, gelatin, sugar, and berry juice, then chilling in a mold.
A car conversation obsesses over collar buttons and a simple jeans-like fix, while readers receive a scatter of home fashion tips. The piece blends casual chat with recipe snippets and old time style references.
A column offering beauty advice covers removing a double chin preventing facial burns and using cold cream and talcum powder. It also explains complexion blackheads and hair curl myths and prescribes skin cleansing hot and cold baths massage for hair loss and proper behavior with gifts at dances.
A brief note on dainty hand embroidery finishing a tight-fitting shirtwaist sleeve with a pointed wrist, plus tips to keep sewing tools handy in the kitchen for dressing strong threads. Wrist bands revive early Victorian beaded bracelet style and gain popularity. Clean black silk with hot vinegar or coffee, then press from the wrong side under a cotton cloth.
A fragment-like piece discusses how women should present themselves at breakfast and morning tasks. It contrasts hurried dressing with the ideal poised, charming woman whose presence is admired by peers, examining social expectations and personal appearance.
A reader shares practical kitchen hacks from a grandmotherly era. Keep sugar cookies warm under a clean cloth for flavor, use a worn broom as a sink brush by trimming bristles, and repurpose thin dish towels by folding them for extra cloth.
Miss Ida Buck a first grade teacher in North Street School in Piqua won a $25,000 land tract in Idaho government drawings. She entered the contest with about 100 locals as a joke and had not decided whether to continue teaching or become a farmer on the prize land.
The article advises mothers to protect children from overhasty eating and heat by ensuring quiet hygienic routines, keeping babies covered with a light shawl, and avoiding drafts. It warns against strenuous activity on hot days and notes calm, gentle care aids both infant and mother. The piece mentions Mme Nordica charging 600 guineas for a dinner performance for King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the largest such fee for a singer across the ocean.
Merchant advertises laces nets and embroideries including Valenciennes Edges and Insertions from 14 to 3 inches wide, waistings and nets in white cream eel with decorative patterns. Also lists Embroidered Flouncing English-eyelet on cambric, 72-inch colored nets in blue and purple tones, and tuck nets in multiple sizes all priced per yard.
An assortment of Venise Edges Inser tions and narrow Appliques in white or ecru yard Be.
A range of jabots lace and embroidery trimmed for evening wear with prices from 15 to 29 cents. Varieties include Hand-Embroidered Jabots with Valenciennes edge at 25c, colored polka dot jabots at 25c, Venise Coat Collars and Stocks in multiple designs, and Embroidered Bows and Collars at 15 to 29 cents.
Mill end remnants of cambric muslin in lengths from 1 to 8 yards, very good grade for underwear. Yard wide 30 inch white India linen in medium weight, suitable for waists or dresses. Prices: 10c per yard for muslin, 7c for linen. Fareient Halearoom.
An advertisement details American Lady Corsets with Style 470 priced at 100 dollars featuring a short full figure design with medium bust and hip, lace trim, and two hose supporters, and Style 106 a strong coutil corset for tall figures with medium bust, long hip, two hose supporters, and lace finish.
Double bed crochet bed spreads in very good weight priced at 1.35 each. Full size cotton blankets in tan finish 90 cents per pair. Seamed heavy weight muslin sheets 76 by 84 with center seam 53 cents each. Linen finished muslin pillow cases 12 for 4 cents each. Bleached muslin yardage 36 inches wide at 9 cents.
A large stock of drapery fabrics offered at exceptional prices. Yard-wide printed curtain muslins in several styles priced per yard, 10 cents. figured lateens for comforter coverings and drapery uses at 12 1/2 cents per yard. printed taffetas and dimities in attractive patterns with borders for bed sets. Balesroom.
44-inch Checked Serge with satin-stripe crossbars offered in brown and green navy and green or cardinal and black, priced per yard. 48-inch all-worsted ombre plaid Suitings in black brown green and combinations per yard. 54-inch pure worsted Clay Serge in navy and green with satin-stripe crossbar, high-class fabric sold at a premium per yard. Hiasement Salearoom.
Hubbard offers flannelette gowns with turnover collars and long sleeves in blue white or pink white stripes at 50c. Extra quality pink or blue white striped gowns with Persian striped cuffs priced 59c. Dressing Lacques in black white or blue cardinal Persian designs priced 75c. Wrappers in blue white or gray white stripes with full front and plaited back priced 1.00. Basement Halesroom.
Basement Salesroom offers children’s white cotton vests and drawers in various styles. High neck long sleeve vests sold at 15¢ each or 2 for 25¢, matching drawers in cuff and lace-trimmed umbrella knee styles also 2 for 25¢. Lace-trimmed sleeveless vests priced at 10¢ each or 2 for 20¢.
Large stock of Nottingham Lace Curtains in white ivory and beige in matched pairs. Slight mill imperfections from dropped stitches are repairable. Two lots: medium grade white ivory beige pairs 69c each and better grade with cable net and Madras weaves white ivory beige pairs 1.25 dollars each.
Basement Salesroom offers 19th century garments with extra long white cotton vests featuring high crochet necks and long sleeves priced at 19¢, plus matching lace trimmed drawers with umbrella or cuff knee length, offered as seconds from a garment manufacturer.
Women's fine quality cotton hosiery offered in black tan and many colors including split sole models in black with white foot available at 25 cents per pair.
Basement Salesroom offers Lisle and cotton gloves in multiple colors and sizes. Kayser’s two clasp lisle gloves and 12 button cotton gloves are advertised at 25 cents per pair.
A list of assorted notions and drug sundries with prices includes trimming braids yard 5c 12 1 2 c 25c silk covered buttons dozen barrettes hose supporters and tape collar foundations Sorosis hair pins mending tissue tooth brushes toilet soaps violet carnation sandal wood Yutopia white almond talcum powder witch hazel large bottle and toilet soap cake prices range from 5c to 25c and up.
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