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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
3
The article describes a dainty summer dress trend with a draped overskirt and pale satin accents. It notes black and white remains the most popular combination and highlights delicate waists, bows, and jet or pearl buckles. Accessory details emphasize light, soft fabrics and simple styling.
A fragmented cookbook style snippet lists recipes including preserved pears with sugar for overnight stand, salmon croquettes with milk and white sauce, Minnehaha filling variants, and a chocolate pudding with chocolate frosting. Also mentions draining oil, sieving milk, and baking a pudding with meringue.
A large scale piano sale at Ellers Music promises top grade instruments at deep cash discounts. The event touts price cuts on mahogany and oak pianos, with monthly plan options, cash premiums, and trade allowances, aiming to outpace rival so called sales and retirements. Local buyers are urged to visit Ellers Music House to secure brands like Chickering and Lester within two years.
A collection of letters and answers on health home remedies love age gaps and household tips. Topics include a baking soda and salt home remedy for summer complaints, guidance on a 18 year old's engagement to a 45 year old, opium habit advice urging medical supervision, inquiries about a National Protective Legion branch, and housekeeping tips on cream keeping vessels cleaning turpentine cabbage leftovers and safe ammonia use.
To remove white spots from polished wood mix a soft paste of salad oil and salt and apply with a cloth. Alcohol can help but must be wiped off immediately to avoid spotting. Boiling water and soda freshen bedding and musty boxes kept dry with cloth lining and lavender leaves to keep items smelling clean and ready for guests.
A fashion note describes a new glove for shirts with a tailor-made fit and soft top, gusseted on both sides from the wrist. The gloves are heavy weight and suited for street wear, while Jerney cloth rises in autumn materials as designers showcase bold Jersey-inspired textures.
Petticoats of good quality taffeta silk with flounce finished by pin tucks and clusters of shirring. Available in gray myrtle green pink lavender tan av y dark red black and changeable effects. Very attractive value at $2.65 basement base.
Fashion notices list Sailor collars in sky blue pink cardinal old-blue or myrtle at 17c each Soft Dutch Collars trimmed with Valenciennes and imitation Cluny laces at 25c Embroidered Dutch Collars open work designs 35c Embroidered Bows 25c Imported Yokes in styles 65c and 75c Jabots in various designs 1 1/4c and 25c Fancy Stock Collars white and colors 29 35 and 50c each
A list of discounted footwear items priced at $1.95 includes Chocolate Kid Blucher Oxfords with hand-turned sole and Cuban heel, Brown Kid Blucher Oxfords with Goodyear welt sole and military heel, White Canvas Gibson Blucher Ribbon Ties with turned sole and Cuban heel, Kid Blucher Oxfords with patent tip and extension sole, Black Suede Pumps with ankle-strap and covered wood heel.
A textile price list lists cotton Torchen and imitation Cluny laces from 1/4 to 3 inches wide at 1.50 per yard, bands 30 cents per yard, 18-inch Venise All-Over in white and ecru at 1.00 per yard, 72-inch wash blonde nets at 0.40 per yard, 18-inch black and gold fish-net at 1.00 per yard, and 10-inch embroidery edges at 0.04 per yard.
Catalog lists mesh veiling in colors magpie black white with 17 22 and 25 cents per yard. Button-top auto veils of chiffon offered in sky blue pink gray brown old-blue white and black at 75 cents each.
Catalog listing details various damask linens including 58 inch Mercerized cotton damask tablecloths in patterns and lengths 2 4 and 3 yard, priced 40e per yard. Fringe damask launch cloths and ScaMoped launch cloths described in all linen fabric with prices 85e and 95¢ each, plus 16 inch heavy weight all linen crash towering with white and red or blue border priced per yard.
Ruffled curtains offered in plain Swiss and figured muslins across thirteen styles. Lengths include 244 yards available in pairs at values from .75 to 5 dollars per pair, with prices 1.00 1.25 and 1.50 cited. entity dense pricing and product details reflect a historical retail listing.
Basement Sale listing announces women's Lisle and cotton union suits at 35 cents each. White Lisle suits are low neck sleeveless with crochet neck edge and mercerized tape, cuff at knee. regular sizes. Cotton union suits with lace trimmed umbrella knee and small sizes, 35 cents.
Catalog note describes women’s knit vests from the 19th century for clearing summer underwear stocks. Includes pure white cotton knit vests in low neck sleeveless cut with plain and floral designs and lace yoke. Mercerized vests offered in pink and sky blue. Nasement.
Classified notice lists women’s knit vests in white cotton, low neck sleeveless styles, plain or lace trim, priced at 9 cents each. Includes brief room or aisle notation and references to sizes or stock.
An up to date model of extra good quality coutil with lace trim and two hose supporters. Styles cover high bust long hip, medium bust straight hip, and short full figures with lace trim. Basement.
A basement sale offers corset covers in nainsook with lace edging and beading from 25c to 49c, drawers in cambric and nainsook with tucked ruffles up to 49c, gowns in muslin and cambric from 49c to 75c, and long white cambric skirts at 99c to 1.25. Two piece combinations pair corset covers with drawers from 49c to 99c, with other styles at 1.25 and 1.50.
The display features over fifty pieces of solid colored jacquard Messalines and jacquard Serge Silks at 48c a yard in colors including black wistaria Copenhagen amethyst tan sapphire garnet reseda navy and old rose. Also offered are Louisine and Taffeta Silks in checks plaids and stripes at the same price. Pekin stripe Louisines arrive in champagne pink light blue maize Nile and heliotrope. New Black Silks include Swiss chiffon finish Black Taffeta in 26 and 35 inch widths priced at 73c and 94c a yard. Basement Salearoom.
A fresh stock of yard-wide solid color burlap in greens, reds, browns, blues, and gold plus natural undyed color is offered at an attractive 10 cents per yard. Salesroom. SERA BOE tore.
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