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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1912

Page

2

Candidates for Seattle School Board Election Revealed

The Saturday election will decide one school director with a $675000 bond measure. Current director Hermon Craven seeks reelection, backed by progressives, with 22 years in Seattle and four children. Four other candidates include two socialists Nicholas Schmidt and Joseph Allen, both lawyers advocating for vocational training and better teacher pay. J R Manning is an undertaker and James R Stephen is an architect who previously served on the board.

Port Ravenna Hermon Craven Craven Seattle Everett Smith Superior Court Nicholas Schmidt Joseph Allen

Germany to bar all dime novels and trashy literature

Berlin reports the education minister issues a decree banning dime novels and similar works as a danger to youth. He urges parental supervision and calls for excluding daily papers and other periodicals that dull young minds from homes. Also mentions Seattle Police Athletic Association officers and staff chosen.

Germany United Press Berlin Education

University comedy show slated for auditorium tonight

University students will present a comedy entitled Making Good tonight at the Auditorium. The piece was written by two law students of the college.

All-Wool Plaid and White Blankets for Sale

All-wool plaid blankets 70 by 80 inches offered in blue pink gray heliotrope tan and white plaids weighing five pounds price six dollars fifty cents per pair. All-wool white blankets 66 by 80 inches with blue or pink borders weighing four hundred forty four pounds with price five dollars per pair.

Blanket pricing sparks sale in local shop

A local store advertises gray wool blankets at 6.50 dollars per pair and 5 dollars per pair for another style with colored borders. Heavy cotton plaid blankets, 70 by 80 inches, are offered at 3 dollars per pair with soft fleecy feel and overcast edges.

Christmas Gift Suggestions Inexpensive Accessories List

A retail catalog style item lists gift options and prices for holiday shoppers. Items include purses, bags, drinking cups, pins, brooches, cuff links, coin holders, mesh purses, bead necklaces, hair accessories, and boxes of stationery with prices from 5 to 80 cents. Also featured are Christmas seals cards, Eaton Crane’s Delft blue stationery, perfumes, scissors, knives, brushes and mirrors with varied price points.

Eaton Crane Eastman

Silk Hosiery Gifts and Wool Garments In Sale

Silk Hosiery for gifts features medium weight black stockings with lisle toes and lavender gold tips, packed in Christmas boxes. Price 85 cents per pair or $2.50 for a box of three. Also offered are women's gray wool vests with long sleeves and ankle pants at 75 cents each garment.

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