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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
6
Crowds flood the downtown bazaar as Christmas presents fly off tables and receipts pass milestones toward a $100,000 target by Saturday night. Volunteers, students, and the campus band rally shoppers while police manage dense crowds. A Red Cross appeal and war pictures at Hippodrome frame the event as patriotic effort.
The program lists a university band with Rome address at 8:06 with W A Petera and Mrs Geo W Russell performing The Star Spangled Banner. A vaudeville act titled Liltipetian, dancing at 9:00, and a Salvation Army band concert at the arena follow.
Oakland reports a local incident where a husband allegedly threatened to hire someone to drink if his wife refused. Lillian D. Dieckman seeks a divorce from George Dieckman in the public records.
Four persons were injured in separate auto accidents reported Wednesday none seriously. EL Granetti and his brother at 412 12th Ave SE suffered slight bruises, as did R W Sullivan of 159 12th Ave. Another victim J Dean at 2655 Whitman Ave sustained minor injuries. A pedestrian was struck at the foot by J A Schaff of 4748 11th Ave NE.
Editor's note presents a second installment of the Trench dictionary listing terms from World War I. Includes Cauliflower described as a special shell with small wire wings fired from a trench cannon to break barbed wire and other terms with brief definitions for military jargon and organizational names.
An elderly man about 60 identified as GC Ogle of Long Beach California was dragged about 75 feet by a Fort Lawton motor car near First Ave and Blanchard St just before midnight. Witnesses say the crash occurred after the man failed to heed a bell.
A basement shop on Union Street offers unbreakable dolls and puzzles, rubber animals, soap bubble outfits, paint books, tin tea sets, celluloid toys, drums, and a stationery department on the upper Main Floor. Also available are souvenir Seattle calendars, Christmas greeting cards, narcissus bulbs in gift boxes, bayberry candles, cribbage boards, and linen-covered diary books.
A compact list of shop items and sections across floors includes Willow Flower Baskets, book shops on Lower Main Moor, Navy cut-out paper dolls, paint and scissors sets, Joy housekeeping items, Boy Scout and children’s books, men’s wear like suspenders garters socks and ties, jewelry, service pins, hair pins, pretty pearl beads, baby shop items, Turkish towels, lisle thread hose, rattles, satin sachet bags.
A catalog style listing shows items on multiple floors including imported bamboo waste baskets fruit toilet articles large French ivory trays pyram ivory hair receivers ice skates and china tea sets.
A readable list of bargain items from a city toy shop basement on Union Street. Includes toy pianos and building blocks, celluloid dolls, mechanical toys, ten pins, Noah’s Ark and Tinto graphs, men’s pipes, boxed jewelry, novelties, scarves, cuff links, gloves, and various toilet goods. Also notes shop sections like Men’s and Boys’ departments and infant and women’s hosiery.
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