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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
4
Mrs. Lillian Harris leads the California suffrage lobby in a Feb. 10 statement. She says suffragists remain insurgents, prepared for a broader statewide reform battle after victory in the legislature.
Anna Malley national organizer of the socialist party will address a gathering at Arcade hall on Sunday February 12 at 7 p m. Local residents are invited to attend and hear her views on social issues.
About 15 workers from Union Machinery & Supply Co. clashed with three pickets. Police were summoned after foremen allegedly ordered attacks with iron pieces. A teamster intervened with a gun, preventing injuries to the strikers who praised police protection for lawful picketing.
A promotional piece touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion. It claims digestion boosts brain function and mood, urging readers to try the tablets and even request a free sample by mailing name and address to the F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
A terse notice records the final tally from a regional store fixtures sale. Details are limited in the fragment, but it confirms completion and likely confirms remaining inventory units and sale proceeds. No specific names or locations are readable in the text.
An OCR fragment touts Cold Compound as end to grippe and severe colds with doses every two hours. It claims the formula contains no quinine and highlights claimed rapid relief of head, chest, neuralgia and feverish symptoms, noting long research and global availability.
In Pimlico New York rumors spread of a vessel named Pimlico with no directory listing. Local ship ping men suggest the ship was on a secret mission, amid uncertainty over its true identity and purpose.
Rumors in banking circles say J. W. Maxwell ex vice president of the Seattle National bank plans a new bank with 500000 dollars capital. Maxwell could not confirm but expects strong support if he proceeds with founding the institution.
Dora Menzell a stenographer living at 1511 Boylston Avenue was injured in Pacific hospital after a revolver fell from a dresser and fired as she entered her room last night. The bullet hit her hip.
The Regal Dental Offices in Seattle advertise a painless system and claim low prices with high quality. They offer full sets for as little as five dollars and fillings for only one dollar, backed by a ten year guarantee and a team of top specialists.
Police search for a highwayman who attacked Mrs. Duncan Cameron wife of an officer of the guards in Edinburgh in a crowded street and robbed her of a pearl necklace valued at $42 000.
About twenty thousand Beacon Hill residents protest to Councilman Way against further regrading of 12th Ave Dearbornet until rain ends. They object to ankle deep mud and expect delays until spring.
Merchants from outside Seattle attend the sale, betting prices on wool and cotton will rise later. The festival features Pure Linen Kerchiefs three for two cents, police and fireman suspenders 17 cents a pair, gray wool socks 15 cents, union suits around 1.55, all wool underwear 1.05, shirts and drawers 1.39, and outing flannel robes 79 cents, with many other low prices.
Surplus stock sale at Seattle Dry Goods Co features many underpriced lines. Boys shoes 54% off at $1 per pair, Misses shoes $1 per pair, Big Girls low heels $1.25, Women lace and button styles $1.25, all sizes and widths available, sale starts Saturday at 10 o clock.
Wool sweaters priced at 1.98 each are offered in two styles and multiple necklines. Mates sold earlier for 3.00 to 4.50, but these navy red white and gray sweaters now move at 1.98.
Attractive taffeta and messaline silk Petticoats in old rose navy black lilac gray tan and green offered at 3.98 each. Some feature Persian figured flounces or Dresden floral prints, a remarkable value versus the usual 6.50 minimum.
Baby Togs Children’s Cloth Coats in black red gray and navy and mixes sell for 2.98. Other lots up to size 6 in tan blue or red priced at 1.98. Plush vel vet bearcloth baby bonnets 0.29. Sleeping garments pink or blue outing flannel 0.24. Outing gowns pink or blue 0.39.
Blue decorated cups and saucers dinner and soup plates in full size good porcelain. Only one set per buyer no delivery.
Seventy five girl coats up to 12 years in rough ceviots tweeds and serges offered in plain colors and mixtures. Some plain tailored some trimmed with value to 9.50 for 3.98 each.
Sale of ribbons and Dresden ribbons including taffeta satin taffetas and odd pieces. Plain colors and widths from 3 to 5 inches. Prices cut from 25c to 15c a yard for a large surplus lot.
In a brisk sale setting, 15.00 marks for new spring models. Semi fitting coats 26 inches long lined with satin, diagonal serges and Venetian cloth, plain tailored styles with matching skirts. Shades include tan, navy, green, brown, black, and fawn. Good values for $15.00.
Big piles of fine garments offered tomorrow at prices lower than expected. Children’s Union Suits fleece-lined cotton in all sizes were 39c. Vests and Pants merino or ribbed cotton from 25c to 35c. Women’s Vests and Pants fleece-lined 44c. extra sizes 39c. Women’s Wool Vests 68c.
An advertising page for a downstairs shop promotes surplus stock discounts on gas stoves, dust pans, coal hods, carpet sweepers, potato mashers, wash boards, fiber pails, sauce pans, garment hangers, spiders, family scales, egg whips, bowl strainers, wash boilers, dish pans, pot covers, heavy pails, garbage cans, and electric irons. Sale prices undercut regulars, with emphasis on value and wide range of household items.
A historical advertisement lists heavy seamless velvet rugs 6x9 for 12 dollars and 17 dollars, extra heavy Axminster rugs 10-6x13-6 for 28 dollars, Saxony Axminster 9x12 for 17.75, Bigelow Axminster 9x12 for 22.50, seamless Wilton 9x12 for 23.50, and ten-wire Brussels carpeting 1.25 with borders at 95 cents. The ad is attributed to The Stone Fisher Co.
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