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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1919
Page
14
Closeout bargains on 8S-inch plated frames in brown and inset at $1.29 each. Hanging basements and wood items cleared out with $0.85 prices. Teaspoons and butter knives offered. trays with nickel plate at $0.50. Cigar match holders priced at $2.25, now $0.50 each. Fifth Floor.
Catalog page lists slinwear negligees ribbons and trims with prices from 8c to 5c per yard. Includes 84 inch faille ribbons in sand and gray, chiffon taffetas, satin and satin edge options, assorted backgrounds, and mass of lace trimmed slips and boudoir items. Also features dresses, chemises, and robes with various sizes and sale prices.
Fragmented catalog note lists neckwear items including flandkerchiefs collars in organdy and lace scarfs in multiple colors. Prices range from about 15 cents to 5 dollars with references to linen items and hemmed finishes. Location hints indicate a first floor display.
The notice advertises corset sales from Nemo Corsets Ferris and Walsts Grecian Treece and Mme Lyra with discounted prices. It lists multiple sizes from 19 to 34 and special price points around 1.59 to 3.35 with note of values 5.00 and 6.50.
On the second floor initial stationery 24 sheets and 24 envelopes at 50c quality. Picture frames offered in a large assortment with cabinet sizes up to 8x10 inches in several finishes. Baby books advertised as reduced to 60 cents.
Women's Glace Kid Gloves and Capeskins offered in white with sizes 5 to 7. Special pairs priced around 81.15 to 81.65. Children's gloves shown in two dollar range with assorted broken lines. Boys' fleece cotton gloves and gauntlets advertised at 45 cents per pair on the First Floor.
The listing shows shoe section clearances with price cuts on women and kids footwear. Highlights include Louis heels and leather pumps in assorted sizes, boys' gunmetal shoes, and special Money Day deals with reduced prices on leather novelties and leaf books.
Catalog notes various knitted garments with gray and red wool hoodscarves and caps. includes white Angora coats, pink and white caps for children, women’s and infants’ leggings, and wool tam o Shanter caps with prices from 50 cents to 12 dollars. Items listed with values next to each description.
A brief notice lists large round bath soap cakes offered in several scents for sale. Prices and seller details are not clearly legible in the fragment.
A catalog-like listing shows various jewelry items with unit prices and bulk offers. Items include fancy barrettes, neck chains, earrings, waist pins, brooches, hat pins, bracelets, mesh coin purses, thimbles, clasps, cuff links, and cameos, with prices ranging from 10 cents to several dollars and bulk deals such as two for five dollars or multiple pieces priced per item.
Clearance sale highlights leather items listed with bulk and single prices including traveling sets bridge sets slippers sewing and medicine cases belts cigarette cases sewing bags and card cases. Fraser-Paterson Co located on the first floor offers discount values up to 25 cents and 35 cents on small items.
Fiber Steamer Trunks and dress trunks offered with bargains on a Fifth Floor display. Prices range from 14.95 to 75.00 with limited quantities including one Berth Higher Trunk at 75.00 and several 1 only offers. Absorbent cotton sachets perfumes and toiletries also advertised among luggage items.
Nottingham draperies and voile curtains offered in various values and sizes with frequent discounts. Lace panels, netting, cretonne edging and drapery accessories advertised with special prices and assortments. Window shades and stretchers featured alongside adjustable extension pole brackets and fringe braids.
The list details markdowns on leather rockers dressers tables chifforniers and rugs. Items include overstuffed leather rockers Oak and Mahogany dressers and dining tables tapestry Brussels Wilton and Axminster rugs with reduced prices and a note referencing Fourth Floor.
Final price reductions dispose of all odd garments from the past season. Coats and dresses across multiple lines with special prices from 1.25 to 22.50, including velour and plush coats and boys and girls fashion. Junior and Misses dresses offered in varied fabrics with notable bargains for spring wardrobe.
A Money Day sale listing eight lots of lace flounces, bands, motifs, and embroideries. Items include linen inserts, venise laces, metal flounces, embroidered bands, and beaded motifs with prices from 25c to 2.00 per yard, many marked as special. Wraser Paterson Co on the first floor.
Fraser-Paterson Co offers limited Linen and White Goods items with low quantities. White Skirting at 60c value 29c per yard, Organ dies at 1.75 value 85c per yard, Madeira Lunch Cloths 20.00 value now 12.50, Hemstitched Luncheon Napkins 10.50 regular now 6.50 per dozen, and 12.50 value napkins at 9.50. Second Floor.
Mayor Hanson may declare Tricolor Day on Friday March 7 to honor the Garde Republicaine a distinguished French army band visiting Seattle. The 64 member Paris Conservatory graduates arrive under Red Cross sponsorship with a tour tied to France and its allies and directed by Fernand Pollain.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Seattle prepares for the 100th anniversary of the order in the United States with grand lodge officers as guests. A June celebration is planned, with 32 Seattle lodges represented by the Rebekahs as auxiliaries. A general committee has elected officers to organize events and arrange visitor participation from across the region. An exceptional program is planned with details to be announced later.
Special to The Star reports Baron Sakatani Japanese finance minister could advise China on adopting a gold standard. He would outrank Chinese advisers and be paid about 20000 dollars annually. Sakatani says the program will take years and rely on many foreign experts.
A committee is appointed by the Seattle shipyard workers to investigate the soldiers and sailors council following a council request for review of its operations. The workers council has been allotted more than $15,000 for support by Seattle organizations.
Bremerton reports H. M. S. Lancaster sailing for Esquimalt for repairs and then proceeding to England. She will stop at San Diego en route and pass through the Panama Canal. British officers praised the navy yard's organization and equipment.
Memorial services for Frances E. Willard founder of the Women Christian Temperance Union will be the principal affair of the regular meeting of the W C T U of Ballard Friday at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Charles Peterson 7919 24th Avenue N W.
The war department reports 72,951 American deaths in the foreign service and home forces to Feb 16. A E F deaths total 7 with 20,829 from disease, 48,768 from battle, 3,354 from other causes. US deaths up to Feb 14 total 4,493 with 87 from disease and 1,766 from other causes.
New York building tradesmen are ordered back to work after a conference in Washington between union chiefs and the department of war and labor. Sympathetic strikers in New York will return to their jobs as a conference committee works to settle the outstanding disputes.
A Northwest newspaper notes its Star Want Ads reach the region’s widest audience, highlighting broad circulation and strong reader engagement for classified listings across jobs, services, and goods.
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