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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
8
Clearance of mill ends including Lawns Mar quisettes Voiles and Organdies at 10c a yard with lengths to 10 yards. White crepe and pique cottons offered per yard and in bolts. Diaper cloth long cloth and bed linens priced from 9c to 2.49 per bolt or piece. Lower Main Floor features all wool blankets five fifty per pair and various pillow cases bed sheets and crocheted spreads.
January sale offerings include linen table damask at $1.25 and 70 inch damask 17c a yard. All linen crash toweling 12c a yard, 17 inch width, satin finish, durable. All linen towels 25c, 18x36 inches, sturdy weave and neat hems. merchandise emphasizes pure linen and value.
January clearance offers sweeping odds and ends of baby clothes with marked clearance prices for Tuesday. Wool sets cost 1.39, soft sole shoes 19 cents, knit slippers 25 cents, crib blankets 39 cents. Broken lines include blue white and red white color schemes in various baby wear items.
Lanterns in assorted colors for party decor priced at 10c each. Sanford's offers 10c black ink four-ounce bottles and 2c glue bottles. Waltham School Crayons sold in boxes at special prices. lemon of other stationery items displayed on main floor.
A sale item noting walnuts described as medium hard with shells sold by the pound. The listing includes a location line reading 5 Koarth Floor.
The narrator details cramped cells in the jute mill corridors at Walla Walla, poor ventilation, and heat as inmates are kept under lock and guard. He describes a stooped, weary cellmate, the red tagging threat, a rigid dining hall with rifle guard, and the dehumanizing routine that defines prison existence.
Capt. Scheuttler is reported to be Chicago's next police chief after the office was vacated when Charles Healey, a protege of Mayor Thompson, was forced to resign.
United with the British forces in France officers of the Portuguese expeditionary corps have arrived to prepare for combat on the Western front. Delayed telegraph confirms their presence marks the start of Portugal's actual participation in fighting alongside Allied forces.
Police report from J. N White of 66 Clay St says someone threw rocks through every window of his house Sunday. The intruders rammed the front door with a wooden bench before fleeing. No suspects identified yet.
Frank Butts 16 and Toby Pratt 17 were turned over to the juvenile court for habitual auto borrowing. Butts was found in a Peterson Swenson car at Fourth Ave and Cedar St after a ride with a friend. Pratt was arrested at First Ave and Denny, while a C P Watkins car at 1131 19th Ave was also involved.
Judge King Dykeman required five stitches after severing an artery in his hand while chopping wood at his home on Meridian Avenue. He fainted from blood loss but recovered strength shortly afterward.
Timely offering for spring dress making with numerous items and special prices. Rubber buttons, tatting shuttles, hair pins, edging, shields, suspenders, collar supports, crochet cotton, nets, coat hangers, wash buttons, and more priced per card or package. First Floor.
Fourteen wardrobe trunks that have been used as floor samples are marked at reductions. They are well built and fiber bound with full cloth lining. Interiors are compactly arranged for both men and women's garments. Steamer trunks priced at 17.50, two at 14.00, three-quarter size at 20.00, and full-size at 19.00.
An attractively trimmed basement salesroom apron is shown to cover the dress completely. It can be worn as a house dress and features a belted waist and front middy style lacing. Available in plain pink, light blue or delft with white piping, price 75 cents.
Special values on mercerized cotton tablecloths 64x04 inches at 1.45, union linen lunch cloths 45x45 inches 0.65, cotton towelings with red border, 9e yard, large Huck towels 21x49 inches 15 each, large bath towels 28x43 inches 2b each, seamless sheets 81x90 inches 0.9e and 81x99 inches 1.00, seamed sheets 72x90 inches 0.60 and 70x99 inches 0.90, crochet bedspreads 1.35.
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