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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1919
Page
12
Advertises folding bed davenports that convert any room into a sleeping space with built in bedding storage. Lists several patterns and special clearance prices including Fumed Oak and Golden Oak options, though several price values appear garbled.
Advices from European countries indicate the planned international strike by the proletariat against intervention in Russia and Hungary has largely failed. Strike leaders lost control or ignored warnings, with only Norway showing potential seriousness as a general strike was called, threatening shortages in lighting, water, and tram service.
New York July 21 workers to review secret proposals from the American Steamship Association. The plans will be revealed to the striking marine workers when they are presented for consideration.
The government orders a three day prohibition on alcohol sales and closes restaurants. Telegrams from Italy Austria Germany and Great Britain indicate the movement had been abandoned in whole or in part due to public opinion. Dispatches from Germany report that protests by farmers and the public weakened the world revolutionary idea. Vienna notes the strike failed due to public sentiment.
A signed column by Bill Hart extols honor as essential for every American boy. He warns that lies corrode character, urges honesty as foundation for life, and cites Benjamin Franklin to reinforce honesty as the best policy. Hart likens honesty to sturdy groundwork for the trail of life and ends with the note that the hand on top in the baseball draft represents choosing sides.
The Rhodes Co offers dainty Auto Scarfs in the Veiling Section on Tuesday at 75 cents, a sale from regular stock previously priced at $1.25. They come in coral, Copenhagen blue, lavender, pink, tan, navy, black and white with varied patterns and edging styles.
Leo Carillo stars in Lombardi Ltd at the Metropolitan Theatre New York City delivering laughter and tears. Grace Valentine shines amid a strong cast including Hallam Bosworth Marion Abbott and Harold Russell in Tito Lombardi's dressmaking world.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings on the Columbia basin rate case in Portland with about 50 lawyers for port and business interests. The Inland Empire Shippers league seeks lower freight rates to Columbia river ports, arguing rail lines offer a natural down grade versus Puget Sound routes. Astoria backs Puget Sound, opposing Portland’s lower rate while both cities face shared current rates.
Manager Eugene Levy adds a visual boost to the Midsummer Folly Co show at the Orpheum this week with 20 red headed shimmiers performing fox trot one step and waltz. Gill Winkler provides violin jazz between numbers as the artist in the studio tale brings a painting to life causing domestic turmoil. Meanwhile the Ames Quartette and Mead Seigler with Chong and costumed ensembles offer popular numbers.
Thomas F. Murphine requests city council authorization to transfer Madison Park from the municipal railway fund to the park department. He urges credit to the utilities department for the park’s value. Once maintained by Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co, its popularity has waned.
Dr. J. E. Crowther said he refused a half million dollar bid for The Wayfarer copyright and donated it to the joint centenary commission. He stated he would not leave his pastorate to tour the world with the pageant. The event drew Jewish rabbis and New York theatrical managers, with 160000 admissions in 20 days and attendance near one million.
Remnants a homespun comedy by Elizabeth Shirley and Everett Byington stars a department store buyer and a traveling salesman with witty lines and solid philosophy. John Geiger’s talking violin elicits laughs with voicelike enunciation and instrument imitations. The Neapolitan Four perform three accordions plus singing whistling and comedy. The Church Sisters dance banjos. Frank Stanley and Bee Wilson offer surprise singing and chatter. Bethieu and Morton fuse rural and city viewpoints in comic numbers.
Harold R Herrman a 56 year old musician of 170 Findlay Avenue died Sunday He was a native of Norway and had lived here a year He is survived by his sister Mrs Edward B Kellie Funeral services will be held at Georgetown Undertaking Company chapel Wednesday at 11 am with burial at Washelli Cemetery
The sale of Wilson and Company fish and vegetable canning plants to Austin Nichols & Company of New York creates a $35,000,000 corporation. A new company will handle the industry and may develop a chain store system. The transaction was cash and confirmed by Thomas and Wilson, presidents of Wilson.
Frisco telephone operators report no one returned to work at Pacific Telephone and Telegraph exchanges. Pickets deterred some from resuming duties as union leaders plan further resistance to international orders to return. Oakland also saw no strikers return, with union heads stating continued abstention.
The Mid Summer Follies company honored Eugene Levy and his bride at a Sunday wedding banquet after their show. Fifty three stage hands and musicians joined the couple for a post performance feast. Ert C Hunt gave a Victrola from the company and Ralph Birkenhoff presented a decorated clock from the orchestra. Mitchel Grosstein acted as toastmaster and dancing followed.
July 21 crowd of girls forced to walk due to a street car strike accept an invitation to ride to town in a hearse.
Our selection includes a Tuesday sale of fancy striped dress shirts in coat style with French cuffs. Made from durable percales and madras, they come in sizes 14 to 18 with various sleeve lengths. Replenish your wardrobe for summer with these regular-stock shirts offered at a timely price.
The four day strike by Boston street railway workers ends as a special arbitration board grants an eight hour day and a wage scale from 53 to 62 cents an hour. The decision averts further service disruption and sets new pay terms for the car men.
The remark imagines a debtor avoiding judgment after death, placing a humorous twist on debt and fate with an ironic wish to escape creditors in the afterlife.
A home beauty formula blends juice from two semons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Sold cheaply at grocers and drugstores this fragrant mix is advertised to vanish blemishes and yield clear soft skin with regular daily use.
Disposal sale of 25 fiber silk sleeveless sweaters with shi ower style and belt. Displayed in shades of rose salmon purple green. Sizes 38 to 44. Formerly 7.50 to 8.50 dollars. Special choice.
Twenty fiber silk sleeveless sweaters without collars offered from regular stock. Colors include Copenhagen blue rose and Kelly green in sizes 38 to 44. Formerly $5.75 now offered special Tuesday by Choite.
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