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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
4
In Olympia a second minimum wage session for women laundry workers yielded a $206 gap between proposals. Employees seek $10.27 while employers argue $8.21 suffices for a basic living.
Political writer Samuel G Blythe predicts the estate of Washington will host a three cornered senatorial fight in the coming campaign. He states after investigation that 11 of 33 states will be battlegrounds for this desperate contest.
Leonard Abbott, addressing reporters in New York, says he and others were mobbed in Tarrytown on Monday night as an alleged demonstration was attempted. He declares the speech will proceed with or without permission.
Despite the Supreme Court ruling against outsiders seeking to invalidate Southern Pacific patents to California land valued at about 600 million dollars, the government will continue its litigation to recover the Midway and Coalinga properties held by the railroad.
An unexploded bomb was found today in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Reading England. The device was a can filled with powder and could have caused great damage if it had detonated.
Beginning Wednesday broken lines of merchandise remain from the past in IREDERICK and NELSON. Several weeks of selling across store sections quoted at keen month end clearance prices. Coats, coats sizes 16, colors tan brown navy Copenhagen rose black and white checks, reduced to 7.50. Wash suits remaining from last season priced 5 and 10 dollars on second floor.
About 125 waists in this clearance lot comprising broken lines and discontinued numbers in Crepe de Chine Crepe Lingerie Linen and Mes saline all this seasons models. A good selection of light shades to choose from. Every size represented but not in any one style. Clearance price 2.85.
A sale offers a lot of 85 linen waists in tailored and semi-tailored styles with high necks long sleeves or Peter Pan short sleeves. Plain white and colored collar and cuff models are included. Located on the second floor.
Month end sale offers extreme discounts on odd lengths of table damasks towels waistings and art linens. Highlights include 11 Irish linen table cloths at 7.85 each and linen face towels from 19 cents. Other table cloths reduced from 2.65 to 7.65, lace dollies and Madeira embroidered dollies marked down.
Clearance sale offers women’s hosiery including lisle silk and cotton stockings in plain and fancy styles with embroidery and lace effects. Handled items are reduced to close at 25¢ per pair. Also includes thread silk stockings with lisle features at 5¢ per pair. First Floor.
Art Needlework clearance offers include stamped pillow covers with backs at 50¢ each, stamped children's dresses and undergarments at keen reductions, discontinued stamped package goods, white fringes, glossilla fringe, French crochet edges, cluny laces, and cream fringes all on sale from 10¢ to 50¢ per yard. Second floor clearance.
Broken lines of wash goods in a clearance sale with 27 inch and 20 inch widths. Fabrics include silk and cotton poplin, silk stripe crepe voile, silk figured crepes, bordered flamela, jolly rating pattern, Roman stripe ratines, voile varieties, pique crepe, ripples, and brocaded cotton charmeuse offered at 25 cents to 29 cents per yard. First Floor.
Gingham porch dresses in pink blue gray or lavender with color piping on collar belt and cuffs offered at clearance price one dollar. Boys corduroy knickerbockers sized 6 to 17 years priced at 85 cents per pair on the second floor.
Advertises infant wear with pink dainty items in white lawn French dresses trimmed with embroidery and eyelet, and various children items. Prices range from 35 cents to ten dollars, including wash suits, rompers, gowns, drawers, knickerbockers, and spring coats in sizes up to 14 years.
A local store advertises discounted dinnerware across multiple patterns. Cups and saucers plates bowls sugars nappies egg cups and more priced at 25 cents, with platters butter dishes cake plates bakers chop dishes and other items at 50 cents. Covered dishes casseroles chocolate pots chop dishes and platters listed at 1.00.
Silks offered include Messalines, Taffetas, Shantungs and Ratine in blue, brown, tan, green, amethyst, wistaria, leather, black-and-white and sky-blue. Hand-woven White Habutai silk 36 inches wide available for summer waists and dresses at 85 cents per yard.
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