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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
10
A vivid description outlines a pongee gown with a low neckline and very long sleeves. The piece notes heavy netting for head braiding and cautions the item is costly unless the wearer braids it herself. A Japanese parasol and a straw hat trimmed with black bands and yellow roses accompany the outfit.
A historic health column advises regular meals without temptations, proper hygiene for hot days to prevent heat rash, and careful use of soap and talcum powder. It also shares a simple headache remedy: lemon juice before meals and at bedtime to curb recurring headaches.
A garbled collection of kitchen directions for desserts and preserves. It includes methods for candying pineapples and berries, preserving meat with salt and vinegar, making custards and croquettes, and preparing rhubarb with sugar. The text presents stepwise actions with measurements but contains numerous OCR errors and misspellings.
D. S. Johnston Co announces Pioneer Piano House of the Northwest will be known as Eilers Music House. The move marks the largest and strongest wholesale and retail musical concern in the United States, promising greater value, capital, and buying power while keeping the same customer-centric, one-price policy and service.
Queen Wilhelmina’s baby wore a robe presented by Dutch subjects in Great Britain. They organized a committee to the London depot of the Irish Industrion association to have the robe made of Carrickmacross guipure lace mounted on Irish linen. The stipulation required the lace to be Irish and the making style to be Dutch.
A moralizing piece warns against writing love letters and urges discretion in romance. It urges not to send notes to unengaged men, to destroy letters if needed, and to avoid clandestine meetings. It lists broad behavioral cautions for girls, including respect for mothers and avoiding boastful responses after declined proposals.
Tickets go on sale July 2 and 3 for Eastern excursions by Oregon R. & Nav. Co. Sailings to Denver and return, with routes via St Louis and New York. Full particulars, tickets, and reservations at Union Ticket Office, 608 First Ave. N. Bills, General Agent.
Tailored white linen waists feature front tucked clusters and hand embroidered polka dots. Plain back, long sleeves with deep tucked cuffs, one-inch front tucks, pin-tuck clusters, box-plait front, pearl button trim. Prices listed at 3.45 each in the Charming Summer Waists sale.
Catalog style description lists waists in various fabrics including white net with pink blue or brown polka dots, novelty faille silk plaid effects in blue and brown, heavy net over China silk in red brown navy, white messaline with Valenciennes lace, and brown messaline with cream tucked net. Details note plaited shoulders, yokes, cuffs, white embroidered nets, and bias satin trims. Firet Fick.
Recent additions to the showing of genuine Pongee Parasols include the Tokic Junior style with twelve ribs and a long Directoire handle. Also available are regular B-rib Parasols. All are natural-color imported pongee and priced at $5.00, $5.50 and $7.00 on the first floor.
Regular and Qut-size Hosiery Special 59¢ Pair offers an assortment of Women's plain black extra fine Gauze Lisle Hosiery in lace-boot style with various patterns. Also featured is a large lot of Women’s Fancy Hosiery in up-to-date styles and colors at the same special price.
Real imported French kid gloves in two and three clasp styles. Overseam design with tan color and Paris-paint or silk filet embroidery. A standout value at $1.15 per pair. First, Four.
Description of Arabian Etamine Curtains with Cluny inset edging and hemmed bands priced at 5.00 per pair. Cream Etamine Curtains with filet insertion and lace edge valued at 6.75 per pair. Plain Arabian Scrim Curtains 2% yards long with hemstitched hems and optional edging at slight extra cost priced at 1.85 per pair.
Advertising blurb notes a special Kayser lisle gloves sale on the first floor. Womens two clasp gloves in black and white touted as high quality and attractive value at 35 cents per pair. Read as a short shopping notice in a historical newspaper page.
An assortment of black and tan lisle and gauze-lisle hosiery, embroidered in self or contrasting colors, plus lace boots and all lace styles. Very interesting values at 79c per pair.
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