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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
2
Wright and Dickinson manage hotels in Seattle and Portland. They bring Oregon steward B F Larimore to install a price-checking system for produce. Comparisons show Portland Oregon Hotel prices versus Seattle Hotel prices on June 27 and related dates.
Next Tuesday the sanitary public market offers free space for a week to cherry growers to sell fruit directly to customers. If successful, plans may expand to peach and apple weeks, exposing all native fruits to Seattle buyers. ranchers should notify manager Ventry immediately of space needs.
United Press reports a new service solving the servant girl problem in cities. With a 20 cent daily charge for small families, a company will wash apartment dishes using in basement dishwashing machines. Families receive two boxes for china and pots, with uniform staff collecting and returning washed items via the dumb waiter. The firm covers all breakage.
A local chamber of commerce received a letter in reply to an invitation for Theodore Roosevelt to visit Seattle. The note says he would like to come but is too busy and that the invitation is one of many that keep his secretary and stenographers busy for weeks.
A patchwork of 1882 clippings reports on Garfield the beloved president after an assassination attempt, plus scattered items from Seattle to London. Movements include deaths, marriages, court cases, and odd anecdotes. notable names include Grover Cleveland, Nellie the dog, and William Jennings Bryan.
Advertisement notes waists priced at $1.50 featuring broken lines in madras and pure linen, with options including madras fabric and laundered collar and cuffs.
In the Basement Salesroom Millinery Section a large display of Lingerie Hats in mushroom shape sells for 4.50. Made of fine net and Valenciennes lace, they are trimmed with small flowers and ribbon and suit light summer dresses. Also offered at this price is a varied range of Trimmed Hats including chips, rice Milans and rough straw braids with flowers ribbons lace bows and velvet touches.
Large gold filled Dutch collar and belt pins offered at 10 cents per set with imitation turquoise coral and jade. White metal belt pins in rose gold and silver finishes at 10 cents. La Vallieres gold filled chains pendants 25 cents with rhinestones. Chantecler jewelry 10 cents featuring pheasant peacock rooster duck cat and owl designs. Basement Salesroom.
Attractive values in handkerchiefs for men women and boys include hemstitched and plain linen styles with borders and embroidered initials. Women pure linen options feature imitation Armenian lace edges and colored borders, priced from 5c to 15c. Men linen hemstitched and mercerized colored options range 10c to 25c. Basement salesroom.
Offerings include peroxide of hydrogen 8c 13c 18c bottle Williams Violet Talcum Powder 18c Absorbent Cotton 5c Java Rice Powder 9c Blue Seal Vaseline 5c 10c Net-Covered Hair Rolls Glycerine Soap Secake shades 15c Darning Cotton 45-yard spools 3 for 5c Hasement Saledroom.
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