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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
6
An ad reveals sale items including middy blouses 25c to 79c in white or colored collars for women misses and girls ages 14 to 16 and sizes 36 to 42. It also promotes 25¢ dozen local ranch eggs, calicoes 4 1/2¢ a yard, Huck towels 7 1/4¢, curtain rods 5¢, and black Moussaline fabric 89¢ a yard.
Delicious creamy caramels coated with chocolate offered at a low price. The ad highlights rich texture and appealing candy bite size. Includes pricing note 20¢ per pound and a chocolate coating claim.
A fragment notes fresh daily roasting of Mayflower Coffee and compares quality to meat grades. Mentions tea pricing and California Lay figs from the latest crop with guaranteed quality and per pound pricing unclear.
Dealers plan a 10 percent rise to seven dollars and five cents per one hundred pounds for wholesale sugar. President Wilson nominates Joseph Shea of Indiana as ambassador to Chile. Delos A. Chappell Jr., a Stanford student, could receive eighteen thousand dollars on marriage and twelve thousand more if he weds at once, plus a one million dollar inheritance from his Los Angeles father, former head of the Nevada California Power Co.
The piece highlights young Hopper, showing how the child begins a public career while drawing comparisons to his comedian father. It notes early appearances and the media attention surrounding the emerging child star.
Ad highlights rubber-cushion hair brushes with single bristles and light wood backs priced at 39 each. Also listed are hair brushes in assorted shapes with red or black backs and stiff bristles described as good values at 39 each.
The advertisement promotes Misses and Children's Button Shoes in patent and dull calf with cloth or leather tops. Prices range from 1.50 for sizes 6 to 8 up to 2.50 for 4 to 6, with Gun metal Calf Shoes for boys and youths priced at 1.65 to 1.95 depending on size.
Describes a sturdy percale house dress in white with light blue and lavender pin stripes. Features a round collar extending to a revers front, trimmed with white pique piping and pearl buttons. Priced at $1.00.
Boys reefer top coats priced at $3.50 in blue serge shepherd’s checks and tan gray mixes. Sizes range from 2% to 10 years.
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