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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1916
Page
2
Announcing an Anniversary Sale on pillow cases and bed sheets with several discounts. Heavy muslin pillow cases priced from 10 to 25 cents each, various sizes available. Bleached bed sheets offered at 35 to 69 cents, some sizes 72x90 to 81x90 inches, all torn or hemmed and ready for use.
Advertised items list laundry soaps naptha and ivory brands with varied pack sizes and prices. Pasta products Crisco and Cottolene fats priced by size. Del Monte sweet potatoes Heinz beans and canned fish include sardines tuna pink salmon and pimentos with multiple can prices.
Miss Cornelia Glass, daughter of D. H. Glass, joins Wilkes Players in Seattle for The Taming of the Shrew at the Metropolitan Theatre. A university drama gift party and welcome by Prof. William P. Gorsuch and Miss Phoebe Hunt mark her first professional stage step as the tercentenary tribute to Shakespeare begins.
Sheriff J H Shattuck of Rolling Ray Washington to testify in David Caplan trial in Los Angeles today. C G Morrison resigns Municipal League secretaryship to enter real estate. George B Littlefield to become new secretary. The Spring Drive society plans a Moore benefit film for the blind in May 1920. George A Hastings of the Standard Grand Opera will assist the Schubert Club at a Monday concert in Odd Fellows temple. Memorial services for departed Loyal Order of Moose members held at 11 am Monday. George B Webster announces Republican bid for county clerk. Bishop Earl Cranston says Methodists back President Wilson. R B Bacon fell from a second-story window at 1209 Third Ave. injuries include a fractured arm.
A fresh shipment features Black and White Silke with black checks in varied sizes and stripes. Fabrics measure thirty five inches wide at 1.76 dollars per yard. New Black Taffetas come in 25 inch width priced at 1.50 dollars per yard.
Basement Salesroom advertises Khaki Huck and Turkish Towels suitable for embroidery, infants Mercerized stockings in black white and blue with small sizes, Corset praised for reinforced abdomen and front stay with stout figure fit, priced at 1.00. Phoenix Lisle Stockings at 35c pair with bulk deal of three for 1.00.
INE and Heavy Laces in white and ecru adapted for trimming uses widths up to seven inches offered at ten cents per yard.
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