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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
5
Crescent Manufacturing Company of Seattle promotes a 99 coffee week to showcase the 25 cent per pound Seattle quality labeled 609 coffee. The campaign urges readers to judge by in cup comparison regardless of past opinions and to try the product for its reputed customer return rate.
Maryland Governor Goldsborough visited Seattle with his party including two generals and five colonels. They were hosted by prominent locals, attended a Washington hotel dance after a Butler dinner, and planned to travel to the East via Canada with their Maryland Panama-Pacific commission members and families.
County commissioners awarded contracts for building heating plumbing and wiring the new Juvenile Detention home at Broadway and Spruce to T. M. Ryan & Son. Total price set at 26,705 dollars.
Consumers are urged to buy Coke now to lock in 20 percent savings during May. The notice warns prices will rise in summer and fall, so buying larger amounts now reduces future fuel costs.
A reader writes to Cynthia Grey of The Seattle Star urging discussion of women’s roles amid suffrage and reform. He argues many young women lack traditional domestic skills and plans a debate with other readers, while responses from A P A and others address working girls, marriage, and independence.
The article describes conditions treated by Dr C F Lathrop focusing on nervous system strain and bodily dislocations. It promotes non drug, non surgical methods to calm nerves, tone the weakened body, and relieve suffering. Office at 214 215 People's Bank Building, Second and Pike. Hours 9 am to 5 pm. Consultation free.
A newspaper notice promotes Ethine double strength as a guaranteed cure for freckles. It claims an ounce or less can remove even dark spots with nightly and morning applications and offers a money back guarantee if no results are seen.
An ad notes that pain signals hidden kidney issues and may warn of rheumatism or Bright's disease if untreated. Dean's Kidney Pills are advertised as effective for kidney troubles, with cautions to avoid overeating, excess work, worry, and to drink little alcohol while following regular hours and outdoor activity.
Acting Italian Consul Ghignone in Seattle says thousands of Italian subjects of military age in the Northwest may be called to arms. He estimates about 2000 in Washington and half that from Seattle, with most employed as gardeners miners road workers or grocers. Orders expected within 24 hours.
Motion Picture Operators ball guests at the Hippodrome will be required to wear costumes or evening dress for the grand march. A supply of costumes will be available in the basement to correct omissions. The rule will be strictly enforced as the event moves to the main procession.
Henry Schmidt was formally charged with first degree murder in the May 14 killing of his uncle Henry A. Stokes on the Stokes farm. Schmidt admits using an iron pipe in self defense and says Mrs. Stokes was knocked down during the struggle. Althora Stokes is not named in the charge.
George E. Wright was elected president of the Seattle Municipal League at the annual meeting and banquet held Monday night at the Commercial Club. Other officers chosen include Clancey M. Lewis and H. Walker as vice presidents, with Brackett Austin E. Griffiths Joh L. Hall J. Y. C. Kellogg Geo. B. Littlefield and Geo. A. Virtue named trustees.
A fourth floor sale offers bronze Reading and Livingroom Lamps with glass and metal domes, carved wood lamps, fabric shades, candle and lamp shades, plus a wide bric-a-brac of dinnerware. Open stock patterns discontinued to make room for new stock, with many sets and pieces at about half their former prices.
Exceptional Cluny laces copied stitch for stitch from hand made patterns come in 2 to 4 inches wide in ecru and white with star globe wheel and diamond patterns. Sold for 25 and 35 cents per yard typically. Wednesday special price one yard 15 cents. First Floor.
300 pairs of women's pure silk hose with deep mercerized top and double sole offered in a profit sharing sale at 59 cents. 600 pairs of silk boot hose in irregulars priced around 35 cents. Additional silk hose assortments in black tan two tone and costume shades priced 85 cents. 750 pairs of women's 25 cent hose now 15 cents and boys and girls hosiery 15 cents. First floor a UP R.
The Hollywood Lunch offers Clow's Wheat Buckwheat Cakes and Waffles from 6 30 a m to 1 a m Ady in a long operating schedule.
An advertisement touts coconut oil as a soap free hair cleanser. It claims alkali in soap harms the scalp, while plain coconut oil offers pure grease free cleansing, inexpensive value, and soft fluffy hair with easy rinsing. It promises dirt and dandruff removal and long lasting use for families.
Hoo-Hoo cats will yow from the roof as the Metropolitan Lumbermen's Club hosts a carnival banquet cards and dancing in the Stuart building top floor. The West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association holds its quarterly meeting in the Press club auditorium from 5 p.m. followed by festivities from 8 o'clock.
Secret Service Operator Praester says the 210 E. Denny Way site is dental equipment for molding false teeth used by Dentist Charles Pryor and ex policeman Anna Moore. Pryor and Moore remain jailed as investigators pursue the case.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as a trifling cost remedy for pimples, blackheads, rashes, eczema, and other eruptions. It claims swift, gentle healing suitable even for infants and children and notes long use by physicians.
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