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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
5
Several thousand pairs of high grade ladies shoes offered by Schober and Hedwta Co. Bert Harry HM Grey Hallahne and Sons in a catalog sale.
An advertisement touts four ounces of ordinary arvon as a nightly scalp treatment to dissolve dandruff. It claims removal by morning with three or four applications and promises relief from itching plus silky, lustrous hair. It notes arvon is available at drug stores and is inexpensive.
The column features letters from readers about poverty and debt with a note on legal interest rates, plus household questions on party planning, underage Navy enlistment, unhappy engagements, and loneliness in a big city. It offers practical advice, comforting guidance, and cautious optimism.
A reader letter discusses social clubs and fellowship as a path to meeting people, while a London byline surveys Antwerp’s fall and the looming threat to England. The piece reflects war anxieties, refugee influx, and London’s vigil as Zeppelin threats loom.
Early returns show unsettled results with indications the Republicans swept the state. A national shift favors Republicans as progressives return and Democrats gain strength from them. Some progressives oppose tariff policy and vote Republican as a protest. Strange things happen in politics.
In El Paso on November 4 the Aguascalientes convention denounced Gen. Carranza as an enemy to Mexico’s peace and a rebel against Provisional President Gutierrez. Delegates applauded loudly, cheered Gen. Villa, and cried Death to Carranza for about twenty minutes.
The fire department answered three blazes on Wednesday causing a total loss of 3250 dollars. Morris Feelery's home at 7402 Renton Avenue burned down with an estimated loss of 1750 dollars. A millinery shop at 4858 Rainier Avenue sustained 1500 dollars of damage and a dwelling at 15th North West and West 52nd was scorched.
For the third time since Port Warden Paysee took office all eight city buoys are occupied. The eight vessels lying out in the stream add to the busy appearance of the waterfront.
Merode Silk and Wool Union Suits in several styles priced at 2.50. Globe and Carter wool and cotton mixed union suits at 1.50. Women's fleece lined union suits special at 0.75. Boys and girls fleece lined union suits warm and well made priced at 0.50 0.65 and The First Floor.
A basement sale offers eight kitchenware items at reduced prices. Vegetable washers in heavy retinned wire drop to 5 cents, perforated tin bread pan to 15 cents, Wagner tea kettles to 3.25 dollars, German stone china cereal set to 2.95, cast iron waffle irons to 69 cents, cone gas toasters to 16 cents, Wagner nickel plated skillet to 0.68, and steel skillets to 0.28 or 0.45 depending on size.
The piece notes rising delirium tremens deaths in Whitechapel and surrounding districts as overcrowding and poverty strain London. It blames wives of scorched workers and penny bank losses for a surge in drinking and societal collapse amid national hardship.
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