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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1916

Page

6

Red Front Clothing closing out sale begins Saturday

The Red Front Clothing Company at 1510 First Avenue announces a massive closing out sale with suits and overcoats from five to nine dollars and ninety five cents, free hats with each suit, and deep discounts on shoes shirts socks and more ending Saturday night at 10.00 p.m. Hats up to $2.50 free with every suit. Doors open 5 p.m. Saturday.

RED Front Clothing Company First Avenue Pike Street Rex Theatre Rex Universal Hine Bird Red Feather L-Ko Nestor

Film and theater offerings in town listings

Liberty shows The Jungle Child a five part nature picture starring Dorothy Dalton and Howard Hickman at the Liberty until Saturday. Coliseum features Fashion Show and Gloria’s Romance with Billie Burke. Rex offers The Narrow Path and a Ford giveaway with Violet Mersereau. Colonial presents The Shielding Shadow with Leon Bary. Clemmer screens Purity with Andrey Munson. Strand presents The Straight Way with Valessa Suratt. Class A runs Dorians Romance with Lionel Barrymore. Mission shows At Piney Ridge a five part Selig Red Seal feature through Saturday night.

Linity Dorethy Dalton Sthand Valieoka Suratt Liberty Brazilian Forest New York Dorothy Dalton Howard Hickman Amazon Harry McCoy Claire Anderson Piney Ridge Fritz Brunette Rex Violet Mersereau Eddie Lyons Lee Moran Universal J. Warren Kerrigan

Notable Estate Used in Movie Background at Hudson Banks

A famed country estate on the Hudson serves as a backdrop for Gloria's Romance featuring Billie Burke. Owned by a renowned New York millionaire, the home was loaned with his identity kept secret. The estate, a 150 year old gentleman's house, is linked to its borrower and to Meissner, a former St. Louis car company office boy now president.

Hudson Gloria Billie Burke New York Motion Picture Company N. B. Meissner St. Louis, Mo Mies Grey Man ON

Begin Hot Water Drinking For Morning Body Cleanse

A health tip recommends drinking real hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush toxins from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The guidance urges daily inside bathing on waking to relieve biliousness constipation and stomach upset and promises improved vitality.

Readers discuss Initiative Measure No 24 and moral concerns

Letters to Miss Grey debate Initiative Measure No 24 under Prohibition era tax fears and bootleg dangers. A supporter argues the measure keeps money in the estate and protects the public, while others warn it creates a blind pig system and harms Washington. A third note laments shifts in women’s behavior and moral standards, praising Miss Grey’s responses.

Miss Grey NO. 24 Altho Washington Mise Grey

Stuart's Calcium Wafers Promised Clear Skin Trial Offer

An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a cure for pimples, blackheads, eczema and blotches claiming a blood purifier effect. It promotes a free trial package by mailing a coupon and notes a 50 cent box price at drug stores.

Stuart F. A. Stuart Co Stuart Ridg Marshall, Mich

Saloon Bill Collection Advised as Other Debts

A.B. A.A. states a saloon bill can be collected the same as any other debt in this state. The reader asks for immediate guidance on legal collection rights and the reply confirms parity with standard bills.

Little Book and Malcolm Stuart Letters Reflect a Shifting Love

A narrator reflects on Malcolm Stuart's letters aiding her through illness and longing while a companion, Dick Selwin, discusses wealth plans. She realizes Dick may seek prosperity over love, and she grieves a lost romance as she contemplates future detachment. (To be continued)

Malcolm Stuart Mr. Selwin Margie

Guardsman's Seot and Hung in Mexico

Relatives of Charles Call a California militiaman expect to telegraph the war department to seek an investigation of Call's death while serving with the California guardsmen on the border. A letter from fellow soldier Haman says Call's body, riddled with bullets, was found hanging from a tree on the Mexican side. News of the death was received yesterday.

Woodland Cal Charles Call California War Department Call Mili Haman

Political Challenge Demands Joint Debate in 1916

Edwin J Brown Democratic nominee for King County Prosecuting Attorney challenges Alfred H Lundin Republican incumbent to a series of public debates. He demands meetings at the Grand Opera House Dreamland and University of Washington to discuss campaign issues and argues the official record does not merit re election. Confirmation via Burgess as bearer.

D. Burgess M. A. Matthews Grand Opera House Edwin J. Brown Seattle Wash Alfred H. Lundin King County Opera House Dreamland University of Washington Burgess

Piano Contest Prize Winners and Buyback Credit Offer

Public notices describe a piano store promotion where credit letters are worth 10 percent more at Eilers Music House. Acceptable awards up to 125 dollars allow customers to exchange letters for added value toward new pianos or player pianos. The sale coincides with the Montelius Piano House purchase and Seattle store closure.

Eilers Music House Eilers Montelius Piano House Vancouver B. C Seattle

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