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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
7
Ladies' silk lisle thread hose offered at 39c a pair with durable design and wide garter top. Prices compare favorably to 50c, with direct mill purchases allowing savings on fall hosiery and broader family fit. Also featuring women's outing flannel gowns at 89c and a special 80c offer in pink and blue striped fabrics.
London Oct 23 The British housewife shops for the family table assured by government steps curbing food profiteers. Officials say measures are tightening profits and will soon rein in price gouging, stabilizing essentials for households.
Under a June start, the government fixes maximum retail prices for main foods including bread flour meat potatoes sugar tea butter cheese peas and beans. Violators face fines up to 500 dollars or six months imprisonment. one farmer was fined 25000 dollars.
Seattle urged to cut costs by substituting cheaper foods as the city faces higher prices than London. Merchants and Goebel's market advocate rationing sugar and favor corn, beans, and fish to replace meat, with government price controls blamed for cheese.
Silk soutache in all colors for braiding, metal cords in all sizes, black chenille for braidings, and hand crocheted fur clasps are available at Fraser-Paterson Co. on the first floor.
Herbert Hoover ordered Pacific Coast grocers out of the speculative class. Frank B. Connolly of the California Grocers' Association said Hoover rules for grocers on the coast are to be enforced, with Connolly directed to implement them.
Large audience at the Pantages opening enjoyed extra value as Lillian Aurora wrestled with a stubborn lion named D Artagnan delaying the show for over fifteen minutes. The act recovered to stage a strong finish. Also featured were A Fireside Reverie a musical comedy number with a pretty chorus, Joe Parsons and Dave Irwin in A Message From the Front, the Wilson Brothers with lively patter and song Buhla Pearl singing of the sunny Southwell and Lord and Fuller performing a mixed program from bikes to violins.
The report notes a vast buildup of metal to be hurled against German lines on the Western front in addition to English and French actions already planned against the Kaiser’s troops.
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