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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1922
Page
6
The Los Angeles wholesale market shows berry shipments delayed to April 24 or later with prices around 22 to 24 cents a pound for berries and white grass grapes at about 18 cents. Demand remains strong, supplies steady, and market observers expect prices to hold above 18 cents as shipments resume.
Three women and two men were severely injured in traffic incidents reported to police. A collision on 10th Ave between Spring and Madison Sts involved Roy L Davia and Lela Atchison, injuring two passengers. Another crash at W 73rd St and 15th Ave N W injured W Standon and caused arm and head injuries. Mrs Lydon suffered a hip dislocation after a wreck linked to a sidewalk plank rot.
April 11 reports include a failing barometer and showers with 12 mph winds. Vessels Ruth Alexander and City of Nanggoon are listed with times around 1 to 6:90 a m, including a steamer carrying letter Ko on its stack.
A dense shipping log lists vessels sailing and arriving through April with routes from Ban Pedro, Notterdam, Palboa, Punta Arenas, and Southeast Alaska to Seattle and San Francisco. Entries include Admiral Dewey, Silver State, Queen, and Norwood teams, plus arrivals at Port of Seattle and vacant port terminals listing ships and cargo.
General list stocks show firming early as Interborough Consolidated slips to 10 after prior gains. Lehigh Valley advances to 4 and Mexican Petroleum rises to 182, while United States Steel and Studebaker log small gains amid mixed overall activity at the opening.
Wheat futures fell as supply exceeded demand on the Chicago grain market with prices for May and July contracts slipping from opening levels. Cash wheat prices ranged from No 3 spring at 1.40 to No 3 hard at 1.28 with mixed results across other grains and livestock futures showing uneven movement.
A fragment lists refined sugar and coffee prices with figures such as 294 refined and 5.25 5.46, including terms like Quiet granulated and No. 7 Ric apot, 10% Giteme, No. 4 Hantos, 144 14%¢ Mm, indicating a price quote section.
On her maiden voyage the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.'s motorship Loch Katrine was expected to dock there Tuesday. The report notes exchange rates in New York with currencies including lire marks and kronen.
Henry Beliavsky a vegetable huckster of 806 Jackson St died after being struck and hurled 20 feet by a street car at Westlake Ave and Galer St. E C Austin the motorman said Beliavsky stopped his truck, walked around, then pushed his head beneath curtains. Brakes failed due to slippery tracks. coroner began investigation and body taken to the morgue.
Fragments show varying quotations for Canadian, French, Swedish, German, Norwegian currencies and small values. The text lists several exchange-like figures such as 19.36 and 19.90 with references to francs and krona, interspersed with stray names and marks, but lacks coherent context or dates. The readable items point to a miscellaneous rate list or report of exchange quotes with incomplete lines.
Market report lists steers fair to good and prime mixed with price notes such as 8 dollars for cows and heifers, 406.40 for certain cattle, 1205.50 for packs, and calves around 14. Prices include East of mountain and valley regions with ranges for yearlings and ewes. Some figures appear garbled but denote prices at the Portland market.
A dense catalog of stall numbers and markets detailing prices for meats, dairy, produce, and other goods. Items include bacon, butter, milk, salmon, cheese, canned foods, tea, spices, and cleaning products with varied prices per unit or per quantity across stalls in several markets.
Bees place their harvest in cool cells within the hive while brood development occurs in the warmer zones. The arrangement helps protect honey and nurture young bees.
Bhikitaro Hirado, found dead beside railroad tracks near Tacoma after disappearing en route from Portland to Seattle, was identified by his three year old daughter Iwa. He had just been paid 195 dollars on the schooner H. F. Ostrander. no money was found on him. Police from Beattie and Tacoma investigate.
John Canaan 75 was found dead in bed at 3419 Alamo Place after his son Sam Canaan called him for breakfast on Tuesday. Coroner suspects natural causes and the body rests at the county morgue.
A long, comma heavy listing shows numerous birth announcements and names with addresses across Seattle and nearby areas. Entries include George Oliver Beart and Joseph Otis Murby among many others with varying street addresses and partial details.
General Baron Peter Wrangel is reported to lead about 30,000 troops toward Baku the oil capital of Azerbaijan. Allied French and American oil interests are said to finance the campaign as Wrangel marches to seize the Caspian seaport once controlled by Persia.
Ida M. Barwell, 40, wife to be of Tacoma man T. R. Warren, won $25,000 in superior court for breach of promise after he failed to marry her as planned. She testified Warren promised to wed on Christmas 1919 and again set a date for December 15, 1971 before delaying.
Maj. T. J. Cunningham, candidate for mayor, spoke at the Alki bathing pavilion and at Carpenters' Hall in West Seattle on Monday. He argued the mayor should act as the citys business manager and that Seattle government operates as a great corporation. He seeks the office to improve business administration using his experience.
If Dr. H. M. Read recommends action the city council will accept a Grays Harbor land bequest worth over 50000 to establish a municipal hospital with the proceeds. The land was left to the city by Dr. J. Eugene Jordan.
Charges of murder in the first degree against Fong Hoy were withdrawn in Justice C C Daltons court on Tuesday after Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chester A Batchelor stated Hoy will be charged with carrying concealed weapons. Hoy shot and killed another Chinese man, Foy Jaw, on February 12 during tong hostilities.
The Spokane City Council unanimously adopts a resolution to issue $600,000 in general utility bonds to fund the early phase of the W Spokane Street bridge. Introduced by Councilman William Hickman Moore, the measure reflects prior committee studies and prior voter authorization from nearly two years ago.
Promoter Clay Hite of Seattle was fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice C. C. Dalton on a charge of fault. Judge Dalton halted a planned 90 day jail term after Edward Co. O Neill, the prosecuting witness, intervened. Hite allegedly assaulted O Neill following remarks about Mrs Hite.
A heated quarrel over a marriage match and kitchen authority erupts as a woman asserts she will not endure the temper of her partner. She demands either a different husband or a different cook, signaling a stand for autonomy in a domestic dispute.
Charles B. Horton announces the Dexter Horton estate will resume a $2.506 million Becond avenue and Cherry Street project, with a 14 story Second Ave unit and a 12 story Third Ave unit. He says plans are complete and permits issued, with a December 31 1978 completion target for the Second Ave unit if the Erickson bill does not pass.
City council will notify owners of houseboats on city property south of the Kirkland ferry landing that their leases will be canceled in 20 days. This move precedes the establishment of a municipal swimming beach at Madison Park.
President Harding sends to the Senate the nomination of Herbert L. Leeper to be postmaster at Yakima Washington.
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