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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1922
Page
5
An advertisement notes LET'S TALK ABOUT AND FERTILIZER as a provider of garden seeds and stock. It highlights fresh stock and special garden fertilizer. The notice promotes direct delivery of seed and fertilizer to the city.
Local reports indicate broccoli due on market soon with delays from cold weather and heavy rain. Rhubarb and outdoor produce expected in two weeks, with Florida grapefruit prices likely to rise and other fruits maintaining current levels amid a heavy shipping volume.
A fragmented directory page lists various services and businesses. Entries include law offices, mortgage and loan providers, jewelry lending, patent attorneys, optical services, medical professionals, and piano tuning. The readability is limited by OCR garbling and partial lines across addresses and prospects.
Grain prices fell sharply on the Chicago board of trade with light buying and weak demand for wheat corn and oats. May corn opened unchanged at 59 1 2 cents and closed lower while July and September futures drifted down. Dairy, poultry, and live stock quotations follow in the market listings with milk and butter prices, wholesale demand, and farm product notes.
In New York on April 12 the treasury issued 406,000 wart ponies certificates at 24 percent, boosting market optimism. Stocks opened higher with Lenertene Cop and 162 leading gains, steel advancing, and firms like American Sugar and Midvale showing strength as investors shift toward high grade issues.
Market data from Chicago and other western markets shows cattle, hogs, and lambs with steady to higher quotes. Notable prices include heavy weight hogs around 16.40, prime cattle near 7.75, and lamb receipts around 9.50 to 11.75. Regional figures from Portland and San Francisco accompany the nationwide roundup with daily receipts and price ranges.
Arrivals and departures reported for April 11 include ships such as Apex from Ama cortes and Kobe and Yokohama bound vessels from Maallea via He Bbanghal, with various ports including Vancouver and Port Miskeley. Other lines note arrivals in Honolulu and Beattie shipments to San Francisco, plus numerous port calls at Juneau Ketchikan and Seattle with moorings at Smith Cove and Pier facilities.
Deputy prose cutting attorney Miss Cordelia Thiel was set to preside over the domestic relations court Wednesday afternoon in place of Justice of the Peace C. C Dalton who is ill.
A noisy catalog of grocery stalls lists prices and goods across multiple stalls including meat such as sirloin and round steak, boiling beef, and smoked shoulders. dairy items like milk and butter. canned goods, tea, coffee, spices, and soaps. fresh fish including salmon and mackerel. and condiments like catsup and pickles. The note covers stalls 2, 14, 18, 24-36, 31-33, 37-38, 42, 45, 49, 61, 62, and more at various sections including South End Westlake and Candy Corner.
Sixteen bids arrived for Woodland Park auto camp community house with one bid for building, heating and plumbing. Stewart Construction Co submitted 11 470 for building. W C Clark bid 5 208 for main structure. Commercial Plumbing and Co offered 2 881 for heating and plumbing as the lowest of those items.
Stockholders R. Miner and Anna M. Miner filed a suit in superior court Wednesday seeking $1,000 against John P. B. Duke the state supervisor liquidating the assets of the Scandinavian American Bank of Seattle. The plaintiffs allege they were sold an over issue run of bank stock and never received value for their money.
Chicago April 12 United States railroad labor board heard R. B. Shipman a Texas section foreman present as a human exhibit to demand a 10 percent pay raise for maintenance of way workers.
A smouldering cigarette butt was carelessly discarded among movie posters in a closet beside the smoking room. The blaze broke out at midnight Tuesday at the Portola Theater 2348 California Ave causing about $750 in damage.
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