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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1922
Page
6
A surge in demand for strawberries amid steady butter and price shifts across produce, dairy, poultry, and meat markets. Seattle shipments split with Seattle and Washington markets, with green onions, lettuce, and other items varying in price, while yellow and other fruit crates fetch mixed quotes.
Inspector Hans Damm heads a drill party for superior officers at the Armory on April 21 with all officers except the chief and inspector excused. Lester Belden, 25, fined $100 for driving while drunk by Police Judge Gordon. license also suspended.
Seattle ship news provides tide times with high and low tides listed for the day. The schedule shows a first high tide at 4:40 a.m. with 10.8 feet and a first low tide at 8:08 a.m. with 6.0 feet. A second high tide occurs at 11:46 a.m. with 6.0 feet and a second low tide at 3:56 p.m. with 0 feet.
At dawn on April 1 the barometer fell and skies were partly cloudy with a 28 knot wind. Reports include a Curacao steamer and a Minnesota vessel passing by. a lumber-laden two-masted schooner was seen later in the morning.
Complex river and ocean freight list from April entries shows locomotion and ship movements with arrivals in Seattle and elsewhere, including vessels such as Ocean Prince, Northland, Admiral Watson, Admiral Farragut, and Mingapore Maru. It records departures, dockside transfers, and yard assignments at Smith Cove, Puget Sound terminals, and related naval and commercial ships.
A party paper offers an inquiry bureau alerting readers to beware dishonest brokers before buying stocks or doing business. The notice sells bemplex copies by mail for five dollars.
Disquieting Genoa influences opened trading on the New York Stock Exchange with mixed results. Steel common rose to 87 percent, Minelair to 1 dollar, Bethlehem Steel down, and Baltimore & Ohio and Northern Pacific fell on fractional trades.
Market reports list cattle receipts around 16 000 with mixed grades from cattle and heifers to cows and canner steers. Lamb and sheep receipts near 9 000 with steady lamb prices, wethers and ewes noted amid weak Choatee and prime quality signals.
Portland market reports cattle receipts as steady with steers around 8806.50 and cows and heifers 62506.50, canners 2.25, bulls 65.60-4.80, calves 4.50. lambs 11-13, yearlings 9-11, wethers 9-10, ewes 27.60-28.0. Denver quotes weaker. cattle and feeders 14.7-. top 10. sheep receipts 4.7k with lambe at 19.16-18.0. San Francisco quotes oats, butter, sugar and coffee futures noted with foreign exchange updates.
A fragmented market listing describes stalls with assorted groceries and prices across sections such as SANITARY ECONOMY WESTLAKE and SOUTH END. Items include milk, bacon, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, preserves, jellies, canned goods, lard, coffee, eggs, and fresh produce with varied prices and vendor names.
Ga Be Nah Gewa Woncee also known as John Smith a Chippewa Indian died after a week of pneumonia at Cass Lake Minnesota aged about 137 He was once a scout for the Chippewas in the war era remembered 1812 events He boasted never fighting whites and had no children survived by adopted son Tom Smith He had nine wives all deceased and his last trip was to the Twin Cities and Chicago auto show
San Francisco District Attorney Matthew Brady urged Governor Stephens to pardon Warren K Billings and Thomas Mooney, imprisoned for the 1914 San Francisco preparedness parade dynamiting. He argued Oxman’s testimony was false and a new trial could not convict the men.
Patrolman L L Applequist, a candidate for police force honors, found two five dollar bills near the Bullet dock early Wednesday morning. Dozens who walked by may claim them by reporting the numbers to the police.
The Reserve Officers Association will hold its regular meeting at the state Armory on Thursday at 8 p.m. The studies listed include Military Sketching and Map Reading Tactical Walks and Map Problems.
Birth notices list numerous individuals and names with initials and addresses, noting newborn boys and girls. Entries include Batts Kiehicht, Bubara Genvel, Feocolto Pasquale, Pletcher Parker Frederick, and many others with street addresses and infant gender.
Names and residences of individuals applying for marriage licenses include Dethnep Jay W Beattle age 61 Dina Kohl Anderson Seattle and others such as Grace Devere Beattie 21 Victor Kooppala Poulebo 42 and Milia Sankari Seattle. The list also features Philip F Murray Nellie Henning Campbell Walter H Leach Viola Yakima Arthur eletad Port Orchard Tillie techtald Butte Mont and several Seattle and Beattie entries with ages ranging from 18 to 90.
Advertises gland focus and internal secretion remedies as revolutionary for prolonging life. Claims glands’ secretions are essential to health and act together to restore harmony in disease. Mentions ex-government doctor at the Port of Health and address 1827 Third Avenue.
A batch of Seattle ballot items requests voter approval for amendments to Article IX and VIII of the city charter, and for several initiative measures. Proposals include a public works board, transportation department, street railway funding rules, and dog and cat control ordinances with Humane Society oversight.
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