Proposed overturn sales tax debated in Washington
April 25. Albert Apple reports lawmakers split into two factions over a new overturn sales tax. The plan would levy about 1 percent on retail and possibly all sales, sparking concerns it could pyramid through the long chain from raw materials to consumer purchases.
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Albert Apple
Washington
Con
Obma
Congress
Ers
AX Onuto
Mies
Reamsumer
Horace de Lisser
Vital Statistics Births and Deaths Across City
A list of births with multiple names and addresses across Seattle and nearby areas followed by marriage licenses and a section of deaths. Entries include various first and last names with ages and street addresses such as Linden Avenue and 17th Street, along with Camp Lewis and Kent as residences. The notice also cites numerous legal notices and a set of death records including Kinichiro Mitsuoka and Hisao Arimoto.
Seattle Ship News Tides Warn of Southeast Storm
A southwest storm warning was issued from Cape Blanco northward as a cold front from the North Pacific moves southeast. Expect fresh to strong southeast winds shifting to southwest gales today and tonight along coastal waters near Seattle.
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Cape Blanco
Pacific Ocean
Orani Ships Wheat Cargo After Rescue Off Costa Rica
The steamship Orani, owned by the United States Shipping Board, left Portland on April 8 with a half million dollar wheat cargo for the United Kingdom. It was picked up helpless off Costa Rica by the steamship Jeptha and brought to safety. Mer cargo was shipped by Northern Grain and Warehouse Company of Union City.
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Portland
Orani
Costa Rica
Jeptha
United Kingdom
United States Shipping Board
Mer
Northern Grain and Warehouse Company
Unie City
Maritime Train of Ships and Sailings Listed in April
A list of vessel movements notes several ships sailing across Alaska and Pacific ports. Entries include April dates with ship names such as Admiral Watson Admiral Sehi Prince George and Admiral Schley bound for locations including Prince Rupert Tacoma San Francisco and Seattle.
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Jefferson
Alaska
Latouche
Tacoma
Admiral Watson
Southwestern
Prince Rupert
Prince Hupert
Sehi*ey
Sanono
San Pedro
Prince George
Admiral Schley
Ater Rainier
Sen Francisco
Jalapa
United Kingdom
Portland
Maritime Movements Reported by Wireless Canada
Wireless Canada reports a busy slate of ship movements with arrivals and sailings across the Atlantic and Pacific. Vessels including Beattie tied to Yokohama Seattle routes, Beattie and Pacific watch lists, with multiple ships sailing for Beattie and Seattle and several arrivals at Seattle and Vancouver via Yokohama and San Francisco.
Shipping and Dockyard Entries at Various Terminals
A fragmented list of ships, moorings, and terminal strings includes names like Toyama Maru, Westward Ho, Weet Jappa, Redondo, and Admiral Redman. References to Pier 14 through Pier C and multiple docks such as admiralty moorings, Pacific Coast Coal bunkers, and Todd Dry Docks populate the page with cargo and vessel identifiers.
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Great Northern
Bell Street
Algonquin
Unatga
Adhr
Alice
Admiral Watson
American Can Co
Sfehr Azalea
Talthybilla
Tippecanoe
Weet Jappa
Redondo
Jeffernon
Latouchs
Admiral Redman
Paving Plans To Be Heard On Rainier Avenue
Plans for paving the east side of Rainier avenue involving nearly $500 000 will be heard before the council streets and sewers committee Thursday.
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Rainier Ave
Council
Confidence at Start of New Stock Week Opens Higher
Confidence among stock market traders opened the new week higher led by Olle and steel. Mexican Petroleum rose to 1% and then to 14 while United States Steel gained and sold around 84%. Studebaker reached a new high as market activity rose with others like Chandler and Crucible showing strength.
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NW York
Pereten Developments
At &Oy Lime
Olle
Steele
Mexican Petroleum
Crucible
Kelly-Springfield
Studebaker
Ane
Chandler
United States
Rafic
Northern Pacific
York Central
Gulf
Oe & Chandler
Slosiegan
Naldwin Baconm
Pan- -American
Oaden Oil
Unite Bealon
Rubor
Wikly- Orthatieia
Mending
Heetere Pacific
Ti ‘ Mexican Petroleum
Mi Otip OU
Brudebaker
Ei Stromberg
American Sumatra
N. Y. Stock Exchange Co
Atchison
Car & Fay
Amer, International
Amer Tel. & Tei
Haltimere & OW 2
Haldwin
Hethliehem Steel
General
Kennecott
Lackawanna Eeree
Mesican Peireteum
Iss
Missouri Pacific Eeees
New Haven
Pan-Amer Petroleum
Pierce Arrow
Sims Penneyivenia & N
Republic
Mteel
Beek Talbert Eeneee
Hinelaty
A ' sHouthern Pacific
Southern Railway
Mtrombere
Pinsessece
Hs Atudebaker
Es Tessas Company
Terese Pacific Ste Ahh
Tebacco
Tebacco Products Is Site Ti Dwten of Es Delaware
Unies Pacific
Ms United Retail Mores
U. A Rubber Tees
Utah Copper
Wabash
Westing House
Thos Ee Witye Overland i
International Nickel
Cold Storage Celery Arrives Boosting Market Prices
A carload of cold storage celery arrived from California as LA lettuce sold cheaper at 3.75 to 4 dollars per crate. The market had been bare of celery for several days with limited demand at seven dollars per crate.
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California
Los Angeles
Grain Market Sinks After Bull Run on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago April 25 reaction to last week's bull market sends grains lower led by wheat with new deliveries off nearly 5 cents. Slump tied to weak export demand and soft Canadian market. May wheat opens at 1.90% and closes down, July wheat down, corn and oats also weaken. Local fruit and butter markets show frost damage and supply shifts. Stimson Timber buys Brace & Hergert Mill property for about 300000 on Lake Union.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Wwe
Cern
California
Los Angeles
Florida
Portland
Stimson
Brace Mill Charlies
W. Stimson
Stimson Timber Company
Brace & Hergert Mill Company
Pioneer
Lake Union
Fred 8. Stimson
C. D. Stimson
Seattle
Public Market Prices and Listings at Various Stalls
Market notices list prices at WRATLAKE, QUEEN CITY, PIKE, CORNER and SANITARY stalls. Items include beans, sugar, coffee, flour, butter, milk, canned goods, meat, fish, and produce with prices from 6c to $2.17, cattle and poultry not clearly specified, with stall numbers and product varieties across multiple sections.
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Wratlake
Royel
Queen City
Dello
Lee
Campbells
Revival of Gold Mining in East Oregon Increases Output
Baker Oregon April 25 The Ben Harrison mine at Green Horn camp will resume production in two weeks with increased peak output. Other mines Buffalo Monitor Continental Magnolia also plan to resume by mid May. Ninety percent of the world’s clove supply comes from Zanetho and Pemba islands off Africa.
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Baker
Oregon
Ben Harrison
Green Horn Camp
Buffalo Monitor
Portland
Continental
Magnolia
Zaneth Od Pemba
Africa
Denver Live Stock Market Report April 25
Denver cattle receipts 1,200. Prices: steers 7 25 to 7 60, cows and heifers 6 50, stockers 6 25, calves 10 to 11 50. Hogs receipts 160. Barrows and gilts 7 60. Lambs receipts 1,300. Market steady to 6 25. Total value and specific prices listed for cattle hogs and lambs.
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Chicago
Lamba
Denver
Kieep Receipta
Lambe
Portland Market Report Appears Steady Amid Receipts
Portland market figures show mixed cattle prices from 4.25 to 7.25 for steers and cows with bulls and calves listed. Sheep receipts total 1417 with steady demand and prices for yearlings and wethers noted, while hogs show nominal figures and prime mixed at around 9 dollars per hundredweight.
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Portland
Ito Dow
Liquor Thief Flees as Prohibition Agents Probe
Federal agents on duty at Pier D discover a vehicle abandoning a cargo of Canadian liquor. A man deposited the grips and fled in a car, while the driver of the vehicle escaped. Papers found on the site point to the liquor owner. In another item, bids opened for a Snoqualmie river steel bridge at Tolt show Snyder & Co. low at 37,014, with work postponed by illness in Dobson's district.
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Pier D
Snoqualmie River
Tolt
C. ©. Snyder & Co
Thomas Dobson
Dobson
Delay Bank Building Postponed After Bid Rejections
Seattle National bank project on Second Avenue and Columbia Street is delayed sixty days as all bids have been rejected for not reflecting reduced general building costs. Daniel Kelleher, chairman of the board, announced the postponement.
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Delay Bank
Seattle National Bank
Secondave
Columbia
Daniel Kelleher
Direcors
King County Uses Half State Highway Funds for 1921 Maintenance
County Auditor D. B. Ferguson announced after a conference with state officials at Olympia that fifty percent of King county’s share of the state permanent highway fund will be used for the 1921 maintenance of roads in the county. The plan aims to improve local roads and sustain county transportation infrastructure.
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King County
BE. Ferguson
Olympi
Retail Milk May Go Down
Wholesale milk in Seattle will drop about 36 cents per 100 pounds on May 1 under an order by the special milk committee. Retail dealers face uncertain pricing though current charges run 18 cents a quart and a cut would lower the retail price by about a cent. The new rate is expected around 2.56 per 100 pounds from 2.90. Milkmen note prices usually fall seasonally.
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Lee Hethouse
Arkansas
Tematese
Meshcen
Tee
Leeal Coohtm
Dananas
Imperial Valley Bores
J. Manning &@ Co
Shewberriee
Powrith
Aceon
Keystone
Ats
Newenee
Renee
Seattle
Special Milk Committee
Caldwell
Moonshine in church service shocks Missoula crowd
A 100 member committee formed in Missoula to probe laxity of city officials after a sensational sermon by Rev. Lacklin at the Methodist church. Moonshine was displayed in bottles as evidence of bootlegging and underworld ties cited by a church detective, triggering a citywide cleanup push.
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Missoula
Mont
Fev. Jease Lacki
Methodist Church
iWiett Uquors
Aimc
Aimc and Corridor Packed, Rev. Lacklin
Lacklin
New York Coffee and Sugar Market Briefing
Market notes from New York on April 2 describe mixed futures for raw and granulated sugar and various coffee grades. Prices show modest shifts as traders gauge demand, quality, and currency effects amid evolving export data.
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N. Y
New York
San Francisco Produce Prices From Local Market Listings
Market notices list assorted produce items with prices including cheese, poultry, and pullets. Entries mention potteries and traders like Joe Mege-Ratran and others, with varied cents per pound or item and a focus on under sized pullets.
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San Francisco
Joe Mege
Foreign Exchange Markets Hit Highs Amid Movements
The market showed a new high on the current move at 3.94 dollars, the strongest since July 13, 1990. Quotes listed France 0.072S, lire 0.0081, marks 0.60152, Canadian dollars 0.5900, crowns 6.1807, with closing strength noted at 2.94 and additional rates for France 0.0727, lire 86.0481, marks 6.6124, Canadian dollars 6.5912, kronen 0.1506.
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Emforeign Exchange
York
Ertine
France
Goilara
Uronen
Triplets Born in Jersey City Weigh 31 Pounds
In Jersey City on April 25 a family welcomed triplets weighing 31 pounds total. The first child weighed 7.5 pounds, the second 9.5 pounds, and the third 14 pounds. Both mother and babies are reported as doing well.
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Jersey City
N. J
John Cullenan
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Dales Tax
S&s. Orcutt
Wall Street 1
Vital Statistics
Linden Ave. Thomas
W. Sete
Fred
Port Ludlow
O. L
Edrick
Ll. Bruce
Stewart
Ling
T. J
Maitby
Dard
J. i
Neel
H. O
Thomas
Girk Wift
W. W
32Nd Ave
Kemean
William A
Kinnear Urtz
Uer
Amon
Mi. i
Menpydate
Irk
Aon
A. Hi
Greenwood Ave
Boviner
Einer
FE. A
Hinds
Caome
Witter J
Beach R
Wanemere KK
Agostino
Vincent
Her
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Kent
Oung
B. W
Denny Way
Kko
Issaquah
Salina
Iseaquan
Ooske Fields
John W
Camp Lewis
Oval Elate
Legalnderson
Ll. D. Bremerton
Ugg
Pauline M
Louis A
Everett
Ake
M. Ruth
Daniel C
Beattie
Dora A
Mnserson
Adolph B
Legalsen
Sylvia
Loren C
Mabel I
Legalle
William T
Bremerton
Jezaie
Concrete
Bernard C
Oakland
Legal Ifford
Karl HL
Beattie Ndera
Georgia
Eva
Legal Core
Aivera A
An Er
Walter
cAlliater
Lena
Well
Jack B
Bard
Lilyan G
Snoqualmie
Mitsuoka
Kinichiro
Firnt
Wright
Mary A
Narimoto
Hisao
Xter
Elizabeth
W. Howe
Bhidda
Jaarz Belle
University At. Hn
Marane
Malden Ave
Bachiil Haymond D
WIN Mail
General Steamship Corporation
Hawaii
Geo. E. Willilama
Maila
Pacific Coast
Port of Seattle Commission
East Waterway Dock and Warehouse Company
Arlington Dock Company
United States Coast Guard
Unalen
North
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
West Jappa
United States Shipping Guard
Mer 5
Philippine
Tomber
Australia
Frisco
Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Arizona Maru
Kobe
Yokohama
Weat Ivie
Wenatchee
Edmore
Ay m
Art- Bowen
Philadelphia
Beattie Calbom
Motorship Pacific
Yosemite
Katrina Luckenbech
Eldorado
Heattle
Yalza
Obioan
Windber
Atr
Loop
Astoria
Bakersfield
Wtr
Fkomasan Maru
Beattia
Weat Haven
Heattia
Wireless
Geattie
Seymour Narrows
Etr
Northwestern
Johnstone Etraita
Ardmore
Williams
Vancouver
Raterday
Manning & Co
Prince Mates
Cali
Cash Wheat
Pri- Btock
Puetem
Ressian
Freeh Jean
Ieee
Aaa Britien
Belgium
Igium Premiem
Hamburg
Saipai
Laekgeatgy
Munich
Frankfort
Kingdom Bya
Whelesale Dealere Ete Senenne
Tivea Ander
Lave
PUM
Thorvy Cccca
Motanase
South End
Borden
Judge
Boldt's
Fraser-Caterson CO
Second Avenue
University Street
Copenhagen
Kelly
Rose
Morocco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seatte
Puget Sound
Columbia Basin
Washington City
Chamber of Commerce Or
Port Commission
Commission
Transportation Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
J. Wettrick
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Sound
Ore
Public Service Commission
B. C
Ernest B
Ave & W
Star
Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Seattie’s Lends
Colum St
Northwest Trust
Second Ave
Madison ST
Northwest Trust and Savings Bank
State Bank of Seattle
Commercial Banking Savings Department Trust Department Safe Deposit Vaults
Edgar Ames
E. Shorrock
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