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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
7
Fragmented OCR shows market prices and listings with names and figures. Includes mentions of offices and rooms, local price figures, and various alphanumeric tokens suggesting a detailed but unreadable schedule or notice. Data appears inconsistent and lacks complete context for full interpretation.
The New York Stock Exchange opened irregularly with buyers pushing General Motors higher while readings on Reading and other issues showed mixed moves. Reading hit a yearly high before a later dip, and the market carried most leaders up briefly despite early volatility. A broad buying surge lifted many issues, with Sterling fluctuating on foreign exchange concerns and steel shares boosted by dividend expectations.
Hog receipts reach 72 009 head with market slow and steady to 10c lower. Batchers and packing sectors report varied prices while cattle receipts total 11 000 head with values rising up to 0 50. Grain futures ease on Chicago Board of Trade as weather forecasts temper buying, May corn at 1.72 and July oats down from early highs.
The Mountaineers, with the Chamber of Commerce, outline a lecture series in Puget Sound region. Topics include Rocks and Glacial History of Puget Sound, Wild Flowers of Washington, Native Trees of Washington, Birds of Washington, Animals of Washington, with speakers from University of Washington including Prof. Saunders Prof. Kincaid and Dean Winkenwerder.
The fragment describes tidal times for Seattle with inconsistent spellings and unclear references to high and low tides. It lists times like 8 m, 48 ff seconds and mentions second high and low tides with vague labels, making precise interpretation difficult.
Washington April 1 A new plan forbidding speculation in sugar is being drafted by Department of Justice attorneys and several members of Congress and will be submitted within days. Representative Howard Oklahoma plans to present it once the DOJ sugar refiners conference result is known.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has declared that theatres charging admission taxes on newspaper critics are illegal and subject to prosecution. The notice emphasizes this ruling as part of enforcement actions in Washington.
Seattle police were watching for an automobile carrying two men and a woman in connection with a robbery in Aberdeen Monday night. They are believed to have headed for Seattle after robbing a Grays Harbor city room of a diamond ring a gold ring a gun and $7 in cash.
I W Brown of 187 N 9th St found a 24 foot ladder and five gallons of linseed oil missing from his building site Tuesday morning. Thieves had removed the items overnight.
The federal grand jury reconvened at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Officials expect the current calendar to be cleared by Wednesday evening and do not anticipate any indictments being returned before then.
The Chamber of Commerce advertises for an Indian actor with a strong look to star in a motion picture about an Indian paddler traveling to Seattle. The project aims to boost foreign trade and showcase a gritty, authentic character.
In Wichita on April 27 Albert L Grubb 34 a tool dresser aided a driller to lower him into a 200 foot deep 15 inch well on the J C Scully estate aiming to fasten a drilling cable to a tool string. He tied the cable to the tools and shouted he was ready to be lifted.
A New York woman reportedly earns more than 85,0900 dollars annually designing favors and bonbon boxes, showcasing a niche craft business.
A scanned market page lists groceries with prices including spinach rhubarb winesap apples flour dried prunes beans corn flakes coffee soap tomatoes milk butter and meat items. Prices are shown per box can or pound with store stalls and partial product names. Local vendors such as Mtall and Stall numbers are referenced alongside brand names and bulk goods.
At a Northwest cream and butter men meeting in Portland on April 27, a plan to form a federation modeled on the American Creamery Manufacturers association was approved. A. Schmitt was named temporary chairman and a committee was set to study operating and transportation methods elsewhere.
A Seattle hotel guest known as Bluebeard or Andrew allegedly used the Frye hotel as a headquarters while in the city. Ray Sheldon and Mrs. Lillian Gaynor identified a photo subject as a man who visited the Frye, with Gaynor having seen the original photo elsewhere.
Dr W B Scott reported to police that he struck Mrs Phyllis Waters at Avalon Way and Yan Oty Street at 10 p.m. Monday. Waters, 40, suffered a cut left leg and a bruised temple and was taken home by the doctor.
Three automobiles and a Mt. Baker streetcar figured in a four vehicle collision at Third Ave and Cherry St Tuesday morning with no casualties. K C Ward reports he tried to pass a car driven by E H Smith as it turned from the curb, and was struck by the streetcar. Roth vehicles were jammed into a third car at the curb, all three cars damaged.
Washington officials said prosecutions against the Reading Coal combine will proceed vigorously after the Supreme Court dissolved the trust. Plans had paused after the steel trust ruling, but the Reading decision showed a clear violation of anti trust statutes.
Mayor orders an investigation into Broad and Lincoln high schools amid reports they are fire hazards. Fire Marshal Harry Bringhuret will report on needed safety changes while Caldwell threatens criminal prosecutions after doors at Joseph Mayer Inc were found nailed open.
The Bureau of Missing Relatives reports 2058 W. Dravis Jr. missing after being released from a hospital. He may answer to the name K. A. Beat. police notified by RK. A. Best on Tuesday.
United States Steel corporation declares its regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on common stock and 1 percent on preferred stock. The quarterly statement shows net earnings after federal taxes of 42,089,019 for the period ending March 31, 1920, up from 35,791,302 prior quarter and 3,515,384 a year ago.
Coroner C. C. Tiffin to perform autopsy on Silas O Neel 71 a retired businessman who died suddenly at his home 1825 Fight have W at 32 p m yesterday after returning from downtown and suffering stomach pain before a doctor could be summoned
The first major move toward mass production in England is marked by the creation of a $30,000,000 organization uniting interests in the British motor industry. This step signals a coordinated effort to expand output and strengthen industry competitiveness.
City officials including the fire marshal and fire chief investigated the Colman building owned by L J Colman to determine if fire ordinances were violated. Health Commissioner H M Read ordered inspections as Mayor Caldwell directed a Tuesday inquiry into sanitary and fire hazard concerns surrounding the structure near Hudson Bay Fur Company.
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