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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
7
Aug 6. Mrs Alice F says she is ready to marry Charles E former Toledo cafe owner held on forgery charge after depositing funds in a local bank. He is awaiting a habeas corpus hearing while Ohio Savings and Trust officials prepare to testify. authorities plan to press charges.
A list of marriages including Joel Horton Coe and Carmen Pattison in Portland Oregon and many others with ages and partners. Divorces granted include several pairs such as Suite filed Lima group against William Croup and Incompatibility cases and cruelty, with multiple couples named. Births recorded for numerous families with dates and addresses across Seattle and surrounding areas.
In Livermore, Judge G. S. Fitzgerald sentenced Al Atkins to 190 days for larceny of a gold locket and jewelry from Edward Frendin. Atkins had been aided by Frendin in illness, then returned to steal items. The court cites limited penalties for petty theft in regional records.
Local fresh ranch eggs jump to 62 cents per dozen on Tuesday morning while storage eggs stay at 54 to 55 cents. Wholesale dealers blame consumer demand for the rise, urging housewives to buy storage eggs to lower prices and reduce the reliance on fresh stock for Alaska Canadian and local trade.
Wholesale price list shows varied payments for fresh produce from cabbage and carrots to apples, peaches, and melons. Names of regional markets and items appear with per dozen, per crate, per box, or per ton rates. dairy and poultry sections follow with milk, butter, cheese, and live poultry prices.
Turkish melons arriving from Southern California Monday prove to be the season’s most expensive fruit selling at 2.10 to 2.25 per crate of three. Cantaloupe prices grow firmer and light receipts are expected to continue. Grapes arrive with better quality, a car of Malaga grapes sold for 3.25 per crate. East rail delays may push prices down in coming days, say local dealers.
The steamer Wheatland of Wheatland county Montana, the 67th Skinner Eddy steel ship, was launched Monday. Miss Juanita Cook sponsored the vessel and received a platinum bar studded with diamonds as a prize for oversubscribing their Fourth Liberty Loan quotas.
Portland reports that the steamers Yakiok and Aska wake will load wheat for European ports. City of Topeka enters drydock for repairs before returning to San Francisco. Willamette and Wahkeena start lumber loading at St Helena for California.
John H. Rosseter, chief of the Emergency Fleet Corporation operations, told Seattle skippers that local ownership of ships is the only way to solve the present shipping problem. A Monday meeting was held with trade and shipping interests invited and Dr. W. T. Christensen presiding as Rosseter supported the Jones bill proposing the sale of Shipping Board vessels.
The report lists numerous vessel movements and arrivals across ports such as PORT ANDILES, SEATTLE, TACOMA, VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, detailing ships like Admiral Schley, Skagway, Alaska, Fulton, and Melba Maru with times, departures, arrivals, and port names during August.
A readable list from Westlake public markets shows stalls with prices on sugar, lamb, rice, flour, cheese, ketchup, and home made head cheese. Items include pure cane sugar at 96e49, Westlake special 5.96, Gold Trend Nour 2.50, and Lenox soap 25 cents.
A fragmented inventory reads like a shop list with stalls offering pure fresh milk Carnation milk baking powder coffee sugar and canned goods. Mentioned items include Gutttard and Schilling brands plus various coffees and milks with prices often in cents and fractions. The garbled text suggests a market or fair setup with multiple stalls and a wide product range.
The listing highlights fresh creamery items and dairy products, tall cane cooperative milk, veal cutlets, liberty steak, boiling beef, pot roast, sirloin, whole salmon, black cod, smoked options, ling cod, sturgeon, and tenderloin of trout with prices and stall references, reflecting a busy market row.
A fragmented grocery listing shows risk 87 items like lemons 26¢ des cantaloupes five for new potatoes six Iba dée and extra sweet poacher. It mentions Red Seal Grocery Annex with corn flakes Grape Nuts beans spaghetti and various dairy items such as cottage cheese and full cream cheese.
A cluttered listing shows multiple stalls with varied products and prices including pure honey at 46¢ per pint, Libby's deviled meat in large cans, chicken tamales, boneless corned beef at 10¢ per pound, lean pot roast, fresh ground hamburger, pure cane sugar at 9.90 per sack delivered, milk and Carnation products, peaches by crate, Yakima potatoes per sack, sardines, evaporated milk, butter, soap, and baking powder priced across stalls. Deals unfold across stalls 11, 21, 20, 26, 24, 79, 66, 17, 12, and others in a bustling market scene.
Denver market totals for Aug 6 show cattle receipts of about 2,000 head with mixed prices, hog receipts 2,200 head at slightly lower top, sheep 8,000 head with lambs at 14.60 to 15.60 and ewes around 7.50, plus details on feed, seeds, and hides prices and wholesale to consumer ranges.
The steamers Helene arrived Sunday and is loading lumber at the American mill for shipment to San Francisco. The Gladeby departed Sunday afternoon with lumber for Mrinco, while the Byrea sailed Monday afternoon with a large cargo of lumber toward Ban J ran cineo.
Port Townsend reports the United States Shipping Board steamer Osesaqumaick left to load sugar in Honolulu for Seattle or San Francisco after a 24 hour loading test. The Fort Wright also departed for Philadelphia with 1,500,000 feet of railroad ties aboard.
Chicago Heard of Trade saw rapid price shifts on rumors of presidential actions. Corn and oats fluctuated with openings, noon highs, and subsequent drops as traders weighed Washington rumors and market confusion.
Frisco market report lists butter extras at 8 to 9 cents per pound, cheese at 24 to 68 and 88 percent for assorted cuts, eggs at 6 to 15 cents per dozen, barley for feed around 2.22 to 2.15 per cental with shipping points, potatoes new crop 2.25 to 2.50 per cental, and assorted rice and Milo prices, with street and river white varieties shown.
Capt Howard B Lovejoy, a noted Pacific coast mariner and manager of the Island Transportation Co operating Puget Sound steamers, died at Swedish hospital at 6:30 am after an operation. He would have been 60 next birthday. born November 26, 1859, in San Francisco.
Hull 207, the first locally built French vessel to sail, departed for France from Esquimault with 1,500,000 feet of lumber under Capt. Joseph Lalleman and a French crew. The Stadacona naval patrol steamer arrived from San Francisco after extensive repairs costing about $55,000.
Portland market survey lists cattle receipts and price ranges for steers cows and heifers with bids from good to prime levels. Hog receipts shown with prime to rough categories and meat prices. sheep receipts indicate steady market with lambs and yearlings priced. dairy items including butter cheese and hen prices noted.
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