Silk Imports at Seattle Port Show Sharp 1919-2021 Decline
The report notes heavy silk imports at Seattle with the Tokushima Maru bringing significant tonnage. Through Seattle terminals nearly half of 1919’s tonnage has arrived so far this year, but value stands at about $65 million versus $171 million in 1919. Raw silk, silk goods, and silk waste comprise the main items with 7,133 tons valued at $57 million and manufactured silk goods at $8 million.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
Lam
Sailors Sent From Marine Hospital to Montana Facility
Thirty sailors are being transferred from the Marine Hospital at Port Townsend to a government institution in Montana as the local hospital runs overfilled with patients.
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Port Townsend
Marine Hospital
Montana
L Oeal Hospital
Lumber laden ships clear Grays Harbor in July
ABERDEEN records July activity with 20 ships carrying 24,000,000 feet of lumber clearing Grays Harbor. Tacoma notes include the steamship Admiral Parra clearing with 40 tons for San Francisco and San Pedro. Tides, arrivals, and departures at Seattle and Mukilteo feature multiple vessels and routes among Pacific ports.
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Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Tacoma
San Francisco
San Pedro
Admiral Parra
Bellingham
Admiral Ferregut
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Porta
Mukilteo
Thea . Emigh
Willhire
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Balboa
Ban Pedro
Portland
Juneau
Vie ‘Nona
Ban Francisco
Pedro
Ships and port notices and dividends in San Francisco
Maritime traffic details list vessels in Seattle and Puget Sound ports with arrivals and departures including Admiral Achey and Beattie routes. The report also notes dividends declared by Southern Pacific Railroad of 1.50 per share payable October 1 to August 21 holders. It adds Leonid Krassin’s travel from Quebec to Ottawa en route to the United States.
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Greenock
Buenos Aitres
Seattle
Shanghai
Pease Maru
Buna Maru
Beene
Dtr
Bather Dollar
Agapora
New York
Narity Lackenbech
San Pedro
Weet Katan
Banta Rita
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Rainier
Admiral Achey
Beattie
West Paraion
Portland
Tacoma
Beattle
President
Tesan
Ste Kiderade
Puget
Bao Francisco
Tatooeh
Etr
Vietorte
Nome
Quebec
Lord Byng
Canada
Leonid Krausin
Krassin
Ottawa
United States
Williams offers liquor to sheriff upsets town
In Toppenish Albert Williams faced trouble after offering Sheriff P R Bear a drink. The act sparked a dispute and he ends up a fall while the sheriff seeks his partner.
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Albert Williams
P. R. Bear
U S Steel Hits New Low As Market Slumps
Bears press market decline as United States Steel drops to new low amid broad selling. General Electric falls to 112, Indwin to 72 1/4, and American Sugar slides to 61 1/2 as several issues move downward on heavy turnover and weak buying power.
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New York
United States
General Electric
Idwin
Bears
American Sugar
United States Steel
Caldwin
American Woolen
Texas Company
Bethlehem “Ti
Union Pacific
Atlantic Gulf
Mexican Petroleum
Southern Pacific
Grain Prices Show Advance on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago August reports grain prices rising amid market short covering and famine relief hopes. September wheat up modestly after opening changes. December wheat and corn show gains with oats and other futures mixed. Cash wheat and livestock quotes show varied receipts and steady to slow demand across cattle and hog markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ruasta
Vost
Béo
Noa
Niger
Foreign Exchange Steady At Opening In New York
Foreign exchange opened firm in New York with sterling at $2.46 and 8-10s, franca at 0.0782, lire at 0.0687, and marks at 0.0228, as trading resumes. The note list shows mixed prices for various commodities and items including cheese and coffee however the forex rates anchor the day.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Grain market snippet with mixed crop figures
OCR fragment shows estimates for wheat corn and oats with numbers like 236 cars of wheat 287 163 28 for oats and 12 7 cents in a brief futures style note. Indicates market activity but lacks full context or dates.
Sweet Spuds Move Slowly on Wholesale Market
A historical wholesale market summary notes California sweet potatoes trading slowly on Thursday. Nancy Hall variety at 12.5 cents per pound, other varieties at 11 cents. Onions scarce at 30 cents a dozen bunches. Eastern Washington tomatoes steady at 1.50 per crate. Raspberries scarce at 2.25 per crate. Blueberries in 15 pound boxes at 0.15 per pound. Crates of Logans at 1.76. Local butter firm and most houses report steady prices. Continuous vegetable prices listed for cabbage cauliflower celery corn cucumbers lettuce parsley peas peppers and more.
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California
Nancy Hall
Washington
Logans
Cisses
Galle —Per MW. ccc Cece Seeeae
Dow
Banchea
Peppete
Vor
Sevcecseccee
Toast to King Oscar Sparks Paris Banter
Paris officials back from Scandinavia share a joke about M Le Corbeilier at a Stockholm banquet. He toasted King Oscar and royal family, then quipped that King Oscar has been dead ten years, drawing amused chatter from friends and locals.
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Paris
Scandinavia
M. le Corbeilier
Stockholm
Oscar
Local Produce Price List Includes Diverse Fruits and Dairy
A dense catalog of market items lists numerous fruits vegetables and dairy products with origins mostly Cal or local. Entries include cantaloupes cherries peaches pears apricots figs and more with variety of crate or box quantities and miscellaneous prices noted in cents and dollars.
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Gravenstein
Rananne
Lamberts
Royal Annes
Martiett
Virginia Keystone
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