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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
2
A garbled local market list shows varied prices for produce including onions greens peppers squash tomatoes and fruits. Several lines reference per unit per pound per crate and multiple locations, with inconsistent OCR renderings.
A congressional shipyard investigation committee arrived in Seattle to inspect wooden shipyards and local shipping board records for irregularities. Members Walsh Kelly Foster Hindley planned to witness two launchings at Duthie Yard and Skinner Moldy while touring Pacific American Fisheries, Blon Yard, and Norway Pacific yards along the coast.
The Japanese steamer Shinbu Maru, after striking Vancouver rocks, has arrived at the Great Northern dock in Seattle. It will be unloaded by Monday and then proceed to drydock at Skinner & Eddy for repairs.
The chipping board steamship Mahmet broke a pump 20 miles off Cape Flattery and was returning Saturday to Seattle. It aided the Japanese steamer Shinbu Maru which had crashed on Vancouver Island earlier this week.
Victoria B C August 23. The owners of the fishing boat Inkum receive a $1000 award for rescuing passengers and mail from the CPR steamer Princess Adelaide which ran aground in Active Pass last October. They had sought $6000.
The New York market opened with most leads above the prior close though a few eased. Notable figures include Republic Steel at 140 percent, Pan American at 109 percent, Marine at 164 percent, and United Metallurgists at 85 percent. The market closed strong, and Captain W F Eckert will command the steamer Elkridge built by Skinner and Eddy for Nour on the East Coast voyage.
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