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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1921
Page
4
Market notes show tomato prices jumping as scarcity tightens supplies with wholesale quotes around 4 to 5 dollars and several houses planning express shipments. Bell peppers, eggplant, and potatoes also move up, while the market remains generally plentiful and prices for butter and eggs steady.
Coastal shipping notes list vessels sailing in and out of San Francisco Tacoma and Seattle with arrivals at various dates and times. Notable ships include Admiral Geedrich Northland Alameda and Wenatohee plus multiple freighters and tankers tied to Beattie Tokai shima Maru and Mississippi. Port activity covers Smith Cove Pier A Kay State and West Lewark Water of Deck with numerous warships merchant ships and barges represented.
A fragmented list shows various feed and meal products such as bone meal alfalfa meal cottonseed meal fish meal and meal prices. Items include limestone shell eastern and western oyster products and timber related terms with scattered figures and descriptions.
Chicago traders saw a broad drop as overselling pressured most grain contracts. December wheat opened at 1.08 and closed lower, July and May wheat fluctuated while corn and oats drifted downward. cash markets quoted No. 2 spring hard wheat at 1.67 and other grades saw declines.
The Pacific Northwest foreign trade conference begins in Tacoma Thursday at 10 am with many prominent businessmen. The event aims to boost Northwest commerce under the slogan Northwest Prosperity Through Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade. Capt Robert Dollar of San Francisco will headline the Thursday banquet at 7 pm. A luncheon is planned at the Tacoma Commercial Club tomorrow at noon, and Friday delegates dine aboard the S S Wenatchee with Pacific Steamship Company.
An exhaustive list of stalls with pricing for groceries and canned goods at a public market. Entries include sugar, milk, soap, sardines, cocoa, ginger snaps, honey, raisins, butter, apples, potatoes, oranges, line items for fresh fish, beef, cheese, and other staples. An unrelated line notes a meter equals 110,000,000 parts of the distance from equator to pole.
A fragmentary listing shows foreign currencies and totals including sterling, francs, marks, kroner, and other units. Names like Manning and Co appear with dated financial entries. The snippet cites various currencies and country references alongside figures, suggesting a financial or exchange record in the newspaper.
Amber RK O'Connor a longshoreman of 1312 Ninth Ave suffered crushed feet when timber fell at the East Waterway docks. He was taken to Seattle General Hospital on Tuesday for treatment.
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