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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1922
Page
5
Seattle market reports several fresh arrivals on Monday including California spinach selling at 5.50 per 50 pounds, Louisiana Golden Glow yams at 2.50 per basket, lettuce at 4.60, and hothouse rhubarb at 0.30 per half pound. Early El Mera grapes fetch 7.80 per 3-pound keg. dates at 0.49 per pound. Jap oranges near 1.76. Prices rise with warmer rain aiding market activity.
Babe Ruth is shown on a Massachusetts farm near Sudbury working hard to regain his batting crown next season. The scene also includes a ride in a wheelbarrow with young Dorothy Ruth as he resumes conditioning.
Washington plans a definite European relief measure and rising optimistic reports buoyed the market at the opening. Buying orders piled in with above last week’s prices as shares in several sectors edged higher. notable gains and mixed early movements were seen across major issues.
Grains closed higher across the board on the Chicago Board of Trade led by reports from Argentina of ongoing rain damage. December oats was the sole exception, with several contracts posting new crop highs as provisions also rose. Domestic quotes for sugar, coffee, and livestock followed differing moves in morning trading.
Puget Sound Power & Light Co declares a $1.75 quarterly prior preference dividend payable January 15, 1923 to stockholders of record December 20, 1922. Stone & Webster, Inc. serves as general manager.
Fragmentary text shows a preferred dividend item number 34 with a $1.56 amount and a January payable date. Mentions Stone & Webster and a general manager, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Dividend of 1.00 to holders of record as of December 20, 19 will be paid January 16, 1928. The company states an 8 percent yield to shareholders on record.
Readable stalls list diverse offerings from Mtale to Pike Place Market. Listing numerous items: sugar, butter, meats, fish, fruits, canned goods, flours, oils, cheeses, and health foods with per unit or bulk prices. Notable vendors include Stalls 109 110 97 98 81 88 122 and Pike Place stall areas.
Weather and ship movements report tides at high low levels with appearances of arrivals from New York Prince Rupert and Kobe via Tacoma with multiple vessels listed in port and sailing schedules at Seattle. The notice includes barometer readings, wind, and rain conditions for Dec 18 at Is Island.
The chamber reported October exports fell to 40.5 million dollars from 47 million the prior year. Losses to Asia were offset by a 7 million dollar gain to Oceania bringing total to 19.6 million. Declines occurred in Chinese, Japanese and British India shipments while Australia rose. Countervailing duties regulations apply to Canadian imports including vehicles bicycles cement coal and chlorine product.
John Hamrick of Blue Mouse theaters offers $1000 in cash prizes for a singers popularity contest in Portland Tacoma and Seattle venues. permanent residents of the three cities may enter. three local vocal instructors select contestants and Seattle audience votes on stages of all theaters. prizes: $500 $260 $150 and $100.
Portland December 14 Two men died from injuries in recent motor car accidents Albert W Baird 62 died after being struck by a milk truck driven by Paich December 14 Paich may face criminal action police intimated A Biasio 46 suffered a fractured skull in a collision of two cars December 1 His daughter was driving the car that Bissio rode in and was slightly injured
President Harding sent to the Senate the nomination of Nelson T. Hartson of Washington state to be solicitor of internal revenue. Hartson is a Washington resident named to a key federal post in the fiscal department.
Naples reports the drowning of Pinglish tourist John H. Brockbank after a fall into a mountain stream with only a foot of water. The accident occurred during a travel outing. Grimsby notes Mrs. Thomas R. Whitechurch, 74, sues her husband 76 and a rich man for separation.
Federal grand jurors were selected in Judge Jeremiah Neterer's court to serve from now until the first Tuesday in May. The term may begin Monday and run about four days, with cases mainly involving prohibition violations and narcotics. Foreman Byron Phelps leads the panel, which includes L. Playford, L. A. Bender, A. Dickenson, and others.
Two men died from gas exposure in separate incidents. D. J. Ball 60 of the Burntouse hotel in 8th Avenue was ruled to have died by his own action with no relatives, while James Henning 62 was found dead in a gas filled room on Sixth Avenue, believed accidental.
Two women and two men were arrested on suspicion of robberies in the city. W A Creasman 20 and Sarah Davia 17 were nabbed at the Vancouver hotel after ties to recent holdups in Seattle. Hoy Sheffield 80 and Ann Gray son 24 were taken from a Jackson Street rooming house after Wirteyarna 40 identified them as the robbers.
Four skaters plunged through thin ice on Green Lake and were saved by five special police officers and eight Woodland Park attendants. The four youths recovered at home Monday, while rescuers kept others from danger by keeping off dangerous lake portions.
A crowded birth notice list includes Sagoy W at 912 University Way and Carl Herbert at 818 First Ave among many others. Marriage licenses show pairs like Fred W. Richmond and Eva Tacoma and Adolph A. Belluing with a wide range of residences and ages.
A Ford dealer lists common sense gift ideas including a used car a light flower vase a robe a motor meter or a good cord tire. The note invites readers to consider options and to let the dealer show available choices.
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