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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1922
Page
3
Readable fragments describe rain in Ames and nearby areas earlier, with sparse details of timing and impact. Names and precise locations are unclear, but the notice signals a recent weather event affecting local activities and schedules.
Classified ads offer government and railroad positions for young men and others, advertising electrical appliance sales, telegraph assistant, roadmaster, pharmacist, and detective work. Offers include free information, training, and rapid entry, with various locations in Seattle, Chicago, and St. Louis.
Delores Johnson convicted of forming a false power of attorney to aid her brother James Mahoney in the estate of a deceased woman was granted a delay until February 34 to file a statement of facts in her motion for a new trial by Judge Otis Brinker. The notice also includes an annual meeting for the Washington Cooperative Vee and Poll Association on January 31 1922 at 10 a m at the Meare Temple University et Wash. urge members to attend.
A dense listing from The Seattle Star outlines stocks and bonds for sale, investment offers, partnerships, and broker notices. It includes firms like Pacific Securities Co and several mining and oil ventures, with addresses and contact points across Seattle. The page highlights investment solicits, chattel loans, real estate lending, and professional services, presenting a snapshot of local financial activity.
Frigid price shifts ripple through dairy and produce sectors as butter gains 3 cents daily and creamery blocks rise to 88 cents a pound. Eggs and vegetables show minor changes while spinach and celery move with heavier packs and firm prices in local markets.
Eight states Illinois Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri South Dakota Wisconsin declare a ban on new road cement purchases until prices drop. Indiana and Ohio invited but absent. agreement may expand. The move could halt more than 20 million dollars in highway construction and stall over 100 million in contracts awaiting let.
Investment experts from across the Northwest attended the annual meeting of the Northwest group of the Investment Bankers Association of America. The session opened at 0:20 Saturday morning at the Rainier Club, followed by a group luncheon and an entertainment program scheduled for the afternoon and evening.
Miss Ellen B Scripps of La Jolla a member of the newspaper publishing family lies in peril at the La Jolla sanitarium after a fall on the porch of her home. She fractured her hip and remained helpless in the cold for about thirty minutes before a housekeeper discovered her.
On the New York Stock Exchange early session Gulf States Steel fell to 64% and then closed at 64% down 7 points as profit taking hit the steel group. Major movers included Mexican Petroleum dipping after an initial rise and General Motors steady amid mixed sector results.
Weekly grain purchases remain strong despite light export buying. Wheat and corn futures advance with May contracts up, while oats and oats futures show gains. Cattle and sheep markets show modest strength in Portland and Denver, with calves and lambs trading higher on light receipts.
Livestock receipts show cattle and sheep markets steady with mixed grade results. Cattle: choice and prime ranges to 8.45–9.56, canner and common varied. veal and feeders cited. Sheep: lambs 11.76–12.29, yearling wethers 9.60–12, ewes 4.07–7.75, culls up to 11.80. Sugar and coffee quotations and New York exchange figures follow.
December port activity reports show more than 180 vessels arrived from foreign, coastwise and intercoastal points, according to Port Warden Fred M. Lathe.
George Violin, 17, described as a piccel uyer, traveled from New York City along the Lincoln highway and reached Seattle Friday night. He asked cops for lodging, confessed leaving his parents last December to wander. He arrived broke and jobless and is held at the juvenile detention home pending investigation.
OCR fragment shows exchange rates for Italian lire Canadian franc German mark and others plus a Chicago car lots listing marketed by L. Taunting Co at Batier Motel. Hard to extract full details but indicates currency values and local real estate or auction items on page.
County Health Officer George Sparling announced a light influenza epidemic sweeping the city with cases in the north end and many pneumonia outcomes. Over 60 workers in the city and county buildings are home ill, including 13 deputy sheriffs and 25 county engineer staff.
A charge against ex serviceman R. W. Roan for stealing library books was dismissed Friday after authorities admitted an error in the accusation. Roan had helped return books stolen by another, prompting dismissal of the case.
Maurice Salmon, a Washington resident and pioneer, received the news of his mother's death in England on January 19.
Acting Mayor R B Hesketh received a letter from Mrs Katy Did Norman of Meridian Mississippi seeking a husband. She describes herself as a 50 year old Kentuckian college bred good housekeeper and asks Cupid’s Aerie members to help find a loving heart to accompany her through life. The letter provides her Meridian address 3519 10th street.
A heavy Orient cargo shipment arrived in Seattle aboard the Silver State, lowering its own time record by one hour and 44 minutes on the voyage. The vessel mainly delivered to Eastern merchants and will be rail-shipped nationwide. Weather: light rain and southeast winds around three miles per hour.
Arrivals include Thomas P. Neal from Riverette and others arriving in Tacoma at 2 a.m. and 6:16 p.m. from various routes via Vancouver and San Pedro. Departures note the Admiral Schley sailing for Tacoma at 6 p.m. on January 11.
Vessels sail and arrive in multiple ports with southbound and northbound routes. Names include Admiral Watson Treated ships De kotan Tosca Beattie Meriden Northland Nyanse and Meru with arrivals from Seattle Kobe and Beattie to San Francisco and San Pedro.
A dense list details ships and terminals at Smith Cove and surrounding docks including Beattie, Ernest Meyer, and various vessels such as Colonial steamers and freighters. The roster names port locations, terminal names, and ships like Coast Coal Bunkers, Hawaiian, and Van couver Maru among others, reflecting busy port operations and ship movements.
Interstate commerce yesterday found existing rates on hardwood shipments in Southern states viable and ordered new rates to take effect before March 6. The change covers Georgia Florida Louisiana Arkansas Texas Mississippi Alabama Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia and other defined territories.
R B Hesketh, acting mayor, welcomed John M Morin worthy president of the Eagles for a tour Saturday. They visited Ballard locks and the Lake Washington canal, sharing a brief civic moment during Morin’s visit to the city.
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