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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
10
An advertisement lists Economy and Kerr wide mouth Mason jars and canning supplies with prices for pints and quarts per dozen, including Ball Mason items and regular Mason products. It notes glass top Mason options and various brand names with unit costs.
Local listing notes Washington Fruit and Vegetable Company offering melons at a price per unit. The brief entry provides limited detail and centers on produce availability and supplier name.
Sunkist Oranges per dozen and Sunkist Lemons per dozen listed with prices. Sweet Peaches per dozen and Seedless Grapefruit each priced, along with Tragedy Plums two dozens and New Apples two pounds. Best California Water Melons per pound, Fresh Walnuts per pound, Dromedary Dates per package. Small variety pricing shown.
Market sweep lists Farmers Vege Potatoes 4 Ibs Peas 3 Ibs Lettuce each Grown Celery each Onions Radishes 5 head upwards 4 String Beans 2 Ibs Hot House Tomatoes lb Cantaloupes Sweet Oranges doz 40¢ New Green Apples 2 lbs Beets Carrots 83 bunches.
In Ro, Ore, on July 11, Clark known as Conley received a ten year sentence in the penitentiary system. The case details note his alias and the duration of confinement.
July 11 San Francisco reports a call from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for a national telephone workers strike as telegraph and power workers boycott the Bell system. The California Federation of Labor urged President Wilson to order wage and bargaining rights for thousands of girl operators, amid the deadlock and a nationwide appeal.
The 23rd annual United Amateur Press Association of America convention will be July 26 to 27 in Seattle. Activities include an opening session, musical and literary entertainment, a Lake Washington excursion, officer elections, a convention banquet, and a closing Seattle Amateur Press club picnic. Local committees led by Roy Elford and Mrs Emma W Rowell organize arrangements and receptions with several assistants named.
Paris July 2 Forty five women nurses of the Union des Femmes de France died during the war from battle, bombardment, or disease. The society with 90,000 members ran 365 auxiliary hospitals, nurseries, dispensaries, soldiers homes and schools. The group spent 95 million francs, about 19 million dollars, on war work with over 20,000 serving as nurses.
U S Navy mine sweepers are clearing the world’s largest mine barrage in the North Sea 200 miles long and 45 wide. The operation, largely American from mine production to laying, has damaged four ships and killed one officer with several others wounded. Captain Sexton in London says Americans are gaining control and expect to finish with minimal losses by late autumn.
Brisbane July 11. Refusal by shipping firms to treat influenza and pneumonia as work risks triggers a strike by Queensland seamen. The action may spread to other Australian ports.
Emily Hammond Smith of Seattle spoke on her year in Marseilles at the American Red Cross Children’s Bureau. She praised home war work but criticized street filth in France, noting garbage thrown on workers and dirty conditions for children. She returned to Seattle at 2310 Belleau Street.
The Salvation Army cautions Seattle residents that no solicitors are calling for the home service campaign. No campaign will occur until September, and anyone collecting money for this fund is considered to be soliciting under false pretenses and should be arrested.
Following their class de mobilization several Paris police members resign. The prefect of police demands trial by court martial for desertion.
Berlin reports Maximilian Harden editor of Die Zukunft as a possible ambassador to Washington as Germany seeks renewed diplomatic ties with the United States France and Great Britain. Count von Bernstorff favors Harden, who is known for liberal views and U S regard from his editorial work. The foreign office cleans house and opens consular to diplomatic posts. Germany forms a business news agency to aid exports imports and trade data for merchants as it shifts from debt to credit.
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