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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1919
Page
7
Puget Sound Steamers announce a schedule including trips from Seattle to Victoria and Port Townsend with connections at Townsend. The voyage list mentions departure times around 16:30 and calls at Anacortes, Port Angeles, and returns via Tacoma rail links, with ticketing at Colman Dock.
Sightings and movements of vessels across ports from Cape Lazo to Vancouver, B C, include arrivals, departures, and in transit status on July 14 through July 16. Notable entries list ships such as President, Admiral Evans, West Hemitite, and Windber, with routes from Seattle, San Pedro, Yokohama, and Kobe, plus port calls at Cordova, Ketchikan, and Port Townsend.
Mrs. C. W. Harvey known as Mother to Gobs runs an open house in Shanghai for U. S. Navy sailors stationed in the Orient. Her husband serves as international Y M C A secretary, making the Harvey home a hospitality hub for homeward and homesick servicemen.
The J. F. Duthie Co. will launch the steamship Seattle Spirit on Wednesday evening July 16 at 8 30 o clock. Mrs. Charles B. Wills will be sponsor for the vessel.
Butter remains at 54 cents for first grades as dealers expect a near-term advance. Fresh ranch Kegee eggs hold at 56 cents a dozen, with demand steady though production drops after April. Perishables stay firm as watermelons ease slightly, apricot prices hold, and melons, berries, and cantaloupes see mixed but robust levels.
A retail market page lists numerous stalls with items and prices including butter at $1.15, fancy Washington butter, various seafood such as salmon halibut and ling cod, meats like short ribs and lamb steak, produce including apricots and cabbage plants, canned goods from Carnation Borden or Co-operative milk, and snacks like margarine and sardines. Prices appear in cents or dollars, with multiple stalls offering dairy, produce, and pantry staples.
The listing shows stalls 12 43 and 26 offering items such as flour sacks, Bon Ami, Palm Olive soap, soda Jello and canned goods. Beef items include boiling beef round steak and several fresh fish options with per pound prices. Scattered quantities and fractions appear for several products.
The list shows stalls with prices on dairy and grocery items including Kristoferson’s fresh milk, cane sugar, melons, salmon trout, new potatoes, freestone peaches, tomatoes, cocoa or chocolate, olive oil, coffee brands J B and Schilling’s, Jello, broom prices, and Rogers peanut butter.
Readable items list prices and goods from multiple stalls including honey bacon grease ham loaf sour pickles mild cream cheese Badger cheese lamb shoulder veal cuts ground beef pot roast sugar soap condensed milk citrus powder and delivery offer. Numerous prices in cents and dollars reflect a bustling market display.
New York report shows United States Steel down 1 at 115, Crucible at 126 off 2, Anaconda at 16 up, Central Leather 111 up, Baldwin Locomotive 123 up, Marine 63 4, United States Steel recovers to 114 after morning low. Bethlehem Steel RB hits 1064 after high, Baldwin back to 123 from 119 with intraday highs at 124.
New York market notes show rain in the grain belt and only modest news for traders. Prices for provisions stay firm while futures drift after opening lower with corn oats and sugar listed alongside futures quotes and commodity prices from New York and Chicago.
Cattle receipts 35 head with higher prices for good to choice steers and cows. Prime mixed cattle 22 to 23.25, pigs 19.25 to 20.25, sheep receipts 12 head with prime lambs around 12 and yearlings 6 to 8. Butter 62 to 53c, eggs 46 to 48c, hens 28c, broilers 22 to 30c, cheese 37 to 39c.
Denver market report shows cattle receipts 1400 head with Steora 16.50 14.50 cows and heifers 7.75 10.75 calves 12 14.50 Hogs receipts 700 head with Top 22 bulk 21.75 Sheep receipts 1200 head market 26 percent higher ewes 7.75 8.25.
Hog prices on the Indianapolis livestock market reached a new peak with best bacon hogs opening at 23 to 28.10 dollars. Dealers expect continued price rises as the market advanced another 10 cents this morning after a 23 dollar mark was set yesterday.
A catalog lists prices for various animal products including horse hides green or naked at 3.00 and 7.00 per item, dry hides 0.76 to 3.00, wool clean ranch 30.0, sheep pelts by wool length from 0.76 to 2.50, shearling 0.20 to 0.86, tallow No 1 about 0.09 and No 2 at 0.08.
Washington July 15 The senate battle over the league of nations and the peace treaty grew harsher as Norris attacked the Shantung settlement and Underwood voiced support for the league. Developments included passage of a Johnson resolution seeking confidential Paris data, disclosures on Japan and China, and Wilson’s alleged reluctance to testify at the capitol.
Local street railway employees have been reprimanded by International President W D Mahon and ordered back to work. A federal labor council's outcome is expected after an industrial conference planned by the cabinet's labor sub committee in August. The royal strike commission begins its first Winnipeg meeting tomorrow.
Idaho fires in Central Idaho timber outside reserves have damaged range and killed thousands of sheep. The blaze, confined to scrub timber in Idaho county, has burned six square miles and crossed the Salmon River. The drought has lasted 90 days with no rain, threatening merchantable timber and forests in reserves.
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