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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
16
Sportsman Chaplain Thompson is hailed as the champion athlete of the era. He holds the American all around championship titles for 1910 1911 and 1913 with a combined record of 7499 points.
The Alaska Steamship Company’s steamer Cordova arrived at Deering on Kotzebue Sound after a delay, relieving anxiety as natives along the sound were badly in need of the ship’s provisions and freight.
Universal Shipping and Trading Company will convert six hulls bought from the Shipping Board into four-masted schooners. Plans are being prepared to proceed with the redesign and outfitting.
The motor boat Sem meltind will load a cargo of lumber at Portland in the next few days and then sail to India.
Investigate the merits of the security and the offering firm before investing to avoid losses. Our Information Bureau offers up to date quotations on stocks and bonds including Liberty and Victory Bonds, Canadian Government Bonds, and close margins. Herrin & Rhodes, Inc. established 1896 at 119 Cherry St. Main 1512.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee reported favorably the Edge bill authorizing foreign banking concerns under Federal Reserve supervision. It requires American ownership of controlling interests and allows financing of American goods purchases by foreign firms. The plan permits mortgages on foreign property and U.S. debentures issued against such paper.
Local markets report a continuing drop in production while prices move higher. Seattle cannot match San Francisco quotations as New York offers more, pushing eggs from Northern California toward scarcity. Fresh fruit like peaches pears and cantaloupes dominate Western markets amid Friday’s chill and Saturday specials.
Wholesale catalog shows prices by item and region with many fruits vegetables and nuts listed. Local and imported varieties include cabbage celery tomatoes bananas apples grapes pears oranges lemons peaches plums melons cantaloupes dates figs and more with per box per ton per dozen and per crate rates.
A transcription of market stall notices lists items such as coffee, Libby’s beans, Blue Ribbon tea, Quaker Oats, Wheats Flakes, crackers, Folger’s coffee, pure cane sugar, Mason jars, citrus powder, and Golden Wheat coffee with prices per can or sack. The fragmentary text includes stall numbers 45 and 102 and references several brands and quantities.
An old advertisement lists corner stall items including fresh eres, four dozen eggs, 95 cent fall cream cheese, 1 percent milk, Jack cheese, cream brick cheese, and daily bulk specials. Specials run from 8 to 12 only.
The listing shows stalls with items like flour, coffee, syrups, milk, sugar, sardines, spices, and cheese. Notable brands include Golden West coffee, M J B coffee, Log Cabin syrup, Carnation milk, Grape Nuts, Libby's beans, and Welch grape juice. Prices range from a few cents to about two dollars.
A marketplace inventory listing stalls WESTLAKE Stall 192 to 120 detailing items for sale. Items include Yakima beans, olives, rice, jar rubbers, shortening, Cream of Wheat, sugar, Naptha, Gold Bond flour, tea, citrus powder, Van Camp's beans, water melon, apricots, and Royal Anne cherries with various price points per dozen, can, crate, or pound.
Market report notes cattle receipts around 900 head with steady demand. Steers 10 to 10.35, cows and heifers 8 to 10.75, stockers to feeders about 11, calves 11 to 13. Hog receipts 200 head, top 22.60, most sales around 22.40. Includes hay grain feed wholesale prices and various hides wool and tallow values. An old saying closes the item: an ounce of help is worth several pounds of talk.
A fragmented summary lists bank clearings and balances with figures such as 5,853,766.04 1,690,751.80 and 3,870,267.00 677,500.00, mentioning Tacoma Clearings and a 750,658.00 balance. The data appears as garbled OCR from a financial ledger.
The Marine Bank of Seattle becomes a member of the federal reserve system and the Clearing House association. President John E. Price announced the move today.
Four locally built vessels the Western Glen Western Helix Western Knight and Eldridge are set to return and begin their second voyages by September end. Struthers & Dixon operate the first two while the Pacific Steamship Company runs the latter two. The West Manham, damaged en route to the Orient, has arrived safely in Hongkong.
Local shippers will press John H. Rosseter chief of the division of operations of the shipping board when he visits on August 4 to argue for allocating additional vessels to the port.
Irrcular price changes mark the opening with United States Steel rising to 111 percent and strongest stocks led by Tobacco Products and Kelly-Springfield Tire. Bethlehem declines after dividend decision while Crucible Steel and other issues show modest gains as noon trades pause.
A July 25 market brief from New York cites 22 percent ethanol coffee at 7s per pound and Santos coffee at 28 percent per pound. Sugar centrifugal is listed at 7.28 cents per pound.
Daily price slate from Ban Francisco lists butter at 68 1 2 cents per pound for extras and 55 1 2 to 57 cents for various firsts as well as cheese at 34 cents for California flats and other grades. Potatoes show Old Crop Oregon burbanks at 2.25 to 2.36 per cental and several regional varieties priced from 1.75 to 2.75 per cental with onions and barley also listed.
A July monthly report from the Federal Reserve Bank notes strong Western crop prospects in Washington Idaho and California with harvesting of winter wheat progressing rapidly. Industry is active and labor demand is high while prices and collections improve as trade at Pacific ports shows rising imports and falling exports.
The notice advertises Malthema Sailing as McCormick Line with sailings from 109 Cherry Street, listing San Francisco and Los Angeles as routes.
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