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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
5
A jumble of classified lines from The Seattle Star listing female and male help wanted options. Items mention hairdressing, housework, general labor, piano teaching, and delivery routes with various pay ranges and locations around Seattle. Some entries reference a carnival goal and veteran affairs, with scattered contact details.
Multiple 4 to 10 room houses offered for sale or trade in King County area. Listings include 6 acre parcels near interurban, 8 room banyglowes, 10 acre tracts, and lots near Fairview Avenue with prices from 1 250 to 8 150 cash. Various terms, some with cash down and monthly payments, emphasize cheap rates and quick sales.
Classified note describes real estate near Seattle with a 20 acre tract on a paved highway, half cleared, set buildings, utilities, orchard, asking price 1800 and terms. Another 10 acre parcel 60 minutes from Seattle on highway features a new house, well, older structures, priced at 1850 with 400 cash and easy balance.
Numerous listings describe farms and acreages for sale across Washington including river bottom land near Seattle, 40 acre tracts with barn and water systems, and waterfront properties with cottages. Ads promote easy terms, down payments, and large plots near towns like Arlington and Bothell, with several land companies offering minimized prices and financing.
Farmers and dealers urge housewives to can berries this week as receipts exceed sales. Warm weather risks spoilage if left to rot, and prices hold firm or rise next week. Local Clark Seedlings and Marshalls fetch 2.50 per crate, Van Delmen scarce at 2 and Oregon Dollars at 1.50. Cantaloupes drop to 6 per standard crate from 8. The market also shows slow vegetable sales with asparagus weak and prices for cantaloupe flowers rising locally.
A fragmented directory page lists attorneys at law, loan services, opticians, patent attorneys, physicians, and miscellaneous ads. Names include TF Ball established 1807, Allen, Ell, KR, and others with addresses such as Burke Building, Second Ave, 907 Third Ave, and Pine. Also notes loans, money to loan, and medical specialists with brief descriptors.
Wheat prices gained at the Chicago board close with stronger cash demand and favorable Southwest harvest weather. Oats fell while provisions rose as traders noted European port conditions and improving export prospects.
Market reopen sees heavy buying from major groups amid oil and rail stock strength. Early gains recorded in Mexican Petroleum Studebaker Americanelting U S Steel General Motors Pennsylvania Northern Pacific and others, with notable rallies from Sinclair and Standard Oil of New Jersey as traders anticipate rapid recovery from technical setbacks.
Market activity steady across cattle sheep and hogs with mixed quality notes. Prices cited include beet steers 4.26 to 5.75, fair to good steers 26.25 to 28, cows and heifers 60, canners 2.50 to 4.50, calves 4.60, hogs around 11.76 to 12.25, lambs 10 to 13, yearlings 7 to 9, and butter 400.
Denver livestock market report shows Tuesday cattle receipts around 2,500 with a market about 15 to 200 lower. Steers bring about 7.25 to 9.25, cows and heifers 6.25 to 6.75, stockers and feeders 6.60 to 7.40, bulls about 2.00 to 6.00, calves near 8 to 11. Spring lambs and ewes also listed with mixed values. Top cattle around 16.00, bulk trades near 9.90.
Livestock report shows cattle receipts at 10,000 with market steady to strong. Prices listed for choice to prime cattle and heifers, and for cows, bulls, veal calves, and feeder stock. Sheep receipts at 9,000 with lambs and yearlings priced. pork and herrings not specified. Foreign exchange round up with currencies quoted against the dollar.
The Se atte public library invites fourth through eighth graders to join the Vacation Reading club. Members must read eight books over the summer and report on each, orally or in writing. If traveling, reports are given on return. Members earn a certificate after completing eight books and may register at their local library.
A dense inventory from public markets lists stalls 68, 62, 1625, 1627, 1628 and more with canned milk, biscuits, baking powder, meats, crackers, soap, coffee and staples. Prices noted include 25 to 39 cents, with various items like Carnation milk, Borden's milk, graham crackers, pot roast, beef, bacon and coffee. Bricks made of pressed straw with light wooden frames are reported as used in France.
Maritime column lists tide times for Seattle on Monday June 12 with first high at 6 29 am reaching 9 9 ft and second high at 7 69 pm at 12 2 ft. First low at 12 46 am 68 ft and second low at 12 32 pm at minus 11 ft.
Weather data notes show a rising barometer and cloudy skies with west wind at eight miles per hour. A freighter passed at 4 and again at 6:40 with minor discrepancies in time and terms, and a crew member or rider is mentioned without clear context.
Entries list multiple vessels with routes and times including June sailings from Southwestern and Southeastern Alaska, calls at San Francisco, Victoria, Tacoma, Puenta Arenas, and ports such as Diego, Verne, Mazatlan, and San Pedro. Ships named include Admiral Evans, Baja California, Amazon Maru, and G Unaiga bound for Sound Naval Station, Tacoma, and Puerta Arenas with varied departure times.
Shipping notices list numerous vessels arriving or sailing from Seattle and other ports. Notable entries include the Minne sota n from Seattle, the Madison from Beattie, and the Tyra dareve from Beattie, with arrivals in Yokohama Honolulu and Astoria. Port of Seattle moorings include Wheatland Montana, the Liberator, and other steamships and schooners.
A total of $63,000 in war risk insurance was reinstated at the Seattle district office as the campaign to end on Saturday began. L C Joseph, Northwest district manager, announced the drive aims for Seattle $1,000,000 and state $2,000,000 in reinstated government insurance. Ten booths will operate Thursday in local banks and building entrances by American Legion auxiliaries. Forty women volunteered to help with reinstatements.
The United States neared a trade balance as May exports totaled 308 million dollars while imports stood at 254 million, yielding a surplus of 54 million. The figures from the commerce department mark the closest balance since the war.
The body of a man who hanged himself from a bridge girder Monday near Sixth Ave and Horton St was identified Tuesday as Joseph Drake, 60, a laborer. Identification was made by A. Golden of the Midway hotel. Drake was epileptic and in poor health.
Southworth a 44 year old architect with offices in the Northern Bank building was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriffs Campbell and Bundy after a Sacramento telegram said he was wanted on grand larceny charges.
Mrs. Edna Baxter was fined $1 and costs in Justice C. C. Dalton's court after allegedly striking Mrs. Mildred Eddy during a dispute over a bill at Eddy's home in 4761 49th Ave. 8. W. The incident involved a bill collection for a friend.
Twenty one speeders were fined in police court Tuesday for license issues. Twenty were fined amounts ranging from ten to thirty four dollars. All were issued blue licenses.
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