Panama Canal profits cut rail freight losses across the continent
Washington reports the canal is shifting vast trans continental shipments from rail to water paths. Officials say earnings for the year ending June 30 1921 will cover operating costs and leave a surplus, with fruit and other perishables moving via the canal. Brig Gen Harding notes a citrus shipment saved days and money by using the all water route through the canal.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Panama @anal
Panamaanal
Atlantic
United States
California
Panama
Conto Gulf
Canada
Gen. T Harding
Ding
Los Ang
London
Canal
Seattle board sells 675000 of Roosevelt high bonds
The Seattle school board disposed of 675000 in bonds to a syndicate, taking the amount off the district’s total offering of 2400000. The bonds may be readvanced soon as the sale hinges on market demand. A power schooner departed for the Arctic to supply Royal Northwest Mounted Police posts, with Capt. G Foellmer in command and T P O Kelley as cargo supervisor.
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Roosevelt High School
Seattle
Arctic
Lady Kinders
Bering Sea
Ocean
The
Bay Company
G. Foellmer
T. P. O’kelley
Win‘Mipeg
Hudson Bay ‘Company
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Public Market Westlake Prices and Stall Listings
A detailed list from Public Market Westlake and Pike Place sells goods across stalls: frozen and canned foods, dairy, oils, and fresh seafood. Buyers can find Tillamook cheese, Libby's corned beef, Del Monte Pineapple, Phez peaches, Sun Maid raisins, and fresh salmon, cod, and halibut amid varying per-unit and bulk discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westlake State
del Monte
Lipton
Ghirari
Bbc
South End
Seattle Ship News Highlights May and June Commerce
The article reports US census data showing May cotton consumption and Seattle trade notes. It lists shipments, surveys, and appointments including traffic league meetings, Peruvian exposition representation, and plans to build refriger ator cars. It also covers famine relief shipping, vessel movements in Seattle and Puget Sound ports, and Coast Guard activity.
Mexican Petroleum Slumps Amid Oil Woes and Market Selloff
In New York trading June 16 Mexican Petroleum plunged on reports of deteriorating wells in Mexico, dropping to around 116 after an 11 point slide, with Pan-American also down and rails and other oils showing mixed results. The market overall remained reactionary as United States Steel and other majors fluctuated, while some sectors held steadier.
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New Yor
Mexico
A. & Steel
Studebaker
Pullman
Northern Pacific
International Paper
U. & Rubber
Texas Company
Baltimore & Ohio
New Haven
American Sumatra
Cuba
Crucible Steel
Atlantic Gulf
United States Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Merican Petroleum
U. B Rubber
Atlantic Gas
Reading
Southern Pacific
American Woolen
American Locomotive
Pan-American
New York
The
Sun
Financial Review Today
Mexican Petroleum
Royal Dutch
Cherry and produce market report from Seattle
A large shipment of Bing and Royal Ann cherries arrived in Seattle Wednesday. Currants first crates reached market in fair condition. Prices ranged $2.75 per crate. strawberries heavy at $1.25 to $1.75 per crate. Garnet potatoes were in short supply early, unchanged at 4% cents per pound. Cucumbers $1.25 to $2 per dozen. California cauliflower moving well at $2.25 per crate. Wenatchee extra fancy hothouse tomatoes arrived, selling fast at $3 for a 10 pound box. Watermelons car arrived late Tuesday selling 4% to 5.5 cents per pound. Dairy market unchanged with a slight rise forecast for bitter and egg quotations.
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Seattle
Vaid Wheeleanie
Hkeans
Chicago
Tureday
N. Y
Stock Exchange
L. J. Manning & Co FE
Eveene
Butler
Mutidt
Atchison Te Eweene
Rhabarb
Amer
Amer. International
Tel
Haldwin Locomotiv Tee
Hethlehem Steel No
Bik
Canadian Pacific
Iit
General Motors
Goodrich
Great Northern
Cal
Royal Sane
Kennecott
Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific
New Haven
Northers Pacific
Pan-Amer
Pennsylvania F. R
Republic Tron
Steel
Rock Island
Sinclair Oil
Routhern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stromberg
Brudebaker
Texas Company
Texas Pacific
Virginia Keystone
Delaware
United
Ie Soa
United States Rubber Eo
Boy Dairy
United States Steel
Utah Copper
Beattie Delivery
Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
International Nickel
F. O. B. Condensary
Ewt
Brook
Rapid Transit
Manning & Co
Shippers
Ser
Paiaies
Catler
Atchison Gen
Balt
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
L. B. Manning & Co
Belgium
Reater
Berlin
Hamburg
Leipzig
Munich
Frankfort
Grain Prices Drop Again In Chicago Market
Grain prices fell in Chicago trading on favorable crop reports. July wheat opened down 1% and closed down 2. Sept were down 1% and 1.4% with mixed closes. Corn and oats followed the trend with July and September positions slipping from opening quotes. Live stock, pork and lard futures showed gains or mixed moves amid thin to moderate receipts. Foreign exchange and San Francisco produce reports appeared alongside standard market lines.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
L. I. Manning & Co
Butler
Chicago Live Stock
Seattle Day on New Liner Sets Audience for July Event
The Silver State sister ship Wenatchee will host Seattle Day on July 6 during the 18th annual Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs convention in Tacoma July 3 to 9. Advertising men from Seattle will attend, with the Seattle club performing as a unit on July 5 6 and 7. H G Suibba of Carnation Milk Products was elected president at the local club meeting.
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Silver State
Wenatchee
Seattle
Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs Association
Tacoma
Smith Cove
Kitsap
H. G. Suibba
Carnation Milk Products Company
Plant to Be Sold at Friday Harbor for Taxes
The Plant of the San Juan Canning Co. at Friday Harbor will be sold to satisfy Internal Revenue taxes on June 27. The sale was originally set for Wednesday.
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San Juan Canning Co
Friday Harbor
Internal Revenue
Urge More Care in Wrapping Packages to Hungary
Postal officials urge secure wrapping for parcel post after the Budapest office reports many packages from the United States arrive badly damaged. The bulletin notes the long journey increases risk of damage and calls for careful packaging.
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Hungary
Budapest
United States
Two Orchids Wilted in Rail Bureau Find
Two prized orchids were found among items turned over to the Bureau of rails on Wednesday. The flowers were wilted, matching the fate of a famed last rose of summer.
Bank Clearings and Balances for Seattle and Paes
Bank clearings show Seattle at 6,119,939.32 dollars with balances of 1,179,108.43 dollars for Paes. The figures summarize interbank transfers and ledger amounts across these locales.
Possessed Booze: 90 Day Jail Term for Two Men
John Micheli and Domenico Fellin received ninety days in King County jail plus a lecture on prohibition and law violations. Judge Jeremiah Neterer imposed the sentences after their charge of possession of booze.
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King County
John Micheli
Domenico Fellin
Jeremiah Neterer
SLAIN VICTIMS OF SINN FEIN WAR ARE SHOWN
Three victims of the Sinn Fein England war are pictured: Lancelot Ashby and his wife shot in London. he was a former British forces member in Ireland. Miss W. F. Harrington of Limerick was ambushed in Tipperary with a British police inspector. Also noted: Mrs. F. E. Lewis of Sauk Center, mother of author Sinclair Lewis, is dead in St. Cloud.
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Sinn Fein
England
Lancelot Ashby
London
Ireland
W. F. Harrington
Limerick
Tipperary
Cloud
Minn
FE. J. Lewis
Sauk Center
Sinclair Lewis
Mercer Island road damages suit seeks 5000 dollars
C Mortimer Gresham sues King county in Judge Boyd Tallman's court for 5000 dollars alleging lands slid and the Mercer Island road caused his house to shift December 1917 and January 1918. He claims doors jammed, hearth cracked, chimney separated, and rose beds destroyed as the lawn moved.
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King County
Mercer Island
C. Mortimer Gresham
Boyd J. Tallman
Gresham
Marine Strike Ends Only at Washington Agreement
The shipping board and Marine Engineers Beneficial Union reached a ratified agreement in Washington. Locals must ratify the deal, Seattle locals can sign on ships under the terms, and New York engineers have accepted the agreement under protest.
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Shipping Board
Washington
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Union
Seattle
New York
Mystery of Shoes and Baby Toys Baffles Town
Local detectives puzzled over a black handbag found at First Ave and Columbia St. containing gent’s shoes, barnyard golf balls, and baby items. Arthur F. Stearns later claimed ownership, explaining a picnic and baby clothes exchange with his wife and friends using horse pumps for games.
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First Ave
Columbia St
A. A. Ballou
Sherlocks
Arthur F. Stearns
Stearns
Stearna
All Charges Against S. M. Scott Dismissed
Federal court dismissed all charges against S. M. Scott of 115 Fifth Ave. N. after defense motion. Prosecutors showed officers found a still and mash at the Scott home while Mrs. Scott was present, but counsel argued the arrest relied on evidence from his wife.
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Scott
Fifth Ave. N
Drouth Ends When Rains Pour Down
Paris reports the long drought ending after heavy rain last week, ending nearly six months of dry weather that threatened Swiss industry with disaster.
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Paris
Breakdown of the High Cost of Living in a Dollar
A historical note explains the High Cost of Living with a six item structure and a HCL dollar dividing into foot clothing rent furniture fuel and miscellaneous. It details the food dollar with 51 cents for meat and diet components, including pork beef bread milk eggs sugar and vegetables.
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Ncle Sam
Rush to Pay Income Tax in Busy Office
A crowd gathers at the income tax office as residents pay the second installment to the government. Beeks explains payments after today incur a 6 percent penalty and 1 percent monthly interest with no extension.
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William T. Beeks
Internal Revenue
Japs Held on Federal Smuggling Indictment
Katsuzo Miyagishima and Motogi Miyagishima, Seattle businessmen, are free on $1,000 bail each after a federal grand jury indictment charging the smuggling of aliens. The pair were implicated in bringing several Japanese stowaways to the United States aboard the steam ship Arizona Maru last fall.
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Katsuzo Miyagishima
Motogi Miyagishima
Seattle
United States
Miyagishimas
Grand
Men Guilty in Boat Liquor Transport Case
A federal jury found Anton Korla and Frank Maccich guilty of transporting liquor in a motorboat. Sentencing is scheduled for June 27.
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Anton Korla
Frank Maccich
Busy Day for Poor City Dads at Cedar Falls Ball Park
City council members Erickson Moore and Tindall visited Cedar Falls as council meetings opened. The rest of the council joined the lively session at the ball park amid the San Francisco Seattle fracas.
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Erickson
Moore
Tindall
Cedar Falls
San Francisco
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