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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1922
Page
6
Walla Walla market shows spinach arriving after a four week shortage priced at $2.25 a crate with expected decline as receipts rise. Potatoes and peppers see limited movement while citrus and apples hold steady. dairy and poultry prices vary, with butter high in Seattle and local markets facing outside competition.
Mariners and harbor readers receive tide timings for Seattle with high and low tides noted. The day lists first high tide at 65 minutes after dawn and second high tide at 2 hours after noon, outlining practical boating and docking cues.
Harometer falling. tight rain and wind from the south at several miles per hour. A steamer passed by at 4 a. m.
Shipping notices list multiple vessels with routes and times including Northwestern from Tacoma at 2:56 am and Forest King from San Pedro at midnight. Santa Cruz from Valparaiso via Antofagasta and Callao arrives 6:40 pm. Obie Maru from Tacoma sails. Steel Carpenter from Baltimore via Balboa and San Pedro at 4:20 pm. Additional ships include Yonan Maru to Kobe at 4:30 am and Northland to San Francisco, among others.
Opening on the New York Stock Exchange showed little change from yesterday. Studebaker fluctuated from 99% to 94, Chandler rose about 1 percent early, Missouri Pacific up, United States Aluminum near 94, and Mexican Petroleum leading gains early while Tobacco Products hit a new low.
New York March 2 two brokerage firms failed here today Speott Stump of 40 Exchange Place entered involuntary bankruptcy A J Deschamps formerly Friedman Markelson Co with indicted members made an assignment for benefit of creditors Scott Stump suspended from the Consolidated Stock Exchange
Washington state lawmakers plan a conference with President Harding to urge a Pacific Northwest trip next June. They want him to spend at least two days in the Columbia basin area to study the project and back legislation after a firsthand look.
The United States Veterans' Bureau in Seattle district offices issued 222 disability compensation awards Thursday, totaling about $36,000, the largest one day award total in the local office's history and payments were made for immediate receipt.
Chicago March 2 postal inspectors announced the loot from a robbery of four mail packages at Kankakee today will be under $100. The registered packages contained spectacles, fountain pens and the like.
In Columbus flappers who planned giving up golowhes during Lent scurried back to their rabbits amid icy streets and broken plate glass. In Balinas California Mrs. James A. Murray sues in superior court for 102405.40 unpaid attorneys fees. In Wenatchee defective wiring likely caused a fire at G C Beal's photo finishing shop. In Stanford University Dr John Casper Branner, president emeritus, dies at his home of heart failure.
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