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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1922
Page
5
The Star asks readers to help locate missing relatives of friends and associates. Report disappearances to The Star. readers with knowledge of the listed persons should come forward. Names appear with locations and contact details, urging whistle to reunite families and alert other papers to republish.
A collage of business listings from The Seattle Star directory includes attorneys at law, loan brokers, and service shops. Notable entries feature Joseph Allen offering free consultation, Turner Chinoprator, and multiple loan brokers advertising collateral and jewelry loans, plus electric machinery repair and piano tuning services.
Local wholesale market sees butter per pound down 3 cents with creamery bricks at 89 cents and cubes at 58 cents. Egg prices ease while oranges rise 25 cents a box and Imperial Valley lettuce climbs to 5.75 to 6.60 per crate amid mixed produce movements.
Irwin Bacon a 58 year old man known for a monkey gland operation is missing from his Atlantic City home. Doctors and psychologists show interest in the disappearance amid signs he may have despaired over the operation results. His wife and 12 year old daughter Genevieve fear he may have taken his life after leaving a note. The Lutheran Women’s League of Seattle plans its annual meeting at Trinity Lutheran church on Olive Street.
Opening trading shows motors down with Chandler at 78 and Studebaker around 7 as market jitters persist. Steel and sugar names strengthen with American Sugar rising while others like United States Steel hover near60s.
Bulk of enies and various weights listed with prices for heavy weight medium weight and packing sows. Feeder steers calves lambs sheep and cows and heifers show receipts and market values with several price points and totals.
Market showed slow receipts and higher prices across livestock and grains. Cattle and calves rose with steers at 6.06 to 7.78, hogs around 11.08, sheep and lambs firm, and calves supported by demand. sugar and coffee prices edged up while foreign exchange opened higher in New York.
After Monday rehearsal at 7 45 pm in First M Church a Elijah chorus nears completion with only a few tenor and bass vacancies. Director Claude Madden oversees a cast of over 1700 across two choirs in preparation for the performance.
Portland logger Jack Brown tasted a meal that proved as tough as meat when he bit into a steel fragment in a steak last night. He broke a steel knife portion in a section and the incident required doctors orders for spinach as a lighter diet.
California staged a comeback at home Saturday night to win the second of a two game basketball series against USC 4 to 2. UC had won the first game 29 to 28. Coast conference standings list Idaho first, A C second, California third and Washington fourth.
The 1922 California Golden Bears baseball team remains veteran laden with standout pitching. Reports from the Southern campus describe a squad crowded with experienced players despite recent injuries and losses. The outlook is for strong competition on the Coast with promising prospects for success.
London news reports heavyweight champion Joe Beckett authorized Jack McAuliffe to challenge Jack Dempsey for the world title. Beckett said the fight could be held in America this summer with McAuliffe capable of earning the chance.
Joe Kirkwood the famed Australian trick shot golfer will reside in America. He has just returned from Australia and is en route from San Francisco to Florida to compete in a Southern meet before heading to England for the British championships.
The National rifle matches are set for Camp Perry Ohio from September 2 to 28. The International rifle matches will be held in June in Rome with an American team competing.
A noisy OCR page shows Chicago car lots and commodity prices with Wheat and Corn figures. It lists locations in Seattle and July style headings with estimated tomorrow quotes for wheat and corn.
A fragmented notice lists various foreign currencies and exchange values, including francs, lire, marks, and national notes. The brief cites prices such as 19.30 and 26.90 with scattered place names like Senitic Len and Second Ave. in what appears to be a currency rate reference page.
A detailed cart of stalls at Public Markets lists食品 items and prices across sections. Items include Borden's milk at stall 109, New Zealand butter at stall 47, Swedish potatoes, sugar cured bacon, halibut cheeks, sliced halibut, cane sugar, short ribs of beef, fresh soda crackers, Lipton tea, cocoa, Libby's tomato soup, coffee, beans, and various canned goods. Multiple stalls (1, 4, 17, 20-24, 49, 56, 61, 102, 105, 150) show diverse groceries from dairy to dry goods with marked prices.
John Lambert a former wealthy Illinois steel manufacturer died in Pasadena after a winter illness. The 75 year old former president of the American Steel and Wire Company had been a winter resident there for many years.
MAHCH recorded a tide of 44 mm reaching 6.6 feet with a high tide noted in Seattle harbor.
Records list arrivals and sailings of ships at Alaska, Liverpool, Greenock, Boston, New York, Paiboe, Honeluie, San Pedro, San Francisco, Everett, Everett, Astoria and Tecoma. Vessels include Jacob Leckenbach, Wests Haven, Liberator, Walter A Lackenbach, Birmingham City and more with Beattie and other ports cited.
A dense ledger-like report catalogs numerous ships and terminal movements from Pacific ports. It lists vessel names, routes, distances from Beattie and Seattle, harbor facilities, and dockyard operations across Tacoma Yokohama Seattle and Cordova, with many lines indicating str or motorship statuses.
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