Harding Plans Quick Farm Aid Move in Congress
President Harding will urge a joint resolution empowering action to curb imports of key foodstuffs, effectively an embargo under wartime powers but authorized by Congress instead of the Trading with the Enemy Act. Hoover and industry directors discussed extending European credits to aid American farmers while noting the U S is a surplus producer.
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Washington
Congress
Haring
Harding
White House
Hoover
United States Chain of Commerce
Joever
Europe
United States
Seattle Inventor Develops Water-Resistant Ship Ventilator
The ophilus M. Brown of Seattle introduced a ventilator that prevents water from entering the hold in heavy seas. Tested on the Steamer City of Spokane’s Orient voyage, the device shed water and provided perfect ventilation after weathered conditions forced removal of the ord culators to avoid flooding. Brown notes previous systems caused cargo losses due to sweating when airflow was blocked by closed vents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophilus M. Brown
Seattle
Orient
Spokane
Brown
Foreign Commerce Association Protests Tariff Embargo Plan
The Foreign Commerce Association protests a proposed embargo on wool and agricultural imports as debates continue over a protective tariff bill. The group urges lawmakers to consider economic impacts and maintain open trade.
Public Market listing oddities and prices across stalls
A fragmented market page lists items and prices from stalls including Pike Place and Queen City with cane sugar, tomatoes, milk, Karo syrup, butter, eggs, and coffee. Entries cite stall numbers and varied unit prices across sections WEATLAKE and CORNER, reflecting a busy market catalog.
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Pike Place
Madrona
Federal of Cooperative Milk
San Maid Sertices Raisina
Crisco
Mazda Oil
iSe del Monte
Bbc
Mazola Oti
Ste
Queen City
Ean Achilling
Webb
Hest Byrer
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Tide times for Seattle reported with high and low tides across the weekend. First high tide at 1 28 PM Saturday, first low at 2 08 PM, second high at 12 11 PM, second low at 6 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Ferry lease proposed for Aquila amid port dispute
The Port of Seattle considers leasing the Aquila for a nominal fee to gain two levees. Attorney John W. Roberta urges $1 annual rent with the lessee covering upkeep and operating costs. Action may wait on the Supreme Court ruling freeing the county from certain duties and requiring adequate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
West Seattle
John W. Roberta
West Beattie Citizens
Preston, Thorcrimson & Turner
Roberts
Supreme Court
J. T.ronali
Arrivals and Departures in Puget Sound March 198-
Shipping list notes multiple vessels arriving at and sailing from Puget Sound ports. Entries include ships such as Governor for San Pedro, Charlie Watson for Richmond, Admiral Rodman for Ocean Falls, and Queen for Beattie, with transit via San Francisco Tacoma and Point Wells. Also lists vessels in other ports with arrivals from Seattle and Beattie routes, and a March 19 Port Townsend entry for Port Said Mary bound for Seattle.
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Nome City
San Francisco
Fuwa Maru
Hongkong
Manila
Shanghai
Kobe
Yokohama
K. I. Lackenbach
Tacoma
Roealia Mahoney
Governor
San Pedro
Charlie Watson
Richmond
Point Wells
Eter
Admiral Rodman
Ocean Falla
Liverpool
Etre Polymedius
Beattie
Porta
Las Vegas
Seattle
Bradner
Santa Rita
Valparaiso
Antofagasta
Puget Sound
Queen
San Diewo
Horace X. Baxter
Cordova and Waikawa Weather Reports Notice
Wireless dispatches from Cordova and Waikawa provide navigational reports dated March 18. Beattie’s vessel Admiral Dewey bound for San Francisco reported 145 miles from Seattle at 4 pm, while Beattie near Cape St. Bianca and the Canadian Government ship Waikawa registering inbound positions near Estevan at 2:16 pm.
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Cordova
Beattie
Cape St. Biias
Admiral Dewey
San Francisco
Seattie
Waikawa
Int
Long
Teneer
Estevan
Early Advances in New York Trading Spark Market Upturn
New York stocks opened with gains led by Asphalt at 60 up 13 from last week. Tobacco Products rose to 47 percent, Atlantic Gulf reached 35 percent, while Mexican Petroleum opened lower at 1484. United States Steel held at 81, and general terms showed mixed closes with several names up or down as the market ended irregular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic Gulf
Halle
Mexican
United States
I International Paper
Mexican Petroleum
Brudebaker
Chandier
General Motors
Nethichem Steel
Anaconda
Pan-American
Up & Atlantic
Slaven
International Paper
Crucible
Es Mexican Petroleum
Aephalt
Stud Ker
Southern Pacific
Madicott Johnson
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Aten
Amer Cara
Amer Seternational
Amer
Humetra
Ganssete Otter
Canadian Pacific
Goodrieh
Merce Arrow
Kreok Islan Republic Iron & Rise
Sothern Allway
Oo Tejas Company
Tejas Peetste
Tobaccs
Union
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Vanediurm
Wabash
Westinghwone
J. I. Manning & Co
Nien
Manning & 8
Piret
Grate
Firth
Pittn Ee
Grain market faces declines on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago report shows wheat and corn futures slipping with May and other contracts opening lower and closing down. Cash wheat quotes steady with No 1 red at 1.46 and No 2 red around 1.04 to 1.44 amid light trading and broad price drops across items.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Tod
Beariah Foreign neWe
Hge
Tia
Beard
Neo
Bard
Chicago Live Stock Market Summary
Chicago March 19 live stock market reports show mixed results across categories. Receipts: cattle 1 006, sheep 1 000, strong demand for butcher stock and feeders, steer and cow prices varied with steadier market for sheep and lambs. Prices listed include cattle around 9 2009.75 for packing and similar ranges for other classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dulk
Aalee
Foreign Exchange Rates Steady in New York
Foreign exchange markets in New York closed firm with sterling at 93.91 percent, the franc around 0.494, lire about 4909, and Canadian dollar near 0.734. The session opened steady as several currencies showed minimal changes amid limited activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poreten Exchange
France
Marke
Tire
New York Coffee and Sugar Prices Report
New York market notes show Cogar Raw firm at 4.27 with granulated sugar at 8.26 and Coffee No 7 Micrepet at 58 4Y 36. Prices listed for March 19 with firm bid/offer context in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Local Produce Market Listings From San Francisco Page
Market notes show various produce items with prices and quantities including cheese and pullets. Entries reference California Mata fancy and small undersized pullets offered in dozens with dew pricing quoted in cents.
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San Francisco
Ban Francisco
California
Portland Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Prices
Portland market notes steer prices at 1.75 to 16.15 per cwt with cows and heifers around 66.257, calves at 160125, prime mized at 11.50 to 13, heavies 11.60, sheep receipts at 77, lambs at 46.50 to 49.15, yearlings 65 to 75, wethers 5.50, ewes around 1 to 5 per head.
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Portland
S. Hutter
Dse Ib
de Fieh Beal
Denver Live Stock Market Summary
Denver March 19 cattle market reports show cattle and heifers at $174.50 and $5446.75 for stockers and feeders, calves at $19.12, hog receipts 100, top price $9.50, bulk $1629.60, heifer receipts cited, market described as strong with lambs and ewes priced as listed.
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Denver
Meady
Meers
Stockere
Freders
How to Fix That Income Rebate for 1916 to 1919
A notice explains a rebate from Uncle Sam on community property under a 1916 1919 tax ruling. It notes possible application to the 1920 return of the wife and reports Chief Beeksa receiving Saturday OK from Washington.
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Uncle Sam
Beeksa
O. K
Washington
Marriage Licenses and Deaths From Local Registry
Vital statistics list numerous marriage licenses with names and residences in Seattle Everett Tacoma and nearby areas plus a long death notices section listing ages and addresses. The scattered OCR fragment includes many individuals and places such as Beattie Seattle Tacoma and Seattle City locations with ages from 13 days to 73.
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Mager
Morton Frank
Seattle Hall
Maude
Beattie Kindling
Predertek
Seattle
Es Mundy
Dora Millen
Beattie
Everett
Raymond Eugene
Beat Gannaway
Amen Cesepaina
Teremer
Addie M. Bummer
Walker
Donald A. Beattie
Curran
Mabel Cecilia
Seattie
Valkenburg
Frank Vict Jacobaon
Olao
Beattle
Rodseth
Olge
Rogera
F. O
Tacoma
Rogers
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Anderson
Erick D
Oregon
Larson
Matilda
Oregon City
Ray
Marguerite
Geoerta David D
Hopkins
Arvilla Fay
Bartell
Frank
Oulio Nes Cancer
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Vernon
Britten
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Mowher
Engel
Emma
Roetger
Anthony JT
Pugatty Baker
Thrina
Ethel
Davia
Travie
Faulkner
Gladys
Eee
McGee
William
Engineers Call for State Public Works Representation
The Seattle chapter of the American Association of Engineers proposed that trained engineers be chosen for state public works by forming a membership representative plan. The plan was discussed at a Friday night meeting.
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State Department of Public Works
Seattle
American Association of Engineers
Bradstreet weekly review notes mixed industrial gains
The Bradstreet weekly review for the week ending March 12 reports irregularities in trade and industrial lines. Some sectors show gains while others suffer declines, reflecting uneven economic activity.
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Bradstreet
Emergency canned goods rate set coast to coast
Steamship lines announce an emergency rate of 50 cents per 100 pounds for canned goods from Seattle to Atlantic coast ports and to Savannah Mobile and New Orleans. Rate applies immediately through July 31 to relieve the Northwest canned goods shortage.
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Seattle
Atlantic Coast Porta
Savannah
Mobile
New Orleana
Northwest
Perishables Show Decline At Weekend Markets
A Saturday market report notes declines in perishable goods with mixed movements. Prices fell for various items including quality parsley and bananas while butter and cheese remained steady. Oregon broccoli dropped to 25 cents cheaper at select vendors and rhubarb edged from 12 to 17 cents per pound amid limited supply. Local spinach sold between 1.16 and 1.25 per box, pushing Walla Walla stock toward discard.
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Oregon Broccoll
Walla Walla
New Sea Rate Aims to Boost Port Competitiveness
A joint session of the North Atlantic Far East and Pacific Westbound conferences in New York approved water rate cuts to aid Seattle’s transpacific trade. Iron and steel rates fell from 6.50 to 5.88 per ton, with reductions on other goods. rail rate reductions east of Chicago to help west coast products compete with Atlantic shipping are under consideration.
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Seattle
Mith Cove
West Notua
Great Northern
Fell Street
L. H T Heather
Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal
City of Beattie
Alameda
Nome City
Admiral Goodrich
Spokane
Governosapeas Coast Coal Strikere
Atr
Eastern Lea
Pacific Coast Engineering Works
U 88
Hosalle Mahoney
Stacy Street
Burnside East Waterway Dock & Warehouse
Edmore
Todd Dry Docks
Forest King
Admiral Bobiey
ABC & G
Mayo
Motorship Pacific
Puget
Bridgs & Dredging Co
Hull Rainbow
Patterson
Ames Yard
Roosevelt
Heffernan Dock
Tte
Jefferson
Ketchikan
Atlantic
New York
Chicago
New Bank Hall Planned for Federal Reserve Room
Construction will begin immediately on a modern banking room on the third floor of the National Bank of Commerce building. A $26,000 contract has been awarded to Rounds Clist & Co and Doyle & Merriam as architects to draw the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Rounds-Clist & Co
Doyle & Merriam
California Auto Club Launches Anti Litter Campaign
The Automobile Club of Southern California announces a plan to keep highways clean by targeting discarded lunch boxes and rubbish along Southern California roads. Riverside County adopts the anti rubbish law with others expected to follow, as the group tests summer results for broader adoption nationwide.
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California
Oken Waye
Land of
Oranges
Tiiverside
Automobile Club of
Southern California
United States
Interest grows for return of Eastern classics
New York reports growing interest in reviving the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize automobile races. A committee led by Bh. S. Partridge of the New York Rubber Dealers association will organize a racing program with W. C. Poertner of the dealers group pushing to bring back the former national racing team. No races have occurred since the Sheepshead Bay speedway was dismantled. Proposals include using Westchester or Long Island courses for future events.
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Westchester
Long Inland
Partridge
New York Rrbne Dealer Association
W. C. Poertner
Deal
New York
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Long Island
Mercedes First German Car Shown Here Since 1914 at Boston Show
The Mercedes, Germanys premier automotive product, appears at the Boston automobile show this week as the first German car exhibited in the United States since 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Germany
Accounting Demanded in Seattie National Bank Case
Seattie National Bank files in federal court for an order to compel J F Douglas to account for his receivership of the Manhattan P Building Co. The bank cites alleged improper handling and a $100 monthly salary drawn without proper authority. It seeks discharge of the present receiver FE S Goodwin and winding up the bankrupt firm’s affairs to satisfy claims.
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Manhattan Pbuilding Company
Seattie National Bank
J. F. Douglas
Daniel Kelleher
Douglas
Mix
FE. S. Goodwin
New Rate To Aid Lumber Industry Declared
A voluntary 7 cent per hundred reduction on lumber and shingles from Washington state to Eastern points takes effect March 21. Experts say the cut will boost the timber industry in Washington this spring and summer and align Washington products with Southern pine in Eastern markets. The move removes uncertainty hampering the industry and follows a push by West Coast Lumbermen’s Association. Col Oren B. Meyer notes thousands will be spent on army supplies in the Northwest Alaska and Pacific islands, with materials previously purchased in San Francisco.
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Washington State
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Washington
Northwest
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Oren B. Meyer
General Intermediate
Seattle
San Francisco
Trade shift threat cited by Philippine bureau chief
R A Reyea, director of the Philippine bureau of commerce and industry, warns that without development of Philippine raw materials, most of the islands trade will move from the United States to Europe.
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America
Philippine Islands
United States
Europe
R. A. Reyea
Philippine Bureau of ‘Commerce and Industry
Seattle February export trade climbs to sixty thousand tons
Seattle's domestic export trade for February reached 60,264 tons valued at 4,134,611 dollars per Port War den Lathe's monthly report, marking an increase of 10,232 tons from the same month last year. The board of public works on Friday found John and Breast's 420,000 dollar bid for the Eliott avenue grading and paving job to be the lowest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Lathe
John & Breast
Eliott Avea
Board of Public Works
New Institutional Course Offered by YWCA in Seattle
In response to a strong appeal from Seattle women the Young Women’s Christian Association extends its vocational facilities by launching an institutional training course led by Mrs. Ella M. Houtz. The program runs alongside classes in cafeteria and tea room management led by Miss Helen Norton.
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Seattle
Young Women's Christian Association
Ella M. Houtz
Helen Norton
Paved roads and closures update for Maple Valley and Kent area
Prepared by Thomas R Beeman reports road conditions from Kenton to Maple Valley and surrounding routes. All main roads cited are paved and in good or fair condition with new concrete pavement opening between Kenton and Isequah and from Renton to Auburn. Night slides warned between Kennydale and Newport. contact Main 6906 for details.
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Dee Monace
Tacoma
Kenton Kenton Junction
Fair Kenton
Maple Valley
Cedar Mountain
Kenquah
Hobart
Iwap Lake
Kent
Woodinville
Duvall
Foot Duvall
Fallee Redmond
Vail Y ‘Reod
Redmond
Hollywood
Kenton-Isequah
Kenton
Wall City
North Bend
Lake Hammam
Renton
Newport
Kennydale
Franklin
Bourmclaw
Fair
Black Diamond
Richmeld Teach Reed
Cattie
New Jersey Considers State Motorcycle Patrol
A New Jersey committee to curb lawlessness recommends a state motorcycle police force for highway patrols. The plan envisions a State Intelligence department with motorcycle officers, signal stations, and close coordination with county and municipal forces.
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Trenton
N. J
Edwards
Take a Walk for Health and Active Muscles
The piece urges walking to stay fit and avoid weakness from excessive driving. It recommends using legs for short errands, encourages regular activity, and warns that long car use can lead to flabby muscles. Take a walk whenever possible to preserve vigor and health.
Clever Advertising at Brooklyn Show Booths Draw Visitors
Women visitors at a Brooklyn show received samples of Harding silk at a booth. The event highlighted new textiles and showcased sample products attracting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harding
Car for sale by L C Won on Broadway Chicago
A small light two cylinder air cooled car offered for sale at 400 dollars. The ad notes it as the aspiration of a new aw company organized by L C Won located at 6126 Broadway in Chicago.
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L. C. Won
Broadway
Chicago
Detroit’s safety drives cut auto insurance rates 1928
Detroit reports a drop in automobile insurance costs due to safety campaigns in 1928. The campaign reduced accidents and is linked to lowered premiums amid broader industry adjustments.
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Detroit
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