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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1922
Page
4
Florin strawberries in the wholesale market sold as the Dollar variety with a crate price of four dollars for twenty pints. Summer asparagus fetched twenty cents a pound while new potato prices rose due to scarcity. Butter and eggs markets were weak, and dairy and meat sections showed mixed movements amid broader commodity price shifts.
In a volatile session aided by a favorable prop report and higher gasoline prices, active speculative stocks rallied on the New York Stock Exchange. Mexican Petroleum opened high and jumped to 131 while Standard of California gained to 116 and Transcontinental advanced in low-priced listings amid renewed optimism on drilling and refinery activity.
Wheat futures moved lower at the Chicago Board of Trade with May and September contracts opening higher but finishing mixed or lower. Corn and oats showed irregular trading while provisions were uneven as commission house buying waned and influenced grains differently.
Market notes report Wednesday activity with steers fair to good at 60 percent, cows and heifers around 84, calves up to 61, hogs steady near 11.60 to 11.78, pigs around 11.16, sheep and lambs steady with valley lambs at 12 to 14, yearlings near 9 to 11 and wethers 10 to 19.
Tide reports from Seattle describe high and low tides with approximate timing and measurements. The record notes the sequence of tides including a high tide near 10 a m and mid morning low tide and a subsequent second low tide later in the day.
Report from Tatouosm Island noting a May 10 observation of barometer rise and cloudy wind conditions. A 416 mm reading is recorded with a steamer departing at 2.90 and a three-masted steamship at 4.20. Port Angeles towed Weed. another five-masted vessel bound for Monitor likely.
Mariners document a long schedule of arrivals and departures across multiple ports. Notable ships include Ruth Alexander from Tecome to Beattie, Tiger for Mesto via Everett and New York, and Kentuckian for Hamburg via Hartland and Antwerp. Vessels in ports at New York Seattle Tacoma Seattle and Victoria are listed with routes and times.
A dense listing of store items including sugar, butter, milk, coffee, canned goods, meats, and produce. Brands like Carnation, Crystal White, and Berden's appear alongside fresh fish, produce, and baking supplies. Prices shown for several items indicate typical mid era retail pricing.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous shipyards terminals and decks across multiple places including Seattle Me tership Anvil and Connecticut Street Terminal with scattered names like Ketchikan Santa Flavia and Brookdale. The text reads as a jumble of vessel and yard identifiers without coherent events or dates.
STILLWATER Okla May 10 A murder charge was filed against Mart BE Gordon 25 an ex service man of Miami Oklahoma for the shooting death of Beckham Cobb 23. The killing followed an alleged insult to Cobb's 118 year old wife and the would be apology sought by Cobb as per county officials.
Councilman Philip Tindall called for John E. Carroll to be elected president of the city council and for Oliver T. Erickson to remain chairman of the utilities committee while E. F. Blaine would chair the finance committee.
Robert Fox will address the Gyro Club at its Thursday noon meeting at Pig’n Whistle. The session begins at 12 16 p m with the speaker expected to discuss local affairs.
Margaret J. Albright sues S. W. Unsworth in superior court for forty thousand dollars claiming the death of her husband in an automobile accident on February 19 on E Green Lake. Three children were left fatherless by the crash. The car was driven by Alma Bridges at the time of tragedy.
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