New Seattle Chamber Push Aims Bold City Leadership
Christy Thomas, newly appointed executive secretary, calls for an aggressive Chamber of Commerce to lead Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. He urges Rome of business leaders to back a unified city, push for a modern Northwest hotel, expand trade by sea, and finish major projects with decisive action. The council promises to mobilize public citizens to tackle city goals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Christy Thomas
Seattle
Chamber of Com
Pacific Rtt
Chamber of
Chamber
Washington
Orient
Defi
Partie Ars
Northwest
Board of Trustees
Gulf
Atlan
European
Laat Tian
Westlake Public Market stalls list varied groceries and prices
A long inventory from public market stalls details items across sections named Westlake South End Queen City Corner Pike Place and more. It lists sugar prices per sack, canned goods, fresh meats and dairy, produce like beans cucumbers and potatoes, and assorted household staples with per unit and per sack costs. The itemized stalls include sugar brands Northern Light Westlake Special and pure cane sugar, butter eggs milk salmon cod and other seafood, jelly, margarine, crackers, tea, and more with many prices in cents or dollars.
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Pike Place
Lipton
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Seattle tides recorded a high tide at 15 Viet Lewrae 16:36 and a second high tide at 44 pomp. A second low tide followed at 10 55 pom.
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Seattle
Agruepat
Viet Lewrae
U S Asks Bids on Wood Hulls and Barges
The United States Shipping Board plans to open bids June 15 for 32 wooden steamship hulls and 11 converted barges moored in Seattle, with additional bids for three hog island steam ships on May 41. In total 52 wooden hulls 24 barge hulls and three stepl cargo vessels are to be offered nationwide.
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Seattle
Shipping Board
Hog Island
Penn
Maritime Vessel Movements and Arrivals Across Ports
A dense log lists ships arriving and sailing May through May 26 across Manila, New York, San Pedro, Portland, Seattle, and other ports. Entries include vessels such as Kashima Maru, Cross Keys, Princesse Ena, Libby Maine, and many freighters, with ports like Beattie, Seattle, and Vancouver area ports, plus detailed pier and terminal designations.
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Delight
Manila
New York
San Pedro
Tr Princesse Ena
Union Bay
B. C
Libby Maine
Bristow Hay
Ate Fulton
Powell Hiver
British Columbia
Sehr Levi W. Ostrander
Kabulas
oBston
Steel Ranger
Beattie
Fiordian
Seattle
Robin Goodfellow
Newport News
Tatesman
Cape Henry
Clemence C. Morse
Honolulu
Hgades
Heattle
San Francisco
Artgonian
Anne E. Morse
Lightning strikes herd of cows killing fourteen near Livermore
Lightning killed fourteen cattle belonging to James Andrews near Livermore Colorado when the animals huddled beside a barbed wire fence struck by a bolt.
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Livermore, Col
James Andrews
County building wears blue and white awnings
After a long winter the county city building is being refreshed with new blue and white awnings and potted geraniums on window sills.
Ban on Jazz Dances in Hungarian Halls Declared
Budapest reports a government decree by the minister of home affairs bans jazz music and popular dances including the fox trot and the one step from public dance halls across Hungary.
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Budapest
Steel and Motors Under Heavy Pressure on Opening
New York stocks opened under pressure with steel and motor shares down, led by Crucible Steel and Studebaker amid rumors of dividend cuts. United States Steel held near 82, while tobacco issues like American Tobacco A posted gains to 127. News of dividend delays weighed as Chesapeake and O declined and market breadth narrowed.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Studebaker
Crucible
United States Steel
American Tobacco
American Linseed
Mexican Petroleum
Northern Pacific
Baldwin Locomotive
Union Pacific
International Paper
Texas Company
Chesapeake
Ohio
Crucible Steel
Daldwe
Brudebaker
Iyi Von-American
International Vapor
Strawberries Scarce as Prices Rise on Street Market
Florin California berries sold at 4.00 to 4.25 per 20 cup crate amid light receipts. Prices up 25 to 60 cents from Thursday. Lettuce cabbage and tomatoes also short on the street with limited arrivals from San Francisco. Green beans eased to 12 1/2 cents a pound. corn peas quoted at 22 1/2 to 25 cents per pound.
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Florin
California
San Francisco
Vaid
Amer
Car & Poly
Haldwin
Crucible Ceteral Motors
Geddrich
Great Northern
Industria
Alcohot Os
Khabarth
Keaneoett
Lackawanna
Arkavene
Meatean Petroleum
Missouri Pacific
New Haven
Bos Tee
Northern Maeiste
Pan Amer Petroleum
Onson Pierce Arrow
Neplogie
Hepublite
Ron & Mtee
Eit Neck
Minelais
Toe Mudeteker
Ms Et Fmyrna
Tease Pacifica
Bateivape Prait- Fle
Imperial Valley Googe
Deleware
Ate
Pacific
Menerx
United Stater
Gommmee- Fiera
Utah Copper
Vanadium Steel
Kennewick Samet
Wilys-Overland
International Nickel
Wheat Prices Rise on Chicago Board of Trade Signal
Wheat led gains on the Chicago Board of Trade on May 20 as export demand and crop-condition concerns boosted prices. Corn fell while oats rose. July wheat opened higher, with cash wheat varying across grades and futures.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
S&e
Clowe
Bard
1. It & Co
Corea
Ora
Chicago and Denver Live Stock Prices May 26 Forecast
Chicago market shows mixed receipts with hogs at $7.25 to $7.60, cattle steady to firm, and calves strong near $9.75. Denver reports cattle steady at $7.50 to $7.75, hogs up to $9.50, and sheep weaker with ewes around $6.25.
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Chicago
Lamim
Denver
New York Coffee and Sugar Market Notes May 10
New York market updates show sugar easing to 5.02 for raw granulated 86 20 660 units and coffee Rio No 7 spot price, plus No 4 Santos at 9 and 9 1/2 cents.
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N. Y
New York
Rio
Santos
Foreign Exchange Rates Open in New York
Foreign exchange opened in New York on May 2 with regular Sterling at 3.99 percent, francs at 0. 6868, lire at 0.6866, marks at 0.01664, and kroner at 0.1425.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
France
Kromen
Portland Market Status May 20 Cattle Sheep Prices
Portland market report shows cattle and sheep receipts with steady, unchanged demand. Butter at 19 cents, cheese listings varied with small price shifts. Odd garbled figures mention hog receipts and dairy items, but overall market status remains steady.
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Portland
San Francisco Produce Market Report
San Francisco district prices list various produce items with unit prices for May. Entries include cheese, butter, pullets, and other commodities priced per pound or dozen, reflecting a bustling market page.
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San Francisco
Ban Francisco
California
Money on Call and Mercantile Rates Dictated in New York
Money on call quoted at 6 percent for six months. Mercantile paper at 7 percent with 14 percent noted. Miller London and New York rates shown, indicating firm market conditions in New York.
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Money On
New York
Oney On Call
Mercantile Paper
Miller
London
One Killed Many Hurt in AC Liner Derailment
An Atlantic Coast Line train derailed near Augusta Georgia killing engineer Joseph Temple and injuring several passengers and crew members. Rail from the tracks caused the wreck according to reports.
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Augusta
Atlantic Coast Line
Joseph Temple
Last Chief of Dakotas Buried With Ceremony
Albert Gras Grasse, last hereditary chief of the Dakota Sioux, was buried at Holy Hill cemetery in Cannonball North Dakota after a World War I enlistment and death in France. Hundreds of tribesmen gathered for the Catholic church funeral and burial at Holy Hill. He was the grandson of Chief John Graas and son of Mrs Basil Two Bears.
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Cannonball
N. D
Albert Gras
Grass
France
Holy Hill
Albert Grasse
John Graas
Basil Two Bears
Births and marriages listed in vital statistics column
A sequence of birth announcements for multiple families with names and addresses, followed by marriages with names and residences. The items enumerate newborns and couples authorized for marriage, including locations in Seattle and surrounding areas.
Heffernan Buys Lot for Eight-Story Addition on Seventh Ave
John T. Heffernan purchased a sixty foot lot near Priest on Seventh Avenue adjoining his new building. He plans an eight story addition. Final action Monday by the city council will decide a proposal to raise local improvement bond interest from 6 to 7 percent, based on a divided streets and sewers committee report.
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Priest
Seventh Ave
John T. Heffernan
North Dakota Leaders Promote Large Northwest Trade Show
Plans announced for a massive July exhibition by the Pacific Northwest products committee and Salosmanagers Association, featuring 60,000 square feet of free exhibit space, educational talks, and parties. Subscriptions by business leaders total $300 and up, with a proposed $15,000 finance plan to back the event and a full harbor and canal tour for visitors. North Dakota Attorney General Willem Lemke reports the state’s bond sale progress, pledging $6,000,000 in bonds to fund the mill and elevator project at Grand Forks, with completion targeted by October 1. He emphasizes Bank of North Dakota strength, noting $3,000,000,000 resources and a 18 month net profit of $209,000, and cites broad national support for North Dakota’s industrial program.
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Northwest
Pacific Northwest Products Committee
Beattle Chamber of Commerce
Salosmanagers’ Association
Butler Cafe
Hell Street
Arena
Port Commission
Firma
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Sgrague
Willem Lemke
Lemke
United States
People Direct
Nonpartisan League
League
Grand Forks
Bank of
Nor@ Dakota
America
New York
Government nitrate plants idle as congress stalls Muscle Shoals funding
Washington May 726 Selfish interests block the key step toward independence from foreign nitrates. Muscle Shoals plants at Muscle Shoals Alabama cost over 85 million dollars yet sit idle awaiting cheap power from Wilson dam. Engineers say 15 million spent on the dam and 17.6 to 20 million more needed to finish. Farm groups press for industrial operation as a vital governmental service. Senator Underwood Alabama emphasizes military and economic need for a dependable nitrate supply. The house failed to appropriate funds, delaying the project until the next dry season.
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Washington
Wissen
Muncie Shoaly
Ala
United States
Chile
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Trates
Underwood
Alabama
House
Sheffield Federal
Americans Barred From Dutch Oil
The Hague May 20 The Dutch ministry adopts a policy to bar American oil companies from entering the Djambi field controlled by Holland. Foreign Minister Karnebeek says American law forbids foreign bids in American oil fields.
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The
Hague
Djambi
Holland
Karnabeek
Americar
City authorizes $1 million for Skagit hydro project
An ordinance to appropriate $1,000,000 for current Skagit hydro electric project expenses heads to the council Monday with the utilities committee approval. The total expenditure on the citys hydro electric development reaches $4,875,000.
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Skagit
City Utilities Committee
Falls Off Platform Breaks Leg at City Worksite
Charles Brittain, 46, fell from a platform while carrying a box of honey at Crenshaw and Bloxom Co. on Western Ave and Marion St. He sustained a broken right leg and was taken to Seattle General Hospital.
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Charles Brittain
Crenshaw & Bloxom Co
Western Ave
Marion St
Seattle General Hospital
Wyoming Eugenics Law Takes Effect
Cheyenne Wyoming May 20 The new eugenics law comes into effect today requiring every male obtaining a marriage license to produce a certificate showing freedom from venereal disease in communicable form.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer Returns to Seattle
Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer who had been presiding in California for over a month returned to Seattle on Friday. He was accompanied by his secretary Horace Hall.
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Jeremiah Neterer
California
Seattle
Horace Hall
T N T Menaces U S in Whiting Williams Address
Whiting Williams, ex Oberlin personnel director, told a Masonic club luncheon crowd that tiredness and temper at home threaten the nation as TNT does. He described his two years living with laborers in America and Britain and urged calmer, gradual labor reform with workers and citizens acting as responsible salesmen for stability.
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Whiting Williams
Masonic Club
Arcade
Williams
Oberlin College
Cleveland Steel Company
America
England
Great Britain
Lancaster
Glasgow
Willams
Lane Peak Named in Honor of Franklin K. Lane
Franklin K. Lane a former secretary of the interior during the Wilson era will be commemorated by naming a Tatoosh range peak Lane peak in Rainier National Park. The advisory board recommended the title to the national board of geographic societies citing Lane’s fondness for Rainier trips.
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Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Tatoosh Range
Rainier National Park
Lane
Advisory Board
National Board of Geographic Societies
Sailor Punched Newspaper Man On Waterfront Charge
Newspaper man David of the Journal of Commerce says a sailor named Al Walters attacked him on the waterfront Friday morning after an altercation about the President. Walters was arrested at Railroad Avenue and Washing Transit and held on disorderly conduct charges with bail set at $100. Detectives McNamee and Fuller reported the incident to city jail authorities.
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David
Journal of Commerce
al Walters
City
M. J. McNamee
W. A. Fuller
Railroad Ave
Yester Way
Cold storage ship sought to ease cruelty rate woes
An Oregon based committee of the Chamber of Commerce seeks to induce private steamship lines to place a cold storage ship between Pacific and Atlantic routes. The plan includes guaranteed refrigerator service from Portland to England and continental Europe via the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Members from California Oregon and Washington will meet June 1 in Seattle to advance the proposal, led by Orpheus C. Scots and local Northwest growers.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific
Atlantic
Agricultural Com
Chamber of Commerce
England
Europe
Royal Mall
California
Oregon
Washington
Northwest
G. Lewis
Ansnstant
Growers’ Co-operative Ton
H. F. Davidson
H. F. Davidson Company
Hood Fiver
EF. E. Faville
Western Farmer
Teemen
Wington
Seattle
Plana
Faville
Agricultural Committee
Orpheus C. Scots
Yakima Chamber of Commerce
Jury verdict labels Hooppman death an unavoidable accident
A commercial jury ruled the death of Mrs. A. A. Hoopman an unavoidable accident after her husband’s car was struck by a Meridian street car at Third Avenue and Wall Street Sunday night, causing fatal injuries.
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Commers
A. A. Hoopman
Meridian
Third Ave
Wall St
Fire prevention talk at Meany Hall by Na Board fire underwriters
J H Schively of the Na Board of Fire Underwriters delivered a fire prevention lecture at Meany Hall during the morning assembly.
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J H. Schively
Na Board of Fire Undewriters
Meany Hall
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Washington Mutuedl Savings Bank
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