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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
16
Adolf Boulnois, an artist trained in fashion centers, tackles a style problem by painting ships or decorative elements on mid backs. The new fad appears in Boston as dresses drop lower and lower in the back.
Bluebeard James P. Watson, known for multiple relationships and suspected of killings, is deemed underdeveloped with a funnel shaped chest and weak nerves by San Quentin prison doctors. He weighs about 120 pounds and may be assigned to lighter mill work after a hospital rest and blood loss recovery.
The Hercules towing a neo tion of the Skinner & Eddy dry dock purchased by a San Francisco firm was in danger in a 60 mile gale off Tatoosh light. The first call came at 4 p.m. Snohomish steered toward Tatoosh then returned to Port Angeles after Hercules news. Sugar from Cuba and steel from New York aboard Fantu due Vancouver next week. Frorven meat-240 tons for St. Michael taken by Elihu Thompson Thursday. Shipping board seeks prospective skippers and engineers and started a drive to recruit students for navigation and engineering schools. A permanent Atlantic to Pacific coast steamship line will be run by North Atlantic & Western S. Co with Admiral line named local agent. Captain Charles G. Hanson of Admiral Sehley left Beattie for Christiania to visit his mother, last seen 15 years ago.
New York stock market starts with mixed prices on May 21 with several major issues showing gains while others retreat. Anaconda up to 65 1/2, American Locomotive up 4, United States Steel at 91 1/2, Studebaker up 1/2, Southern Pacific 97, Mexican Petroleum unchanged, Cambrian Pacific down to 112. No clear trend dominates the session.
Mining operations commence 5600 miles up the Kuskokwim river in Alaska. The Treadwell Gold Mining company has secured numerous options. The teaser notes that many an heiress buys a gold brick in the form of a husband.
An OCR readable tide note for Seattle shows mixed readings with low tides around 63 feet and a forecast high tide near $44 a.m. and 10.9 beoomd low tide. The text is garbled but indicates tidal expectations for a Saturday period.
New York market notices list coffee at 184 per hundredweight and 22.07 to 22.67 cents per pound for sugar and 200 per hundredweight for warehoused goods. Santos positions show 2% 246c per pound and other small variances in bid rates.
The Cosmopolitan players stage a Beau of Bath with Miss Myrtie Hester Rowelien Dunaway and May Lockyer in quaint colonial costumes at West Woodland school house under Community Service. Mrs Roy F Sandall notes the play’s mixed reception and adds that community dramatics gain momentum in nearby areas with informance and singing led by Francia Russell D H Painter. Central school hosts a second meeting with singing and a talk by Loula Nash.
Chicago May 21 exit the Thank you sub type of railway diner. Enter the grab it and run type 4. Roger Collins arranging a cafeteria exhibit here says railways are about to install cafeteria diners on the serve self principle. Great efficiency thru time saving.
Cabbage prices slide to 3 4 cents a pound as 11 to 15 carloads flood the market from California. Brokers lose money on cabbage trading amid the slump, while California new spuds fetch 10 cents a pound and Washington asparagus climbs to 16 to 20 cents. Strawberries hold at 6 60 a crate for Kennewick, with berries from California at 3 50 to 4 a crate.
A dense OCR list of retail and wholesale prices for fruits vegetables dairy and meat products. The document lists items such as artichokes asparagus cabbage carrots cauliflower cucumbers celery green beans tomatoes lemons oranges strawberries and more with per unit or per crate pricing, plus dairy and poultry prices and wholesale quotes for hogs cattle and hay.
Wholesale creamery men on Western Ave split over whether the bottom has been reached as eggs and cream receipts rise. Dealers foresee continued downward price drift amid strong production, with Alaska shipments beginning around June 1 and Northern orders already filling. Butter storage will start in two to three weeks.
Tokyo reports 1,724,352 influenza cases during the winter season with 65,852 deaths. The toll highlights severe impact of the outbreak across the country.
A detailed rundown of stall numbers and offerings across Pike Place public markets. Includes prices for milk, fish such as halibut salmon and red snapper, canned goods, baking products, produce, meats, and staples from stalls 7 to 239 and sections Westlake and Economy.
London reports printing prices have surged to nine hundred percent above prewar levels, based on Worthing corporation figures.
A man asks for help with a family request to take the baby for a ride so he can play a game. He notes his wife insists on the arrangement and seeks guidance.
Chicago reports mixed commodity receipts and prices with cattle pork and lamb markets showing slow to steady movement. New York bonds stage a strong rally after a prior decline with Liberty issues up several points led by Second and Fourth 44s as investors seek attractive yields and Wallingford sails for South America aboard General S. S. Co. service.
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