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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1922
Page
6
A West crop highlights higher cranberry prices as Western buyers push to a barrel price of around $20. Grapes move quickly while Tokays near turnover. Apple markets stay steady, shell beans see slow movement, and peppers remain firm with abundant arrivals. Prices paid by wholesalers cover multiple vegetables, fruits, and meats in varied local and regional trades.
Wall Street Journal reports a broad market rally on the New York Stock Exchange. Prices climbed across many issues including Baldwin to 129 percent, Studebaker to 126 percent, and Steel common to 104 percent, with American Can holding gains and Mexican Petroleum advancing to around 217 percent.
Chicago traders saw a late session dip as profit takers pushed prices down after a day of moderate gains and higher quotes. December wheat and corn opened higher but finished lower. oats largely unchanged with July near 400. Provisions ended higher on the session while export demand remained fair.
Chicago market notes show cash wheat by grade with No. 2 red at 61.20 and No. 3 red at 1.224, plus No. 3 hard at 31.02. Denver live stock quotations list cattle receipts at 1,200 with mixed price ranges, hogs up 16 cents, calves and cows noted, lambs around 15.60 to 14.10, and dairy and produce prices across Portland and San Francisco markets.
The report lists hog receipts and market levels with weights and prices across categories including heavy packing, butcher cattle and heifers, canners and cutters, veal calves, feeder steers, and stocker cattle. Sheep receipts total 13 000 with market generally steady, lambs around 12.00 to 14.10, yearlings 9.0 to 13.60, and ewes 5. to 7.5. Also notes New York sugar and coffee quotes and foreign exchange changes.
Money on call steady in New York with rates at 6 percent for short terms and 6 1/2 percent for four months. Merchants note mercantile paper at 4 3/4 percent. Silver-London price quoted at 4 4 1/4 and New York demand sterling at 96 4 1/4.
The record shows cleared totals including 6 016 075 05 for total transactions and 1 060 727 44 alongside Portland 6 093 792 00 and Tacoma motions 3 757 000 00 with local figures highlighted.
Detroit authorities charge John Ball a factory worker with cruelty to a minor after his 13 year old daughter was found with wrists chained to a rafter in the attic. Ball said he chained her for three hours daily believing the punishment was humane.
Theodore Schierlman the mayor of Liberty Kansas was seized by 15 masked men from his garage four miles from town and lashed twenty times with ten additional lashes. He denounced the act as unamerican. The assault followed his order forbidding Ku Klux Klan meetings.
The page lists tides and times for Seattle including high and low tides, with a weather note of falling barometer and east winds. It then catalogs arrivals and departures at Seattle area ports such as Tacoma and San Pedro, with ships like Celtic American and President Grant. Vessel movements list origin ports, arrival times, and sailings including Pacific and Atlantic terminals and several steamship lines.
A dense listing from Public Markets detailing prices and items across stalls. It notes various meats like lamb chops and rib roast, seafood including halibut and salmon, produce such as potatoes and apples, and staples like soap and coffee in a busy market setting. Multiple stall numbers and price points are included.
Otto E. C. Guelich of Washington is described as Kaiser Wilhelm’s third cousin and an American citizen since Lincoln’s era. The note states he does not expect an invitation to the upcoming imperial wedding.
Aes yet undetermined the cause of death of Mrs Blanche Marmuner, 48, of 2286 16th Ave West, under Coroner Willie H Corson investigation. She died Tuesday night after chronic illness and habit of taking patent medicines, a dozen bottles found in her rooms. Mr Kameer had been drinking according to police.
Justice of the Peace C. C Dalton sentenced eight Jacobsen to six months in the county jail for assault in the third degree. The October 14 Fremont incident saw Jacobsen attack KR M Cherry at 10628 Second Ave N W over a traffic dispute.
Sunday services at Green Lake Bethany Lutheran feature a morning sermon in Swedish on "The Beatitudes" and an evening English sermon titled "The Inevitable Warfare" with a gift subject.
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