Grand Sunday Milk Ovens Parade Tease
A garbled snippet hints at a grand Sunday event involving a milk brand and an oven from a class of phatten. Details are unclear but the tease centers on a local celebration with food and household items.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
7
A garbled snippet hints at a grand Sunday event involving a milk brand and an oven from a class of phatten. Details are unclear but the tease centers on a local celebration with food and household items.
A city official noted that a realty dispute involving Mrs. C and Carter tied to a December 1918 sale may impact the Cedar River dam. Extradition papers and investigations point to attempted title clearing and a $7,200 sale by Gotas. City leaders planned a Tuesday dam inspection to decide on action amid heavy rain.
Matthiesen a longtime Seattle resident died Sunday in his sister’s home. The obituary lists surviving relatives including two sons, a daughter, and a sister from Bremerton. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed.
Ninety wee bottles of Canadian whisky were seized and J. Dolan and J. L. Raderbaugh were arrested on the Guide Meridian road one half mile south of the border after customs inspectors grew suspicious of their car and searched it. Jerry Simpson of the Oxford hotel Seattle checked in at the customs station crossing into British Columbia and out on return but was later arrested by Whatcom county officers for smuggling 20 cases of booze into the United States. Simpson allegedly used a scheme to carry contraband across the line at a secluded spot, check his car at the customs office, then return to retrieve the liquor. He was turned over to customs.
Marry W Booth who joined the United States Navy may become a city street car conductor after all. The civil service commission turned him down for being half an inch too short. Mayor Fitzgerald said a measurement might reveal the error and Booth could qualify.
H B Kennedy president of the navy yard sues to recover taxes on property he says was exempt for 25 years by President Harrison in 1890. Harrison granted the property to Moses Kamowis and exempted it from taxation. Kennedy now claims the property was taxed within the 25 year limit.
J. B. Adams field manager of the Northwest Fruit Exchange in Seattle was appointed delegate to represent both the city and state at the Western Land States Reclamation conference in Salt Lake City on November 21 and 22. Ten delegates from each Western state will attend.
Quotations on the local wholesale produce market show minimal change from last week. Apples remain active with buyers favoring cheaper grades amid abundant supplies. Yakima and Wenatchee reports indicate heavy apple consignments to the East. Potatoes stay firm at up to 65 dollars per ton for Yakima Netted Gems as Eastern demand stays brisk and storage clears. Oranges poised to begin shipments from California within weeks as Seattle expects first loads soon. Kee prices hold steady while dealers await new arrivals of fresh produce.
Wholesale price list shows diverse vegetable quantities and dairy items with unit costs. Entries include carrots cucumbers lettuce peppers and fruit boxes, plus dairy items like butter cheese and eggs, and a section for hides wool and meat. Units vary per sack per crate per pound, with a new total noted for some groups.
The Blue Munnel finer Ixton in port is being fitted to hold 3900 Chinese coolies between decks. Thousands are being returned from France and Britain and shipped home via Vancouver. The Governor Admiral line carried 150 Chinese coolies to San Francisco Saturday night as Vancouver reached capacity for the next months.
Sightings at Cape Um Lad report multiple vessels passing in and out with notes on condition, wind, and distance. Listings include steamers, schooners, tugs, and cargo ships serving routes from Seattle to San Francisco and Southeast Alaska ports with arrivals at Port Angeles and Vancouver.
The clipping lists prices and items from stalls such as Public Markets Corner. Items include cream cheese at 29¢, full cream cheese, margarine, milk, shortening, Cream of Wheat, Royal baking powder, comb honey, oats, pork and beans, Naptha soap, butter, coffee, grape nuts, almonds, and Selecta coffee with varying prices. It reads like a vendor price catalog for a market stalls, with stalls 102 and 46 referenced and multiple brands noted.
A compact list shows prices for items at Pike Place stalls including Yakima honey 65 cents per pint, Del Monte tomato sauce, blue label catsup, Carnation milk two for 49 cents, large tomatoes, Brasil nuts, oranges, onions, Jonathan apples 1.75 per bushel, Hurbank potatoes 2.76 per 100 pounds, rolled oats 20 cents, and Lenox soap one pound, among other items.
An old proverb notes the milk pail stays steady until the container is full and then tips. It plays on patience and readiness before action, using a simple rural image to illustrate timing and consequence.
Haviside & Co of San Francisco purchases five Seattle built barkentines. They will be the largest barkentines flying the American flag. The ships were built for the government and will be operated by the Pacific Freighters Co in offshore trade.
Wurzbacker, once agent for the White Pass & Yukon railroad and a familiar figure in shipping circles, is named traffic manager for the Seattle office of the division of operations of the Shipping Board. Dudley W. Burchard, district director of operations, announced the appointment.
The motorship Quesada, known as the Bowler in British service, sailed from Port Angeles for Cuba carrying a lumber cargo. The Bowler was commanded by Admiral Dewey and used in the Spanish American War.
Spokane news reports a 19 year old lumber mill worker on Monroe Street Bridge who planned to jump into the river. Her calico dress snagged on a railing, two boys intervened and saved her, ending the attempt.
State advices from Nippon Yusen Kaisha offices say the Katori Maru will arrive November 16 with a 5 million dollar silk car load. She also brings 239 passengers for Seattle and 77 for Victoria. The ship left Yokohama November 3.
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