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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1922
Page
3
Market notes show turkey prices easing up to 15 percent below last year with further cuts possible when markets open. Local and Oregon cauliflower are off market while California lettuce shipments arrive. Dairy, poultry, and grain prices are listed with wholesale rates and crate or per-bushel pricing.
New York market activity slides as tax legislation prospects dominate session. Prices retreat with notable drops in Baldwin, Studebaker, American Can, U S Steel and other industrials while general motors and rail shares show mixed moves amid cautious trading.
Chicago stock market report shows Hog receipts at 9,000 with a steady market and top price around 6.46, bulk near 4.40, heavyweights and sows listed with various ranges. Cattle receipts about 1,000 with steady market. primes and choicers quoted up to around 15.8 cents, other classes between 4.60 and 9.90, feeder and stocker grades noted. Also included are sugar and coffee raw/refined pricing and New York foreign exchange figures with Sterling around 4.46 and France at 80.06 to 81.00.
Members of the American Poultry Association from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming North and South Dakota will meet in Seattle January 8 to 7 to form a sane organization. Harry H. Collier calls for action to advance poultry laws at state and national levels. The Seattle poultry show runs during the meeting with a major Northwest exhibit. Puget Sound Poultry Association stages the show and offers 40 percent of entry fees as cash premiums. Copy premiums lists available from J. W. Merriman, president, 4 Colman dock, Seattle.
Bucoda Washington starts a city water system with American Wood and Pipe Company of Beattie awarded a 26000 dollar contract. Work due in 100 days includes a hilltop reservoir and two 40000 gallon storage tanks using California filtering and chlorination. Supply from the Skookum River is planned to spur growth.
The Blue Funnel line steamer Tyndareus arrived from Oriental ports and was released from port under 36000 dollars after customs officers seized opium valued at 102500 dollars hidden under the boilers in the galley. Lee Chin chief cook admitted possession and was jailed in King county on 1500 dollar bond.
Horace W. Vaughan former congressman and federal judge reportedly died by his own hand after six weeks of illness. Despondent over illness, Vaughan was found in his bathroom with a bullet wound through his neck and a revolver in his hand, his wife hearing a shot.
Kenneth Johnson, 12, died after a crash between a Chimacum school bus and a touring car near Port Townsend. The accident injured more than 85 children, several seriously, and occurred Friday with the boy transported to a local hospital.
Partial exchange rates and currency names listed with multiple misread terms. Mentions include Canadian, French, German, Danish and Norwegian currencies, and values with figures such as 4.47 and 0.016-16, plus references to francs, crowns, and drachmas amid garbled locality items and numbers from 1972.
King county to call its second grand jury within the year meeting Monday. Judge Austin F. Griffiths will preside and consider requests for a special prosecutor. The panel may probe alleged prejudice affidavits against the prosecutor and examine the failure of the Scandinavian American Bank of Seattle.
William Wilcoxon and Dean Clark were arrested at the Preston hotel after selling wet drinks to dry squad members. A trunk with gallons of moonshine was seized. Another pair, Guy Innocenti and RK Cecchi, were nabbed after being seen at 2851 Yancy street with the wine, and 10 gallons of the crimean ticket quencher were seized. Mrs K Kimoto and S Shimada were arrested at 119 Washington street for selling whisky to officers.
Mrs Ida M Sizer widow of Henry J Sizer prominent local insurer died at Providence hospital Friday evening after a prolonged illness She was born October 4 1854 in Louisville Kentucky and came here with her husband during the great fire She is survived by four sons Glen D Sizer Henry E Sizer Burton DeR Sizer and Lawrence M Sizer all of Beattie Cremation will be at the Washington State crematory funeral arrangements to be announced later.
An assortment of funeral notices and classified ads from an early 20th century newspaper, listing names such as John Blomfeng and W. Mc Pride, with services and undertaker details. The page also includes personal ads, medical promotions, apothecary claims, legal statements, and various job and housing notices.
Seattle ship news lists tides for Saturday and Sunday with (low and high) times and heights, plus a Weather Bureau report from Tatoosh Island. It details arrivals and departures on Nov 10–11, names ships, routes, and docking terminals around Seattle and Puget Sound.
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