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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1921
Page
5
The Seattle Star lists job ads across varied fields from civil service exams to mechanical work and sales. It notes rates for classified placements, urges advance payment, and highlights a large Northwest readership.
A mixed classified page lists items for sale and service offers including building materials portable houses and coal wood, plus real estate listings in Seattle area. It mentions old growth forest wood, stump puller, lamps, sewing machines, pianos for rent, used furnishings, and several real estate bargains in Ballard Queen Anne West Seattle and nearby districts with prices and terms.
Dr. Samuel Harris an eye specialist in Boston works on correcting defective vision without glasses and restoring sight to the blind. He claims success with Senator Gore and vaudeville star Ben Welch using eye muscle relaxation and electricity. Harris notes most eye troubles come from muscle strain and envisions a future without eyeglasses.
Kalama November 14 1910 prisoners Raymapa Yancey and Fred Sodie found in jail yard after a delivery in progress. They were too drunk to run and too proud to return to their cots. Alfred Roberts, awaiting transport to Walla Walla for 12 years and seen as ring leader, escaped.
Railway mail clerks return to the Seward Unalaska mail route with Pacific Steamship and Alaska Steamship Co services to speed Alaska mail. Superintendent Warren C Van Dervoort notes clerks were paused during the war. Dynamic Psychology lecture by Dr M J Washburn set for Wednesday at 1 20 p m at 1915 Firetave.
Directory style listing for Seattle firms and professionals including patent attorneys J P Ball Frederick P Gorin L Reynolds Harry Bowen Co Pierre Barnes and others. Also lists chiropractors loan brokers jewelers optician doctors piano tuners and a razor blade seller with contact details and service notes.
Prices on tomatoes represented the only change in the local fruit and vegetable market Monday. Local boxes ranged 65 cents to 1 dollar while fancy California stock quoted from 2.50 to 2.75 a lug. other items like Bruavels sprouts and Florida grapefruit showed varied but steady activity amid a broad listing of produce and meats.
Oils dominated the early New York Stock Exchange session with many issues hitting yearly or monthly highs. Asphalt rose above 65, Standard 611 of New Jersey reached a new yearly high at 179, and American Telephone posted fresh yearly highs near 111. Industrial names like International Paper, Central Leather, American Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, United States Steel, General Motors, Studebaker, and Pan American rose or held gains amid profit taking, while Mexican Petroleum and a few others fluctuated.
Today's Chicago live stock quotations show hog receipts at 45 000 and cattle around 15 260 with slow demand. Prices span heavy through light weights, steers, cows, and calves with mixed moves, while sheep receipts near 19 000 and prices easing for yearlings and wethers. Foreign exchange and commodity quotes accompany the market page with variances in sterling, gold, and sugar futures.
Denver live stock prices show cattle receipts at 11,200 with a steady market. Prices listed include steers and cows around 4.46 to 4.60, stockers and feeders near 4.06, calves up to 9.60, hog receipts at 1,800 with a lower market, top hogs at 7.25 and bulk near 6.70. Ewes around 101.05, rams near 7.26, with mixed figures amid market changes.
A dense inventory from market stalls lists best American cane sugar, milk, canned goods, soaps, crackers, raisins, coffee, peanut butter, margarine, and meats with assorted prices. Bundled notes mention Nut margarine, Carnation milk, Grade A butter substitutes, and various stall numbers. A final note recalls Whist’s ancient name Triumph and cites a 1500-era taxation fact.
In Homer Nebraska Mildred Lothrop, chief telephone operator, joined her two overseas veteran sons as heroes. A cloudburst swelled Ompha Creek flooding her switchboard room but she warned farmers, saving many lives. She received the Theodore N. Vail gold medal and $1,000 for her actions.
The City of Seattle, a historic waterfront ship, was sold by Pacific Steamship Co. to C. L. Dimean of New York and departed the harbor Saturday for Jacksonville, Florida. Weather notes from Tatoosh Island report a falling barometer and cloudy skies with NW wind at 12 mph.
Nov 14 listings show wheatland from Macila via Hongkong and Kobe docking at 11:46 am, plus numerous arrivals from Tacoma San Pedro Yokohama and Vancouver. The notice details schedules and movements of Admiral Ferragut, Prince Rupert, West O Rana, Ka shima Maru, Admiral Farragut and many other ships, with ports including Seattle Tacoma Port Angeles San Francisco and Shanghai.
A demurrer was argued Monday before Judge Jeremiah Neterer in the case of Ben A. Vincent Arthur Kirkman Anthony Zivell and H N Wall charged with bringing liquor into the United States on cross boundary trains in July.
Mayor Caldwell vetoed the council ordinance for $680,000 in special utility bonds. The measure would fund replacing trackage on First Ave and other railway improvements and extensions, and was slated for Finance Committee consideration Monday afternoon.
Councilman Lou Cohen proposed an ordinance to suspend street car trestle work over the Argo Yards until a grade separation plan for the South End is adopted. The measure was set for final council decision Monday afternoon.
Representatives of farm organizations, totaling about 750000 members, opened a two day conference in Portland. They aim to remedy wasteful distribution of farm products, curb high transportation charges, improve credit access, and restore global purchasing power. The Washington state granges attend the event.
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