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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1919
Page
7
Dealers raised wholesale turkey prices to 50 cents per pound as supply tightened with farmers withholding birds. Retail prices seen little change while wholesalers report strong demand and eastern shipments. In hogs, 1,068 head arrived at stockyards with prime quotes around 16 dollars. cattle yarded 279 head as market held steady.
A dense OCR fragment shows various fruit produce prices per crate and per box, with items such as Jonathans, Stayman, Romes, and Newtons. It notes local shipping terms under “Local, strictly fresh,” and lists multiple price points, quantities, and totals, though many figures are garbled.
A long portwatch listing multiple vessels with movements through Cape Tatoosh and Seattle area harbors. Entries include arrivals from San Francisco and Yokohama, departures to Alaska and Brittany, plus transits of warships and freight ships. Names include New Zealand Union Stefan Diego Admiral Nicholson West Ivis Governor and more, with times and ports of call.
Captain J N Ross of the American Steamer Archer reports from San Francisco on November 20 1919 that on October 24 1919 at latitude 26 10 N longitude 122 27 E near Agin Court Island off Formosa a submarine volcano was observed actively erupting with dense smoke rising from the water.
The steamers Egremont and West Ivis were delivered to the Shipping Board after successful trials. The report notes cargo listings for wheat, alfalfa meal, and various livestock and commodities among dockyard and yard notations.
A fragmented market listing shows products like pure fresh milk in pints, Carnation milk in tall cans, new crop raisins, cranberries, peel, Maraschino cherries, Yakima Gem potatoes, Wealthy apples, Jonathan apples, and Box crabapples. Also noted are Libby’s corned beef, split peas, Log Cabin syrup, Royal baking powder, comb honey, Searchlight matches, and M. J. B. coffee with varied prices.
Readable items include stalls with coffer entries and prices, fruit notes, and assorted goods such as grated pineapple and eggs. The text lists quantities and prices alongside miscellaneous notes, with several garbled terms and uncertain item names.
An OCR snippet lists Miall 162 creamery butter and other dairy items with prices such as 20¢ and 22¢, including fresh ground peanut butter and full cream cheese. Also mentions margarine and cream brick cheese in a brief line of items.
An OCR fragment lists grocery items and prices including comb honey 6¢, cranberries 356, pineapple No 3 can, dates 606, bulk nuts 23¢, walnuts 3, oysters Olympia, Jonathan apples 160 box, Winesap apples 1.95 per box, with various stalls and brands referenced. The garbled text resembles a market or store ad from a newspaper page segment.
New York November 24 opening shows irregular trading. United Retail Storms rises to 4 dollars, United States Steel around 103 1 2, Sinclair at 49 1 2, Studebaker 122, United States Rubber 117, Republic Steel 108 1 4, Maldwin 114 1 2. Market declines later with a downtrend to 47 1 4, heavy selling by bears. Crude action. Columbia Graphophone weak. Crucible pressured, Brudebaker also weak.
The report shows higher provisions and mixed openings across grains and livestock. December to May futures for corn and oats fluctuated with modest gains and losses, while prices for lard and fats listed with various opening and closing figures.
Cattle receipts 3 x 6 priced per head with steers cows and calves scattered. hogs mixed prime to rough values. sheep receipts small with prime lambs and yearlings trading steady. hens and eggs noted with price per dozen and per hundredweight. Market activity described as steady to slow across classes amid varied lots and weights.
Denver market notes switch through cattle receipts 2400 with slower trade and lower prices cattle steers around 9.50 to 12.00 cows and heifers about 8.00 to 10.00 stockers and feeders 8.50 to 11.56 calves 7.50 to 12.50 hogs 1600 head top 14.36 bulk calves lower sheep receipts 6000 lower lambs 12.15 to 15.76 ewes and feeder lambs 12.50 to 14.00.
Frisco market report lists butter at 7 cents a pound, Patras fruit at 2 cents, extras at 4 percent per dozen, extra pullets at 5 cents per dozen, undersined pullets at 4 cents per dozen. Cheese California blocks fancy 35 cents per pound, firsts 30 cents per pound.
Yakima Washington November 26 Justice stays force as coal shortage halts court heating. Superior Judge Harcourt M. Taylor vacates upcoming December 2 jury term in department 2 due to fuel limits and few jury cases. Summoned jurors may accept notice not to appear.
A report recommending prohibition of salmon fishing in Alaskan rivers and within 500 yards of river mouths was adopted at a conference of canneries and Bureau of Fisheries officials. It will be sent to the acting secretary of commerce. if enacted, the supply may dip for years but later rise. Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr. attended.
Gilbert M. Butterworth Seattle undertaker stands trial for misusing burial funds by charging parents of Walter Medenrich, who died at the University naval training station in 1918, $172 extra for a casket beyond the government allowance. He testified to the transactions and defended his actions as humane. The jury was to hear the case after a prior hung jury.
William True and Dexter Smothers were arrested early this week by Captain Thomas BK. They were scheduled to be arraigned before Commissioner R W McClelland on Wednesday afternoon. The arrests end a Coastwide counterfeit probe and target hundreds of feigned bills in circulation the past year, per secret service operatives.
A sales claim of a 23 per cent drop in 100 Thanksgiving items over six months is reported with price examples. Turkey prices range around 55 to 60 cents per pound, with other items like chestnuts and oysters listed, and a Belgian hare proposed as a cheaper alternative for a five to six person meal.
Breeding methods may raise chicken size and egg yields as asserted by Alton KE Briges of Boston, president of the National Butter and Eye association. At a Cleveland convention the forecast claimed hens could reach turkey size and eggs might triple in near future.
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