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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1921
Page
9
A. J. Ferce of Kent Washington, 72, praises Dr Loughneys Bake Oven Sanitarium in an unsigned testimonial. He says rheumatism and high blood pressure improved after treatment and urges others to seek examination, noting hours and contact in Kirkland.
Weather and tides report for Tale Towner region with high and low tides listed. Arrivals include Protestians from Manila and Victoria from Nome while ships depart to Manila and Yokohama routes. Mariners record dock times and ports of call such as Tacoma and Everett.
Shipping notes list ships arriving and sailing from Alaskan ports and abroad. Vessels include Beattie line ships such as Afrt ca Maru, Key stone State, Bar rymore, Minnne sotan, Besley City, Panaman, Admiral Dewey, and others bound for or from Beattie, Rotterdam, Seattle, Hongkong, Yokohama, and Shanghai with multiple pier moorings and terminal calls noted.
A dense scan of stalls details dozens of goods from pure American cane sugar to Carnation milk and Campbell soups. Items include meats like lamb roast and pork chops, produce such as apples and peppers, baking supplies, dairy products, coffee and tea, with varied price points across stalls 1 through 1643 and Westlake areas.
Ernest A. Hill aged 83 a postman at Wimpole Street station was found stealing stamps from three letters. He received four months imprisonment without hard labor in London reporting.
Wall Street opens with heavy buying of railroad shares led by Union Pacific at 128% and New York Central up as rails again lead the exchange. Gulf, Mexican Petroleum, and Canadian Pacific advance while bonds surge lifting investor confidence across sectors.
The United States posted a larger October trade surplus with imports totaling 184 million dollars, up about 9 million from September, driven by foodstuffs purchases. Exports reached over 337 million dollars, up 18 million from September, with fuels and products rising while foodstuffs fell. Compared with October 1920, imports fell 43 percent and exports 54 percent, reflecting lower prices.
Japanese oranges arrived in Beattie last Tuesday and hit the market Saturday. Demand is strong with bundles selling for 2 to 2.25 dollars and no navels on hand. Lettuce from California brings 3 to 3.25 a crate, tomatoes 3 to 3.25 a lug, sweet potatoes steady at 40 cents a pound, and eggs around 60 cents a dozen. Butter demand remains good with steady to firm prices as production tightens.
Wheat prices rose on the Chicago board while corn and oats weakened. December wheat opened up 1 1 2 at 1.11 1 2 and closed higher. May futures climbed to 1 14 4. Cash No 2 hard wheat around 1 1 6. Livestock receipts and prices edged up with cattle and hogs showing gains and lambs bidding higher in the market.
Cattle receipts total 1 000 with mixed grades from choice to common. Steers and cows show prices around $6.60 to $11.26 for prime and medium. Lambs steady with tops near $7.15 to $8.85. stockers and feeders around $4.25 to $5.75. Foreign exchange rates and grain notes accompany the livestock data.
Two Japanese sailors evaded immediate deportation after Judge Jeremiah Neterer ordered T. W. Lynch to appear in federal court Monday to justify writs of habeas corpus. Nishikawa Mamoru, who arrived in 1918 as a sailor and escaped from Providence hospital, and Iwamatus Matsuro, who landed in 1917 without a passport, claim the right to stay under immigration law due to lapse of time and continued residence.
M. Alexander Schwartz, a former Soviet legislator, will speak at the YMCA at 8 on Sunday night, delivering remarks to students and community members.
Fr W Relyea director of the Southern Pacific district of the Shipping Board, with W M Minor traffic manager, will travel from San Francisco to Seattle Monday to confer with R M Semmes director of the Puget Sound district. The report lists several grades for livestock including prime steers and calves, prime lambs, yearlings and wethers.
Bradstreet's food index shows prices 25 percent lower than a year ago. Revival of business is slow but a gradual upward trend in trade is noticeable. Retail trade is temporarily stimulated by holiday buying. Conditions are better in the West than in the East and South where drops in cotton and grain prices have dampened spirits.
Six bootleg suspects were charged in federal cases following police dry squad raids on liquor traffic. Named figures include J F McKinnon 28 J M Symons 85 J D Carrigan 1D ec and others with addresses in Sixth Ave Washington St First Ave and University St all released on $500 bail.
Police Constable William Lattimore married to a sergeant of police at St Michael's church. The sergeant was Edith Grant of the women's police.
London report notes expectation of a near term announcement for a reunion of Wesleyan Primitive and United Methodist churches into one body. The item appears in a brief notice alongside an advertisement for a full course dinner at Roldt's priced 76 cents served 5 to 8 p m.
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