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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1922
Page
5
Local fruit trade shows strong demand with pears pomegranates and apples selling well. Jonathan and Delicious apples firm at 2.25 to 2.60 per dozen, with extra fancy stock short. Sweet potatoes and other produce arrive easing shortages, while prices for crates and baskets vary with supply. Meats and vegetables appear less active, with overall market movement mixed.
The market opened buoyant with major equipment and railroad shares up. Investors piled into Mexican Petroleum and Studebaker as the Dow-like indexes showed gains and trading volume suggested strong oversubscription for treasury offerings amid a lively, volatile first hour.
Market generally steady with cattle and hogs mixed. Quotes show top hogs 8 16.10, crane sections around 6.76 per cwt for heavy weights, sows and packers varied. Sheep receipts 21.66 percent, market steady with ewes and lambs noted in regions. Coffee and sugar markets cited with New York prices and general price declines noted.
Chicago prices moved unevenly with a general close near yesterday as Liverpool and Gulf demand sparked gains. December wheat opened steady at 1.07 and closed up fractions, corn and oats finished higher while soybeans held steady amid market fluctuations.
An OCR damaged excerpt shows Wheat quotations and price figures on a Tuesday session. The text lists months like July and May with rates and percentages, but many characters are garbled. The fragment references standard exchange notations and trading terms without clear narrative.
The Denver live stock market shows receipts of cattle and calves with feeder entries and bids, while San Francisco produce notes reflect poultry and dairy items. Chicago cash wheat quotes list bid prices for 2 red 1.15, 8 red 1.18, and 3 hard 1.09 with further regional variations.
The China telephone exchange in San Francisco, housed in a Chinese‑styled building and staffed by Chinese operators, handles between seven and eight thousand calls daily and customers call by name rather than number. Youth's Companion reports the unique setup and practice in this service.
Reports list multiple pedestrians struck or bruised after collisions Monday and Saturday across War rem avenue and Warre avenue plus Third avenue and Union street. Individuals named include Eugene Geer 6 Clarence Royer 434 Queen Anne avenue and J A Kal berg 2455 W Nevada Street with injuries described as bruises or minor. Police logs note one fatal run over at 6315 26th Ave N W by J A Kal berg and other unknown casualties.
Representative Siegel of New York argues in house committees on immigration and naturalization that a wife can gain citizenship as the wife of a citizen, but children cannot. a child is not a citizen until landing and admission.
Fragmented classified items mention pile treatment with guaranteed returns, several addresses and phone-like references, plus misc job ads for plane tuners drapery work and factory opportunities. The jumble lists products, services, and vacancies with scattered contact details across multiple locations.
A list of births in multiple households with names and addresses followed by a segment of deaths. Notable entries include James B. and Gale G. families, Dexter A Armstrong, Bernard Minardi, and Robert Harris among others, with locations in Seattle and surrounding areas.
The city’s public utilities report shows seven months under D W Henderson with accident costs totaling 0.6 percent of gross revenues, a record better than 1921 and far below 1918 figures when Puget Flound Traction operated the lines.
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