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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1922
Page
5
Market notes show price points for fruits and dairy with mixed quotes. Milk and cheese markets list wholesale values while beef cattle and hogs are priced by weight with range figures for various grades.
Market totals show receipts of 53,000 with mixed demand across cattle hogs and lambs. Prices include heavy weight hogs at 9.70, packing sows 44.75, cows 3.46 to 4.45, veal calves 8.50 to 11.69, stocker steers and cows at 4.66 to 8.10, lambs 14.60 to 18.60, wethers 9.26 to 12.75, and ewes 3.40 to 6.12, reflecting a generally weak to steady trend with some firmness in select grades.
A self styled mystic pastor known as Rev Charles Newman faces grave charges after a client, Mrs Lelia Hildreth, 16, says she was subjected to indignities in his sanctum. Authorities flag a cryptic register linking many women to his alleged love cult. The accused denies guilt blaming professional jealousy of other mediums and claims to have prospered in cities like New York Chicago and Lincoln Neb. Newman asserts women seek secrets to love and that his method out guesses clients while evading direct questions.
Stocks opened higher after the federal reserve reported a $700 million week over week gain in bank debits signaling continued business strength. Industrials led with gains in Studebaker Baldwin Mexican Petroleum and others while rail shares like Norfolk and Western and Union Pacific advanced. Trading was brisk with rails at the top of the list and overall market sentiment improving.
Chicago futures drifted up as rye led gains on a 900 bushel sale to Germany. December wheat opened lower and finished higher, corn and oats rose modestly with mixed early notes. Overall, prices closed fractionally higher in light trading.
Chicago October 24 cash wheat quotes show No 2 red at 1.17 to 1.17 percent, No red at 1.16 and No 2 hard at 1.15 to 1.18 percent.
Ship news lists tides in Seattle with low and high times and measurements. It details arrivals and departures for October including vessels Makata Mara Alexander La Prussima Everett President McKinley Califorian Prince George Maratian and more, plus numerous ships in port at Smith Cove and Great Northern Terminal with moorings and terminal names.
Monday quotes show varying prices for produce and dairy items with limited detail. Foreign exchange figures from New York indicate minor shifts with specific notes on bid and ask ranges and a reference to the new year.
A detailed snapshot of stalls at Pike Flack Market showing diverse items with prices. Listings cover staples like sugar, flour, soap, cereal, canned goods, meats, dairy, and produce across stalls 2, 4, 17, 26, 36, 169, 2021, 104, 159, and 168-110. Includes brands such as Campbell's, Shredded Wheat, Carnation, and Weetlake, with prices per unit and bulk quantities.
London reports mix of opinions from cultural figures. Mrs Clare Sheridan, sculptor, would choose an American husband if she remarries. Pianist Miss Marie Novello pronounces Irishmen as the best lovers while novelist Miss Fny Tennyson Jesse says Englishmen are best.
In Whitburn Wales on October 2 a hoard of two hundred silver coins dating from 1529 to 1437 was unearthed in a barnyard. The treasure is valued at about $10,000.
Thieves who broke into the mansion of the Marchionees of Males sye at Lailly stole a pearl necklace valued at 50,000 dollars but left another necklace worth 200,000 dollars untouched in the same box.
A fragmented historical newspaper snippet lists names and ages in a vital statistics section and mixes in multiple classified ads. It includes ages 46 to 98 for various individuals and a string of real estate and business notices, with references to coffee pricing and an acreage sale near Seattle.
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