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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
5
Seattle retail druggists protest Mayor Fitzgerald and papers over calling opium users drug addicts. They insist narcotic addict is correct, arguing drug user harms the profession and mislabels what they sell as a healing drug business.
Lake Forest store loses ten auto tires twenty inner tubes and several cans of coffee and ham and bacon. Home thefts include a blanket canned fruit clothing and a Cole revolver with a watch. Cash losses total 23 dollars plus suspected soldier in artillery hat medal contact.
A building strike reported Saturday morning by master builders and Building Trades council shows both sides claiming advantage and no early settlement expected. The strike began Tuesday morning with carpenters plasterers lathers cement mixers and building laborers out. The Master Builders Association refused the demands for from 7 to 10 dollars a day.
R A Cronin reports roosters near 121 East 54th Street crow at 4 a m daily. He seeks police patrols on the beat to quiet the birds and end his sleep loss.
Antone Christopherson a guard at the city farm near Kent was suspended five days without pay for carelessness that let prisoners Barney Showman and H Thompson escape. Suspension took effect Saturday.
The Anti Japanese league considers amending the constitution to bar children of all noncitizens from U.S. citizenship. Sacramento Bee publisher W. B. McClatchy backs the move with a campaign plan. League canvassing begins Monday from headquarters at 1012 Green Building.
At a joint meeting of the city finance and public utilities committees, preliminary work for the Skagit river power project was ordered. An appropriation of 432,900 was approved to begin early construction and prepare plans for the Gorge creek development.
Lucy Stebbina dean of women at the University of California asks the student government committee to investigate a senior class shimmie contest. Every woman on the moral inquiry panel reportedly participated in the event, placing the committee in an awkward spot.
The Tenerife peak emits a shadow stretching across the sea for about 50 miles, a striking visual reported from the Canary Islands.
The market shows a glut of cantaloupes from California with cars on sale and prices easing. Watermelons also cheaper as the season nears end, peaches steady, and tomatoes firmer. Malaga grapes, prunes from Yakima, and various vegetables and fruits fetch mixed wholesale prices amid a broad market listing.
Local fresh ranch eggs rose to 65 cents a dozen amid an absolute stock shortage at local houses. The hog market softened with prime hogs 60 cents lower as Chicago trends and local receipts curbed demand. 97 cattle were received Friday at the stockyard.
New York coffee and sugar quotations list prices for coffee No 7 Tite at 18 cents per pound and Neo Bantos at 24 4 cents per pound while centrifugal sugar sells at 7.248 per pound or the same per pound rate.
A fragmented market list shows stalls offering fruit, canned milk and dairy products, peaches, cantaloupes, pears, crate and basket prices, and named brands such as Carnation Forten Palm Olive and Van Camp's spaghetti. Contains multiple stall numbers and assorted grocery items with prices and weights.
A damaged OCR grocery list shows items and prices such as shortening Rob White soap margarine peanut butter Mason jar rubbers Laurel milk head rice and various canned fruits and meats with prices around $1.60 to $2.85. The fragment mentions peaches pears oats veal stew lamb stew and sherry steak among others. The source reads as a mid century market catalog.
Readable fragments list stall numbers with dairy and produce items. Mentions free New York premier cheese, fresh churned milk, new potatoes, Elberta peaches, old potatoes, and various per unit prices, reflecting a local market listing.
The advertisement lists Brattle prices for goods including baking powder 19 cents, Lenox soap 2 cents, Hob White soap 2 cents, Golden Weeat cereal 47 cents, Instant Postum 3% cents, Federal milk 2 cents, corn flakes 6 cents, and a good broom for 69 cents. It also notes a fine broom at 9 cents and a Mr T eat fee of $2.25.
Readable lines show prices for butter cream cheese milk and coffee. Mention of wholesale items includes Our special coffee and Libbys milk with prices around 27 to 125 cents and a 16 to 27 percent honey offer.
A garbled OCR list shows multiple stalls and items such as salmon, clams, milk, coffee, Crisco, citrus powder, and various prices. The readable fragments mention stall numbers 111 and 21 22, and items like boneless meat and fresh produce. No coherent narrative or outcome is present.
Small boys damaged a house at 1015 West Lee by throwing dirt through 15 windows. Police were alerted Saturday by a neighbor and officers were dispatched to round up the youths responsible.
Attorneys for sailors claim Captain John Allen and the Went Munham refused to pay crew in Seattle after a voyage to the Orient. They say food harmed sailors leading to quitting, a death in Manila blamed on poor meals, and four sailors balked at Shanghai. Chief engineer allegedly struck crew members at sea. The West Manham sailed from Portland May 3 under Pacific Steamship Company.
New York stocks opened irregularly with mixed early moves. United States Steel at 104 and Mexican Petroleum at 196 led with gains while others like Crucible and Marine posted modest changes. The market awaited the president's reply to Congress and closed strong after the first hour of trading.
Frisco market notes list prices for poultry and dairy products. Entries include firsts and extra pullets priced per dozen, various weights per hundredweight, and dairy items such as California fate and cheese with specified quality grades. The report shows unit prices in cents and dollars, reflecting market conditions.
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