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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
7
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Local brief notes a mix of rural sports events and community happenings with teams and players listed in terse summaries. Names and dates are sparse, but the item captures ongoing competition and local athletic interest.
A Seattle committee met with City Health H M Read to discuss ways to curb growing dope sales. Read warned the drug distribution is a grave threat and urged stronger legal action. Police and health officials cited open narcotics dealing and the need for public pressure to reduce use.
Tribune report from TRG on September 29 frames the Pittsburg steel strike as a pivotal conflict. W Z Foster, head of the strike committee, claims victory as workers return and plants resume, while authorities dispute details amid nationwide labor tension. Foster paid a fine in Duquesne for an unpermitted speech.
Ocean bulletin lists arrivals and departures at Seattle Tacoma and Vancouver ports with dates September 1 2 3 4 including Yosemite Argyll Africa Mary and other steamers. Movements include sailings from Seattle to San Francisco route and Pacific coast ports with steamship and tug tow details.
Federal grand jury action calms potato dealers as ten stockholders cleared of hoarding charges. Yakima spud shipments keep demand met while sweet potatoes stay strong due to California shortages. New deliveries from California fruits expected by Wednesday will influence the market.
Prices shown for peppers, radish, lettuce, tomatoes, apples, bananas, cranberries, melons, nuts, hides, wool, and hay. Wholesale to consumers includes per crate and per ton rates with firm figures across fruits, vegetables, nuts, meat byproducts, grain, and fodder.
Fresh eggs retailing at 80 to 85 cents per dozen with wholesale prices around 64 to 58 cents per dozen. Dealers note increased movement in storage eggs before public shifts to second grade stock as prices rise to prohibitive levels.
The four masted barkentine D Poster, under Capt Rolach, purportedly wrecked on a hidden reef near Nukulofa while delivering copra from Nukulofa to port. The Bendixsen arrived at SAN FRANCISCO with word of the loss and four months after its departure, the search for the missing ship and crew, led by Capt Lockie, continues with no trace found.
Chicago trading dampened by reports of industrial unrest and strong corn yields boosting supply. Prices opened lower in September and December contracts, with small recoveries and later declines across nearby futures. May and other months showed minor fluctuations as traders weighed supply against demand.
Denver market report shows cattle receipts 1 400 head, market steady with steer and heifer prices around 12.60 to 14.60, cows and heifers averaging 7.65, stockers and feeders near 11 to 14. Lamb receipts 18 500 head with lamb prices about 12.50 to 14.50, mutton around 6.50 to 5.50, feeders to 16.25.
In San Francisco on September 29 striking riggers and stevedores secured a major win as 1,200 union teamsters voted to boycott all unfair docks. The vote rejected a sympathetic strike while the Waterfront Employers' union announced about 1,300 workers on the waterfront and an improving situation.
Cattle receipts 1,200 head market steady Good to choice steers 9.40 10 fair to good 7.50 5.50 common to fair 4 7 good to choice cows and heifers 7 7 75 medium to good 4 7 can bore 20460 bulls 5 7 calves 80 Me Moge Necelpte 1,100 head market steady Prime mined 17.50 18.50 medium mined 17 17.50 rough heavy 15.75 17.0 bulk of salon 26 17.50 Sheep receipts 2,100 head market steady Prime lambs 11 12 fair to medium 10 11 yearlings 8 9 weth ere 7 60 42 68e per doz Hene 20 tiec per ib brotiers 25 26e per ib Goose Lie per ib Cheese 22 240 per ib
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil now exports about 75,000 tons of beef annually, with packing plants under construction to lift output. U S experts are being invited to assist South American development of the industry, and hog raising is also planned.
Contracts for 350 cases of eggs to Alaska with delivery by October 6 were awarded to Portland firms. Swift & Company received 200 cases at 68 cents a dozen, Savinar Company 50 cases at 71 cents and 50 at 72 cents, Frye & Company 50 cases at 73 cents. Christ Hanson repelled a daytime robbery near Universality Ave and Ninth Ave. the assailant fled after a truck pursuit.
The super-dreadnought Idaho left Seattle on Sunday afternoon for a four hour speed test and full power engine run. An inspection party led by Capt. T. M. Potts will oversee testing from batteries to guns as the ship heads to San Diego.
The obituary notes Rev. F. T. Withered died at Hurley aged 80. He was famed for daily Thames bathing year round and for never missing a Christmas Day dip for over three decades.
Market list shows Stalls 6 7 offering lamb stew 10 cents per pound and pot roast Ibe TM with boiling beef 12 percent M. Stall 135 Me cooking apples 25 cents Concord grapes 450 baskets. Stall 104 Tea Garden apple butter orange marmalade 25 cents strawberry jam 4 cents. Stalls 16 17 large can pork and beans 300 string beans 16 cents can 2 packages White shortening 65 cents 2 pk Kellogg's corn flakes. Stall 192 head rice rolled oats price 300.
Stall 79 offers pure fresh milk at 12¢ per quart. Stall 66 sells Carnation tall can at 18% ec. Stall 1803 features Montana hard wheat flour 49 TM with price 8.19. Citrus Powder 25¢. Schuling’s coffee 1 can 490. Bulk elder vinegar 290 gal. Laundry soap 6 bars 260. White beans 14¢. Sardines 1 lf¢. Shopping bags sold per item. Schilling’s baking soda listed bc.
Economy stalls list various grocery items with prices from 28 cents to $2.45. Items include Royal baking powder 28c, Instant Postum 80, Karo syrup 900, M J B coffee 2.45, Golden Are noodles 26e, pure ground chocolate 290, large can milk 14, Yakima honey bulk 2%c pt 650, Gem Nut margarine 2Mbca, Dr Price baking powder 45c, and other bulk and price details.
Sanitary stalls offer home baked pork and beans at 20 cents and ham loaf at 35 cents per pound. Campbell’s pork and beans two cans for 25 cents, Crisco 38 cents, Wesson oil 1.10 to 2.15, Quaker Oats 32 cents, farina 5 cents, ginger snaps 1 cent, pure cocoa 38 cents per unit, bulk chocolate 28 cents per pound.
Readable prices show bulk coffee at 45c and 38c per unit, eggs at 480 dozen, full cream cheese and fancy brick cheese priced around 33c to 58c per unit, butter and milk also listed. Detected items include Co-Operative milk cans and Folger’s coffee nearby.
Deputy sheriffs raided Black Diamond homes of Louie Marino Paul Savage John Maks Big John Laccasi Casper Brath and others seizing over 7000 quarts of wine beer and mash. Laccasi identified as principal offender faces a third bootlegging charge after prior convictions as raids promise to continue this week.
The Fisher Flouring Mill Co. sues Seattle Macaroni Manufacturing Co. for 6061.50 in superior court. Macaroni retorts with 15000 damages. Mill says it sold flour to the macaroni factory but was not paid in full. The reply claims the flour contained rodents and eggs and was unfit for human consumption.
A heated dispute erupts as a woman loses speech with rage prompting the man at the center of the controversy to retreat toward tall timber. The incident signals escalating tensions and a call for cooling off amid public scrutiny.
The speaker questions reliance on mere opinion and suggests obtaining a title insurance policy at the seller’s expense as a safeguard against title disputes. The remark casts doubt on passive assurances and promotes formal coverage to secure ownership.
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