Boston Hit Rock in Fog Off Peapod Rocks
The U S cruiser Boston foundered in a fog on Peapod rocks in Rosario Strait twenty two miles from Bellingham. Seven compartments flooded. extent of damage unknown. The Paul Jones and other ships aided but could not keep her afloat. The flagship, 4000 ton Boston, with 300 men, was beached or sunk status uncertain.
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Peapod Rock
Bellingham
United States
Boston
Peapod Islands
Straits of Rosario
Paul Jones
Gulf of Georgia
Jones
Coffman
Princeton
Bremerton
Blaine
Pacific Squadron
New York Looms with Fifteen New Skyscrapers
In Manhattan south of Fulton street and mainly in the financial district, fifteen skyscrapers are rising at a total cost of 40 million dollars. They will offer about 2.5 billion square feet of rentable space, average twenty three stories, and boost downtown employment by 75 000 to 80 000. The Singer building will showcase a forty story tower, and Hudson company plans a two block tunnel terminal under a 10 million dollar twin office block, with a daily bustle rivaling a town.
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New York
Fulton Street
Financial District
Singer
Metropolitan Life
Dr. Parkhurst
Deputy Insurance Chief Schively Resigns for Spokane Post
J. H. Schively, longtime deputy insurance commissioner and head of the department, resigns to become president and general manager of the Pacific Livestock Association in Spokane. He will relocate there after Nichols names a replacement.
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Olympia
J. H. Schively
Sam H. Nichols
Schively
Nichols
Pacific Livestock Association of
Spokane
New York Life Proxies Questioned Under Insurance Law
The International Policy Holders Committee has complained to State Superintendent Kelsey that New York Life Insurance Co is collecting proxies with blank date lines, alleging violation of a recently enacted insurance statute.
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New York
International Policy Holders Committee
Kelsey
New York Life Insurance Company
Spinster and Old Maid Peril in Massachusetts Census
The article notes rising numbers of spinsters and bachelors in Massachusetts, with a 5.31 percent population growth drop since the last federal census. It cites census inquiries into birth rates among married women, rising life costs, and dietary causes, as youths hesitate toward marriage. New Haven Register is cited.
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Bay State
Massachusetts
Census Bureau
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Made to order Gary city rises as steel giant's project
United States Steel Corporation plans a new city near Gary Indiana with prep work underway. Tent camps dot the site as streets and utilities are laid out. The city will lack saloons by edict and aims for a large harbor and rail access linking Chicago to the Little Calumet.
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Indiana
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Clarke Junction
Lake Michigan
Grand Calumet River
Little Calumet
Trunk Line
Chicago
Calumet
Lake
Daughter Mary’s Musical Talent Mentioned in Gossip
Mrs Naybor praises her daughter Mary’s piano skills while Mrs Newcomer, noting only that she has heard the piano, remarks with restraint. The brief exchange hints at family background and social chatter in Philadelphia society.
Grandpa warns boy away from the parlor in tale of deception
An old man cautions a boy about Mr. Plimby in the parlor, claiming the adult is a fraud who lures with gifts. He warns the boy to stay out, sharing a grim lesson on trust and danger while offering a future chance to enter in three weeks.
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Mr. Plimby
Johnny
Sonny
Plimby
Lin
Chicago Daily News
Skippers Wooing and The Houqua's Love Match
The clipper Houqua captain shares his swift courtship tale from meeting Miss D in South Danvers to eloping. After a rapid bicycle of events including a piano recital, philopena, and a six to seven day courtship, he marries and returns to sea, finding his mother awaiting with concern.
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Charley
South Danvers
Philopena
Neighbors share woes over unfinished rooms and fires
Mrs Higgins reveals her carpenter husband leaves upstairs rooms unfinished and a leaky roof. Mrs Clingham admits her fireman husband now has her up early to make the fire, comparing their shared misfortunes as they chat by the fence.
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Henry
Mrs. Clingham
Dr M Smits Physician and Surgeon Office Hours
Dr M Smits, physician and surgeon, advertises office in Crowther Wooding block at G and Heron streets. Office hours are 10:30 to 11:30 a m, 1:30 to 4:30 and 7:00 to 8:00 p m. Phone number 135.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Misery prompts charitable clover gift exchange
A fragment shows Mrs Newrich walking in the country and offering a four seat clover to her husband who urges leaving it for the poor. The exchange reflects a humorous or social ironies from the Fliegende Blatter quotation.
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Gotham
Park Row
Ile
Brooklyn
Charles
Paavl Smits, M. D
DR. Watkins
McNiven
ELK Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Wash
Kaufman Block
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. F Street
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Cor. H. and Hume
A. Ingebrightsen
Sporting Goods
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Ocosta
Moclips
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Pau
Duluth
Fort William
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
P. S. Locke
John Halstead
Pacific Ave
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Prop
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Westport, Wash
Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
Poe
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