Many Luther to Celebrate Christmastide in Petersburg
Christmas activities fill Petersburg with events across Lutheran and Norwegian communities. The Lutheran Church Sunday School presented a well trained program and a Christmas tree with gifts from Santa Claus. Schools close for a ten day holiday with classes resuming January 8, 1927.
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Petersburg
Lutheran Church
Santacg
Sons of Norway
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Jack Pinkerton Sought in Alaska Steamship Deal
A deal connected to Jack Pinkerton was sought as it circulated around Seattle offices of the Alaska Steamship Co. The report ties Pinkerton to the ongoing negotiations involving the Gigeons.
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Seattle
The
Alaska Steamship Co
Fox pelts shipped south from Petersburg in February
More than 600 pelts valued at about 50 000 were sent aboard the Admiral Evans to markets in New York London and Norway by midweek. Buyers found the pelts high grade and likely to bring top prices. Nearly a thousand pelts have left Petersburg this season with 100 pair sent outside switch fox raisers stockpiling for larger orders.
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Petersburg
Admiral Evans
New York
London
Norway
Aring
Evans taking valuable cargo out from here
The naval vessel Evans visited Petersburg briefly and loaded a valuable cargo of fox pelts worth about $50,000 before heading to Seattle. Local residents and visitors including Grover Cleary and Captain James Truitti were noted in port activities and surveys of regional projects.
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Evans
Grover Cleary
Cleary Brothers Fox Company
James Truitti
Danel Ross
Narrows
Petersburg Uestlve
Nga
Thomas
Ketchikan
Petersburg
Admiral Evans
Seattle
H. L. Farrow
Gm Farrow
John ‘Faow
Henry Farrow
Osorth Matisen
Claude, Roundtre
A. Aeonga
Shis Bathe
Chrineaut Romplett
Rlving
Johans P Rignard Bile
Christmas Revelations at Petersburg Public Schools
A Petersburg public school Christmas program featured a 24 pupil cast in the play Christmas Revelations with Miss Agnes Vick and Carollyn. The performance showcased multiple specialty numbers with Beatrice Fryer Ruth Larson and others. dances like The Grasshopper Dance and The Browne Dance drew hearty applause, followed by The Christmas Dance ballet.
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Chrisim
Progr
Aapoak
Agnés
Vick
Etdice Dickens
Carollyn
Medi
Petersburg
Lilian Hadland
Jertie
Harriet Johnson
Margaret, Anderson
Margaret Treten
Charlotte Clausen
Alma
Gribble
Patsy Fryer
Daisy Oja
Lillian Morrow
Frances Fryer
Pacard
Ruby Rayner
Myrtle Dunkleberger
Alice Haugen
Alice Norberg
Anna Mathisen
Mildred Cornstad
Heuthttat
Dahil
Herbert Myjorud
Mildred d -Johansen
Oscar
Sandwith
Forthyur Tveten
Laurence Knutson
Enge
Carl Ness
Mat Faigner
Richard Harris
Ieneinstad
Arnold Enge
Anita Stoll
Thelima Martens
Nellie Pillberg
Sylvia Baker
Lillian Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Bélla Wasvick
Christmas Origins and Joyful Families Gather
A reflective piece on Christmas customs and global celebrations. The text traces the name origin from Christ Mass and highlights the story of Jesus birth. It mentions gifts of the Magi, evangelization, and the ideal of happiness through work and good deeds.
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Aniniversar
Hess
Christoft
Nazareth
Did
Santa Claus
Vek Lall
Christ
Griffthor
Jenins
Christ of Nazareth
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Calvary
Seattle power plant buckets face wear study yields simple fix
The City of Petersburg and others pursued why power wheel buckets pitted and eroded after installation. An aluminum alloy bucket design improved wear but did not fully prevent deterioration. City officials reviewed efforts to eliminate the trouble as they maintained uninterrupted service.
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City Electrician
Petersburg
Seattle
Ity
Oben Wa
MacKechnie
Force
Prohibition Official Restored After Embezzlement Trial
The article notes Colonel Ned M. Green, acquitted in San Francisco of embezzling confiscated liquor, was ordered reinstated as Prohibition Administrator there. In a separate item, the Treasury Department reports the Government Debt fell from one billion to one hundred million dollars in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ned M. Green
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Tie Tau C
Jacobsen Samuelson Wed In Sunset Island Farm Tie
Cornelius Jacobsen and Anna Samuelson were married Sunday night by United States Commissioner Carroll Clausen. The couple, well known locally, are part-owners of Sunset Island Fox Farm. Judge Lausen indicated December rather than June is the proper bridal month. Witnesses included Mr and Mrs Chris Samuelson.
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Cornelius Jacobsen
Anna Samuelson
United States
Carroll Clausen
Chris Samuelson
Lausen
dJacobsen
Jacobsen
Sunset Island Fox Farm
Nine Seattle Cops Arrested on Prohibition Charges
December 28 nine Seattle police officers including Lt George A Comstock and Sergeants L L Norton and W J Strecker were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for conspiring to violate Prohibition laws. Across this district the grand jury handed down 140 indictments, largely for Prohibition violations. Snohomish County officials also faced charges, with Prosecuting Attorney C F Roscoe and Everett Public Safety Commissioner Thomas E Brinkham indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
George A. Comstock
L. L. Norton
W. J
Strecker
Snohomish County
C. F. Roscoe
Thomas E. Brinkham
Public Safety
Everett
Watson Arrives Here Saturday
Seattle dispatch notes the steamer Admiral Evans leaving port at 10 o clock toward Kodiak with 41 passengers. Among them for Petersburg were William Grigsby, Mr and Mrs John Good, Mr and Mrs S Kaine, and M K Hangland.
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Seattlf
Admiral Evans
Kodiak
Watson
Petersburg
William Grigsby
John Good
S. Kaine
M. K. Hangland
Postmaster Announces First Class Mail Arriving on Admiral Watson
Postmaster Jacob Otness says first class letter mail will arrive on the Admiral Watson and be distributed tomorrow. Large Christmas packages not fitting in the mailbox will be held for pickup Monday at noon.
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Jacob Otness
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le Halt
Jack Pinkerton
J. Lersten
Tuegoday
F. E. Wilder
Arliss
Helen
Robert Allen
Wilders
Olymp‘a
Washington
Worth
Sincayet
Wash —Frank Ss
Vas
Tieutenan
Urikel
Dna
Albert
J. Cloe
Congress
Islands
Phillipine Islands
Carmie A. Thompson
Coolidge
Thompson
Phillipines
Jna Samuels
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