Giant collier Prometheus launched at Mare Island yard
The Prometheus, first large steel ship built in a U.S. government yard on the Pacific, slid from Mare Island slips amid ceremony. Naval officials and California leaders hailed the milestone as Vallejo and San Francisco observers watched, marking a start for Pacific coast shipbuilding.
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Morning Journal Special
Maré Island Navy Yard
Cal
Dec
Government Navy Yard
Mare Island Channel
Collie Miers
Holden A. Evanns
Prometheus
Evans
Vallejo
Navy Yard
America
T.S. Phelps, Jr
Pacific Coast
California Promotion Committee
J. N. Gillett
California
Navy Yarde
J. O Warren
San Francisco
Mare Teomd Navy Yard
Walter McArthur
Barge Sinks in Storm with Seven Seamen Lost
A coal tar laden barge No 101 owned by Barrett Manufacturing of Weston sank off the southern coast after a storm while in tow of the tug John Hughes from Halifax to Boston. Seven men perished. the barge, iron, twenty years old, built at Duluth, disappeared with the crew after a heavy strain at 10 40 Thursday morning.
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Nove Srotha Leet
Tlwrne No 101
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Weston
John Hughes
Boston
Halifar
Evans
Tue
Rheiburne
Duluth
Minn
Worship Services Across City Churches
Local church notices list sermons and schedules: St Pauls Ev Lutheran at Sixth and Sliver hosts a morning service on Sunday 11 o'clock with subject God the Only Cause and Creator, Sunday school at 9:45, and a reading room open Mon Wed Fri 2 to 4. First Methodist reports morning 11 service with pastor Rev John Shaw and evening 7:30, youth meetings, and a chorus. St Johns Episcopal presents Holy Communion at 7 am and 11 am with evening prayers and musical offerings. Congregational, Presbyterian, and Catholic congregations follow with services and special programs including anniversaries, choir pieces, and catechetical activities.
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Pirst Methodist Percopal
Rollins
Porterfield
Eywerth League
Frank
Tvier
Marine
Adam Sscolo
Piar Nat
Charael
Buck Mise Elweoad
Kiening
Pris Patines
Sehnling
Acco Bullivan
Lola Neher
Young People’s Society
Oleomargarine Seizures Hit Denver Label Fraud Case
Deputies of the internal revenue service raid Denver in what is described as the largest seizure against imitation butter. About 30,000 pounds seized from Star Creamery led by president J. B. Button, with more than 2,000 pounds recovered in other locales. Total oleomargarine mislabeled as butter in the city estimated at over 160,000 pounds as authorities push to locate it.
Pueblo and Work of Art by M Porter Elevates Pueblo Photography
M E Porter, notable city artist, studied New Mexico villages to capture authentic atmosphere in Pueblo portraits. He visited key sites repeatedly, enlarging bromide prints to produce images free of ordinary photo effects. Porter prepares for holiday sales, offering unique ethnohistorical value and artistically compelling Pueblo studies.
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New Mexico
Porter
Southern Pacific Loses Chief Engineer A M McFarland
A M McFarland resigns as Southern Pacific chief fleet engineer after sixteen years in the southwest. He cites private interests in the Bellingham area and plans to devote time to them, noting his work on Arizona New Mexico and Mexico lines and projects reaching Mexico City. Also mentions infant croup and Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertisement.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Mexico
KB. HH. Harrowan
Mexico City
University notes on term dates and campus events
The text lists upcoming semester end dates December 18 and January 4 1909 and a two week vacation. It mentions a Friday gate football game in Las Vegas and a Tuesday night men’s social at the Myss opal church. It notes faculty meetings music and entertainment at the opera house and visits by architect BE W Roberts with praise for campus architecture.
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Itis
Tight
Hodgin
Asplund
Crum
Myssopal
University
BE. W. Roberts
Albuquerque
George W. Vincent
Chicago University
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Chistes
Woop. Bryson
Schooel
Christian Women’s Board of Mission
Christian Endeavor
Attorney Wilson
Tor
Rose
John A. Shaw
Timand
J. A. Hammond
South Ame
CC. A. Clark
Warlick
G. FB. Roddy
Collins
Olney
Joan
Fourth and
Silver Ave
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Aurelia
Kyrie Sean
Pees
Gloria
Jane
Collinwound
Cee Stuttgard
Accepa
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Agnes del Benedictus
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Southern Pacific
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J. H. O' Rielly & Co
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Biological and Climato
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