Soldier of Fortune Walter Murphy's Klondike Quest Told
Walter Marshall Murphy, a Sagadahock Light and Power employee, recalls his adventurous life. Born 1873 in South Norridgewock Maine, he trained as a civil engineer, shifted to surveying, then joined a Klondike gold quest via Alaska and Lesser Slave Lake. He and a companion endured harsh trails, ice, and hunger, aided by locals, and met notable figures in the Helpman expedition.
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Walter Marshall Murphy
Sagadahock Light and Power Company
Mr. Murphy
South Norridgewock
Maine
University of Maine
Norridgewock
Murphy
Dead River
Farmington
Augusta
Sandy River
Marrow Range
Carabasset
Biglow
Klondike
Boston
Alaska
Mildred E
Horn
Pacific
New Bedford
Canadian Pacific Railway
Skagway
Providence
R. I
Gold Country
Edmonton
Athabascan River
Hudson Bay
Lesser Slave Lake
O’brien
Australia
Lord Avermore
University of Michigan
Nillis
Fast New Cabin Cruiser Heads For Bath Marine Yard
Bath Marine Construction Co. lines a 40 foot fast cabin cruiser with 5 foot 6 inch beam and engine options of 35 hp or 40 hp. The craft features bridge controls, a crank start, flush deck, sunken cockpit, wide foot rail, galley and sleeping compartments, and innovative steering via a long post with bevel gears and sprockets. Gasoline sits midships in a center tank to preserve trim. Nearby, a 25 foot trunk cabin cruiser for Bangor is under construction, a 18 foot hunting boat nears completion, and a 21 foot open speed launch for Massachusetts Bay attracts attention.
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Bath Marine Construction Co
Cape Cod
Cape Shore
Massachusetts Bay
Famous Richmond Painter Miss Hall Returns from Italy
Miss Mary Hall daughter of Judge William T. Hall of Richmond returns to Boston after successful sojourn in Florence Italy. She gained fame as a miniature portrait painter painting Countess Vinci and other Florentine nobility, studied in Boston New York and abroad, and is predicted a brilliant future.
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Florence
Italy
Mary Hall
William T. Hall
Richmond
Boston
Evears
Frank W. Colcord
Edson Street
Dorchester
Hall
Countess Vinci
Richmond High School
Hub
Eric Pape
New York
England
France
Switzerland
Signor Calistri
Heifer on Lines' Island Provokes City Indignation
North end residents denounce the owner for leaving a young heifer on Lines' Island over winter. The animal has become wild and elusive, browses like a deer, and endures cold storms. If authorities do not intervene, locals threaten a hunting party to end the animal's suffering.
Chester Shows Great Speed Amid Naval Test Runs
The new scout cruiser Chester posted 26.21 knots on Owl's Head course, surpassing the 24 knot contract speed in 17 runs during standardization. After 24 hours at 12 knots and upcoming trials at 24 and 22.5 knots, coal efficiency will determine endurance. City Mayor Hughes congratulated Bath Iron Works president Hyde on the vessel's strong showing.
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THE
Crocker-Shaw Co
Bath
F. P. Sprague
Front Street
Bath, Me
Room
Daylight and Electric Light Studio
F. Holmes
Centre Street
John M Clark
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Sagadahoe Co
Chas. C. Larrabee
Fulton’s
Lewis M Fulton
Main Street
Bowdoinham, Me
William HH. Small
Charies Lederer
Washington Treet
Charles A. Harriman
Rhode Island
Strathcona Horse
Bath Marine Construction Company
Bangor
Count Vinci
Florentians
Lines’ Island
Chester
Rockland
Edly
Portland
Salem
Birm
Ingham
Curtis
George E. Hughes
John S
Hyde
Bath Iron Works
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