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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
8
On October 21 1896 the crew sails southeast 45 miles from Onimak toward San Francisco after three years at sea. Dangers of ice since March 1894 fade as open Pacific waters and freedom from northern customs bring relief and cautious hope.
The narrative describes a violent sea storm on the voyage, damage to boats, and a calm return to course toward San Francisco. By Nov 3 the Navarch of New Bedford anchored in San Francisco harbor after nearly three years cruising in the Arctic. The voyage yielded about 20 000 pounds of whalebone, 1 000 barrels of oil, and a profit under $100 000. The ship then rested in Oakland for the winter, while Mrs. Cook completed her first voyage and the narrator traveled home to Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The note indicates ongoing serialization in the Daily and Sunday Post with continuations scheduled each day until the work is finished.
An advance in wages approximating 40 percent has been granted to engineers employed on Shipping Board ships. The new rate is divided into five classes based on tonnage.
A Back Bay crowd of six Boston girls hikes through the Fenway wearing short silk socks and shortened skirts. Miss Belle Maude leads the movement arguing economy and comfort, while Marie Moore and Marie Wallace tout free leg movement and cost savings.
Mrs Mary Allen Robeson Sargent wife of Professor Charles B Sargent died after a brief illness at Holm Lea Jamaica Plain She was born in Newport R I daughter of Andrew Robeson and Mary Allen Robeson married in 1878 Survived by husband son Charles S Sargent Jr and daughters Mrs Guy Lowell Mrs Nathaniel Bowditch Potter and Miss Alice Sargent
Representative Huddleston of Alabama accused the National Coal Association in the House of spending $50,000 on advertising across 400 newspapers to pressure the public to buy coal at high prices. He called for curbs by Congress.
A speaker denounces the coal operators for planning to profiteer next winter. He demands Congress pass an act to remove operators' power to profit from suffering, insisting there is no coal or labor shortage, only a shortage of common honesty.
About 200000 coal miners in Yorkshire voted to resume work after a mass meeting in Barnsley. The walkout, ongoing since July 21, ended with the decision to return to duty.
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