Maggie the Magnificent: Salvage Night of the Fog
Captain Scraggs and navigator Gibney command the steamer Maggie ashore off San Francisco’s Cliff House in a fog, fire a tow, and fight to refloat her with tugboats Yankee Prince and Aphrodite while the crew bickers, schemes, and drifts through misadventures. The salvage saga unfolds with a mix of bravado, comic forbearance, and nautical desperation as a towgon is formed under perilous conditions.
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Phineas P. Scraggs
San Francisco
Mess Bay
Maggie
Scraggs
Adelbert P. Gibney
Neils Halvorsen
Forcastle
Bart McGuffey
Gibney
Captain Scraggs
McGuffey
Mr. McGuffey
Scrages
Earth
Scraggsy
Mr. Gibney
Captain Scrages
Ruther
Castle
Bartholomew McGuffey
Cliff House
Ingleside
Himnself
Scab Johnny
Sailor
Oregon Street
Captain Scruggs
Gib
Uffey
Scragges
Lindstrom
Golden Gate Life Saving Station
Adelbert
Scruggs
Mr. Gibney N
Land
Ours
Tarpet
Halvorsen
Seattle
Tiernan
Hicks
Flaherty
Red Stack
Hong Kong
Jack Flaherty
Dan
Newport News
Jack
Mile Rock
Seal Rocks
Dan Hicks
Seth
Tugboat Captains Meet On Night Watch At Red Stack
In the office of the Red Stack Tug Boat company Captain Dan Hicks, master of the Aphrodite, Captain Jack Flaherty, master of the Bodega, and Tiernan, assistant superintendent, gathered around a hot stove on the night watch, sharing the common sailor’s habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scruggs
Red Stack ‘Tug Boat Company
Maggie
San Joaquin
Deludin
Red Stack Tug Boat Company
Dan Hicks
Aphrodite
Jack Flaherty
Tiernan
Do Hicks and Flaherty Collect Watch for Next Week
Hicks and Flaherty are gathering data and preparing for events slated for next week. The note urges readers to watch upcoming doings and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks and
Flaherty
Whistler Teases Irving Over Upside Down Paintings
Jake Was on Whistler recounts an amused scene as Whistler and Sir Henry Irving dine. Two early works hang on the wall, and Whistler jokes he could view them from his later years. He then exclaims the pictures are upside down, noting Irving’s failure to notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Whistler
Sir Henry Irving
Irving
Man with Cane Matches Salt Theme in Alabama Tale
An Alabama man reportedly uses a cane to match a salt motif as described by the Birmingham Age-Herald, with the Arkansas Gazette noting the parallel. The item emphasizes a local humor or fashion-like trend linking cane use to salt symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
Alabama
Arkansas Gazette
Life Saving Medals Awarded by National Court of Honor May 1921
The National Court of Honor awarded life saving medals for heroic service across many troops. Gold medals went to Henry Bate of Vineland North Carolina and Henry A. Skelton of Wilmington Delaware. Silver and bronze recipients include George S. Allen Bridgeport Pennsylvania Joseph Buckley Alliston Massachusetts Loren Underwood Denver Myles Turner Lancaster Horace Viner Denver Charles Carter Tutwiller Morris Carmody Painesville Floyd Lamb Westerly Cyril Ashworth Westerly Milburn Fay Lincoln Brooky n Michael Larick Emporium Culver Princess Anne Bonds Muskogee William Barrar Columbus Toronto Tappan Helena Krenkle Niagara Edna Mills Richard Dee Hartford Paul Wolfert Des Moines Glen Case Des Moines Terryville Ferman Villamil Florida Raritan William Kramar Old Bridge Camden and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Court of Honor
Henry Bate
Vineland
N. C
Henry A. Skelton
Wilmington
Del
George S. Allen
Bridgeport
Joseph Buckley
Alliston
Mags
Loren C. Underwood
Denver
Colo
Myles Turner
Lancaster
Ohio
Horace Viner
Charles E. Carter
Tutwiller
Miss
Morris Carmody
Painesville
Floyd Lamb
Westerly
R. 1
Cyril Ashworth
R. L
Milburn L. Fay
Lincoln
Dwin Brockman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Michael Larick
Emporium
F. Austin Culver
Princess Anne
Camp Bonds
Muskogee
Okla
William Barrar
Charleston
W. Va
John A. Wilson
Columbus
T. E. Tappan, Jr
Helena
Ark
Eugene Krenkle
Niagara
Wis
Charles R. Green
Edna Mills
Calif
Richard A. Dee
Hartford
Raritan
N. J
William Kramar
Old Bridge
Thomas H. Robinson
Camden
Ross . Mace
Pe Ell
Wash
Fred Leeburger
Des Moines
Everett L. Cheney
Morgan Willey
William Palmer
Kewanee, I
Charles Priest
East Long Meadow
Mass
James McGeorge
Sea Cliff
Boy Scouts Play Santa Claus in Toy Drive
Akron O scouts collected and distributed 900 toys last year and raised to 1500 this year by canvassing the city for old toys and dolls. They painted and repaired items to delight children on Christmas morning. Other cities like Louisville Cincinnati and Butte reported similar Santa Claus service with posters and toy hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Louisville
Cincinnati
Butte
Mont
Cincinnati Council
Santa Claus Co., Inc
Boy Scouts
Associated Charities
Butte Scouts
Scouts Aid Grand Rapids Traffic Survey
The Grand Rapids city planning commission invited the Boy Scouts of America to conduct a traffic survey. The boys completed the task thoroughly and accurately, with only one minor error found by traffic safety council members. Hugh Lynch thanked Scout Executive Walker, praising the boys as a genuine contribution to citizenship training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Boy Scouts of America
City Planning Department
Traffic Safety Council
Hugh 4. Lynch
Walker
Scouts explore uncharted Okefenokee swamps expedition
A group of scouts and officials from the National Geographic Society and newspaper men from Atlanta and other Georgia towns undertook an expedition last November into the Okefenokee swamps to study its wildlife and terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic. Society
Atlanta
Georgia
Okefenokee
Village trustees honor service medal recipients
The board of trustees presents medals at home and at wartime events and in scouting circles, highlighting outstanding achievement and public service.
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Peter B
Pectant
Ili
Nations
Council of the Boy ' Scouts of America
Santa Claus
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