Woman Seeks Sunken Riches From Pewabic Wreck
Cleveland August 9 Mrs Margaret Campbell Goodman the only woman salvager in the world has recovered fortunes lost with the steamer Pewabic in Lake Huron fifty five years ago She formed a stock company and now has contracts to raise sunken fortunes in almost every pen She spent her early life in Mount Pleasant Michigan moved to Toledo and then Cleveland where she became interested in diving salts Her work began in 1916 and in the first season she retrieved copper and pig iron with relics given to sailors families The government halted salvaging in 1917 She plans to salvage a 1840s Lake Erie schooner cargo of black walnut and white oak logs starting July 1 She dislikes the term woman diver and has never gone beneath the surface herself.
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Cleveland
Margaret Campbell Goodman
Lake Huron
Goodman
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Toledo
Lake Erie
New York Export Trade Diverted Amid Harbor Strikes
Shipping men estimate eighty percent of New York City export trade has moved to Philadelphia Baltimore and other eastern ports to dodge harbor and railroad strike congestion. Thousands of carloads of export commodities have been redirected amid the disruption.
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New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Rail embargo shifts push FMWSE to alternate ports
Port restrictions force FMWSE operations to reroute to other cites. Shipping officials say arrangements are being made to move steamers away from Philadelphia, with several vessels already cleared for sailing from the city last week.
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Philadelphia
Dr. Russell H Conwell Breaks Ground for Temple Extension
Dr Russell H Conwell famed lecturer preacher and Temple University founder in Philadelphia breaks ground for an extension funded by his earnings from lectures and preaching totaling about four million dollars for education of young men and women.
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Russell H. Conwell
Temple University
Philadelphia
Deserter Amerine Surrenders After Two Years in Hills
Carl Amerine, drafted into the Union army, hid in a hill cave near Chillicothe Ohio for almost two years to avoid a firing squad at Camp Sherman. He survived on herbs and berries while his wife kept his uniform ready. A Adelphi attorney and Clarence Stone helped arrange surrender to the adjutant at Camp Sherman.
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Chillicothe
United States
Carl Amerine
Camp Sherman
Amerine
Babe
Pelther
Hls
Clarence Stone
Adelphi
Stone
Learned Lesson of Thrift Brings Young Rhode Island Youths Hope
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five youngsters have invested $1000 in United States thrift stamps this year. They earned it through remunerative work such as dishwashing sweeping dusting store clerking baby-sitting and errands. Some have cut weeds carried coal and raised chickens while others won prizes to bolster savings. They believe time can be turned into money and doubt idle street corner chatter will tempt them.
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Bridgeton
New Jersey
United States
A Gambling Way
A quirky line from A Gambling Way asks how she bridges the gap in her finances. She answers by choosing to play it.
Willing to Strike Bargain
A tale of a fashion obsessed wife and a protesting husband unfolds as she pursues latest styles. He objects to each change, yet she quips that only diamond earrings will persuade him, revealing a witty marital power play.
Special Gift Among Us Inspires Eternal Value
A Ruskin quotation notes that every person bears a unique gift no matter their strength, and when valued and shared this small talent becomes a lasting contribution to humanity. The idea elevates individual differences as enduring, communal wealth.
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Atantic Ocean
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A. Ab Ee Ee Medicine Company, Inc
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Lampanaa
Peterson
Agta
Kansas City
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John Ruskin
Postum Cereal Co
Creek, Mich
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