Last voyage of clipper ship Packard ends era of sail
The Benjamin F. Packard, last of the clipper ships, sailed into New Yorker harbor with lumber from Puget Sound via the Panama Canal route. Captain Dan Martin and crew sang a chantey as a requiem for an American institution, while experts reflect on the evolution from sail to steam and the fate of aging sailing ships.
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John Dickinson Sherman
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Mallor
Packard
Bath
Maine
Liverpool
Melbourne
Alaska
Mony & Taan
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Alaska Fisheries
Charles W. Morgan
New Bedford
Drake
England
Egypt
Amerilcana
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Jess
Cabinet Resigns in Bulgaria After Harmful Disunity
Premier Tzankoff tendered his cabinet’s resignation to the king and it was accepted amid a stormy session of the chamber of deputies. Ministers’ lack of harmony led to the move, followed by a leaders’ meeting and reports that the resignation was imminent.
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Chamber of Deputies
Long buried 1817 copper cent found by truck driver
John Wood of Moorrowville Kap helped excavate an old church and uncovered a blackened copper cent dated 1817. The coin has 13 stars around the edge, lies about one foot underground near Pike's Peak and Ocean Auto highway, near the old Oregon Trail crossing. Authorities estimate burial around 109 years ago.
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John Wood
Moorrowville
Kap
Saga
Topeka
Cole
Pike's Peak and Ocean
Viper Invades British Bus In Sheffield
A three foot long viper crept aboard a Sheffield bus from Keeton Common provoking a crowd. The reptile halted several vehicles including a Lewisham bound motor bag before the bus driver stunned it with a desonation board and a policeman killed it with a truncheon.
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Eayls
Sheffield Telegraph
Lewisham
Utah Miners Resist Rate Increase at Interstate Hearing
Utah mining leaders testified at a federal interstate commerce hearing opposing a five percent freight rate rise. Mackenzie argued few Utah metal mines are profitable, costs outpace prices, and foreign competition burdens U S copper and silver producers. He noted many mines suspend operations and warned wage and production costs remain high.
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Kansas City
MoSalt Lake City
Utah
American Mining Congress
Interstate Commerce
Mackenzie
United States
London
Labor Costa
Rail tunnel works long under way in Colorado
A summary of Utah and Colorado items notes the Moffat tunnel lease to Denver and Rio Grande for fifty years, $2.5 million Union Pacific track work, and state notices. Reports include water, road, and farm bureau matters, university registrations, and the Ogden livestock show dedication.
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Denver, Colo
Moffat
Continental Divide
Colorado
Denver & Colorado Railway Company
Salt Lake City
Davis County Fruit and Vegetable Association
J. N. Ford
Utah
Ogden
Union Pacific
Omaha
Echo
Gateway
Weber River
Navy court report urges care in flighter craft development
The naval court of inquiry on the Shenandoah disaster concludes the loss of Lieut Commander Zachary Landsdowne and thirteen others is the price of developing new hazardous art. The report, released recently, urges the Navy to give most careful consideration to recommendations for advancing fighter aircraft beyond air craft.
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Washington
Shenandoah
Zachary Landsdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
Navy Department
Blizzard Sweeps Colorado. Denver Sees Fatal Auto Crash
A blizzard swept the Rocky Mountain region Thursday causing road closures and heavy snow drifts. Pueblo merchant Arthur P. Ward died when his automobile plunged from a bridge during the storm. Crow reported more than a foot of snow as motorists faced widespread delays.
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Rocky Mountain
Arthur FP. Ward
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
BNOW
Crow
City urged to enforce Mill Creek water agreement
H. C. Jessen, acting city engineer, warns Salt Lake City faces a serious water shortage due to three months without rainfall. He urges immediate steps to enforce the city’s agreement with the East Mill Creek Water Company exchanging Mill Creek waters for city supply.
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Salt Lake City
East
H. C. Jessen
Congress Resolution Aims World Disarmament Talks
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota introduces a non conscription bill proposing abolition of conscription by all nations at the next world disarmament conference. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania asks if Edsel Ford and Jack Dempsey have approved the measure. Shipstead declines to respond.
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Washington
United States
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Reed
Pennsylvania
Edsel Ford
Jack Dempsey
Hurricane Impacts Tutuila with Damage Reported
Limited details reached port by midnight Monday. Tutuila bears the storm’s worst effects with the governor’s house partially wrecked and officers quarters and customs houses damaged or destroyed. Lorrin Thurston, president of the Honolulu Advertiser, is thought to be in the Manua group heading a landshell hunting expedition near Pago-Pago.
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Tutuila
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