Ripley Agent Ohmer Named Manager of Petersburg Plant
Far N Ohmer of Petersburg has been appointed manager of the Ripley Fish Company plant in Petersburg replacing L. C. Berg who resigned. Ohmer received telegraph notice to take charge and has not yet received future plans. He was told to continue buying trout but halt halibut and salmon until weather conditions improve on the Sound. Andrew Ask was instructed to turn over funds to Berg.
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Far N, Ohmer
Petersburg
Ripley Fish Company
L. C. Berg
Ohmer
Seattle
Sound
Olivier
Petersburg Lumber Ships First Southern Lumber Shipment
A shipment of 50,000 feet of clear spruce lumber will be loaded aboard the steamer Redondo by Petersburg Lumber Company as soon as arrival permits. The cargo, consigned to the Seattle market, marks the first shipment south in years and management plans to continue regular shipments.
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Redondo
Petersburg Lumber Company
Seattle
Petersburg Area News Briefs on Docks Cannery and Jobs
Local residents return from extended postings to Petersburg area. Charles Smith teams with Nels Nelson to build a new cold storage plant for Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Co in Scow Bay. P. O. Martin joins Trading Union afterKet chikan stint. Mrs. Martin to join later. couple to live in Petersburg. Mountain Point Packing cannery reconstruction to start soon with aim to install machinery next year. Citizens Dock warehouse addition completed expanding space. C. F. Stedman the Kake machinist arrives aboard Virginia for several days.
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Charles Smith
Petersburg
Scow Bay
Renton
Mr. Smith
Nels Nelson
Alaska Fish and Cold Storage Co
Mountain Point Packing Co
Matt Randish
P. F. Harley
Pat Johnson Receives Birth of Baby Boy in Scow Bay
Chester Johnson known as Pat is toasted after his wife Mrs Johnson gave birth to a son at the Grenier home in Scow Bay. Both mother and child are reported doing well as friends toast the new arrival.
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Pat Johnson
Chester Johnson
Pat
Cable repair closure disrupts Petersburg to Seattle service
The Burnside cable ship repairs the Suita Seattle line causing lengthy interruptions over the coming weeks. Aging insulation necessitates replacing segments while Petersburg to southbound messages are halted and Seattle to northbound traffic will route via Bremerton and Cordova stations.
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Petersburg
Seattle
Burnside
Nonight
Bremerton
Cordova
Natives Threaten Revolt as Naval Governor Faces Petition
Pago Pago residents threaten uprising against Naval Governor Terhune after his residence is stoned. About 200 Samoan leaders sign a petition to the President demanding an investigation into the administration. Meanwhile Alaskan Flyers report a wreck in Prince George during arrival from Jasper amid poor weather. Destroyers guard Miami Harbor entrance as Western Union cableship Colonial prepares to land a new cable from Barbados to South America with U.S. permit negotiations ongoing.
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Honolulu
Pago Pagoo
Naval
Terhune
Washington
Miami Harbor
Florida
Western Union
Barbados
South America
Colonial
U. S
Poland Faces Bolshevik Threat as Britain Mobilizes Divisions
London reports urgent British and French planning to aid Poland with two army divisions and to evacuate Warsaw within two days. Polish and French experts warn Cracow may become Poland’s new capital as Warsaw falls. Lloyd George warns the Bolsheviks to cease hostilities or risk war, amid Allied anxiety over Poland’s fate. Russia plans to evade a prewar treaty by forming a Polish army to hold Poland.
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London
Great Britain
Poland
Warsaw
Paris
Cracow
Bug
Warsaws
London Times
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Petersburg News Roundup of Local People and Ships
D N McDonald leaves Petersburg for the Admiral Evans on business. Seattle's Patrick F Healy arrives to join the local cable office, replacing J R Jandorf who moved to Seattle. Mrs T J McBride sails to Seattle to aid her ill father. Mrs Binkley and infant arrive seeking hospital care for the baby. City council to elect a successor to P Jorgensen who resigned for personal business. Lydonia, the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship with E Lester Jones aboard, docked briefly after a cruise. she is famed for sinking a German submarine. Mrs Neil McDonald leases the Bank of Petersburg Building upper floor. Mrs Despane visits from Seattle. John Sales installs new fender piles at Citizens Wharf. Admiral Watson arrives with no southbound mail. Mrs James McCloskey and Miss Laura visit from Juneau. City of Seattle carries 5,000 cases of canned salmon from Petersburg cannery. J R Bender leaves for Portland on a buying trip. Admiral Watson returns with 116 passengers including those from Petersburg.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lydonia
E. Lester Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey Bureau
Juneau
Pybus Bay
Ketchikan
Northbound trains list passengers for Petersburg trip
The Jefferson and Spokane depart northbound with full loads of round trippers. For Petersburg on the Jefferson, Reta McKee and Lucille Aiey are listed. No Seattle passengers travel on the Spokane to Petersburg.
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Jefferson
Spokane
Petersburg
Reta McKee
Lucille Aiey
Seattle
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Spacific Steamship Company
Alaska
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Los Angeles
San Diego
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K. L. Steberg
Sunde Building
Chas. Mann
Andy Anderson
Ine
K.L. Steberg
Sunde Bldg
Bank of Petersburg
NEW Ripley
P. O. Martin
Stoft and Refling
Admiral Watson
Trading Union
Mrs. Martin
C. F. Stedman
Kake
Virginia
Prince George
Jasper
D. N. McDonald
Admiral Evans
Patrick F. Healy
J. R. Jandorf
Alaskan Cable Service
T. J. McBride
Binkley
Wrargel
Charles Bingley
Petersburg Hospital
P. Jorgensen
Mr. Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Esther
Chatham Straits
Helen Gould
New York
Navy Department
United States
Neil McDonald
Despane
Edward Locken
John Sales
Citizens Wharf
Citizens Dock
Watson
James McCloskey
Laura
L. Miller
Petersburg Packing Corporation
J. R. Bender
Petersburg Mercantile Company
Portland
J. C. Kilburn
D. B. Denny
W. C. Despane
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