Halibut Boats Missing After Yakutat Storm
Many halibut boats remain missing after a November storm off Yakutat Banks. Morengen of Petersburg with five crew is presumed lost, while others including Washington Relief Jahanna Forward Pelican are missing with 26 men aboard. calls grow for a revenue cutter on the banks to signal distress and aid boats.
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Morengen
Petersburg
Smith
Yaktat
Dry Bay
Walderhaug
Yakutat
Caroline
S Tore
Liberty
Yakutat Bay
Admiral Watson
Washington
Relief
Jahanna
Peli ‘Can
Greek King George of Greece Held by Revolutionary Forces
Despatch from Belgrade reports King George II is imprisoned in his palace by revolutionary forces amid grave Thrace conditions as former Greek statesmen were secured.
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Paris
George
Greece
Belgrade
Thrace
Fox Poacher McCoy Arrested Over Blue Fox Traps
Federal and Alaska officials, aided by the Southeastern Alaska Blue Fox Farmers Association, moved quickly after tips tied to a blue fox poaching case. McCoy was arrested at Sitka on a poaching charge with traps found aboard his boat and later arraigned.
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McCoy
Zimmerman
Southeastern
Alaska
Fox Farmeré
Association
Jonce
Petersburg
Brothers Island
Sitka
Fox Men
Hig Island
Alaska Blue Fox Farmers Assoiation
Red Cross Roll Call Under Way in Petersburg
The Petersburg Red Cross drives a national roll call urging membership to support aid to disabled veterans and disaster relief. Harold Dawes directs the local chapter with plans to boost members. administration costs run near five percent, and memberships at one dollar are available at five local offices.
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Amercian
Petersburg
Harold ‘Dawes
Juneau
A. Ighger
Reds
Grosez
Geverallya
Thatethey
Feqs
Red! Cross
Red iCross
Red’ Cross
Avan
Aska
Red Cross
National Council
Trading Union Bank of Petersburg
Hogue & Tveten
Totem Pole
Petersburg Mercantile Co
Northern Pacific decreases freight rates to eastern points
The Northern Pacific Railroad announces a freight rate cut effective January 12. The reduction lowers rates from 1.56 to 4.3714 on milder salted cargoes, applying to other salted and deduced fish products reaching eastern destinations.
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Seattle
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mahoney Hanged for Wife’s Murder in Exiday Morning
James E. Mahoney was hanged at seven o clock last Exiday morning for the murder of his wife Kate Moore Mahoney. The event occurred on April 16, 1921, in Walla Walla.
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Walla Walla
James E. Mahoney
Exiday
Kate
Moore S. Mahoney
Parliament votes to exit Irish Free State under Ango-Irish pact
Belfast reports both houses unanimously approve contracting out of the Irish Free State as allowed by the Ango-Irish treaty. In Chicago General Pershing warns at a dinner that the nation nears another war, stating that peace remains elusive among world powers.
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Belfast
Wister
Chicago
General Pershing
Association of ‘Commerce
Tive Ilizati
New Oil Agent Arrives to Lead Local Station
New Standard Oil agent Jet Bradley arrives from the south to run the local station, transferred from Issaquah. He is accompanied by Mrs. Bradley. Frederick Nelson, briefly in charge since K L Steberg moved to Ketchikan, will soon relieve the agent in Wrangell for a few weeks then go south and not return for some time.
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Jet Bradley
Iley
Jetnian
Standard Oil Company
Issaquah
Mrs. Bradley
Frederick Nelson
K. L. Steberg
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg Native petition for school establishment in Alaska
A petition from Alaska Natives in Petersburg asks the Bureau of Education to establish a local school to educate 28 Native children. Signers pledge that children will attend and parents will enforce schooling as shrimp and crab canneries attract families from Wrangell and other areas.
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Iecian
Burton
Sehoek
Wkesworth
M. S. Perkins
Jeader
Worthington
Ake
Hawkesworth
Fohowsey
Alaska
Petysburg
Wrangell
Rake
Eucre
Ieee
Petersburg
Eorge
Wilion
Aiftie Williams
Sam Steven
Julia Steven
Sam Nakamoto
Nakamoto
David Thomas
Henry Sw. Jackson
James Martin
A. McClusky
Wm. Jackson
Jackson
T. F.buxon
Jimmie Martin
Adam Buxon
Chester Worthington
Worthingington
Henry Herman
Chas. A. Jackson
Charlie Jackson
Joseph Johnson
Johnson
Bell Fox
Mary Fox
Brown
Emily Ridley
Edith Willis
Thomas Willis
John Silva
William Mills
Mary Mills
Lucy Ormee
Alice Graves
James Grant
J. Grant
J. Martin
Maggie Martin
John George
Frank Williams
George Peterson
Katchika
George Jackson
John Lott
Lott
J. F. William
William
Mary Rusk
Margaret Grant
Barney Kake
Couple Quietly Wed In Low Key Alaska Ceremony
A Sunday night wedding took place with Commissioner RB Clifton presiding. Miss Elgina A Statselh and William Stedman were married. Stedman is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Charle F Stedman of Kae sand Alaska, with the bride a Scow Bay district teacher from North Dakota. The bride has sisters Mrs Carlson and Miss Anna Bratseth in Wrangell.
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Commissioer
Wrangell Teams Sweep Petersburg Guests In Basketball
Wrangell visitors defeated Petersburg squads with solid scores while local players showed need for tougher practice. Spectators complained about a Wrangell referee’s calls and uneven officiating affecting the local boys.
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Wrangell
Seligo J
Petersburg
Bet. ae Packing manager secures agency for sale of engines
Forrest Fryer, manager of the machine shop, Bet. ae Packing Company, secures agency for the sale of engines. Details are sparse but indicate final arrangements and preparation work.
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Forrest Fryer
Bet
Ae Packing Company
Swill
South Up
Atlae
Imperial Deis Greinwands
Preparéti Peschestie
Péters Dire
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Scott
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Anvil
Kuskokwim Transportation
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Wison
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New York
Jove
Wilson
Wunes
Madden
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Harding
Srévenue
Fox Poacher
Standard Oil
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