Bushman's Addition to Petersburg Surveyed for Market
The Bushman First Addition to Petersburg is being surveyed for sale in a few weeks. John Thormodsater leads the project with civil engineer H P Crowther directing platting. The 50 by 100 foot lots will extend three blocks inland from the waterfront and tie into the existing townsite and the Standard Oil Station area.
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Bushman
Petersburg
John Thormodsater
H. P. Crowther
Ketchikan
Standard Oil Station
Thermodsater
Petersburg News Roundup Of Local Travelers And Ventures
Local figures including S L Hogue and family return from the south aboard the Spokane with health improvement. Garrison heads south on the Watson after selling his boat Gertrude. Miss Bisset leaves for Wrangell. J R Bender travels to Juneau. Cannery manager H H Malcolm says crab cannery will resume in about a month. The steamer Jefferson carries 117 passengers, including Petersburg residents Mrs Joe Hill and Harry Tope. A baby boy is born at Peters burg Hospital to Mr and Mrs John Hammer. Edwin L Morey, Klondike veteran, dies in Portland at 69.
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QO. A. Garrison
Lester
Watson
Mr. Garrison
Gertrude
Knute Stenslid
Tacoma
H. H. Malcolm
Ellson & Malcolm
Spokane
Mr. Malcolm
Wll
Jefferson
North
Petersburg
Joe Hill
Harry Tope
Dawson
Edwin L. Morey
Portland
Oregon
Mr. Morey
Dawsons
Local boys rout Japs in muddy ball game
Local team defeated a Peters burg cannery squad 18 to 3. Russell York made a diving catch misadventure in the outfield as a long Japanese hit ended with the ball swallowed by mud and the baserunner touring the benches. The game showcased superior local pitching and hitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Russell York
Russ
Peters
Oil Tanker Burns at Katalla Wrecking Wharf and Plant
Fire from an explosion aboard the oil tanker Margaret near Katalla destroyed the Chilkat Oil Company wharf and warehouse. Crew members W. L. Bjorson Carl Anderson and Ben Durkee suffered severe burns while a launch carried medical aid to the injured. The Margaret was completely wrecked and burned to the waterline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Katalla
Margaret
Chilkat Oil Company
W. L. Bjorson
Carl Anderson
Ben Durkee
McIntosh Wins Bout At Hip Podrome In Alaska Clash
About four hundred spectators watched Lennie McIntosh of Alaska defeat Lloyd Madden of Seattle by referee decision after six fast rounds at the Hip Podrome. Preliminaries proceeded the main bout for the benefit of a baseball club, reported by the Ketchikan Chronicle.
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Hippodrome
Lloyd Madden
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Lennie
McIntosh
Alaska
Ketchikan Chronicle
Fox Reappointed U S Commissioner After Exoneration
Charles A Fox was reappointed U S Commissioner at Craig by Judge R W Jennings after a Ketchikan Grand Jury indicted him for embezzlement in Craig but the jury acquitted him in a recent Ketchikan trial. He previously resided in Douglas and held the Craig post over a period before resigning months ago.
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Charles A.fox
U. S
Cray
R. W. Jennings
Ketchikan
J. W. Bell
Fox
Douglas
Craig
Lenine Appeals for U S Food Aid to Russia
A dispatch to the East Prussian Gazette says Lenine has appealed to the American government via Senator French in Moscow. He urges the U S to aid the starving Russian people by sending all kinds of foodstuffs.
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Berlin
Lenine
French
Moscow
Silent gun project in development by Hud son Maxim and associates
A new explosive gas bomb firing gun is being developed by Hud son Maxim and associates. H. P. Crowter, U S Deputy Surveyor, will stay about ten days in New York to subdivide the Buschmann tract adjacent to the Standard Oil Depot into city lots and blocks. He offers survey services for homesteads, trades, manufactures, and U S Patent work and can be met at the Arctic Hotel each evening.
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New York
Hudson Maxim and Associates
H. P. Crowter
U. S
Ketchikan
Spokane
Buschmann
Standard Oil Depot
Arctic Hotel
De Valera Sees Bright Irish Peace Prospects
London July 14 President De Valera expressed optimism that lasting peace in Ireland is closer than ever on the eve of entering conference with British officials. He spoke ahead of talks that begin amid war and political tension.
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London
Ireland
de Valera
Éliter
Dyad
Geo Evtoday
Governor Scott C. Bone Visits Petersburg Alaska
Governor Scott C. Bone arrives aboard the City of Seattle and is greeted by Mayor Ed Locken and residents. He speaks of Alaska's future, noting expected coastal and interior growth and federal support, with details of visit plans and a farewell dock scene.
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Scott C. Bone
Alaska
Petersburg
Governor Bone
Seattle
Bone
Marguerite
Ed. Locken
Paralytic Stroke Endangers Perry J Wiley Road Official
Perry J Wiley, longtime road commissioner, suffered a paralytic stroke and lies in Dawes Hospital Juneau in semiconscious condition with the left side paralyzed. His daughter Carmen of Tacoma has been summoned north for possible travel to his bedside.
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Perry J. Wiley
Dawes Hospital
Juneau
Mr. Wiley
Wiley
Carmen
Tacoma
Wash
Gold mining in dustry urged Congress relief in 1920s
Washington dispatch cites Alaska Gastineau mine closure as a warning of broader losses if Congress and the Wilson administration do not act. The piece discusses gold production, jewelry crafting, and a McFadden bill with a 50 cent per pennyweight excise on new gold, aiming to boost mining and job prospects. Secretary Mellon’s guidance is deemed pivotal to any enacted relief.
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Seattle Daily Times
Washington, D. C
J. J Underwood
Alaska Gastineau
Alaska
United States
Paris
McFadden
Treasury’ Mellon
Europe
Mellon
Congress
America
Petersburg Reduction Plant Begins Operations
The Petersburg Reduction Company plant, a Marine Products Company subsidiary of Tacoma, started runs on Thursday. Paul Owens, in charge, led crews for days building bins and conveyors to collect offal from fish cleaning at the Petersburg plant. He expects to operate the full season and process all fish shrimp and crab offal secured locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg Reduction Company
Marine Products Company
Tacoma
Paul Owens
Petersburg Mee Co
Owens
Alaska Mines Get Bureau of Mines Help
Washington July 11 The Bureau of Mines outlines plans to reorganize its Alaska work to supply consultation engineers and reports on mining properties and prospects The territory will be divided into four districts each led by a Bureau engineer Bert Dwyer will head District One covering Southeast Alaska.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Alaska
Bert Dwyer
Japan Accepts Armament Plans Amid Conference Proposal
Washington July 14 The State Department received Japan’s unqualified acceptance of President’s suggestion for a conference on armament limits. The reply did not address the Far East question. Also noted was the Chinese government’s unqualified acceptance of the proposals. State Department offered no public comment on the Japanese reply.
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Washington
Moca
State Department
Hughes Stops Import of Russian Raw Material
Washington Vanderlip asserted that Secretary Hughes blocked the importation into the United States of Russian raw material valued at 200 million dollars and thus prevented shipments of American manufactured goods of equal value to Russia.
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San Francisco
Hughes
United States
Washington D. Vanderlip
Burkett Arrested Over Theodore Roosevelt Forged Note
Hillsdale Indiana July 14 Mrs Emma Burkett arrested on order of Theodore Roosevelt estate executor George E Roosevelt charged with forging Theodore Roosevelt s name on a note for 69000 Washington July 12 Shipping Board appoints three vice presidents in charge of operations William J Love J R Small of New York formerly Withy Company and A J Frey of Los Angeles named by Chairman Lasker
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Hillsdale
Indiana
Emma Burkett
George E. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Lasker
United States Shipping Board
William J. Love
J. R. Small
New York
Withy and Company
A. J. Frey
Los Angeles
Memorial Fund Created for Franklyn K Lane
Friends in Chicago raise 100000 dollars to support the widow for life with interest and to fund a monument in Lane's memory as the principal is used.
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Chicago
Franklyn K. Lane
Real estate board meeting urged by President Harding
Chicago reports urging real estate boards nationwide to show rapid business improvement while Cleveland notes an express train cash heist thwarted by rail damage near Willoughby. Also, George A. Getchell and Miss Freda Billings wed in Juneau with local hospital ties and public service in Getchell’s past.
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Chicago
Harding
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Cleveland
New York Central
Willoughby
Ohio
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S. L. Hogue
Hogue and
Tveten
Myrtle Cornelius
Bert Cornelius
Miss Cornelius
Texas
Miss Bisset
Petersburg Hospital
Wrangell
J. R. Bender
Petersburg Mercantile
Mitchell
R. C. Mathis
Woodward
Ben
Mathis
Tom McDonald
Frank Metcalf
McDonald
Treadwell Company
Shakan
Metcalf
Admiral Goodrich
Washington Bay
Peersburg
John Hammer
E. Schoenwald
Petersburg Packing Corporation
Hans Runstad
Fishington
Fall
Department of the Interior
Denby
T the Navy
S. of N. Hall
Neil McDonald
Juineau
Japan
George A. Getchell
Fréda Billings
H. E. Greening
Methodist Church
Teror
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