Construction contract for Petersburg School in Seattle area
At the next council meeting Warrack Construction Company of Seattle will be contracted to erect the Petersburg Public School building for about $35 000 not including a gymnasium. Costs rose by about 800 dollars to cover materials and labor but will fit the bond limit if the gym is postponed. Work starts immediately with occupancy hoped by year’s end.
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Warrack Construction Company
Seattle
Petersburg
Warrack Company
Admiral Rogers
Onder
Evenrude Company
Swanson & Dahl
Miss Lillian Swanson to Visit Petersburg for Concert
Miss Lillian Swanson of Portland plans a vacation visit to Petersburg visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Swanson and friends. She will present a concert at the Variety Theatre on Friday July 27 with accompanist Miss Mary Allen. Her soprano voice has improved under Maud Bohlman of Portland and includes a set of familiar Scandinavian songs.
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Lillian Swanson
Portland
Oregon
Petersburg
C. E. Swanson
Swainson
Maud Bohlman O
Miss Swanson
Variety Theatre
Mary Allen
Wrangell Defeats Local Pall Tossers In Baseball Clash
Wrangell downed the Petersburg area team on the local grounds last Sunday by 11 to 8. The game featured poor play and disputes with the umpire amid heated wrangling by the visiting Wrangell squad.
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Wrangell
Petersburg
Local Ball Game Set Between King’s Highwaymen and Petersburg Regulars
A Sunday baseball game is planned at the local grounds starting at 2:30 PM between the King’s Highwaymen and the Petersburg Regulars. Adam leads a team he claims can vanquish the Regulars. Admission is two bits for adults and one bit for children. Miss Edna Miller and Miss Frances Miller recently returned from a two week trip to Juneau.
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King’s Highwaymen
Ne Petersburg
Adam
Edna and
Frances Miller
Juneau
Prominent Colorado Woman to Visit Here
Mrs. M. O. Coates of Denver arrives aboard the steamer Admiral Evans and visits her daughter Mrs. Neil C. MacGregor and her grandson. She plans a westward tour to Anchorage and perhaps beyond on the railroad before returning to stay with the MacGregors. Coates has long been active in public life and served as Colorado's state charitable institution superintendent for eight years, with a wartime role in Washington.
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M. O. Coates
Denver
Colorado
Admiral Evans
Neil’ C. MacGregor
Charitabe
Washington
Battleships Arrive to Greet President in Seattle
The first of the battleship fleet arrives to join the flagship Seattle for a review by President Harding. Ships New Mexico Tennessee and Idaho reached Thursday for the event.
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Seattle
Harding
New Mexico
Tennessee
Idaho
Seattle Executive Lays Self to Rest at Sanatorium
William Campbell, vice president of Whiton Hardware Co., hanged himself at Morning Side Sanatorium after weeks of attempted self destruction. He had been a patient there since his recent efforts.
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Seattle
William Campbell
Whiton Hardware Company
Morningside Sanatorium
Doctor Killed in Evasion of Arrest in Los Angeles
Dr. H. C. Lake formerly of Chicago was shot and killed by Patrolman H. L. Baynes after Lake attempted to escape following an arrest on suspicion of writing false narcotic prescriptions in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
H. C. Lake
Chicago
H. L. Baynes
Washington Crew Wins Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta
The University of Washington crew won the Hudson River regatta, beating the Naval Academy by four lengths with Columbia third, the first western team to win in 2 years. Time was 14:03.5 for three miles. stroke Don Wailing endured a knee injury but finished strong. Cornell won the Freshmen race, Washington finished second, Syracuse took the Junior race.
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Poughkeepsie
University of Washington
Hudson River
Naval Academy
Columbia
Navy
Don Wailing Stoke
Washington
Cornel
Syracuse
Two Boys Hurt When Wheel Falls At Mill Site
Leonard Martins suffered a cracked leg bone and Leif Mathieson a severely bruised foot last Thursday night when a large wheel from an engine was tipped over at the West Lumber Company mill. The boys were playing near the mill with others when the wheel fell and struck them. Leonard Martins was taken to hospital, his leg dressed, and he remained confined at home.
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Leonard Martins
Leif Mathieson
Weat
Lumber Company
Youne Martins
British Labour Rejects Communist Member in Referendum
London reports that the British Labour Party in session voted against John T. W. Newbold, the Communist MP, by a two million vote majority. As a result all Communists are barred from party membership.
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London
British Labor Party
John T. W. Newbold
Cataract Patient Falls to Death at Sanitarium
Mrs Francis Neal aged 66 sustained fatal injuries after a fall from an upper story window at Columbus Sanitarium while recovering from cataract surgery. Police and hospital staff responded. investigation pending.
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Seattle
Francis Neal
Columbus Sanitarium
Notable Seattle Real Estate Figure Dies in Mercer Island Incident
Charles Fremont Boylan, a prominent Seattle real estate figure, was riding in a Ford sedan that backed off the Mercer Island piers into Lake Washington. The incident details remain unclear.
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Seattle
Charles Fremont Boylan
Mercer Island
Lake Washington
Pioneers Discontinue Saturday Dances This Summer
At a meeting last Monday night the Pioneers decided to stop Saturday night dances during the summer due to competing attractions.
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Pioneers
Freight rates to Alaska cut again by Seattle line
The Alaska and Pacific Steamship Companies cut rates by fifty cents per ton on all general merchandise and on canned goods dried fruits grain Hour and sugar between Seattle Tacoma and Alaska ports including Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg Duncan Douglas Haines Skagway Cordova Valdez Seward Latouche and Anchorage. This follows a prior 55 cent per ton cut announced April 25, making total reductions of 1.05 per ton.
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Ka and
Pacific Steamship Companies
Seattle
Tacoma
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg
Duncan
Douglas
Haines
Skagway
Cordova
Valdez
Seward
Latouche
Anchorage
Fire damages Wrangell garage and home
Wrangell residents were roused at 2 a m when I C Bjorge's garage burned due to spontaneous combustion of a paint vial. The newly built Bjorge residence also caught fire but was saved with minor damage. Mr Bjorge fought the blaze until collapsing, but recovered and was released the next day.
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Wrangell
I. C. Bjorge
Seizure Talks for Liquor on Foreign Vessels
Washington officials review the possibility of seizing all foreign ships carrying liquor under the Supreme Court ruling. Prohibition officers discuss confiscation as the first step, with no immediate action beyond liquor seizure reported.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Judge issues judgment against Tofet Lindenberg in Ta coma bank failure
In San Francisco a judgment of 223615 dollars was obtained against former Alaskan plunger Tofet Lindenberg over the failure of the Scandinavian Bank of Tacoma. Lindenberg says the judgment will be settled soon.
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San Francisco
Tofet Lindenberg
Scandinavian Bank of Tacoma
Lindenberg
Supreme Court Free Archbishop Tikhon on Treason Charge
The Supreme Court ordered Archbishop Tikhon released pending his trial on treason against Soviet authorities, a decision announced Thursday.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Tikhon
Republican committee to appoint woman as associate member
Washington chairman of the Republican National Committee asks each state committeeman to appoint a woman as an associate member of the committee.
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Washington
Dams
The
Republican National Committee
Ach
Woods Cafe proprietor Fred W. Woods dies in Seattle
Fred W. Woods, owner of Woods Cafe and a Seattle and Klondyke pioneer, died here on Thursday. His passing marks a retirement era figure in local business and frontier history.
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Seattle
Fred W. Woods
Woods Cafe
Admiral Rogers sails with 235 aboard to Petersburg
The Admiral Rogers departed Wednesday morning carrying 235 passengers including 119 excursionists and Mrs. Earl N Ohmer and Mrs. A G Anderson bound for Petersburg. The Jefferson followed Wednesday night with 140 passengers, among them 120 Presbyterians and 20 Orientals.
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Seattle
Admiral Rogers
Earl N. Ohmer
A. G. Anderson
Petersburg
Jefferson
Citizenship Granted in District Court Session at Wrangeil
A special term of the district court convened in Wrangeil with Judge T. M. Reed presiding. The session admitted to citizenship a group of Petersburg residents including Rangweld Daal Reinart Reinertson Jacob Hallingstad Hans Reinhart Zahl Chris Morten Olsen Kari Stenslid John G. Lesbo Korneius Jakobson Ingebrecht Martinus Dahl Henrik Edward Hansen Ole Rosefiel Ekrem John O. Grevstad.
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Wrangeil
T. M. Reed
Petersburg
Rangweld Daal Reinart Reinertson
Jacob Hallingstad
Hans Reinhart Zahl
Chris Morten Olsen Kari Stenslid
John G. Lesbo
Korneius Jakobson
Ingebrecht
Martinus Dahl Henrik Edward Hansen
Ole Rosefiel Ekrem
John O. Grevstad
Halibut Treaty Approved by Canadian Parliament
The Canadian Parliament approved the North Pacific halibut treaty with the United States on Wednesday afternoon. The accord governs fishing rights and enforcement between the two nations.
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Ottawa
United States
Mrs Dahl and Henrietta Return from Juneau Visit
Mrs H A Dahl and her daughter Henrietta, who had been visiting in Juneau and Douglas for two weeks, arrived home aboard the Queen on Thursday. Erwin Danker, 26 or 28, drowned recently after falling from a log boom at Alaska Pulp and Paper Co. Speel River plant. body found about two hours later with no witness. Miss Agnes Vick, long-time south resident, returned this week and will spend the summer here.
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H. A. Dahl
Henrietta
Juneau
Douglas
Erwin Danker
Alaska Pulp & Paper Company
Speel River
Agnes “Vick
South
Fourth of July Roast Beef Sandwich Special at Totem Pole
Public notice promotes a Fourth of July roast beef sandwich special at the Totem Pole with mashed potatoes gravy and ample ice treats.
Farmed air endurance bid to set twelve records
San Diego flyers Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant John B. Rich ter left Rockwell Field at 4 43 a m in a De Havilland aircraft aiming to stay aloft four days and nights. They plan twelve aerial records including midair refueling to reach endurance marks.
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San Diego
Lowell H. Smith
Forestry Patrol
John B. Richter
Rockwell Field
Dehaviland
San Diego Crash Forces Six-Hour Descent of Smith and Richter
In San Diego the authors note that the generators of ti¢ motors burned out, forcing Smith and Richter to descend after six hours.
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San Diego
Smith
Richter
Army aviators Smith and Richter ascend after forced descent
San Diego reports Army aviators Smith and Richter climbed again this morning at a quarter to five following a forced downed landing Wednesday during a four day and night flight mission.
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San Diego
Army
Smith
Richter
Judge Winn Leaves for Southern California
Judge John R. Winn of Juneau, after twenty six years in Alaska, travels to southern California to locate. He previously served seven years on the Bellingham Superior Court and became a leading attorney in major water rights suits. He led Alaska Bar Association for twenty years and has chaired the Juneau Democratic Club since 1918.
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John R. Winn
Juneau
Petersburg
California
Judge Winn
Alaska
Bellingham
Judge Winns
Alaska Bar Association
Juneau Democratic Club
Wanted to Buy Fox Island Ranch or Permit Assignment
WANTED to buy going Island Fox Ranch or assignment of permit on Fox Island. Describe fully first letter. T. Gerard, 603 Seaboard Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
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Fox Ranch
Fox Island
T. Gerard
Seaboard Bldg
Seattle, Wash
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Wrangell Garace
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Patersburg
Cime
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