Portland plans big dry dock harbor project at St Johns
The Portland public dock commission launched a major harbor improvement including a large floating drydock, extending Pier 1 to 1500 feet and building Pier 2 at 1500 feet at the St Johns terminal. The plan allocates 1.25 million in bonds, 4 percent interest, and 90 percent insurable value for Pier III, aiming to attract ocean going vessels and boost local employment.
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St. Johns
Portland Public Dock Commission
Portland
Pacific Coast
Commission
Columbia River
St. John Municipal
Dock Commission
Port of
Port Commission
Fifth member joins Portland dock board on grain elevator subsidence
Howard C. Holmen, chief engineer of the San Francisco Dry Dock Company and consulting engineer of Union Ironworks, was named the fifth member of Portland dock commission’s engineering board investigating the St Johns grain elevator subsidence. Local engineers have prepared borings and noted subsidence as outside specialists prepare final plans over about a week.
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Howard C. Holmen
San Francisco Drydock Company
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Portland Dock Commission
Board of Engineers
St. Johns
Portland
Robert Cummings
Segmeur
Shot
George ©. Mason
George W. Boschke
J. R. Phillips
Dock Commission
Political appointment stir echoes McCarren tale
After Montgomery county district attorney death Governor Smith faced many applications for a successor. Italo News recalls a Brooklyn Senator McCarren story of political movers pressing for office before burial of a minor official, prompting a blunt response from the senator in a restaurant.
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Montgomery County
Smith
New York
McCarren
Brooklyn
Italo News
Smith's
Keep a Smiling Through Grief and Work
A reflective note urges endurance through dreary weather and steady toil. It counsels maintaining faith in God’s gentleness during sorrow, while acknowledging doubt and seeking perseverance. The piece ends with a call to keep believing.
Lumber dealer Cooper arrested in US bank misapplication case
Charles Cooper a wholesale lumber dealer was arrested on a federal indictment for conspiring with Jerome Mann J Al Pattison and another to misapply funds of the First National Bank of Linn ton totaling about 123000. Mann posted 10000 bail and Pattison has been under arrest. the scheme involved forged trade fences and cashing bank funds.
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Charles ¥. Cooper
Jerome
Mann
J. al Pattison
First National Bank of
Linnton
Mr. Pattison
Mr. Cooper
United States
Haney
Mr. At
Meatant
Pattison Agann
Cooper
Pattison
J. al Pattison Lumber Company
Oreigonian
Old Booze Mourned Yet Celebrated as Village Eulogizes
A nostalgic poem satirizes Old Booze's demise recounting his failed schemes and the town’s reaction. Mourners cheerfully observe the funeral, noting how the end of his drinking empire may lessen social ills and wages tied to taverns. Walt Mason’s verse blends humor with loss.
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Wales
Aioe
Walt Mason
Liberty Repair Shop Ad Promotes Sharpening Services
An era advertisement urges lawn tools sharpened at Liberty Repair Shop located at 937 N Jersey St. It touts farmage or graduate registered pharmacists and asserts readiness to help with lawnmowers grass shears and sickles.
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Liberty Repair Shop
Jersey St
Family in Syria Starves After Sending Funds to U.S. Relatives
Frank Thomas Francis of Vancouver longingly kept hope for relatives in Beirut five years ago. A sister now reports the death of his wife and two children from starvation and war’s ruin. The letter notes Turks destroyed the farm, olives, and figs, and locals struggled amid postwar shortages.
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Syria
United States
Frank Thomas Francis
Vancouver
Beirut
Francis
City Hall Deliberations On Building Permits And Safety
City officials discuss a survey of heating plants after the Corbett building explosion. The City Planning Commission will handle permits for garages stores and homes in residential districts and hold neighborhood meetings. An ordinance to curb window cleaner falls will be presented. The school board plans to buy safety tested services for repairs and the paving plant restates specs for pavement standards to promote competition.
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Corbett
Grenfell
City Planning Commission
Gram
W. E. Plummer
City Building Bureau
Dolin
Barbur
Daylight Saving Law Sparks Congressional Pushback and Hymn Origin
The article notes daylight saving time starts Sunday March 30 with clocks moved at 2 am and rail schedules aligned. It mentions William Cowper nearly committing suicide, then writing a famous hymn after a cab mishap. It also covers Portland city office upgrades under Commissioner Perkins, new office machines, and praise for C C Bortameier as Rose Show organizer.
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United States
Congress
Perkins
Thea
C. C. Bortameier
Civil Service Commission
Portland
Bortsmeier
Wiathes
Ank
Peninsula Security Company Mortgage Loans and Insurance
Peninsula Security Company offers mortgage loans investments and insurance in all branches. Located at 108 South Jersey Street the firm promotes tailored services and expert knowledge in today’s business landscape with a focus on customer fit and reliability.
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Peninsula Security Company
South Jersey Street
James John Cagers Rally in Interscholastic Fall Season
James John High School details a winter basketball season summary with player nicknames and standout feats. John Wulf named captain, 46-point single game by Wulf versus Benson, and the team finishes strong in the Inter scholastic League.
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Interposos
James John
Benson Polytechnic
Praeitunto High School
John Wulf
Interacholantic League
Meyers
School For the Blind
Portland
Claus
Oregon
Ntapek
Cou Ini
Lero Liscaln Tenn
Jamex
John Wam
Long John Wulf
Ythica
John Pl
Ghnning
John
Benson
Dick Girt
Fiers
Cambell
Clarence Edwards
O'Toole
Trishmans
Clarence
All Stars
Wobblie’ Johnson
Huck" Hiatt
Huck
Whistier
Willickson
Lincoln
Christian Hrothers
Brothers
Washington
Commerce
Jefferson
Franklin
Columbia
Deadly wars distant past and modern science compare
In a People’s Home Journal excerpt the article notes that ancient wars caused high casualties with hand to hand fighting, citing Caesar near Namur where 60 000 Nervii were slain. It argues long range weapons reduced total deaths but raised long term costs for marksmen.
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Caesar
Namur
People's Home Journal
EXPRE&6 Hauls Any Thing to Portlaw Daily
Local transport service offers daily trips to Portlaw with reasonable prices. Enquiries directed to 317 N Jersey St Flgor Auto Express. Contact Mike Goarcke at 912 So Syracuse St for building contractor services and small to large jobs.
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Jersey St
Auto Express
Mike Goarcke
Collius
Syracuse St
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