Repair of Damaged Freight Cars to Boost Rail Revenue
Washington officials report repair of 150000 damaged freight cars will start soon after a rate increase. The plan aims to ease car shortages, speed coal and food shipments, and raise government revenue by about 200 million dollars annually through higher taxes. Authorities expect more cars built and quicker deliveries within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Couch
Washington
Parmaice
Bureau Railway Economy
No- Ceal Association
Taxpayers Rally Against City Budget and Tax Hike
Citizens flood the council committee with protests over increased taxation and wage raises. They demand cuts in water and county expenses, warn of auto and property owners’ burdens, and urge reined wages and reduced city services amid debates on street railway funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Beck
King
Beck
Seattle
Homer
R. H. Thomson
Girl Swimmer Saves Man From Drowning At Rockaway
Miss Louise Schumacher of Portland a Red Cross swimming instructor during learn to swim week helped rescue C. D. Spencer who ventured far out and was seized by an undertow. Arthur Shute assisted in pulling him to safety. The report mentions Holy Stain on the Chalcidian peninsula with many monasteries and chapels.
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Man
Rockaway
Ore
Louise Schumacher
Portland
The
Red Cross Swimming Prps
Porand
C. D. Spencer
Spencer
Louise Schumacher Portland
Arthur Shute
Ship News Tidles in Seattle
A compact Seattle ship news item notes maritime activity and harbor notices with terse data. Details are fragmented but indicate ongoing vessel movements and port considerations in the city’s waterfront reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
First Ferria barge to launch on Pacific coast
The United States Shipping Board converts the Ferria type ship into an ocean going barge and launches it Thursday evening from Winslow Marine Railway Eagle Harbor for Coastwise Steamship and Barge company. Marine experts call the craft the last word in non powered boats and among the stoutest wood ships built. It will be towed by new steel ships for James Griffiths and Sons and used to haul ore and general merchandise on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Winslow Marine Railway and Shipping Company
Eagle Harbor
Coastwise Steamship and Barge Company
James Griffiths & Sona
Seattle
Pacific Coast
James Griffiths & Sons
J. E. Duthie & Co
Refrigerator ship Bendyk to inaugurate Pacific coast to Europe service
The Bendyk, the first refrigerator steamship, will start a 12 000 ton capacity service linking Puget Sound ports with Pacific coast hubs and Northern Europe. F M Volk and C Van de 8 of Holland American Line announced in Seattle en route to British Columbia. Vessels will carry 3 000 tons plus perishables with fruit and fishing cargo supporting the venture. Royal Mail and Holland American Line ships will rotate on the new route.
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Bendyk
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Europe
F. M. Volk
New York
C. van de 8
Holland-American Line
Seattle
British Columbia
Volk
Atlantic
Holland
American Line
Royal Mall Steam Packet Company
Arabia Maru Delivers Large Silk Shipment to Seattle
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner Arabia Maru docked in Seattle with 2 000 tons freight and 150 passengers including missionary Rev A F Gargin returning after 30 years. Readied for discharge 1 000 packages silk and alk goods, 900 barrels wood oil, and frozen eggs. The On Time Again yacht was sold to Seattle grocer Riley McCoy.
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Seattle
Pier
Pacific
T. Tito
A. EF. Gargin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Schooner Uranus Sold for 2500 at Federal Auction
The gas halibut schooner Uranus sold for 2500 and a Ford truck brought 406 at a U S marshal sale. The vessel, forfeited after owners were convicted of smuggling five cases of Canadian whisky into the United States, was bought by representatives of Nordby Supply Co. Thomas Mason was the successful bidder. auctioneered by Deputy U S Marshal Thomas Waters.
Arrivals and Departures List for August 4 to 8
Arrivals include Wapama from San Francisco at 4 PM August 4 and Arabia Maru from Hong Kong via port at 10 45 PM. Admiral Dewey from San Francisco at 4 20 PM and Admiral Rodman from Southeastern Alaska ports via Ladysmith at 11 30 PM. Boobyalia from Port Blakeley at 3 30 AM. Sailed August 4 includes Mukilteo to Tacoma at 10 20 AM and Admiral Bchtey to San Francisco via San Pedro at 2 20 PM. Skagway bound Amur to Britannia Beach BC at 7 10 PM. Wentham to Blabber Bay BC at 11 AM and Kastholm to Vancouver BC at 10 PM. Boobyalia to Valparaiso via SF at 2 PM and Aquilo to Tacoma at 6 20 PM.
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Wapama
San Francisco
Honegkong
Porte
Admiral Dewey
San
Admiral Rodman
Alaskan
Ladysmith
B. C
Port Blakeley
Mukilteo
Tacoma
Admiral Bchtey
San Ineco
San Pedro
Ater Skagway
Nanaimo
B.C
Etr
Amur
Britannia Beach
Ate Wentham
Blabber Bay
Ships and docks in Seattle and Puget Sound port list
A dense roster of vessels at Seattle terminals, Smith Cove and Puget Sound sites, including Wapama Arabla Maru Eastern Leader West Jester Admiral Rodman Alaska Milkesan Maru Admiral Dewey Umatilla Tem ple Eastern Temple Exporter Weatboro West Nim rod and multiple drydocks and bunkers. Also lists numerous ship names, pier designations, and dredging firms such as A B Patterson and Pacific Coast bunkers with many inland vessel names.
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Seattle
Cove Terminal
Henry Villard
Wapama
Arabla Maru
Eastern Leader
West Jester
Admiral Rodman
Alaska
Smith Cove
Admiral Dewey
Pacific Coast
U. B. IL
HLT
Umatilla
Hanford St
Eastern Temple
Duthie Garde
Eastern Exporter
Weatboro
East Waterway
West
Nimrod
Bourneville
Allenhurst
Abilia
Adria
Capraria
Elestra
Ocelwin
Abydos
Arcademia
Academia
Pezuta
Black Wolf
Bickland
Bestine
Bianford
Agron
Ambon
Yort Harrison
Fort Stanwiz
Imufka
Kiton
Leoti
Dione
Cagnacan
Cosian
Olneyras
Cardia
Elissa
Henry Wilson
Salvator
Alice
Schr
Oregon
Ames Garde
Roosevelt
Heffernan Drydocks
Echr
Coolcha
Challambra
Blestiaa
New York Exchange Records Weak Trade as Selling Starts
At the opening of the New York Stock Exchange prices were weak with little buying power. European conditions due to the Polish situation weighed on markets while United States Steel slipped to 87, Southern Railway to 25, and Baldwin and others fell. Opening quotes showed declines across leaders though industrials later recovered from early losses.
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New York Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Europe
United States Steel
Southern Railway
Baldwin
Reading
Hethlehem
Northern Pacific
Wheat Market Drops and Rises Amid Volatile Trading
Chicago August 4 wheat futures fluctuated with early losses followed by a rebound near the previous session levels. December wheat touched higher and March rose as heavy long liquidation and subsequent buying drove prices back, while corn and oats remained mostly steady amid varied crop conditions and rain effects in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Coenian
Chicago cattle and sheep market receipts and prices
Chicago Ave 4 T lo and Recetpte report receipts of about 19 000 head with a market steady to higher for cattle and steady to lower for sheep. Beef and butcher prices ranged with steer values around 14 76 and 14 50 while stockers and feeders averaged 6 61 to 11 56, lambs about 7 60 to 14 76 per head.
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Chicago
Ave
Portland Market Report Aug 4 Prices for Butter Cheese and Meat
Portland market report lists butter at 44 620 per dow Mane H00880 per Ibbrofiera, cheese at 3Te per, and meat at 28 3Te per item. The fragmented data reflects commodity prices and market quotes of the day.
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Portland Market Report
Portland
Market prices for Frisco items and poultry rates
Frisco market notice lists batter extras at 9 cents per item and 14 1 2 cents per dozen. Extra pullets quoted at 66 4 percent per dozen and undersized pullets at 39 percent per dozen. California fat poultry prices shown as fancy at a certain rate per pound.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Aug
Petess Dale Seons
Blechyards
New York Coffee and Sugar Prices Snapshot
New York Avenue listings show coffee at 19 5 c per pound for No 7 and 17 1 c per pound for No 4 Santos, with raw sugar at 16 29 c per pound and crystalline sugar at 52 ½ c per pound.
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N. Y
New York
Ave
Santos
Foreign Exchange Markets Open With Mixed Moves in New York
In New York the foreign exchange scene shows demand francs down 3 to 5 centimes while lists for dollars and other currencies exhibit fractional changes. The market reacts with small adjustments as rates fluctuate around the opening levels.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Bootleggers’ Trust Alleged Surfaces in Washington
State prohibition director Donald A. McDonald declared a bootleggers’ network exists in Washington. He said convicts relocate to avoid harsher penalties and that liquor pools are controlled by multiple bootleggers. A bill to create a central records office was discussed in Aberdeen, with tours planned to gain local cooperation.
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Washington
Donald A. McDonald
Prohibition
McDonald
Aberdeen
Spokane
Tombstone falls on man at grave in Jewish Cemetery
Samuel Roth was praying at a relative's grave in the Jewish Cemetery when a tombstone fell onto him. Bystanders aided him and found his left leg broken and injuries to his body. The incident occurred in Richmond Staten Island on July 30.
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Richmond
Staten Island
Samuel Roth
Roth
Public Markets Westlake Mtall Shopping List Summary
A dense OCR list of assorted grocery items and prices from a public market. Items include pork and beans, Lipton tea, evaporated peaches, Carnation milk, Van Camp pork and beans, fresh potatoes, lemons, peaches, walnuts, sardines, Crisco, baking powder, sugar, milk, tomatoes, salmon, oats, and other staples with various prices and package counts. No cohesive narrative, just a price-laden commodity catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westlake
Hille Roe
Reliance
Centennial
Harding Pilgrims Journey to Marion
Five hundred Harding boosters from Wayne county Ohio staged a pilgrimage to Marion for the second delegation to visit the front porch of the Republican presidential candidate. Harding plans to decide on national committee guidance in New York and has a four trip itinerary to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts Minnesota the Northwest and Tennessee.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Wayne County
National Committee
New York
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Minnesota
Northwest
Tennessee
Turpentine and Rosin From Douglas Fir Pursued
The U S Forest Service granted a Portland company a permit to extract pitch and turpentine from 160 acres of Douglas fir on the Umpqua national forest. The venture aims to boost naval stores supply and may shift some focus away from southern pines toward Douglas fir as a new source. The project seeks resin from trees toppled by storms, recovering material from cracks and seams in the wood.
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U. S. Forest Service
Portland
Umpqua National Forest
California Grapes Reach Seattle Market Report
California Thompson seedless grapes arrive by pool car and sell at 5.50 per four basket crate. Watermelons go for 4 cents a pound and six cars expected this afternoon. Corn drops 25 cents per crate to 2.50, butter and eggs unchanged.
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Thompson
California
Mill Boss Never Lost Day in 26 Years
Lawrence Massachusetts August 4. George Farley longtime overseer in the lower Pacific mills finished his duties with last week’s work, ending a 26 year record of never missing a day. Even through strikes and labor troubles his direct employees remained loyal and on schedule.
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Lawrence
Mass
George Farley
Pacific
United States
Farley
Prehistoric Curios Made in Paris Auction Rooms
A Paris auction rooms uncover a wave of so called prehistoric arrowheads dated 1920 AD destined for American collectors. Investigations reveal a family near a stone quarry between Abbeville and Beauvais arrested amid the fraud inquiry.
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Paris
America
Abbeville
Beauvis
Kidnaping tale unravels as detectives chase elopement clue
Detectives pursued a suspected kidnapping case tied to William D Johns Jr aka Willis Johns. A divorce action filed July 22 1920 reveals he sought separation with three children. Carrol Favor described as missing sister of the suspect.
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Johns
Favor
18Th Ave
N. BE
Landon
Ostruth
C. EB. Tennant
Hi. A. Holmes
George F. Reynolds
Johna
William D. Johna, Jr
Bremerton Navy Yard
Bremerton
John McClung
Seattle
Goanese Woman Delivers Seven Stillborn Children
In Dar es Salaam a Goanese woman premature birth produced seven children, six boys and one girl. all died. The mother is u and progressing satisfactorily according to medical records noting rare multi birth cases.
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Dar-Es-Salaam
East Africa
Westchester Sheriff Candidate Plans Air Tour
George J. Werner, the Republican candidate for sheriff of Westchester County, will fly the country to campaign. The report notes a separate item about unusually strong ale brewed at Oxford, England.
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White Plains
N. Y
George J. Werner
Westchester County
Oxford
Eng
Blackmail threats target widow and heir in Providence case
In Providence area Aug 4, blackmail letters to Mrs. D. A. Sayles threaten her life and that of her five year old grandson Paul Doe Nicholson, heir to the Sayles and Nicholson millions. Police suspect a familiar hand. investigators monitor former and current servants as they probe the family.
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Providence
D. A. Sayles
Paul Doe Nicholson
Sayles
Nicholson
Pawtucket
Beth
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Lew Tendler
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Pinkey
Ritchie Mitchell
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Hooper
O. K
Harry Hooper
Boston Red Sox
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Jim Londos
John Pesek
Bob Martin
O’brien
Bob Roper
Akron
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Dick O'Brien
Kid Williams
Patsy Johnson
Dutch Brandt
Johnny Bfrtle
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Mrs. Sayles
Liberty and Victory
Bee Today
SOLAS
Morris Brothers, Inc
AR Attur
San Juan Islands
Deception Pass
S. S. Tacoma
Colman Deck
Hood Canal
Brooks’ Whangdoodle Orchestra
S. Whatcom
Colman Dock
Navigation CO Sound
Rey
S. A
South American Boxing Federation
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Chile
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London
Willie Tilden
Patterson
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R. Norris Name
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Jeff Smith
Bayenne, N. J
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Armory Athletic Association of
Jersey City
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Wilson
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Halifax
JGET
San Juan
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Leave Beattie
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Port Townsend
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Rockies
Canada
Trans-Continental
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