Halifax Explosion Survivor Details Vivid Aftermath
Roy Williams, formerly of Portland, recounts the Halifax harbor disaster as rescue crews battle a northeast gale. He describes streets filled with screaming, wounded and dying, burning wreckage, and his own injuries from firefighting amid the wreckage and snow. He found it impossible to estimate the dead.
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United Press
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Portland
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Mont Blanc
Williama
St. John
Windsor
Canning fault blamed for deaths of three after Thanksgiving
Investigators Coroner Charles C. Tiffin and Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfli concluded faulty canning of asparagus caused the deaths of Sven Treely, an Underwood Typewriter Co. employee, his wife, and Anton Edlund shortly after Thanksgiving.
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Sven Treely
Underwood Typewriter Co
Anton Edlund
Charles C. Tiffin
Frank Koepfli
Wallingford Community Day Seals Sale Supports Anti Tuberculosis League
Saturday featured a Red Cross seal sale led by Mrs Filen Seamon for the Anti Tuberculosis league. The Swedish Tabernacle Ladies Aid Society chaired by Mrs Charlie Schnell reported a creditable Friday total from the sale.
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Wallingford
Red Cross
Declares Wife Held Prisoner In Iron Cage
George W. Root testified before Commissioner Pratt about his wife Perle Ward Root being confined in an iron cage at a New York sanitarium for over four years. He seeks a accounting from John Brainerd, trustee of her $2 million estate, amid her 1914 divorce and alleged $500,000 misused during captivity. Root says he was told she was violently insane and could commit suicide if freed.
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Harriet A. Varney
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Urge Shoppers to Shop Early Statewide Campaign
Under state council for defenses guidance a broad campaign urges shoppers to start purchases early, carry home bundles, and pay cash. Meetings in mercantile centers present council resolutions while merchants are asked to close by 6 pm except Saturdays and focus on staples over luxuries. PF F Dahin from the extension division and Mrs Muth Karr McKee lead the committee with A J Rhodes and B Beck among Seattle members.
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State Council For Defenses
PF. F. Dahin
State University Extension Division
Mra. Muth Karr McKee
A. J. Rhodes
B. ©. Beck
Seattle
SAMMIES IN OAHU WANT LETTERS FROM SEATTLE
An appeal from soldiers of Company G Second Infantry at Fort Shafter on Oahu Hawaii asks Seattle girls to write letters. Signers include Charles C Riley Elmer B Cloning er Poibe M Johnson Henry Eran Andy Sandell Merman A Mueller Beatt Y Potts Robert I Lockwood Fred B Lott John Fl Burns Hawk shaw Charlies M Webber Spike A Takce Jack W Law Grubby D Cameron Herman Cluchie Charles M Mall Lawrence Griffin Sleepy C Marchman Nathan H Bryant.
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Elmer BE. Cloninger
Poibe MH. Johnson
Menry Eran
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Merman A. Mueller
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