Manila Maru Docked After Week-Old Fire in Hold
The Manila Maru of the Osaka Bhonen Kaleha line docked at Pier 6 after a fire in No 5 lower hold. Firefighters cooled the bulkhead to prevent spread while 740 tons of goods remained at risk. A milk shipment valued near 2 million dollars and nine carloads of eggs were endangered. Smallpox cases were contained among 220 passengers, with one child hospitalized.
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Cape Plattery
Pier 6
No. 5
Tacoma
Manila
Schooner Brings South Sea Cargo to Island Port
The schooner H. C. Hanson brings copra from the South Sea Islands and is expected Monday night. Manson to load ties for the United Kingdom after Victoria. The Santa Rita arrives late Saturday from the West Coast via Hone At, towing the bark Belfast. Grace & Co. will load lumber for the South.
Beach schooner Janet Car towed for salvage work
The auxiliary schooner Janet Car, beached near Harbor last fall, will be floated as soon as her engines are repaired. A deckload of lumber is being removed with machinery moved by a temporary road. salvaging the wreck of the Carruthers continues under J. H. Price who handles the ves sel and cargo salvage.
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Harbor
J. H. Price
Seattle to Launch Two Ships This Week
Seattle shipyards plan two evening launches this week. The West Isleta will slip from the Ames yard at 7 o'clock Thursday. The 8800 ton West Henshaw is set for Saturday at 6 o'clock from the Duthie yard. Both are the 16th ships for their plants with Skinner and Eddy preparing for their 60th launch on May 25.
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Seattle
West Isleta
Ames Yard
Skinner & Eddy
Shipbuilders seek delegate for Pacific coast program
In San Francisco on May 12 J F Duthie and C H Hamilton representing Seattle steel ship builders meet with J R Bowles and A F Smith from Portland to pick a delegate. The chosen representative will confer in Washington with Edward Hurley of the United States Shipping Board on the new shipbuilding program for the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
United Preas
J. F. Duthie
C H. Hamilton
Steel Shipbuilders
Seattle
J. R. Bowles
A. F. Smith
Portland
Columbia River Shipbuilders
Vessel Movements Off Tatoosh Island and Seattle Ports
Weather Bureau reports sighting off Tatoosh Island with wind 30 mph and light rain. Ships named include Konungeean Maru, Wheling Aberdeen, Cap Fisis Terre, and Manila Maru with inbound and outbound movements among Seattle, Port Townsend, Vancouver and other Pacific ports.
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Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Motorcohr BH. C. Mangen
le Solanc
Miteul
Atina
Aberdeen
Port
Senator to sail for Alaska on June first
The steamship Senator of the Admiral Line completes a voyage and will arrive with passengers and freight. Local offices advise preparations for Nome on June 1 as the ship begins a Nome voyage from Seattle. the Senator will be the first passenger departure this year.
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Admiral Line
Sena
Atal Yiorts
Comber
Mediately
Nome
Seattle
Ships Load 30 Million Feet of Ties for Pacific to United Kingdom
The Shipping Board assigns more than 30 million feet of railroad ties to be moved by sixteen wooden ships in the Northwest near Humboldt Bay California. Vessels will transport ties from the Pacific coast to the United Kingdom marking a first for wooden ships in this volume.
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Shipping Board
Pacific Ocean
Kingdom
Northwest
Humboldt Bay
Califor
Atlantic
United Kingdom
Malay ship crewed by Malays reaches San Francisco
The barkentine Charlies F. arrived in San Francisco after being manned by a crew of seven Malays. The vessel had lost two men in a hurricane and the remaining crew of seven were ashore at Pago-Pago. The Cracker had sailed 123 days from Lukualefa and 70 days from Pago Pago.
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Pago-Pago
Barkentine Charlies F
San Francisco
Notable Coastal Ferry Schedules From Anacortes and Nearby Ports
Fragmentary timetable notes show ferry routes and times among Anacortes Port Townsend Port Angeles and nearby towns. Entries list morning and afternoon sailings with prices and durations and reference connections to towns like Reflineham and Fort Teown.
Local Markets Prices Jump as Store Demand Drives Higher Costs
Local market reports show a one cent rise across grades on Monday morning with increased storage by jobbers and more home use. Butter holds firm while vegetables gain traction. fresh Florina strawberries arrive and sell fast. rhubarb and apples clean up as asparagus remains scarce. various produce lines and dairy products are listed with wholesale quotes and per crate prices.
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Los Angeles
Kennewick
Market Summary of Stock Exchange Opening
NEW YORK May 12 Teregular price changes occurred in a narrow market at the stock exchange. United States Meet opened at par 100, Missouri Pacific 16 off 4. Marine preferred 1.1% up. New York Central 16% off. Tobacco products notes 48% off.
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New York
Oes
Stock Exchange
United States
Missouri Pacific
Marine
New York Central
Market rundown amid bullish grain, corn and hog futures rise
Chicago May 1 prices surged as bullish factors from plentiful burying orders to high price forecasts plus short covering lifted futures. May corn opened around 1.72, later 1.77. July corn and September futures advanced with bids reported across multiple contracts and grains showing gains amid bullish trading.
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Chicago
Industrial Board
Sue
Cubse
Reptember
Public Markets Pine 7 Stall Deals On Groceries
A condensed market list shows price tags for milk types Crystal White Heb White Carnation Horden s milk and Napthe items. Featured goods include crystal white flakes berries pickles beet butter new potatoes canned tomatoes corn flakes royal baking powder and Van Camp s beans from area groceries.
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Kristoferson
Horden
Noval
Medical Grocery
Annex
Abe Ean van Camp
Fragmented grocery list from an old ad page
A garbled OCR listing various food and household items with prices, including milk, pancake mix, baking powder, brooms, coffee, peaches, red salmon, soda crackers, and a fan table item. No clear dates or full item details.
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Teagar
Grocery items list with prices and stalls
A jumble of product names and prices appears, including gas can tomatoes 46¢, large can pineapple, No 1 can pork and beans, wool soap flakes, fresh tomatoes, new potatoes, and various stall numbers. The fragment reads like a market or catalog page with scattered prices and goods.
Untitled grocery list fragment from old catalog page
fragmentary OCR shows a grocery items list including cheese ham loaf peanut butter sugar milk bread and cod with scattered numerals and misspelled names in a 1800s style catalog garble. it preserves no clear event or narrative and reads as a shopping ledger fragment.
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Kristoferson
Portland Market Report Covers Livestock and Dairy Prices
Portland Portland market receipts show cattle steers cows and heifers sold at various price ranges from 7 to 19.25 with prime mided and medium mided beef numbers. Sheep lambs and yearlings prices are listed with primes up to 15 and ewes around 10.50 per head. Dairy creamery items and local extras are noted with small commodity prices.
Frisco Market Report Slow Mixed Prices Across Commodities
In San Francisco on May 12 butter and cheese prices show varied quality with California flats at 334 and fancy beans with mixed rates. Potatoes list Delta and Oregon figures while onions and date-red feed prices edge higher, weed and Harley values noted with shipping costs included.
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AN Francisco
California
Deltas
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Lee Hove
Bermuda
Denver Market Report May 12 Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Denver reports cattle receipts at 10,000 with a strong to higher market. Steers up to 12.50, cows and heifers 4.50 to 12.50, stockers 11.50 to 13.25, calves 15.16. hog receipts 1,600 with top 20.60 and bulk 19.75 to 20, sheep 2,000 with lambs 11.50 to 13.75. Market closed strong.
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Alameda
Valdez
Cordova
Alapeda
Sitka
Admiral Evans
Honolula
Schr
San Pedro
E Bay B.C
Johan Paulsen
Port Gambie
Willamette
Seattle
Protector
Humanity
San Pedro Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
Manila
Manila Maru
Bethanga
Comex
Irina
Comox
Victoria
TP. C
Oriental Porta
Port Townsend
Beattie
Me Fulton
Ba Sienion
Weet
Es Hinaioa
Port Ladlow
Port Ludlow
Salled
le Sinsion
Tirutannia Beach
Balled
S. Lopp
Port Gamble
Solano
Everett
Admiral Sehrey
Denver
Cut in Tire Prices Announced by Major Firms
New York authorities report a 15 percent average cut in tire prices by Goodrich and the Weather/Tire Rubber companies. Miller Rubber also to reduce prices citing lower production costs from wartime contracts ending and a return to normal business.
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New York
Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company
Whvertage Tire and Rubber Company
Miller Rubber Company
Basia le Given
Audubon Society to Meet with Flycatcher Talk
The Audubon society meets Monday at 8 in the Transportation club room, Railway Exchange building. Mr Rathbun will speak on Flycatchers. Public invited.
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The
Audubon Society
Transportation Club
Railway Exchange
Second Ave
Cherry St
Rathbun
Publc
Local Market Goods List From Stall Standings
A fragmented market listing shows stalls 17 64 79 offering sugar cane milk soap jelly cocoa peanut butter and churned butter. Items include Carnation milk Palmolive soap Jell O shredded coconut and fresh creamery butter with prices noted in cents.
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Kristofereon
Food Market Ad Fragments From 2012 Wisconsin Paper
Fragmentary ad lists fresh crab at 2 for the price, halibut, salt eelman sides, peanut butter, Wisconsin cream brick cheese, ranch omelet, churned butter and margarine brands. Mentions Blake 2012 and Glodon. Prices appear as 1.06 and 1.16 in scattered figures.
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WIOKM
Ceeceecereeweer
America
Oregon
Wisconsin
Mtalle
She
Blake
iTo T
Prosperity revival in steel and farm booms across America
Richard Spillane forecasts a strong industrial rebound as steel aims for world leading prices and america’s farms yield monumental wheat. He notes Britain’s high costs and Europe protective trends, while U S workers shift into construction and manufacturing, signaling a vast postwar boom.
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America
Europe
U. S
State to Take Up Booze Case
The state akan prosecute ten men for alleged theft of 1 717 bottles of liquor from a United States customs warehouse. Federal authority cannot prosecute as neither warehouse nor executor was government property. Prosecuting Attorney Fred C Brown will issue criminal complaints if evidence merits them. Those under arrest but free on bail include Ed Hagen Dick Russell Fred Smart Sergeants Gus Hasselblad Tom Russell Jim Morrison J W Locknane Ed Carey W F Patten and Joe Mansini.
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United States Customs Department
Fred C. Brown
Lberty
Ed Hagen
Dick Russell
Fred Smart
Gus Hasselblad
Tom Russell
Jim Morrison
J. W. Locknane
Ed Carey
W. F. Patten
Joe Mansini
Probe How Gun Was Smuggled
Investigators probe how the pistol used in the Saturday shooting in the marshal's office was smuggled to F. B. Wilson an alleged counterfeiter. Deputy U S Marshal A Hooke was wounded as he helped escort Wilson to a cell. Two girls Elsie Winterbottom Ruth Phipps remain in federal custody after arrest in the tied murder attempt case.
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F. B. Wilson
United States
A. Hooke
Elsie Winterbottom
Ruth Phipps
Robert C. Sanders
Wilson
Robert W. McClelland
French vessel to get new propeller and overhaul
The motorship Albert Metin built by Anderson Shipbuilding on Lake Washington will be drydocked at Heffernan plant this week for a new propeller installation before delivery to the French government. The schooner Gambie of Balfour Guthrie, arrived in tow Saturday, will be drydocked and overhauled before loading lumber for the Am ipodes.
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Albert Metin
Anderson Shipbuilding Company
Lake Washington
Heffernan
Gambie
Balfour-Guthrie
Amipodes
Alaska Mining Survey 1917 Report Snapshot
The Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce reports copies of the United States Geological Survey mining survey for 1917. The document outlines mineral prospects, exploration activity, and regional mining potentials across Alaska.
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Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
United States Geological Survey of
Alaska
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