Seattle waterfront ships surge after harbor raid cleanup
A year after sailors drove away squatters on Harbor Island, Seattle's waterfront blooms with shipbuilding. Companies like Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co and Skinner & Eddy expand yards, building carriers, freighters, and submarines worth millions, with new docks and a large shipyard planned on Harbor Island.
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Skinner-Eddy Shipbuilding Corporation
United States Navy
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co
Aliens to Take Oath at Portland Citizenship Demonstration
Portland two hundred aliens who applied for American naturalization will take the oath of citizenship at a large public demonstration on September 15.
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Portland
Cost of College Education Rises at University of Chicago
Chicago September 9 The University of Chicago trustees announce tuition will rise from 40 to 50 per quarter starting summer quarter 1917 for all colleges. This comes amid broader concerns over the cost of living affecting higher education and student finances.
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Chicago
University of Chicago Board of Trustees
Irish Jig Easiest for Blind to Learn
In Chicago on Sept 9, M F Conway of Hartford Conn demonstrated methods for teaching blind children to dance. Conway said the Irish jig is the easiest dance for the blind to learn.
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Chicago
American Association of Dancing Masters
M. F. Conway
Hartford
Conn
Conway
Fire at Frank Byrer’s House Sparks Bee Involvement
In Frankian Pennsylvania on September 9, a house fire at Frank Byrer’s home involved a beehive found in the attic. Firefighters tackled the flames as the buzzing hive complicated efforts.
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Frankian
Frank Byrer
Byrer
Atte
Real duel staged in movie theatre near Crowe bur g
In Pittsburg on September 9 W M Reed a white man and Virgil Cobb a negro settled a long quarrel at Crowe burg mining camp near Pittsburg. They chose a crowded picture show as the battleground and exchanged shots until the house emptied. both were mortally wounded and died shortly after.
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Pittsburg
W. M. Reed
Virgil Cobb
Croweburg
Seattle shipbuilders hold contracts worth twenty five million
A table lists leading Seattle shipbuilders and the vessels they are building or contracted to build. F. J. Duthie & Co. five million, Skinner & Eddy ten million, Seattle Construction & Dry Dock six million, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging two point seven million, Nilson & Kelez two hundred twenty five thousand. Total contracts about twenty three million nine hundred twenty five thousand, with Nilson & Kelez reportedly approaching twenty five million overall though not confirmed.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
War Department
Seattle
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Brooklyn
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Elliott Bay Ship & Engine Co
Alaska-Pacific Navigation Co
Nilson & Kelez
F. J. Duthie & Co
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Seattle port records show heavy vessel turnover in 1915
In Beattie harbor 2858 vessels sailed in 1915, 966 more than 1914, carrying 2,989,512 tons. The port saw 2895 vessels enter with 3,985,675 net tons, vs 1927 vessels and 3,893,104 tons in 1914. Seattlite piaying vessels totaled 378 ships and 676,814 tons.
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Piyi Ng
Seattice
Washington Mills Outdistanced Rivals in Lumber Output
Washington mills produced 3.95 billion feet of lumber in 1915 far surpassing Oregon at 1.69 billion. California yielded 1.13 billion, Idaho 777 million, and Montana 328 million feet, according to state figures.
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Washington Mills
California
Idaho
Montana
Fir lumber output climbs for Washington mills
Washington mills cut about 2.92 billion feet of fir last year, more than double Oregon’s output. The total fir cut reached 1.354 billion feet, reflecting a major production surge in the region.
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Washington Mills
Oregon
Ships of Washington fir to boost city abroad
Seattle tide flats fill with wooden vessel skeletons as Washington fir beams revive shipbuilding. Yard superintendents say fir is the west timber for ships beams, cut by pattern and shaped by hand. A large fleet of these tramps promises renewed timber demand from coast and Orient shipmen.
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Seattle
Orient
Washington
Grace Plans Pacific Trade Route and New Fleet
Joseph Pp Grace, head of W R Grace & Co, visits Seattle as his firm expands in trans Pacific trade. He is building about 5 million dollars of steamships on the Atlantic coast and plans more vessels for routes to China and Japan. The company operates over 40 ships and has 20 branch offices in South America and 20 in Europe with a new bureau for domestic and foreign imports managed by K G Herr.
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Joseph Pp. Grace
W. R. Grace & Co
Seattle
Grace
Atlantic
China
Japan
Orient
Conn
South America
Europe
K. G. Herr
Bureau Domestic
Meing
Washington Tops Nation in Lumber Output for a Decade
The table shows Washington leading U S lumber production over the last 10 years with 39 611 766 000 feet, followed by Oregon 1850 18 443 000 feet, California 12 116 113 000 feet, Idaho 6 515 510 000 feet, and Montana 3 116 151 700 feet.
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United States
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
Brass eagle relic found in Riggsville weighs 97 pounds
In Riggsville Maine a large brass eagle, once a ship figure head, was unearthed. The artifact weighs 97 pounds and is believed to be over a century old.
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Riggsville
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