Parade and Ball Game Fuel Seattle Festivities
Seattle on May 25 reported bright skies giving way to a parade prep mood for the battleship event tomorrow. crowds planned a 2 pm ball game between Northern and Branch teams with a long list of players and a call for hats to stay home. The Portland visited, wireless contact with Sitka briefly failed, and passenger lists from Seward and Seattle were noted as ships moved through the port.
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Gateway
Seattle
Conroy
PF. Whitney
C. Whitney
Dickinson
Pitman
Graef
Griffin
Doce Daykin
Blue
Mathison
Ellsworth
Lynch
Merion
Richardson
Sexton
Campion
Dorman
Billy
Pop
Joe Hoffman
Portland
Sitka
Seward
HH. S. Short
Short
L. V. Ray
James Lathrop
Fire at Fourth Avenue barber shop caused by spark
At 10 40 a m Thursday smoke appeared from the south side of a Fourth Avenue barber shop. Chemical extinguishers and hose carts contained the blaze quickly. Boards were ripped from the wall as the fire was quenched by chemicals and water.
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Fourth Avenue
Wireless preparations extend Alaska military signal network
The United States Army Signal Corps ships a large crew with equipment from Seattle to establish wireless stations along Alaska’s coast. Planned installations include Nome Fort Gibbon Fort Egbert Wrangell and Petersburg cannery with future cable work by the Burnside at Cordova to extend a link to a new railway town.
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Seattle
Territory of
Alaska
City of
United States Army Signal Corps
Nome
Fort Gibbon
Fort Egbert
Wrangell
Petersburg Cannery
Burnside
Cordova
Sitka
Valdez
Sitkan
Cape Fanshaw
Cor
Dry Strait
Upper Sound
Columbia River
Juney
Burnside Cable Ship In Dry Dock For Major Overhaul
The Burnside cable ship enters dry dock for a major overhaul. officials expect at least six weeks to complete repairs and four more to refit, with no other vessel available to handle Alaska cables. Poor boiler condition delayed northern trips, risking service interruption despite favorable weather.
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Burnside
Alaska
Valdez
Seward Literary Society Plans Piano Purchase
The Seward Literary and Mu Society met at the Methodist church for the final season session. A piano may be bought from Mr. Van Cleve for 150, with officers kept until September. The program included papers and music on prehistoric Alaska and other readings and recitations.
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Seward Literary and
Mu- 1 Society
Campion
van Cleve
No Street Railway in Wyoming Says Geologist
Prof Frederick C Beeler Wyoming state geologist says in Kansas City that Wyoming has no street railway or paved streets. He notes Cheyenne population of 16000 and says natural gravel forms roadbeds with white dust, prompting him to study Kansas City's oiling boulevard system.
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Frederick C. Beeler
Wyoming
Kansas City
Cheyene
Kansas City Star
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Eldom
Fine Sa
Capt. Daniels
Max Kahn
Claude E. Rickson
H. W. Lathrop
Fred Melius
L. E. Buell
Clara
Seward Steamers
Farallon
Bertha
Northwestern
Dora
Unalaska
Eastman Kodak
Owl Drug Co
Steinbloch
Adler & Sons
Kirschbaum and Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Layson Clothier
Ul UK
Penee
Partita
McMillan Fur & Wool CO
Langley St
Victoria, B. C
Arctic Brotherhood
Seward NO. 21
A.B. Hall
Cor. 5Th
Wash
S. L. Colwell Arctic
Anton Eide
J. A. Baughman
City Ofice
Owl Drug Store
Richard
F. Butterworth
Valdez Market
Valdez, Alaska
E. E. Ritchie
Pao
Dler & Sons Clothing CO
THE
Alaska Transfer
Chi
Alaska Commercial Co
Susitna
Yentna Rivers
Kodiak
Karluk
Kaguyak
Afognak
Tyonick
Sunrise
Latouche
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company
General Outfitters
Prince William Sound
Knight’s Island
Sound Points
Latouche Isl
Booth & CO
Hope and Girdwood
Eleedon
Old Line
Hunter Rye
Nelson Co
Olympia
Girdwood
R. Booth
Rainier
Chas, Perry
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