Sailors rise from San Francisco docks aboard the Maggie
Captain Scrages and his crew chase fortune aboard the aging Maggie as Gibney and McGuffey revive the salvage venture. A derelict schooner yields codfish instead of treasure, fracturing the syndicate and sparking a bitter split over a looming salvage scheme.
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Phineas Peyragee
San Francisco
Maggie
Adelbert P. Gibney
Serages
Nefis Halvorsen
Bart McGuffey
Westrel
Gibney
Captain Scrares
Halfmoon Bay
Saing Weaver
Mr. Gibney
Alleks
Flaherty
Scragers
Mecaffey
McGutt
Chesepeake
Sevage
Magrie
McGuffey
Beraves
Revolutioniata
Columbia
Whitcher
Martie Il
South Sea Islands
Seragegs
McKiiffey
Scrages
Scrag
Grays Harbor
Oakland Long Wharf
Point Reyes
North Pacific Ports
Neila Halvorsen
Victor
Berages
Mr. Gilbney
Jackeon Street Wharf
Thix
May Coakley
Sen
Mar
Metiuffey
Jackson Street
Scraggs
Sacramento River
Sacramento
Stockton
Nells Halvorsen
Berkeley
Mac
Syndicate
Embarcadero
Celsion
Semaggs
Seracusy
Scraces
Mrdjuffey
Commodore
Netis
Scruggs
Scragg
Gitney
Screggs
McGuiffey
Ald
Phiners Scraggs
Primary contest shapes up in 1922 Iowa race
Des Moines reports broad Republican primary interest for June 5 with battles for state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. William J. Burbank faces Col. Leon Ainsworth. Edwin H. Hoyt remains a rival. McClenahan defends against foes tied to recent investigations. Mae Francis and Lillian Lefert seek top posts. Third district GOP fight pits MacFarlane Organ and Robinson. Pitt discussed as possible Senate challenge.
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Des Moines
United States Senate
William J. Burbank
Waterloo
Col
Leon Ainsworth
Burbank
Edwin H. Hoyt
Ammeworth
Laws Senate
Tenet General Assembly
London
P. E. McClenahan
McClenahan
Wilbur H. Bender
Bender
State Vocational Board
Mae Francis
State Department of Public Instruction
Walter Ramsay
Lillian Leffert
Iowa
Kendall
Ben Gibson
Glenn Haynes
Dwight N Lewis
Charles Webster
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Congress
Arch MacFarlane
C. Organ
Eldora
T. J. B. Robinson
R. P. Scott
Marshalltown
Cyrenus Cole
Grant Centenary Observance Planned Across Nations
Washington March 25 Ulysses S Grant centennial events are planned for April 24 with a speech by President Harding at Point Pleasant Ohio and the Grant Memorial dedication at the Washington Capitol base. The program, led by Grand Army of the Republic leaders and notable officials, urges nationwide observances, school and church services, and patriotic commemorations at birth and burial sites.
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Washington
D. C
Ulysses S. Grant
Harding
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Grant
Capitol
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Thomas S. Hopkins
Lewis 8
Pilcher
Coolidge
Gillette
Taft
Weeks
Denby
Per
Congress of the
United States
Congress
General Grant
Riverside
New York
Ble
Peeteke
Relief Corps
Botanical Garden
Granta
Army of Tennessee
Brandigee
Connecticut
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
Clarence O. Sherrill
Army
Two Years For Booth at Fort Leavenworth
Frank C. Booth alias St Paul Frank was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing a Rock Island mail pouch from Centerville Iowa March 1 1921 The bag reportedly held bonds and interim certificates totaling about 86000 with Booth admitting about 245 profits.
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Ottumwa
Rock Island
Centerville
Frank C. Booth
St. Paul
Booth
The Life of the Town Booster Jerry
A brief item praises a local booster named Jerry as the life of the town. It notes his public-spirited work, frequent presence on subscription drives, and key role in raising funds for community projects. The piece sketches him as indispensable to the town’s vitality.
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Grant
Ulysses 3
Theca
Jerry
Glib War-Time Wound Story From Armistice Night
A witty remark captures a man explaining a scar from jumping through a plate glass window on Armistice Night. He jokes that it seemed a good idea at the time, reflecting a sprightly wartime anecdote.
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Peter B.kyne
Pernora
Webster-Mans
Valley of the Giants
Peter A Kyne
Neils Halversen
John Coakley
Jackson Street Wharf
Gib
Metinsley
Lyons
ED Thruout
APTS
G. A. R. Recommendation
Kenyon
Smith
Freoerson
Joncy
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Journal
Evening Journal
Mutual
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