Word: portes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Frank W. Savin, 76, second oldest member of the New York Stock Exchange; to one Anna Mary Schleis, 41, onetime chambermaid in his home; in Port Chester, N. Y. She, Czechoslovakian and his fourth bride, assured the other servants that she would "still consider the members of the household my equals." Charles Edy Monroe, quinquagenarian, Mr. Savin's adopted son, apologized to newsgatherers for having imbibed a few too many "holiday spirits"; vouchsafed "You can say there will be no honeymoon trip...
...there are only about four of this type in inter-lake traffic while there are about 400 United States boats of the new flat-deck, straight-side type. Again, "they haul-iron ore from Lake Superior's southern shores." Escanaba, "Marquette and Ashland are the south shore ports. This year Ashland's tonnage was 7,140,203 and the tonnage of Marquette and Escanaba was estimated at 10,000,000. Duluth-Superior and Two Harbors tonnage 41,380,931. Incidentally, did you know that Duluth-Superior port is the second largest in tonnage in the United States, exceeded...
...have long been a cause and symbol of hatred between Chile and Peru. Bolivians have cast eager eyes at Tacna-Arica, but have not entered into their neighbors' dispute. Secretary Kellogg's scheme of settlement would give Bolivia a much-desired corridor to the sea and a port, the city of Arica. Then too, on the Morro promontory of Arica, Secretary Kellogg would like to see erected a monument to commemorate the healing of the Chile-Peru hate. Thus, everyone would be happy...
...Governments have built locks at the cascades, that can lift two to four lake steamers to the Lake Superior level. These ships, long, round-topped whale-backs for the most part and peculiar to the Great Lakes, carry coal from Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky to ports of Lake Superior, the largest body of fresh water in the world. On the down voyage they haul wheat from Canada (Port Arthur and Fort William) and from the U. S. (Duluth), and iron ore from Lake Superior's southern shores. This commerce is immensely valuable and ship owners push their...
...These port records have been sought after a number of years by various collectors and although they were recently located by an agent of the Historical Society, they were bought up by another man before funds were available to the Society. Their second reappearance on the market was the signal for a quick purchase by the agent of the business libraries...