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April 27, 1923 – That a large party of capitalists and others interested in the development of the water power at Thomas Bay and the erection of the ten million dollar paper mill there will visit the power site this summer is indicated by the following article printed in the Seattle Times of recent date. “Indicative of the spreading fame of vacation attractions offered by Alaska, is a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce from F.C. Dougherty, a San Francisco business man asking the chamber’s assistance in finding a sumptuously appointed st...
April 20, 1923 – The big freight steamer Cordova was in Petersburg on Monday and unloaded coal for the local merchants. The Cordova broke her after boom and wrecked the winch while loading yellow cedar logs at Fanshaw, just before coming here. The Cordova was taking on a shipment of logs and one big one weighing about two and a half tons had just been hoisted up when the boom broke. The log fell to the deck near the winch and crashed through, tearing out the steam pipes to the winch and putting it out of commission. April 16, 1948 – Living up...
With its comprehensive slate of services and robust programming, the Petersburg Public Library is a shining example of this year's National Library Week theme, "There's More to the Story." From April 23rd through the 29th Americans are encouraged to support libraries, library workers' contributions, and the fact that today's libraries offer much more than books. The things available for check-out from the Petersburg Public Library may surprise even frequent library patrons. Game lovers can...
April 13, 1923 – Captain I.M. Hofstad, resident of Scow Bay, has just returned from the south where he bonded his group of nickel claims on Baranof Island to a group of Los Angeles capitalists. The nickel claims were found by the young sons of Captain Hofstad early last summer while on a hunting trip and it is said the ledge is a large one and runs heavily in nickel. These claims are said to be the only known nickel deposits in the United States or its possessions and that practically all of the nickel used in the country has been imported f...
Students in the Petersburg High School drama program are practicing their lines in anticipation of performing "The Birds," a comedy written in 414 B.C. by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, at the Sid and Vera Wright Auditorium on April 19 and 20. "The Birds" is the story of two aging Athenians, Pithetaerus and Euelpides, who set out in search of a better life. Tired of the crowded, noisy city full of annoying poets, lawyers, philosophers, and tax collectors, the two men decide they'd pr...
April 6, 1923 – The city council has ordered a new street constructed from the top of the hill in front of Martin Kildall’s house for a distance of six hundred feet towards the point north of the cannery. The new street will carry across the old bridge which has become dangerous for auto traffic. It will do away with several of the curves in the present road and will be an improvement which has been needed for a long time. The work will start as soon as the West Lumber Company can supply the planks. April 9, 1948 – Archie W. Shiels, presi...
On March 22, 2023 Petersburg High School graduate Airman Basic Orrin H. A. Mergenthal successfully completed basic training for honorable service in the U.S. Air Force. He has since proceeded to technical school at Sheppard Airforce Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, to pursue his greatest passion, metals technology....
Petersburg Dental has expanded into the entire first floor of 806 South Nordic Dr, remodeling and adding new equipment into an area which was formerly used as a bed and breakfast, the kitchen of which has become the dental lab, with various testing equipment as well as tools for building and adjusting artificial tooth implants, dentures, and mouth guards. Dr. Jay Lister now has an office instead of just a corner of the lab, and there is an ADA-compliant accessible bathroom. A staff breakroom ove...
Aubrey Shaquanie, left, and Frank Gordon were step-brothers and teammates on the Petersburg High School State Championship basketball team in 1929. After playing in a 1927 game with the crew of the USCG Cutter Unalga, the local paper said they had the ability to score from almost any angle. Both from Kake, they'd previously attended Chemawa Indian School in Oregon. Frank eventually returned to Kake, married teacher Beatrice Wilson, and went on to serve in local government and as a Tlingit and...
March 23, 1923 – Holm & Sutphen, who are the holders of the telephone franchise from the city, have installed their switchboard and have ordered telephones and wire to connect up all business houses. After the downtown is connected up, the system will be extended to the residential section as rapidly as is possible. The material is expected to arrive on the Admiral Rogers. April 2, 1948 – A flareback in the heating system was blamed today for the fire which burned the mailboat Estebeth to its keel yesterday near Couverdon Island. None of the...
March 23, 1923 – Adrift in the waters of the north Pacific Ocean for exactly one year, to the day, a bottle thrown overboard from the steamer Belgium Maru was picked up on the beach at Totem Bay this week by Roald Olsen and delivered to T.S. Elsemore, deputy in charge of the local Customs office. The bottle was thrown overboard by the Captain of the steamer on the 19th day of March 1922, and was found on the 19th day of March 1923 by Olsen. It contained a notice to the U.S. Hydrographic Office with the information that it was cast overboard at...
March 16, 1923 – The Petersburg Post of the American Legion is starting a small menagerie for the benefit of the tourists. At present a large bald eagle is in a pen next to the Sanitary Market. The eagle was captured by Jess Ames after its wing had been injured by a rifle shot. The legion wants a porcupine, a bear cub, a fawn deer and other specimens of native wildlife. The Petersburg Commercial Club is very anxious to borrow films of scenes in this section for reproduction in newspapers throughout the United States. Pictures of farming s...
