Petersburg Pilot -

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 three passengers or six crewmen aboard the 55...