Boston to Junk Heap.

1916

PORTLAND, Oregon — The United States cruiser Boston, of the famous White Squadron, and a participant in the battle of Manila Bay, is to be taken from Portland to the navy yard within a week and sold to the highest bidder for junk.


There's nothing like a heart-ache for reducing weight.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 11.