Klondike journalism arrives as a novelty paper
A Seattle report describes the Klondike Morning Times from Dawson City dated July 22 1897 praising its bold style and humor while predicting white paper next spring It notes quirky items about miners wealth and a raft of claims and fortunes as the Alki steamer departs Port Townsend with 160 passengers
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Seattle
Klondike Journalism
Klondike Morning Times
Dawson City
Chilkoot Pass
Sam
St Louis Woman Ends Up Triply Married and Divorced
Mrs Gussie Spencer of St Louis has been twice divorced and twice married in three months. She first split from Will Spencer and earned 5000 in a railroad accident case the same day. She then wed Dr Jack Winslow on June 10 and soon separated after learning another divorce had been granted to Frances Marder. The following day Winslow married again.
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ST. Louis
Gussie Spencer
Will Spencer
St Louis
Miss Campbell
Jack” Winslow
Frances Marder
Kansas City
Klondike Fever Haunts Dawson City Pages
The Dawson City page recounts saloon brawls and new ventures, notes a dramatic Klondike gold rush, shipping news, and a plan to build a cable road from Dyea to Linderman. It reports on the Portland’s passengers forming a vigilante group, a washerwoman bride, and a river of gold dust weighing heavy as it weighs the dream of escape.
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Sage
Daniels
New York Central Railroad
Klondike
Warning from Bremner on Klondike rush this season
Edward P. Bremner, mining expert in British Columbia, warns a letter to his brother that the current Klondike rush risks disaster. He says experienced miners will wait till March. those leaving now risk starvation, illness, and death after 1400 miles by river, and stresses the need for grit and a tough constitution.
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Edward P. Bremner
British Columbia
A. F. Bremner
St. Croix
Klondike
Oregon
Chilkoot
One Man Banished For Tax on Trail Obstruction
Victoria B C August 22 The steamer Coquitlan carries news that a man was banished from Skaguay by prospectors for trying to collect a 50 cent toll from each traveler crossing a felled tree over a creek. He was given twelve hours to leave. On the day of sailing five men arrived with 40000 dollars in gold dust.
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J. P. McCormick
New York
Dyea
Lake Linderman
Messrs
Thompson and
Remington
Montana
Fort Wrangle
Yukon
Stickeen River
Chilkoot Pass
Klondike
Portland
St. Michael
Hudson
Skaguay
Victoria
B.C
Danube departs with miners for Klondike voyage from Victoria
The steamer Danube left Victoria on August 22 for Skaguay Bay carrying another crowd of miners and a full freight cargo. On return she will head to St Michaels with materials and workers for the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company Yukon steamers. Sergeant Raven of the Northwest Mounted Police accompanied the voyage with provisions and paid the post office fee for Tagish.
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Victoria
B. C
Danube
Skaguay Bay
Klondike
St. Michaels
Canadian Pacifica Navigation Company
Raven
Northwest Mounted Police
Tagishe
Obituary Notice for Mr Holmes of Malden
West End in 1856 and at the corner of Portland and Causeway streets since 1861 He lived in Malden for many years Mr Holmes was a member of the Boston Retail Grocers Association Mt Vernon Lodge of Masons of Malden Tabernacle Chapter of Masons and Beauseant Commandery KT of the same city He leaves a widow and one son Dr W D Holmes of Charlestown Funeral services private at his late home corner of Main and Mead streets at 2 oclock this afternoon
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Portland
Causeway Streets
Malden
Holmes
Boston Retail Grocers’ Association
Mt. Vernon Lodge
Masons of
Tabernacle Chapter
Masons
Beauseant Commandery
K. T
W. D. Holmes
Charlestown
Main and
Mead Streets
Missing Revere man Arthur Lafflamme sought after disappearance
Arthur Lafflamme, 40, vanished from his Winthrop home at 8 Bowdoin Street last Friday evening. He is described as over five feet tall, about 136 pounds, smooth shaven with a dark complexion, wearing a mixed suit and golf stockings. His wife and three children remain worried. he is believed to carry sizeable money.
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Arthur Lafflamme
Bowdoin Street
Winthrop
Lafflamme
Greeks Demand War After Athens Rally
In Athens over 3000 people urged King George and the government to reject the proposed Greece Turkey peace treaty and to resume hostilities, while most of the press and public condemned the war agitation.
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Athens
George
Greece
Turkey
Three Men Missing After Attempt Across Niagara River
Three men hired a small boat at La Salle and set out to row to the Canadian shore. They vanished and are believed swept over the Horseshoe Falls. Searching parties are active on both sides of the river.
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Chilkoot Pass
Yukon
Alaska
Niagara Falls
N. Y
la Salle
Niagara River
Horse Shoe Falls
Burglars Fight Officer in Canton Bank Basement
In Canton Ohio early today Charles Hemminger of the merchant police surprised burglars at the Isaac Harter & Sons Saving Bank basement. The officer was fired upon and shot one intruder, who died at a hospital later. The robbers had many tools and explosives and are described as professionals.
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Canton
Charles Hemminger
Isaac Harter & Sons’ Saving Bank
Mrs Marder and Spencer Campbell Celebrate Second Wedding
Mrs Marder and Spencer Campbell marked their second wedding two days after the de cree Will Spencer and Miss Campbell celebrated their ceremony.
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Mrs. Marder
Spencer
Miss Campbell
Plucky Miss Emmett Survives Yacht Race Rescue
Elizabeth Emmett of New Rochelle fell overboard from Arthur Iselin’s yacht Hope during the Huguenot Yacht Club cruise. Rescued by Nelson Walte, she refused aid and swam back to the vessel, rejoining the race aboard the now-nearby Hope.
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New Rochelle
Elizabeth Emmett
Arthur Iselin
Hope
Huguenot Yacht Club
Emmett
Iselin
Nelson Walte
Miss Emmett
Sisters Reunite After Forty Three Years in Bridgeport
Mrs Julia Triver and Mrs Barbara Haller, lifelong sisters separated since 181, met in Bridgeport after forty three years. Triver, who had moved to Cleveland with husband Carl, learned Haller still lived in the city and the two, once presumed dead, embraced at 38 Pembroke Street while recalling childhood days and the long wait to reunite.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Julia Triver
Barbara Haller
John Diehr
Wurtemburg
Germany
Julia
Carl Triver
Cleveland
Barbara
John Haller
Triver
Indian marriages and polygamy charges faced by three more men
Charges have been preferred against three other Indians for marrying according to Indian customs or having more than one wife. The report notes rising legal action as authorities enforce monogamy and traditional marital norms.
Riots in Bohemia Target Hebrews as Mob Attacks
Disorder erupted after a quarrel between Hartmann and Bohemian student Schmidt. Police escorted Hartmann from the town hall as anti Semitic mobs attacked the convoy and smashed synagogue and Hebrew school windows. Militia deployed, patrols set, public meetings banned, households told to close by 9 PM, apprentices kept indoors after 7 20 PM. Twenty nine arrests reported.
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Pilsen
Bohemia
Hartmann
Schmidt
The New American Woman Lecture by Rev Mayo
The Rev A D Mayo spoke on The New American Woman at Union Hall B Y M C U. He argued women have evolved through centuries of education and should use opportunities for home, church, and society rather than seek total equal partnership with men. He warned America to choose roles that preserve providential home influence.
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A. D. Mayo
God's American University
Union Hall
Europe
America
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