Famine and Gold Rush Fever Grips San Francisco
In San Francisco on July 2 reporters describe a Klondike gold rush fever driving crowds to depart before winter. Steamship cabins fill instantly and warnings fail to deter hopefuls from Alaska and Yukon routes via Seattle St Michael Sitka or Juneau. Prices soar with bacon flour and sugar scarce as organizers predict harsh conditions.
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Yukon
Gee
St. Michael
San Francisco
Seattle
Unalaska
Sitka
Juneau
Chilcoot
Alaska Commercial Company
American Commercial Company
Alaska Trading Company
United States
Alaska
Russia
William H. Seward
Esquimaux
Wrangel
Circle City
Kuskokwin
Cerville
Mt. Logan
Mt. St. Elias
Mt. Wrangel
James D. Brady
Deer River
British Territory
Chicago
Klondyke
Chilkoot Pass
Boston City Guests Enjoy Portland Visit and Ball Game
A Boston city government group, about 55 officials and staff, arrived in Portland by special train for a jolly day. They toured City Hall and Eastern Promenade, dined at the Falmouth Hotel, and planned a Casco Bay excursion with a 2 p.m. ball game, returning to Union Station in the evening.
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Portland
Boston
Edgar Rounds
Frank I. Moore
B. Brown
Fred A. Mayberry
W. H. Dougherty
City Hall
Randall
Billeway
West End
J. F. Dever
Mitch” Galvin
Falmouth
Tom” Noonan
Ward 18
Falmouth Hotel
Portland Pier
Casco Bay
Long Island
Union Station
Yukon rush condemned as crime by Commercial company head
Louis Sloss of the Commercial company warns against encouraging fall travel to the Yukon. He says the rush will cause starvation and crime in Dawson City, with provisions insufficient to meet demand and many newcomers likely to perish if winter trapping prevents exit. He urges discouragement of the surge by transportation firms and applicants alike.
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Yukon
Seattle
Dawson City
Louis Sloss
Shipload of Klondyke Prospects Sails as Dawson Hums
A new shipload of Klondyke prospectors leaves on the State of California for Portland and thence to Juneau joining the rush to the Yukon. Seventy booked for the trip, mostly inexperienced tenderfeet, with four women among the crowd. The Commercial Company's Excelsior also sails with 300 passengers and a dozen newspaper reporters, destined for San Francisco and New York while wintering at Dawson.
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Klondyke
State of California
Portland
George W. Bilder
Juneau
Yukon
Commercial Company
Excelsior
Guarde
San Francisco
New York
Dawson
Upper
Bessie Thomas
Prospecting Report From Peace River Slopes In 43rd Mining Co
Mining expert M T Fitzgerald recalls spending six months in the Peace River country with the Forty third Mining Company of Ottawa. The exploring party included thirty one men and sixty three horses and took up 2500 acres of placer ground. Beds of bedrock were found at eighteen feet with ground valued up to 600 per cubic yard in places. The largest returns came from river bars with coarse barley gold and nuggets worth 16 to 18 dollars.
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Peace River
Fortythird Mining Company
Ottawa
M. T. Fitzgerald
Seattle
Avowed plan to carve out a fortune in Klondyke camp
A Seattle woman declares her intent to start a restaurant in a prosperous Klondyke camp and sells all belongings to fund the venture, showing fearlessness about the outcome. The report notes Canada plans a miner royalty, with burden likely on Americans as Alaska's gold rush swells.
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Thomas
Seattle
Canada
Alaskan Gold Fields Roaming Historian Active
Old C. Jencks, a Californian now living in Roxbury, spent several years ago roaming the Pacific coast in search of gold fields and venture stories.
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C. &. Jencks
Roxbury
Pacific
Klondyke trip described by Revenue Cutter officer
Lieutenant W. M. Daniels of the Dallas discusses Klondyke gold fields amid personal crisis. The sisters Mary of the Cross and Mary Magdalene prepare to sail from East Boston aboard the Bertha, awaiting better accommodations on the Alaska voyage.
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Klondyke
W. M. Daniels
Dallas
Atlantic Works
Boston
Post
Alaska
Aca
Excelsior
Alaska Commercial Company
Bertha
Sister Mary of the Cross
Peterson
Holyoke
Maas
Mary Magdalene of the
Decatur H. Bennetts Death Marks End of Fifty Years
Haverhill July 28 Decatur H Bennet t longtime resident and local manufacturer in the acres area died today aged 72 years He had lived in the area for fifty years and was known in the community for his work in local industry
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Haverhill
Local City Committee Members Named for Hub Center Project
A listed roster names Alderman W. J. Donovan and numerous council members including E Mee Carthy Daven M E B nen 1 be Mahcan Jr H Donovan and others plus City Clerk Galvin and aides. The document outlines a plan to select a special car for the Hub of the Universe and the earth center and to manage city building and dispersal.
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W. J. Donovan
Galvin
J. F. Dever
Crock
Screee One
Lin
Leary
Charles Gilloway
FF. A. Robinson
Sick Baby Fund Aid to Boston's Immigrant Tenements
The Post urges readers to support the Sick Baby Fund aiding sick infants in Boston tenements. Doctors and a nurse have worked since July 19, with many cases in the North and West Ends, including Italian families and elderly tenements. Contributions should be sent to the Post, Boston, to sustain free medical care, milk, and prescriptions for ill babies.
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Post
the Post
Boston
Old North End
Italy
Grork
West End
Baby
Music at Brighton by Baldwin's Cadet Band Tonight
The Baldwin's Cadet Band performs at 8 o'clock tonight at the junction of North Beacon and Cambridge streets. The programme includes marches overtures concert waltz cornet solos quadrilles and selections from songs with a potpourri Isle of Capri finale.
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North Beacon
Cambridge Streets
Baldwin
Frank E. Partridge
Potpenert
Slav Santana
Mather
Plegante
Marines
Boohu
Boy Drowned While Fishing Off Great Eastern
Portland July 23 A 11 year old boy, Harry L Gotimar, slipped from the Great Eastern and fell into the water while fishing and drowned.
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Portland
Harry L. Gotimar
Severe northeasterly gale hits Narragansett Pier
A severe northeasterly gale rages at Narragansett Pier all day. The steamer Manises reportedly withstands the heavy sea between the popt.cna Stes and Newport as the coast suffers strong winds and rough seas.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
Maniseas
Cna Stes
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Land of Gold
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Eldorado Creek
Daweon City
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F. A. Dodge &Co
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James Quinn & CO
Joe Cohen
Roach Bros
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Jieselsohn
Br. Brown
Lawrence
Chas. Lawrence & CO
Commercial St
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Jesus
P. J. Kennedy
William F. McClellan
P. J. Grady
George H. McDevitt
Dennis J. Hern
Richard Carter
Edward J.leary
John F. “Fitzgerald
Joseph Corbett
James E. Hayes
Thomas Arthur
Thomas J. Healy
Thomas J. Lane
Napoleon
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Brighton
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