Alaska trip report highlights rapid far north growth
Misa Alice McAndrews describes a life time Alaska journey from Seattle to Skagway, Juneau and Wrangel. She notes the Queen and Cottage City steamers, the White Pass Yukon Railroad, and rapid town development at Skagway, White Horse, and Dawson. The piece details mining, totem poles, native life, and the booming transport and commerce along the Yukon. The voyage is framed as a remarkable, evolving frontier experience with vivid scenery and economic promise.
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Misa Alice McAndrews
Inter Mountain
Nome
Dawson
Pana
Alaska
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Eureka
Queen
Cottage City
City of Topeka
Seattle
Skagway
Istands
Ketehkan
Annette Island
Father Duncan
Wrangle
Stickien
Wranglea
Narrows
Juneau
Sitka
Treadwell
Douglas Island
Douglas
Alaskan
Yukon
Klondike
White Pass & Yukon
White Horse
Fraight
Murray Miles
Butte
Montana
Skamway River
Lynn Inlet
White Pass
White Horse Townsite Co
Lota
Board of Trade
Department of Customs
Ottawa
Myttle
White Horse Tribune
R. J. Burtle
Seatle
Ishame
Graves
White Pave & Yukon R. A
White Eorse
Yuikon Territory
Canadian Development Co
C. D. Co
Sybil
Journey to Dawson on Klondike boat Nora
A writer recalls a Yukon river trip to Dawson aboard the Klondike Corporation steamer Nora under Captain Cox. They travel about 48 hours, admire scenery, burn wood for fuel, and make frequent landings allowing passengers to stretch on shore. The pilot house offers the first glimpse of Dawson and the future home, with plans to share impressions in a later edition.
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Dawson
Yukon
Klondike Corporation
Nora
Cox
Cheechaka
Hindoo Hoodoo at Grand Opera House Tonight and Tomorrow
The Hindoo Hoodoo presented at the Grand Opera House drew a fair audience last evening and will be repeated tonight and tomorrow. George Larsen and Anna Boyd star as Will Risk and Mrs. Risk with clever performances. The notice also promotes a Mutual Life of New York life policy from W. C. Bachelor in Butte, Mont.
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Grand Opera House
George Larsen
Anna Boyd
Will Risk
Miss Boyd
The
Mutual Life of
New York
W. C
Roosevelt Coming to Butte for September Rally
Preparations are complete in Butte for Theodore Roosevelt's reception as vice presidential candidate around September 18. Judge DeWitt will meet the Rough Rider at Bramarck, Alice band at Billings, and Roosevelt will visit Rosebud ranch on September 16 before speaking in Helena on the 17th and traveling to Butte the 18th with plans for Columbia Gardens and frequent streetcar service. If weather fails, alternate venues such as the Auditorium or Grand Opera House may be used.
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Butte
Theoore Roosevelt
Judge DeWitt
Rough Rider
Bramarck
Alice Band
Bilings
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Helena
Montana
Columbia Gardens
Grand Opera House
Miner pleads for wife before judge in twelve children case
A miner asks Judge Sullivan to spare his wife, mother of twelve, six of whom need care, after she was arrested for drunkenness and causing a disturbance in O'Donnell alley. With no cash for a fine and it being her first offense, she is released with a severe reprimand as the husband pled for reform.
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Sullivan
O'Donnell Alley
Husbad
Notable Hotel Guests List in Butte and Beyond
A long roster of travelers and residents visiting or staying at various hotels is listed, naming numerous individuals and their home cities. The partial directory includes Kansas City, Salt Lake, New York, Chicago, Dillon, Great Falls, Seattle, and other locales, reflecting a broad social or business network frequenting city hotels.
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The
Butte
L. J. Lachman
Kansas City
A. G. Moser
Salt Lake
C. King
New York
B. F. Brown
Garrison
Whitehall Montana bids for Whitehall district school project
Bids for furnishing labor and material to erect a two story brick schoolhouse at Whitehall Montana are invited. Proposals require a certified check equal to five percent of the bid and a performance bond of ten percent. The trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Mail bids to Morrowe, School Clerk, Whitehall Montana.
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District No
Whittehall
Montane
Whitehall
Gilver
Butte
Montana
Morrie
Whitehall Mont
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Montana Music CO
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Keeley
Keeley Institute OF Utah
First
W. Tempie
Salt Lake City
Utah
Vienna Clinics
Fosselman
Park
Calkins’ Book Store
N. Main St
Butte, Mont
Kern
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Hum Fay
West Park Street
Tacoma
Dulienu
U. S
Lynn Canal
le Conte
Yosemite
F. Alexander
W. Park Street
Broadway and
Academy
J. Calder
Stem Dental College
Boston Dental College
Chicago College Dental Surgery
Prat
Haskell
Prosthetic School of
Owsley Block
Hoyt
Teddy
Judge DE Witt
Bismarck
Billings
Big Brood
the McDermott
S. B. Willsden
Chicago
F. L. Getchell
Pipestone Springs
George W. Larsen
M. L. Lane
Big ‘Undy
J. H. Dickey
Non
Belt
J. B. Dennis
Cape Gerardean
A. $. Ware
Spokane
B. J. Soper
Id. M. Bell
John Ai. Allen
Wm. Schulta
Wyoming
Tien
Mlen
Spiegel Clothing
Butte Business College
Rice, Fulton & Gold
J. N. Nevills & Co
E. Park
S. Main Street
Ree Electrical Supplies
Montana Electric Co
General Electric Supplies
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