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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
2
The Fairbanks Daily News lists its post office status as second class matter and notes it is printed weekday evenings and Sunday mornings. Published by the Tanana Publishing Company under manager Zach F. Hickman.
Rates for advertising space in The News will be announced on a date to be set. Charges will be reasonable for the service provided.
Four candidates, John Carson John Ronan Tom Cale and John P Clum vie for Alaska delegate to Congress as voters weigh party ties against who will best advance the territory. Clum runs as an independent backed by Tanana supporters aiming to avoid factional wrangling. The field reflects a heated start to a deep campaign.
Birds migrate with precise timing and navigational cues guiding spring and autumn routes. Researchers track seasonal journeys using bands, GPS tags, and atmospheric data to understand how flocks coordinate flights across continents.
Naturalists note that IRD migration puzzles persist as birds depart southern habitats after rains and gather at fixed roosts. They travel routes through the Pacific Slope, Texas plain, Missouri valley, Atlantic coasts, and toward Hudson valley, with questions about timing, direction, and distance unanswered.
An analysis shows that of the 43 men who have served as president or vice president, 27 are English, 1 Welsh, 5 Scottish, 8 Scotch Irish, and 2 Dutch. It notes Roosevelt and Van Buren as Dutch heritage and that no German American or likely Italian or Slavonic presidents have occurred.
A 1908 Fairbanks note from pirates aboard the Allation battleship protests a prior article, boasting a crew of twenty two pirates two chechocoes and a Frenchman. They threaten violence, claim editors and others were killed, and warn the scribe should visit to verify the ship's armament, promising safety if given his due.
A report describes the most effective protections for strong rooms in English banking houses. Experts discuss alarms, reinforced vaults, time locks, armed guards, and other security measures designed to deter cracksmen and safeguard valuables.
The Manchester Guardian reports on English vault security. Bank of England doors are balanced to close instantly via desk knob, and access requires special procedure. Bullion areas are submerged in water and linked to managers rooms with alarm triggers. A single theft triggers instant disclosure and sinking funds.
A historical note recounts beliefs that royal coronations carried portents. It cites Charles I in white in 1625 and snow at his funeral, James III’s torn canopy and flag, and George III’s crown diamond that later disappeared amid Britain’s colonial loss.
Word reaches that Rev James H Condit new pastor of the Presbyterian church has started for Alaska with his family and expects to arrive here in July.
Winthrop Peabody, from the Winthrop family background, is named new minister for Skagway Alaska. Bishop Rowe traveled from the Koyukuk region and planned a trip to England as his first vacation in ten years, announcing the Episcopal minister will arrive soon to open St. Sacha.
The inquiry asks if you have ever met a successful man who shared his upcoming plans. It suggests evaluating whether such forecasts proved accurate or useful in judging ambition and foresight.
A sharp remark notes that laziness in eye care clouds perception of a grim world. The line implies personal neglect shapes judgment and vision.
Notice seeks a fireman for two 125 H P boilers with wages of 150 dollars monthly and board. Apply to Francis Rotch at the Pioneer hotel at 9 p m tonight. Also a piano-rental request by the month, beginning Monday, with address to News office.
Badger and Woodward place for sale a premier Fairbanks restaurant location with the business. Also offered is a Compeste portable saw mill plant and furnished cabins on installment plan.
A collage of legal filings records transfers and assignments in Alaska from 1907 to 1908. Entries list names such as Hiram H Smith Peter O Norberg James Kary Nate Patty M Proebster Grant Murdock William Schirmeyer Jay C Johnston and many others with claims on Chatanika river Gold stream Hunch creek and related parcels. Details include prices titles and property descriptions plus notices of powers of attorney and mortgages.
Advertises PAZO OINTMENT guaranteed to cure itching bleeding protruding or blind piles within 6 to 14 days or a full refund. Ends with price 60c.
Directory of lodges for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Fairbanks Aerie number 1037. Meetings every Monday at 8 30 p m at Eagle Hall previously Century Hall Barney Goss W F C M and Anderson secretary.
Fairbanks Lodge No. 3 I N V O F meets Thursday evenings at 8 o clock in the Auditorium building. Co D M C Auley N G M O Carlson secretary.
The Tanana Masonic Lodge announces regular communications on the first and third Wednesdays each month at the Masonic Hall Auditorium. R. W. Taylor is W M and Ga. B. Erwin serves as Secretary.
Camp Fairbanks No. 16 A B meetings occur every Tuesday at 8 30 p m in the wall of the Auditorium building Recorder J W Hill and A C Charles E Taylor listed.
Fairbanks lodge notes weekly Thursday sessions at old Odd Fellows Hall with HARRY CRIBB as secretary.
The Gesang-Verein Harmonie meets every Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium. Henry Roden serves as president and Leo Wile is secretary.
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