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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
2
The Fairbanks Daily News is printed every weekday evening and Sunday morning by the Tanana Publishing Company with Zach F Hickman as manager. It is entered at the Fairbanks post office as second class matter.
Rates for advertising space in The News columns will be disclosed on application. Charges are stated as reasonable for the service provided.
An editorial notes active underground political work in territorial politics. It highlights candidates Cale Ronan Carson and especially Clum, whose open, boardlike campaign and nonpartisan stance draw supporters and fears of a shock result if ballots favor another candidate.
A Daily Alaskan report cites Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas complaining about a subsidized press after a Little Rock altercation with a deputy prosecutor. The senator was beaten, later sought the prosecutor with a gun, and was fined 25 dollars, sparking critique of Arkansas courts.
A Tacoma case recalls a man named Gandy arrested for beating his wife. The Ledger notes wives often fail to testify in cruelty cases, concealing injuries and giving softened testimony after prior complaints. The piece highlights the tension between police records and courtroom statements.
The piece argues women endure indignities from husbands and outsiders should hesitate to intervene in family quarrels. It recalls Mrs Gandy kissing her jailed husband after his arrest for weeks of tying and cuffing, noting a childlike, loyal love that does not justify leniency for the brutality.
The Valdez Prospector reports the city council upholds penalties for wintertime street and yard messes but now calls on all residents to participate in a Saturday cleanup. Citizens failing to act may be compelled under the city charter provisions.
C W Saleeby argues common defects arise from adaptation to modern life not degeneration. Nearsightedness results from eyes built for distance being forced to see close marks on paper, requiring effort. He notes humans evolved with long distance vision and that glasses address short distance use.
Dr. Charles Moody argues in the American Journal of Clinical Medicine that Native West Coast bath practices disprove the belief that Indians lack personal cleanliness. He describes a ritual hot-stone bath followed by cold river immersion, repeated several times, and notes body odor differences as a matter of education.
A quirky note reports stout individuals described as light as thistle down in certain social or experimental settings, with emphasis on unusual lightness and buoyant behavior across locales.
The article explains how a 140 pound man would weigh 53 pounds on Mars and about a ton and three quarters on the sun. It notes lighter gravity could let a person run fast and jump walls, while extreme gravity on the sun would make simple movements very difficult.
A defense of American Indian cleanliness challenges the notion of savagery, noting that natives endure fire water and ice to obtain baths. The piece portrays Indigenous peoples as hygienic and resilient, rebutting stereotypes in a corrective tone.
Father La Fortune reports natives in the Cape Prince of Wales region are starving due to no provisions and failure to catch seal. He describes a serious predicament while noting promising prospects in the Agiapuk country and recounts being storm bound in a native igloo for three days.
The passage notes gold supply mainly comes from Africa America and Australia totaling about 400 million dollars annually. Africa leads with 150 million, the United States about 95 million, and Australia around 85 million. Russia Europe Asia, Mexico, Canada and others make up the rest.
Prominent figure Governor Swettenham, once in world spotlight during the Kingston disaster and later removed from office, is reported to be operating a stock farm in Jamaica.
A compilation of filed records dated 1906 to 1908 noting property deeds mortgage liens and affiliations. Names include Aurora Mack Frank Costa H M Badger Geo A Jeffrey Thomas Keel Rose Meder Sylvester Howell John Ranza Jean G Stewart G Pellent Algott Anderson Fred Gerhardt Will Schirmeyer Jay C Johnston Agnes Veronica Mulrooney and others. Locations reference Cushman street Utica and Cleary creeks Chena river Washington creek Treasure creek and Ester creek with dates February 10 1906 May 26 1908 June 1 1908 June 2 1908 June 21 1906 April 3 1907 and May 30 1908.
An old newspaper ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a universal cold and grip remedy for headaches and neuralgia. It urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove at 25e.
Notice states all accounts due to W. H. Han up to June 3 must be paid to Charles J. Strandberg. Fresh Edgeworth tobacco reported at F. B. McDonald & Co. The daily press notes a new consumption treatment involving lung removal with heat or steam to control bleeding, a rarely useful procedure over the past 70 years.
The Rev. John La Farge, son of famed painter, accepts a professorship in modern languages at Loyola College in Baltimore. At 27 he is among the youngest priests in the Jesuit order and is said to resemble his father closely.
A newsroom dispute over cautious reporting ends in a social column paragraph that avoids asserting facts. The cautious item claims a card party for reputed ladies in the First Ward with alleged hostess named as Mrs. Smith and notes gossip about the hostess’s identity and timing.
The saying notes that a borrower tends to wear clothes as fine as the lender's, even when he borrows. It contrasts borrowing with lending and implies shared appearance regardless of ownership.
A troubled companion disrupts a family circle in a terse account of kinship and conflict. The piece traces the fallout of an ill fated alliance, outlining tensions, loyalties, and the ache of fractured trust within a quiet domestic sphere.
Owner may claim the OMND Nugget brooch by detailing the property and paying for this advertisement. Call from 2nd cabin west of Dunkle St on 4th. 245.
Directory list for Fairbanks shows Aerie 1037 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting Mondays at Eagle Hall with Barney Goss and C. M. Anderson as secretary, Fairbanks Lodge 31 of Odd Fellows meeting Thursdays with D M'Cauley and Carlson, Tanana Masonic Lodge regular meetings first and third Wednesdays, Arctic Brotherhood Camp Fairbanks 16 meeting Tuesdays, Yukon Order of Pioneers Fairbanks Lodge meeting Thursdays, and Harry Cribb as secretary.
The Gesang-Verein Harmonie meets every Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium. Henry Roden serves as president.
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