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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
12
Jim and Bill wander American frontier for years living on little. After a dangerous fall and mounting debts they persevere sluicing in Alaska. A wife’s illness and a sudden gold strike lead to final success and Bill’s rise as a famed rich man of the North.
Local church notices list Methodist service at St James on Third Avenue and Cushman with 11 am morning worship 12:15 pm Sunday school and 8 pm evening worship. topics include The Ministry of Paul Isaac a Lover of Peace and The Tree of Knowledge. choir duet by Gene Huckins and Miss Parsons. Wednesday prayer and song at 8 pm. readings daily open. Christian Science meets at Seventh and Barnette at 2 pm with God the only Cause and Creator. Sunday school at 1 pm. midweek meetings 8:15 pm.
At 11:00 a.m. a sermon on The Ruby of the Beatitude declares Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. At 8:00 p.m. a special sermon on The Pearl of the Beatitudes bless ed are the pure in heart for they shall see God discusses personal and social purity with appropriate music and a welcoming invitation.
A light of one candlepower is plainly visible at one mile and a light of three candlepower at two miles.
The Eskimo circus at Eagle hall in Nome featured clowns singing in English, high Eskimo kicks over seven feet, and a lively program including races and dances. Mrs. Ella Ongman displayed Arctic curios for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, such as hunting outfits, ivory, grass baskets, and carved dolls, illustrating native craft and adaptation to modern medicine.
A Skagway Alaska dispatch notes that voters repeatedly expressed desire for self government within the territorial framework. A people’s representative drafted a bill granting limited self government, now before Congress committee. the governor, appointed by the president, called Alaska not ripe for self government.
The vicar of Combe near Woodstock discovers a green silk velvet cloth bearing the date 1634 in the local church. The find suggests historical significance for the parish and may prompt further examination of church records.
The industry in China continues to expand even as firecrackers are produced extensively in other nations, highlighting a robust domestic market and manufacturing capacity.
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