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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
4
Fairbanks Daily News announces subscription rates from Tanana Publishing Company. Delivery in city limits costs 2.00 per month for daily and Sunday editions.
Advertising rates are listed as available on application. A Tribune critique mocks Signorette’s Derby claim and discusses Derby entry rules and weights. The article explains the Oaks win by Signorette and notes eligibility for the Derby for three year old horses regardless of sex.
Fairbanks shows a rising City Beautiful spirit as neat cabins and small gardens multiply. Residents express communal pride by improving home surroundings, with lawns and flowers enhancing appeal and morale, signaling a shift from indifference to community welfare.
A brief note describes spring and fall as peak storm periods with frequent windstorms and tornadoes along the storm belt in the states.
The piece notes that global storms seem more violent due to widespread reporting and compares life’s length to the changing weather. It warns of timber destruction causing floods and droughts and tornadoes ravaging towns, then argues Alaska is suitable for a large population if the U S government provides support to its territories.
Reports from Lake Laberge indicate the lake is ice free but navigation is currently impossible due to very low water. Warm temperatures are expected to raise water levels and open routes by Tuesday as crowds gather in Whitehorse awaiting steamers to Dawson and Tanana. Over 100 reservation requests have been wired for boats leaving Dawson to the Tanana next week.
A discussion of handwriting expert methods used in forgery cases. It explains pen scope as a measure of writing reach, tracing techniques with glass light, and how forged signatures show hesitant strokes under magnification. The piece cites Harold N. Sandberg and outlines basic signs jurors rely on to distinguish authentic from forged signatures.
A study highlights the immense time lost to illness in the United States, equating the collective sick days to millions of years. It argues the monetary cost of sickness surpasses the value of the steel industry’s entire output.
The body of Joseph Henzell alias Lent a U S Army musician who deserted from Fort Seward last year was found on Quarantine Island opposite Moose Hide Dawson. Inquest identified the floater by a peculiar watch and weapon remains. He fell from a raft near Ogilvie last fall and was not recovered then.
A physician argues illness crushes work and wealth in the United States. He cites Dr. Hall estimating seven hundred million dollars in lost wages and similar treatment costs annually, totaling about one and a half billion dollars.
The original carved sacred codfish of Massachusetts hangs in the state house Boston opposite the presiding officer’s desk. Created by Captain John Welch in 1747 it commemorates the colony’s cod trade. Welch, a renowned wood carver and later captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, fashioned the life-like relic for the colonial assembly hall.
The Ruef trial on additional indictments is delayed to June 20 to allow both sides more prep time. Separately, prize fight trust cases are set for June 13.
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