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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
3
A French themed river excursion aboard the Reliance and the barge Caribou drew a large crowd after a slow start. The 20 mile trip downriver from Chena to Fairbanks featured dancing, meals, and a late midnight snack, with Slim Gorman credited for the lively event.
Tanana Masonic Lodge meets first and third Wednesdays at Masonic Hall. Fairbanks Lodge No. 3 meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall. Fairbanks Aerie No. 1037 of Eagles meets Mondays at Eagle Hall. Camp Fairbanks No. 16 meets Tuesdays at Auditorium building. Notes list presidents and secretaries for each group.
Fairbanks Lodge of the Yukon Order of Pioneers meets every Thursday evening at all Odd Fellows Hall. Harry Cribb serves as secretary.
Courtemanche and Moss prepare for a July 2 wrestling match at the Auditorium. Both are in prime shape with daily runs and strong wind. Manager Frank Thomas coordinates details and the battle royal lineup. Seven participants to be named later, with backers backing Courtemanche and Moss.
Wilbur Coyle, Baltimore city librarian and former newspaper reporter, uses his first year in office to critique bureaucratic reports. He notes predecessors produced long dusty statistics, then writes a concise, tongue in cheek summary stating the department has left undone only as few as possible of the things we should have done.
Workers at the iron moulding plant in Guelph Ontario have accepted an eight percent reduction in wages as part of wage adjustment measures. The move affects all current hourly earners and aims to stabilize production costs amid market pressures.
Reported city cemetery reforms include clearing stumps and installing a maintained register of the dead. Citizens discuss funding with a goal of raising 1000 in combined gifts and council support to improve plots and headboards across church and lodge plots.
If you have never done so watch yourself go to sleep, says a Delsarte priestess, and you will be amazed to see how tense your position is. Your knees are drawn and bended, your back curved, the arms held tightly to the body, and
The Tanana city shifts from pioneer cabins to substantial board built houses signaling permanence. Double thick walls and a dust layer insulate against frost and heat. Notable new residences include Dr. R R Myers cottage, Jack O Gara home, and several prominent builders like Noyes Parsons Barbour Claypool Joslin Suter Sullivan and the Presbyterian parsonage.
A proposed reform would have nobles wear a blue stripe on the coat sleeve while journalists receive an orange stripe and clergymen a violet. High school and university students would show class and studies by similar markings. The scheme would be taught in public schools with inspectors ensuring compliance, announced in the Frankfurter Zeitung on April 1.
Telegraph operators not on eight hour basis are organizing to protest a rumored wage cut tied to the new nine hour workday law. The move aims to limit daily hours, sparking labor unrest amid uncertain pay changes.
The Arctic Brotherhood excursion on Saturday night from Fairbanks began at 9 pm and returned at 4 am. Dancing filled the trip with a lively orchestra and high sociability, with riders humorously noting the mosquitoes grew progressively fiercer as the night went on.
Readers commend the Arctic Brotherhood for the strong spirit shown and the high quality of arrangements by the organizing committee.
Two insurance agents argue over methods with a Brit describing prompt settlements and a Yankee boasting of a fatal fall client seen as a delivery of a check as the man passed by.
A fragment notes a wife catching her husband kissing someone, followed by a remark about “a new bon” and “a new cook.” The terse line hints at domestic upheaval or relationship strain without additional context.
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