This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
2
The piece discusses Alaska congressional race dynamics and a named probable candidate. It lauds Mr. Clum as a long-serving, transparent public servant, countering claims of corporate backing and noting his thirty years at the same post office address. It warns that many entrants claim better chances, while a few patriots seek the territory’s best representative.
Telegraphic reports say James J Hill plans to appeal the Interstate Commerce Commission decision reducing lumber freight rates west of the Missouri. The dispatch claims 500 mills would reopen and employ 50 000. A fair Alaska Tanana rate could spur broader development and higher pay.
Governor Hoggatt remains unalterably opposed to territorial government and argues the movement interests only saloon and dance-hall factions. He supports Carson, the Republican nominee for Alaska delegate, whose platform elevates territorial government as its first plank.
The News questions the governor about Carson and asks whether he belongs to the saloon class or to the dance hall bums, noting the governor's stated intent to do all he can to bring it about.
In Juneau James Wickersham denies seeking Congress, pledges support for Mr. Cale, and announces retirement from the campaign on August 12 1908. Independent candidate John P. Clum defends honesty and candor while asserting no pledges.
Ohio legislator Jacob Beidler recalls a former constituent who refused to be bought. A lobbyist offered money to vote for a bill, then suggested staying away from the vote. The farmer finally accepted a bribe for not voting, lamenting that honesty seems impossible.
Margie a six year old Presbyterian girl vows to give up candy for Lent but is seen with a peppermint stick. She explains she meant to abstain but changed her mind and chose to give up profane language instead.
Paolo Tosti the composer devotes spare time to upholstering. When not composing or teaching he upholsters chairs, often completing every chair in his wife’s drawing room. He seeks fine old chair frames, buys them, upholsters them, and keeps or gifts the finished pieces.
A young woman responds coyly to an admirer who claims he had not heard her before. The exchange ends with a playful request to be picked up.
F. Cooper of 1668 Scotten Avenue Detroit asks the News for help locating D. Frank Watson who has been in and about Fairbanks mining and prospecting for two or three years. He has not heard from Watson for some time and they are uneasy.
A long‑absent man questions reform progress. a veteran replies that it is no longer a dis grace to run for alderman. The Chicago Record-Herald notes growing openness to candidacy and civic change.
A terse dialogue about sudden wealth asks what one would do first if given a million dollars. The exchange suggests no further actions or people needed once wealth arrives, highlighting a stark hypothetical choice.
A reassuring speaker tells Mr Bird he will not be shot. He says he only shoots lions and tigers and similar animals. The tone is calm and protective.
A fragmentary dialogue features Mr Oldfly and Centipede arguing over masculine identity and risk, with a humorous aside about shoeblacking preventing ruin. The exchange reads as esoteric and satirical, typical of a cryptic newspaper snippet from a literary page.
Emblems of sovereignty drift between theft and pawn as restless royal heads pass through hands, unfolding a portrait of crowns falling to thieves or being pledged by their own owners in a world wary of power.
A survey details famous royal jewel heists from 1386 to 1792 and beyond. It notes Richard II pawning England’s crown for money, Colonel Blood’s near miss with Charles II’s regalia, the 1792 French crown jewels theft and Regent Diamond recovery, Napoleon’s pledging of the Regent, and other royal relic risings including Charlemagne’s crown and the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
A notable event features the debut of $100000 value with 500 imported butterflies set free. The report notes the unusual spectacle and its reception across locations, highlighting the display and its novelty.
Charles Frederick Powell once a Oxford classmate of King Edward, known as the Melrose hermit, died in a local hospital after roving as a remorseful tramp. He fled a piggery life, loathed children, and dwelt in a Middlesix Fells cave. The obituary notes his education and unusual decline into isolation.
The Oceanic ship carried money orders totaling 5,314,151.70 dollars, up 1,104,078 from last year, the largest in number and value ever sent on a single voyage. A Fall River judge fined a man 50 dollars for stealing cemetery flowers, while under arrest eight dozen pinks a dozen roses and ribbon were found hidden under his coat, with an explanation tied to his florist father’s shortage.
A Berlin tale shows public ignorance about X rays as a man with a thorax bullet for 11 years asks a specialist to bring rays or send instructions. The reply from the expert declines travel but offers to work on the thorax if sent by express.
Learned at the O'd Swimmin' Hole two children watch soup on the stove and wonder why it bubbles. The boy explains a chicken is in the pot and is trying to talk underwater.
A street car with seven passengers is found to have only six fares. The Irish conductor replies in a comic pause with Get out o here one o yez, exposing the crowding and delivering a humorous Exchange style punchline.
A fully equipped chicken ranch with 200 chickens two buildings and an incubator is for sale. Includes residence and a rare bargain offer. Contact via phone 65A at 1st National Bank Building.
Notices of real estate transfers and claims filed for record in June 1908. A. M. Clapp transfers to J. P. Sherman for $1. various discovery bench claims along Platt, Cleary, Little Eldorado, Bear, Club, Tenor, Poverty, and Cripple creeks. Tobin to Arthur McGayick for wood rights on Niggerhead association claim. Moor to Henry Cook for Blue Bird fraction on Dome creek. Satisfaction Mortgage by A. H. Eldridge to Jesse Reutter for $533 on Ester creek land.
Classified notice listing a single stone platform scales for sale from Fairbanks Hardware Co at 246. Also includes generic help wanted and situation wanted lines, indicating ads will reach readers in these columns.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.