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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
3
The North American Trading and Transportation company sues Louis Spitz for 2290 dollars claimed as freight for 250 barrels of merchandise from Seattle sent August 8, 1906. They seek judgment for 2290 with 8 percent interest and costs.
Directory entry for Tanana Masonic Lodge LL D notes regular communications on the first and third Wednesdays each month at the Masonic Hall Auditorium. Officers listed include W. M R. W. Taylor and Secretary G. B. Erwin.
Fairbanks lodge groups announce meetings: Odd Fellows meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellows Hall with N G C D Mccauley and secretary Carlson. Eagles Aerie meets Mondays at 8 30 p.m. at Eagle Hall with W J O M Barney Goss and secretary Anderson.
Camp Fairbanks number sixteen A B meets every Tuesday in the hall at the Auditorium building at 8 30 p m. W Mill A and Charles E Taylor recorder.
Fairbanks lodge of the Yukon Order of Pioneers meets each Thursday evening at the old Odd Fellows Hall. Harry Cribb serves as secretary. Gesang-Verein Harmonie choir listed in the notice.
A jail disturbance in Laluaira references a scourge case affecting inmates, with authorities investigating and custody procedures under review. The report notes ongoing concerns about safety, discipline, and prison management.
The Laguaira region is shut from land and sea as doctors spar over the plague diagnosis. Dr. Gomez Peraza is celebrated after insisting on plague findings, while authorities burn houses and evacuate families. Port closures, rising prices, and emigration fears grip the area amid government cleanup efforts and sanitary measures.
A mix of verse on baseball fever and old-time saloon humor fills the page. Poem images celebrate the call to play ball while a schooner captain’s sailing wit and a pair of boastful boy jokes provide light, era-spanning humor.
In New Westminster on May 30 Stone and Walker were sentenced to seven and six years for a murderous assault on guard Imlah at the tertiary last October. They received their sentences stoically and were sent back to prison to serve the terms. The guard’s injuries were serious and there were fears he would not recover.
Imlah halted Stone and Walker’s bid for freedom after being assaulted with a blunt instrument. He managed to raise an alarm, preventing the attempted escape while his health fully returns.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, author and clergyman, recounts a charity story. A dying millionaire asks a minister if leaving a hundred thousand dollars to the church will assure salvation. The minister cautiously replies that it is well worth trying.
Two young sisters ages seven and nine attend Orthello and wonder if a real death happens every performance. Their older sister explains that actors merely pretend to kill a lady, noting the cost would be too high to do it for real each night.
Dredles continues activity by Fortymile, with ongoing operations noted in local reports. No further details available in the fragment.
The list records arrivals at the Northern hotel including W. H. Passage Floyd Baker Harry Mudge Tommy O’Brien Jack Lucy Jack Sullivan and J. J. Hinds.
A long catalog of individuals and households with surnames and towns such as Dome Ester Seattle Portland Ore San Francisco and New York. The fragment presents a parade of names including Timmins Palmquist Klumb Jesson Atwell August Conradt Sprague Ander son McNeil Robins Gilmore Munston Knutsen Coburn Karlson Wilson Murphy Hagerty Boone Pouason Quirk James Dunlop Henry Henry etc. No narrative context or events are provided.
A long compiled list shows numerous individuals and places including Fairbanks, Oakland, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Syracuse, and Everett. Names such as Mrs. M. H. Marston, William Greig, Jack White, John Henry, James Hamil, Miss H. Purge, and Felix Pedro appear alongside many others with affiliations to North Yakima, Black Pool, and Junction.
A diplomat accuses the minister of justice at a banquet hosted by the prime minister of taking his watch. The prime minister promises retrieval and later returns the watch, but hushes the outcome, noting the minister does not know it was recovered.
Pope Pius X entertains a distinguished American group and presents one guest with a paper keepsake during their audience. The moment underscores the cordial exchange between the pontiff and the visitors.
The recounted treasure is the return coupon of a Venice to Rome railroad ticket bought by Cardinal Giuseppi Sario for a cardinal meeting in Rome after Leo's death. the coupon was not returned to Venice, as noted by The Bohemian.
Mr and Mrs August Bjerremark hosted a dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Guy B Street. Street is pilot of the steamer Hamilton and helped bring the vessel to the Fairbanks dock. He previously traveled up the Fairbanks slough on the steamer Campbell with Captain Looney last month, marking his first visit.
A Dallas News item notes some residents cannot keep fifteen cents for two blocks, illustrating concerns over the financial system and everyday cash flow in the city.
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