Mining efforts on Kuskokwim gather steam as crews arrive
Duke Eo Stubbs arrives at Bethel to oversee Kuskokwim district matters. H W Reeth and Glass bring 10 workers to Golden Gate Falls to develop the Beaver Creek mining claims with a $25,000 budget. A large hydraulic outfit is part of the equipment. The king salmon run above Bethel is poor. below Bethel it is sparse due to shortages of barrels and salt. A 40 ton smelting plant is planned by W Parks at Cinnabar How, with year round operation proposed.
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Iditarod
Glass
Akiak
Kuskokwim
Bethel
W. Parks
Cinnabar How
Georgetown
Thissavon
Ion
Parks
Tom Taylor
Wis
Fritz Tittel
Body of Man Found at Remote Camp Near Iditarod River
At a woodchopper camp off a creek eight miles from the Iditarod, a dead man identified as Spanish does, a native of Argentina, lay undisturbed for about a year. DeCourcey and Riley found the body in a tent with minimal belongings and no signs of struggle. Detective work yielded few clues, and the man’s identity remains uncertain amid sparse camp relics. A baby girl was born to Mrs Rivers of Otter Creek on July 2.
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Taina Philip
de Courees
Idinwrod
Iditarod River
Phe
DeCourcey
Iditarod
de Courcey
Riley
Rivers
Otter Creek
Bee Husband
Admiral freighter sinks after burning near Brae River
The Pas amship Cats freighter Admiral sailing from Seattle for Kerehikan ran ashore three miles south of Brae River mouth and burned. The crew were rescued by the Princess Victoria. One seaman died after reaching Vancouver hospital from burns. The ship carried 300 tons of cannery supplies.
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Agpernoon
Braeee O River
Rosiwamer
Vancouver Hospital
Admiral Night
Mexican rancher pays ransom to bandits in Mexico
John Thompson, an Amovicas rancher, paid 15000 pesos to bandits who kidnapped his son in Mexico. The State Department was informed July 29 that Thompson made the payment with the Mexican government’s view on safety and possible reimbursement, amid fears for his son’s life.
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Washington
State Department
John Thompson
Amovicas
Heyervid
Thompson
Theo
Navy fleet passes through Panama Canal in nine hours
Dreadnoughts of the United States Navy were reported to have run the Panama Canal in nine hours as they passed through on Saturday afternoon. The Manila dispatch notes the Philippine council memorializing for self determination on prohibition.
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Big Ditch
Colon
United States Navy
Panama Canal
Panama
Navy
Manila
Philippine Council
Ess
Deutsch Bank tops infund loan talks with $1 billion deal
London financial circles report Deutsch Bank of Berlin secured funds aggregating $1,000,000,000 from American interests. Anchorage resident Jore Bayles named treasurer of the Pioneers of Alaska grand lodge. Mrs. Anna Young sold her Plat dry goods stock to Mrs. Luella Dann and travels to settle to join her son Harold Young recently back from army duty. John Klonos, once linked to Sitka, now an inmate of the Pioneers' home in fragile health.
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London
Deutsch Bank of Berlin
Joans
Anna £. Young
Northland
Luella Dann
Settle
Harold Young
States
Harold
Whittleseys
John
the Greek
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Frrmerly
Aniak
Plat City
Stubbs
Iam
Yancey Fisher
Deed
Harry Bubro
Mr Fisher
William Fisher
Bear-creek
Arcade Cafe
Golden & Poik
Flat City
Pex
Wood
Nancy Bell
Prairie Bell
Dikeman Landing
Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank
Seattle
National Park Bank
New York City
Anglo London National Bank
San Francisco
Liberty
Charles Ross
Claude Baker
R. ©. Button
Cris Anthonisen
Flat, Alaska
Vaereoure
Kauri
Allen
BOC
Jore Bayles
Anchorage
Grand Igloo of Pioneers of
Alaska
Pete’s Bakery and Coffee House
Front
Michels, Prop
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