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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
2
Notice requests careful preparation of advertising copy especially legal notices and forfeiture warnings. Publisher cannot guarantee accuracy of timing or titling and urges clear writing of names and dates to avoid forfeiture issues.
The Boston Herald notes plans to establish a large Swedish farming colony in Washington county Maine as railway expansion and development projects proceed. The initiative targets 400 Swedish families drawn by available open farmland and strong potato yields, following earlier Swedish settlement efforts that boosted the Aroostook region.
A 5,000 resident Saskatchewan town becomes a model for urban housing as North Battleford builds a 60 room municipal lodging house with $20,000 funding. The project proves profitable and attracts English capitalists, while Americans learn from Canadian municipal ownership and growth.
In western Canada and across the prairies, capitalists eye rapidly growing communities west of Winnipeg. London firms seek street railway franchises in North Battleford, where population of 5 000 could rise to 15 000 before profits materialize. Municipal ownership is praised as a path to prosperity and public welfare.
A telegram dated August 11, 1013 from Nulato to the Pioneer Express expresses regret that Governor Ghia cannot visit Iditarod this year. It is signed J. Bap Strong.
A locomotive tale from Fairbanks News-Miner describes a Oklahoma shopper buying a saw in a store. After price quotes and mail order reasoning, the customer pays cash to avoid charges, enduring two months’ wait and extra costs. The dealer notes the total now is 1.67 dollars.
J C Currin of the local wireless station left last Saturday for Kaltag where he is this week supervising the razing of the company station to be shipped to Fairbanks and possibly moved to the Shusana strike site. After Kaltag work he will return to Iditarod to take over the local station from R M Hall as the plant moves.
Former U S marshal deputy Troughton, a Republican, arrived from Eagle for a short visit. He helped note a recent U S marshal change and the White Pass wood contract. Mrs Troughton tends the Eagle garden while others pursue distant plans, with mentions of Dawson and farm life.
Sitka marks the death of Mas. Schmakoff, a 99 year old pioneer born in 1812 on the Amur in Siberia. She came to Alaska with her husband in 1839 and raised a large family here. Her husband, a Russian American firm boat builder, died years ago. a son passed away last winter. All children were born in Alaska. A steam bath at Crosby baths on Cari bou street is recommended upon disembarking.
Foreiture notice to all heirs and assigns of TOM TURNER. The undersigned claims expenditure of 100 by 1912 on placer claim known as the Boy Hut association, Chicken Creek, Hellanza creek, Outer Mintig District, Territory of Maska. If after ninety days from last publication you fail to contribute your share, interest will become property of the undersigned under Revised Statutes of the United States. First publication June 1, 1913. Last publication September 13, 1993.
In the Nome Alaska land office notice of application by Krante Joaquin Fowler and A H Twitchell for 20.61 acres as a trading site on the Kuskokwim River Bethel Alaska. Describes metes and bounds with verbiage and survey details, and notes failure to file timely reviews will bar the patent under the act.
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