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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
3
Article outlines salient fea nes of a new placer mining law, including claimant limits two 20 acre parcels per month, discovery posting, corner mark ing, annual assessment work, and notarized affidavits. It mentions the recorder’s fees, penalties, and a pamphlet by Henry Roden explaining the law, with a brief global aside on Hong Kong and living costs.
New York and Albany reports detail evidence of Governor William Sulzer gambling on the stock exchange and questions over campaign funds. Senate and Assembly move to file impeachment charges while Mrs Sulzer claims she did the gambling with her funds and that the governor knew nothing. The World newspaper criticizes both Sulzer and Tammany Hall as the political crisis broadens.
Fragmentary text notes a businessman of three years in Iditarod closing his venture, paying debts, and leaving after a last handshake. It mentions a boat, a debtor aboard, a paid account, and a new rapid telegraph system with high vessel capacity. Local bathhouses and a spring rice price appear as scattered items.
A fragmented Mother Goose style verse tells of a stubborn old man Parr who buys a car and urges frantic speed. Warned to be careful he refuses, speeds away, narrowly escapes harm, and dies after a reckless, fast trip, with nurses and doctors noting the auto as a dandy.
A fragmentary note describes attempts to obtain firsthand information about a Wike in Shusana district and telegraphic communications involving Arthur M and Jimmy Rockefellow, with scattered mentions of Sune ds, Tonsina, Val ette of Otter, and a traced trail found in two places.
Mrs. tan, who arrived this week from Europe, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition yesterday. She estimates her liabilities at 55,000.
Dr David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, announced plans to tour the world for a year starting in July to study the peace problems behind Mr Bryan's treaties. He spoke before a lecture in Ireland and Australia about the Bryan movement and said he would preach the peace program after careful study.
A blaze on July 14 destroyed the business district of Placerville, the famed mining town near the site of California’s early discovery. The fire burned through the morning, erasing many establishments integral to the Days of the Forties. No injuries are reported in the fragment.
A questioning wife asks a maid about her husband Ed’s location. The maid replies uncertainly that they may be in the wash, reflecting a domestic scene in Harper's Magazine.
In the District Court of Alaska Pearth Division notice is given that on June 16 1913 S Dubin was adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting of creditors will be September 22 1913 at 2 PM at the undersigned office to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Henry Roden Referee in Bankruptcy.
Charley Worden and Jack Keller returned from a month’s prospecting trip to the Kuskokwim region, spending time on Willow Creek, a George River tributary, where Sterling Dark has worked with a small crew this summer. Worden says he saw some gold taken out nearby, with locals disputing mining rights, though he did not observe Willow Creek claims being staked.
Tott., July 7. Terrible old waif jailed here for violent acts by a juvenile. In two days he whipped Mrs. Granger’s child, attacked neighbors, vandalized the Granger home, set fires, harmed pets, and caused chaos before being sent to Chicago for reform. Mrs. Gray, a sociological worker, sheltered him then placed him with her family. Partial list includes breaking dishes, choking a cat, and destroying piano keys.
U.S. Marshal announces public sale of real estate in Iditarod Otter district Alaska to satisfy a July 28 1913 judgment in the U S District Court Fourth Division Alaska for the Clark Lumber Company and heirs Nyholm. Property lies in Iditarod Willow street and Conch Avenue, sale date September 1 1913 at 2 PM for cash at Willow Street corner Second Avenue Iditarod Alaska.
A court suit regarding a proposed film factory in Spirit City details the petition, defendants, and legal action. The document cites a petition seeking publication of the suit and outlines costs, dates, and the judge presiding.
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