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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
7
The article outlines rules for placer mining claims including location limits, marking boundaries, and posting discovery notices. It covers required development work, sworn certificates, annual assessment steps, and penalties for noncompliance, with a pamphlet promised to explain the new law.
News from New York and Albany detail impeachment moves against Governor William Sulzer over alleged stock exchange gambling and campaign fund malfeasance. Mrs Sulzer claims she gambled with funds, while the State Senate investigates and prepares prosecution in a forthcoming impeachment trial.
A garbled notice describes a man in business for three years in Iditarod with family, a debtor aboard a boat paying an account, and mentions a rapid telegraphy system able to send tens of thousands of cards per hour. It references Crosby baths on Caribou Street and Du Rand's Discovery water sewer baths.
Fragment from a Mother Goose style verse recounts Parr's obsession with speed. He buys a car and urges haste, ignoring cautions until a reckless drive ends in tragedy. Nurses attend him as he dies from his head injuries, while doctors remark that the automobile was a dandy.
First-hand information from Shusana district mentions Arthur M telegraphing Jimmy Rockefellow and Sune ds from Tonsina on the Val ette of Otter. The report traces her trail found in two places, with details emerging from early communications and field notes.
New York on August 2 reports Mrs Tan Evelye filed for voluntary bankruptcy this week. The European petition cites liabilities of 5000.
Dr David Starr Jordan, head of Le land Stanford, plans a yearlong world tour beginning in China and Australia. He will lecture in Italy and Ireland and discuss Mr Bryan's peace treaties. Jordan says he will study firsthand the problems hindering lasting peace.
A morning fire on July 14 destroyed Placerville’s business district, once a center of activity in California’s mining era. The town, famed as a hub of 1840s associations, suffered extensive damage to its core commerce after the blaze spread through the area near the old mining site.
A woman anxiously asks about her husband Ed’s location. A maid replies she is unsure but suggests they may be in the washhouse. The fragment shows domestic uncertainty in a Harper’s Magazine style.
Notice to creditors of S Dubin bankrupt in the Alaska district division. June 16 1913 adjudication. first meeting September 22 1913 at 2 P M to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. Henry Roden referee in bankruptcy signs the notice.
Charley Worden and Jack Keller returned from a month on the Kuskokwim last Tuesday. They spent time on Willow Creek, a George River tributary, where Sterling Dark has worked with a small crew this summer. Worden saw signs of mining activity but did not observe Willow Creek claims or property details.
Terrible old waif, sent to Chicago, wrecks the home of Mrs. Granger in two days. He whipped a 3-year-old, five neighbors, set fire, killed chickens, maimed furniture, and scared off the family. Mrs. Granger, driven to despair, relinquished care as authorities investigate.
United States Marshal announces public sale of real estate in Iditarod Otter Precinct Alaska arising from a July 28 1913 judgment in the District Court Fourth Division Alaska. Parcel: area 40 by 120 feet facing Willow street and Conch Avenue. sale to highest bidder for cash on September 1 1913 at 2 PM at Willow Street and Second Avenue corner Iditarod Alaska. Dated August 11 1913. Lt Erwin U S Marshal Fourth Division Alaska. W Howell Deputy Taylor Fifth Attorney.
A court filing outlines a plan by Dobbs and partners to build a moving picture film factory in Spirit City. The document details legal steps, the petition for publication, and a six week window for response as the matter proceeds in the Supreme Court with cost considerations and a judge presiding.
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