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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
6
Public notice details subscription rates and advertising copy guidelines. It urges accurate writing of names and dates, notes on responsibility for altered copy, and stresses careful preparation for legal notices.
The Territory sees mining men seeking gold and copper investments as Alaska shifts from reef to quartz mining. Officials blame government policies and conservation bottlenecks for past clouds, yet progress and hopeful sentiment rise while railroads are seen as crucial to interior development and broad prosperity.
The passage lauds the prospector as a pioneer of the western empire. Senator Borah of Idaho paid tribute to the prospector as courageous, self-reliant, and pivotal to unlocking the west’s wealth, noting hardships and the essential role in development.
The standpat papers refuse to be pleased with Mr Bryan despite sixteen years of attempts to join Washington social life. They warn that any rise to a commanding national role could endanger the Ship of State, though Bryan has held a Federal position of importance.
William G. Butler and Owen Nidym, two soldiers, were sentenced to two years and three months each at McNiel Island for assault with intent to commit rape on unnamed women at St. Michael. A jury found them guilty of a lesser charge, leniency requested, with punishment deemed sufficient.
The article clarifies V. Steffanson was born in Canada with Icelandic descent and Norwegian ancestry noted for Anderson. It mentions Scotty Allen receiving English made binoculars engraved from V. Steffanson as thanks for help obtaining dogs.
Mr and Mrs James Chronister of Otter Creek spent several days in the city this week and attended the funeral of the late Leonard Dodge. Tom McWinnon was among the passengers on the Beaver last Tuesday. Scation Blanks at Pioneer office.
Dawson tale reports Mrs. Anna Nee, once known in Fairbanks and Iditarod circles, won a $200 judgment against Willard Jones after a trial in which a mixed jury debated prejudice. Three women joined the male jurors in favor of Nee following lengthy deliberations that ended around six o'clock.
United States Fourth District of Alaska public notice reports a writ of fieri facias issued August 7 1918 by the District Court to enforce a July 24 1905 judgment favoring Clark Lumber Company against Tsaue Nyholm Mina Nyholm and Frank Miller Chiave. Real estate in Iditarod Alaska described as a parallelogram fronting Willow Street and Second Avenue to be sold September 9 1913 at 2 00 PM at Willow Street corner in Iditarod Alaska.
The Ta coma Tribune notes that standpatters want Bryan kept on the job constantly fearing a delay would risk world war. They ridicule his humor and his effort to please them, while Bryan has long ceased trying to satisfy the standpatters.
The funeral for Mrs Frank E Snyder was held at A B Hall in the city last Saturday afternoon. Arctic Brotherhood members conducted the ritualistic service with Bloom floral pieces. Ale Maltby and Mrs Sollibakie performed solos as extensive attendance from distant regions gathered. Mr Maiden, over 80, a veteran prospector, is cared for by the Pioneers of Alaska igloo and Dr McCallum attends him as a search party reports progress toward the cabin.
A. J. Maiden, noted old prospector, was brought to St. Matthew's hospital from the Big Chena last night suffering paralysis affecting the entire left side. The Fairbanks News Miner reports the incident dated August 18.
Dr Wortmanns steroplane hovered above Capt Billy Petersons residence last Monday and a ten pound baby boy was found to be the result. The mother and babe are doing fine. The proud father, a well known wrestler, has already tried a half Nelson on the youngster. Imperial Baths Turkish steam and tub baths. Rooms in connection. Mande Earle, Prop.
Notice to heirs of a deceased owner in the Cher Mining District, Territory of Maska. The under signed claims property interests created by a partition agreement and warns that failure to consent or respond within ninety days from the last publication will transfer the interest to the undersigned under Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes. First publication June 4, 1013. Last publication September 13, 1
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