Alaska Wonderland: why Alaska isn’t a frozen tourist trap
In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer piece, Glenn Farley argues Alaska’s climate and scenery rival Europe and the Pacific coast, urging broader publicity for Alaska tourism. He praises warm ocean fringes, mild summers, and dramatic fjords from Seward to Sitka, contrasting misperceptions of a “frozen North.”
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Alaska
Coset
Seward
Copper River Basin
Yukon- Tanana
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
Sitka
America
Pacific Coast
Japan
Middle West
Seattle
Skagw Wi
Gulf
Cordov
New Englash
Wrangell Narrows
Juneau
Skazway
Erie
Danube
Switzerland
Norway
United States
Glenn Farley Seattl
Post-Intelligencer
Reminiscences reveal Nye letters of humor and peril
The piece surveys private Nye letters from 1885 to 1891, recounting the tornado near Hudson Wisconsin that injured him, a fatal railroad yard incident he witnessed, and his sharp, self deprecating humor about fame. It covers Nye’s Minne apolis and New York phases, stage life with Riley, Coney Island impressions, and a blunt letter advising a aspiring humorist.
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Laramie
Edgar Wilson
Bill) Nye
Nye
Hudson
Wis
Minneapolis
Ril
Pres Club
Minn
Riley
Generaly
New York
Edgar
Bill
Coney Island
George
Brighton
Liverpool
Nature
Alaska child sends dimes to Marjorie’s battleship
A New York Tribune clipping describes Alva Joyce from Latouche Alaska sending three dimes to Robert W. Tiemann of Ohio for the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship League. The letter, written on cracker carton paper, mentions Alaska and a mining father, schooling, and a vow to build a battleship with help from loyal supporters.
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New York Tribune
Pioneer
Ohio
Robert W. Tiemann
Alaska
Marjorie
Latouche
Sterrett
Tiermenn
Grama
Grapa
Nash
Ark
Papa
White Boys
Newtown Bee
Newtown
Conn
Tribune
Method in His Madness Sparks Debate at Bogee
A humorous back-and-forth unfolds in a Washington Star excerpt as Senior Sorghum defends steady temper while declaring a punchy tactic to persuade opponents. The segment ties to Bogee and mentions Olympia and Eastern Oysters with a price note of $1.50 per can. Iditatod Meat Co. advertises job printing at The Pioneer office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorghum
Washington Star
Bogee
Olympia
Iditatod Meat Co
Fighters in the trenches doing serious thinking
In the Chicago Herald analysis by Stoughton Cooley, soldiers in the trenches are portrayed as awakening to social justice. The piece argues war reshapes class views, inflames demands for reform, and questions why wealth concentrates among the few while workers toil. It notes that governments derive power from the living and wealth from labor, urging change. Toronto opens a new industrial school costing 2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoughton Cooley
Chicago Herald
Theildren
Lin
Redia
All the Mail All the Time Possible for Fairbanks
Fairbanks is to have an all the mail all the time service per a telegram from Otto Praeger second assistant postmaster general. Postmaster Deal urged a winter mail service to ship all second class mail above the weight limit to Fairbanks by freight teams from Valdez. Praeger inquired about transporting 1000 pounds twice monthly from Valdez and others, as the department seeks Alaska improvements. The Fairbanks postmaster learned Washington wants to aid Alaska and expects mail service gains if proposals are properly presented.
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Fairbanks
Otto Praeger
Deal
Department
Northern Commercial Company
Vallez
Notice of forfeiture of mining claims in Kus Rokwith district
Notice to Tas mir A. Everett and assigns that after expending funds in 1900 1910 1912 1813 1814 and 1915 on five lode mining claims Parks No 1 2 8 Marks Banner on the Cinnabar and right bank of the Ruskokwinn river fifteen miles below Olina river in Mask territory failure to pay defendant share within 30 days after service or publication will convert ownership to the subscriber holder of the required expenditures under Sec 2 b of the Revised Statutes as amended January 22 1880 First publication free Last publication March 3 1017
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Cork
Coney Island
Minnepolis
Bill Nye
Edgar W. Nye
Riley
Staten Island
Broadway
Harbor
The
Narrows
New York
Brooklyn
West
Nye
Tasmir A. Everett
Parks Tin
Olina
Mask
United States
Col Hubtal
Hollee
Vans
Mare
Forfeiture Notice on Slate Creek Mining Claim Persons Named
Andrew Huta Jacob Olsen Chas Arthur Valentine Nelson VP IL Stafford K Atbeight and Geo Ad Jet warned by holders and assignors that labor and improvements totaling 100 dollars were expended in 1918 1914 and 1915 on the Discovery association mining claim on Slate Creek near Henry Creek Alaska. If failure to pay share within ninety days after publication, interest becomes property of co owners under Sec 2924 Revised Statutes. First publication September 9 1915 Last publication 1016.
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Andrew Huta
Jacob Olsen
Chas Arthur Valentine
Nelson
IL Stafford
K. “Atbeight
Geo
Ad Jet
Eis
Henty Creek
Er Creek
Otter
Alaska
United States
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod
Scandinavian American Bank Territorial Depositary
Charles Ross
John Holmes
R. C. Button
Aler
Harry Ponnelley
General Merchandise
H. Boas
Merchants’ Cafe
Robt
Soutar
Iditarod Meat CO
Shubert
Che
Bubert
A.B. Shubert, Inc
West Austin Avend
Chicago
U.S.A
Pioneer Office
Toronto
Chelly
Louisville
Pion
A. FE. Riley
Rls. McMillan
Lottie BR. Marston
Stanley House
John Bagoy
Hurst Cigar Store
Westover
Victor Phonograph
Accessor
J. A. Nelson
Murst Bros
Grand Bar
Gibson Rye
Juan DE Fuca
Marc Antony
Gold St
Fiat City
Mutchler
Caribou St
Black and Willow Sts
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