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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
2
An editor newly arrived from the States argues that departures do not define a town. He urges action over despair, urging residents to organize, create activities, and pursue collective projects to keep Nome lively through the long Arctic season.
Secretary Lane told The Oregon Journal in Portland that policies should simplify home access in Alaska while making it tough for speculators to obtain public land. He asserted no sounder policy exists.
On December 6, Saint Nicholas Day is celebrated in Russia and Germany, tracing the saint from Myra and Diocletian era to Naples, with May 9 observed in Orthodox Russia. The name evolves through Dutch Sankt Nikolas to Santa Claus, merging with Christmas in English-speaking countries.
Merchants sailors and travelers seek the protection of St. Nicholas on Manhattan Island the sixth of December while school children join in making Santa a busy saint indeed in this old New York tradition.
Hillsboro Missouri editors are lifelong boosters. A local editor was asked to join a lodge and received a printed citation from a supply house. He got a dun from a merchant in a government stamped envelope and written on Gargling Oil, made a purchase at a store and got a duplicate bill printed in Chicago, and wrote a check on a blank printed in Denver. The piece mocks the burden editors bear while urging readers to trade at home.
A satirical lament on medical cures, contrasting old and new methods. The speaker mocks doctors who push vigorous outdoor cures and risky regimens while favoring rest and bed therapy. the piece laments the loss of simple comfort and gentle care in favor of strenuous remedies.
Alaska public reports a $70,000 structure with 42 rooms and modern improvements. Bert Howdeshell joins the Juneau Empire after editing the Skagway Daily. The Pueblo copper mine in White Horse district will operate at greater scale this winter, boosting labor by 73 men. Fox shipments from Atlin to the Atlantic coast spark debate on embargoes and Western policies. Kodiak wireless station destroyed by an explosion. Judge Jennings appoints Jay W. Bell as clerk of the First judicial division, Democrat from Bryan, Texas. Armstrong, known as Ann from Jo, buried by the Pioneers of Alaska at 38. Military reservation at the Yukon Rapids abandoned. Fred Hinton returns from Point Barrow. Karluk repaired en route to Herschel Island. Robert Sheldon honored with a gold watch for steering his car on the Valdez trail. Iditarod Moneer issues sale blanks via Ansley Ididarod, Harry B. Pelley, and Pioneer Drug Store. Two Canadian boundary surveyors killed by a landslide near Cape Muzon. recovery attempt launched from Prince Rupert.
The long, dramatic arc of Timothy Sullivan known as Big Tim, a Bowery favorite and Tammany power, from a Leonard Street child to a Wall Street and state political force. He built a vast following, shaped by generosity to the poor, racing and theatrical interests, and a magnetic charm that drew allies and rivals alike. His life ended amid business and political entanglements, with warnings about debt and loss shadowing his legacy.
Caton Hablitt of South Dakota, a 512 pound resident of Watertown, died in Christoval Texas. He was famed as the state’s best man for years, a freethinker, and he authored his own obituary read at his funeral. His ranching circle stretched 3,000 miles west.
Margaret Brandt and W F Cantredl heirs executors and assigns are notified that 1912 and 1913 labor and improvements totaling 4100 were expended on the No 5 placer claim at Ophir Creek within the Ophir district Alaska to hold interests under Section 2324 RS United States. If within ninety days after the last publication you fail to pay your share of the expenditures your interest will vest in the co owner under the same statute. First publication October 43 49 January 17 1941.
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