City funds divided to pay warrants after cash intake
Of the 519 dollars received from Fair banks, the city council split 50 per cent into the general fund and 50 per cent into a salary fund to cover warrants. The list includes Vine Hard, Ind. Machine Shop, Wm. Ansley, Dan Slartnett, North Star Horsesho Shop, Beattie & Riley, Anderson Bros, Nerland Smith's Gun Store, Banks & Howland with amounts 15.00, 4.00, 2.50, 0.00, 7.00, 100.60 and 850 plus others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Vine Hard
Ind. Machine Shop
Ansley
Dan Slartnett
North Star Horsesho Shop
Beattie & Riley
Dsr
Anderson Bros
Nerland Smith’s Gun Store
Ansley Banks
Howland
Banks & Howland
Not Popular in the Jail Stirring Prison Straw Vote
A straw ballot among prisoners at the Fairbanks federal jail showed Henry Roden unpopular. The assistant district attorney received zero votes while candidates Dan Sutherland and J M Brooks led for senators and Dan Driscoll and J J Mullally led for representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Roden
Fairbanks
Dan Sutherland
J. M. Brooks
I. McGowan
Wm. Burns
Bernard Estley
Dan Driscoll
J. J. Mullally
E. By Collins
Dittmer
King
McCabe
Napamute Post Office Proposed at Hoffman's Post
An effort seeks a Napamute post office on the Kuskokwim at Hoffman's post. A postmaster appointment is being sought and the petition will likely be acted on before navigation opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuskokwim
Hoffman's Post
Hoffman’s
Napamute
Priests Fined For Kidnapping Case Involving Valdez Woman
Mrs. Magnuson of Valdez was awarded damages in Tacoma against Catholic Priest Rev. G C Van Goethem and the Visitation Academy for kidnapping and alienating the affections of her daughter Marjorie Reiman. The girl, about 16, testified of improper advances by the priest. Bishop O'Dea testified about coordinating the search and the priest's disclosure of the girl’s whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Los Angeles
St Aloysius
Bishop O'Dea
Cet
Father van Goellem
Nome Weather Report Sees Mild Winter Across Posts
Advices from Fort Gibbon and other government stations indicate the Nome district experiences an exceptionally mild winter with falling snow and no severe cold. The Army Post Observatory notes this winter as the mildest in the post history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Army-Post
Fort Gibbon
Old Dawsonite Sues for Divorce
N. A. Fuller formerly of the Yukon telephone syndicate and the Dawson Water Light company and later Fairbanks system filed for divorce in San Francisco. The couple married in Dawson five years ago and lived in National City near San Diego before moving to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Fuller
Yukon Telephone Syndicate
Dawson Water & Light Company
Fairbanks
San Francisco
Amundsen’s Alaska Climate Change Prediction
Nome Nugget notes Roald Amundsen predicted Alaska would grow milder after breaking the Arctic ice wedge into the Atlantic. Frank Waskey recalls articles suggesting Arctic waters would flow into the Atlantic and Pacific warmth reach Alaska, easing ice conditions as cited by the world’s famed explorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Northwest Passage
Roald Amundsen
Frank Waskey
Amundsen
Arctic
Atlantic
Bering Sea
Pacific
Bering S
Wash
Turn of Fortund's Wheel Brings Wealth to Miner
A Fairbanks quartz miner Mr Letterman rose from poverty after joining the Spaulding lease with Wm Spaulding. He sold his half to John Rowan and John Cunningham for 10 000 cash plus 20 000 in six months, earning about 125 a day. An ore run yielded 13 254 in one hour and 164 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letterman
Spaulding
John Rowan
John Cunnit
Fairbanks
Dome Banks
I Nana
Wm Spaulding
Wo Creek
Rowan and Cunningham
Spauldi
Nome City Readies Winter Carnival Parade
Nome prepares for the grand annual winter carnival on December 31 with extensive preparations. Funds are to be divided between the hospital and the city fund to aid indigent sick residents.
Miner John Kolarik Hurt In Rock Fall In Fairbanks
Fairbanks December 13. John Kolarik a Chatham creek miner suffered a bad accident when a rock fall at the Chatham mining property broke his collarbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
John Kolarik
Chatham Mining Company
Emmett Indicted Pleads Not Guilty in Robbery Case
Fairbanks December 9 J F Emmett indicted by the grand jury for robbery of sluiceboxes on Pedro last fall He entered a plea of not guilty and his trial commenced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
J. F. Emmett
Pedro
Bryan May Be Attorney General
Senator-elect Ollie James predicts that William Jennings Bryan will be offered the attorney-generalship by Woodrow Wilson. Nugget jewelry to order. Chains a specialty. Bill Taylor, Flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Louisville
Ollie James
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Bill Taylor
Narrow escape in oil shaft explosion near Fairbanks
John Beck of lower Cleary barely escaped a 20 foot shaft explosion as muck at the bottom erupted and hurled him toward the surface. He suffered severe scalds while Jack Price travels to Bear Creek with options he owns, accompanied by Al Thorns and Sam Sanderson. Fresh grayling and whitefish Crowley Porter. White-meat grouse and ptarmigan listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
John Beck
Lower Cleary
Jack Price
Bear Creek
al Thorns
Sam Sanderson
Alaska news bursts with figures and frontier ventures
The report touches many Alaska topics from postmaster careers and courtly moves to coal tests and whale ambergris. It notes 200 tons of coal for Navy tests, a two mile Alaska-Gastineau tunnel, and mining expansion near Juneau with Ebner and Treadwell comparisons. It also mentions a spate of Arctic reporting and local misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steffansson
Arctic
Lellingwell
Point Barrow
Alaska
Ambergris
Alaska News
Japan
Seattle
John R. Winn
Juneau
Queen City
Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co
Treadwell
Winn
Ebner
Joe Martindale Carried the Mail on Cripple Trip
The mail left Saturday morning and was carried as far as Diskaket by Joe Martindale who acted as special carrier. Postmaster Thurston received a telegram from Bob Griffis ordering the outgoing mail not to be delivered to the regular carrier but to hire another man for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Martindale
Thurston
Bob Griffis
Diskaket
Tanana Incorporation Order Signed by Judge Fuller
Fairbanks December 13 Judge F E Fuller has signed the order incorporating the town of Tanana which recently elected a mayor and aldermen and decided to accept municipal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Fuller
Fairbanks
F. E. Fuller
Tanana
Arctic Brotherhood Meeting Notice
Arctic Brotherhood meets at A B Hall one Monday evening at S o'clock Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend Cyril P Wood Arctic Chief Ronald Fros Arctic Recorder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Brotherhood
A. B. Hall
Cyril P. Wood
Ronald Fros
Arctic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank
Chas. Ross
T. J. Nestor
John Tholmes
General Fund
Post Office
Arcade Cafe
Ildness
Dawsonite
Merchants Cafe
Chas. E. Miller
Prop
Fortund
Emmett
Crowley & Porter
Iditarod
Kolmakoffsky
Mukoffsky Station
Kuskokwir
Kolmakomsky
Georgetown
Idistarod
N. C. Co
Kuntishna
John Gorman
John T. Spickett
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Fred Hartman
Dawson
Arthur Dean
Pete Anderson
Pat Britt
Uncle Sam
Seward Peninsula
Islands
Matanuska
Sheep Creek
Cook Inlet
Navy Department
Joseph A. Holmes
Bureau of Mines
Katalla
Alaska Packers Association
Northwestern Fisheries Company
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Booth Fish Company
Roadhouse
Summit Roadhouse
A. M. Auten
Mrs. MW. Maher
Iditargd Hotel
Stanley Vale
Dikeman Roadhouse
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!