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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
2
Subscription rates listed include one year ten dollars six months five dollars and one month one year price remains ten dollars advertising rates available on application Volume 8 Number 43 notes circulating in the issue.
A traditional quatrain urges burying sorrow in a Christmas pie and keeping joy. The speaker claims Christmas comes once a year and promises merriment as Jack pipes Gill dances while others’ purses are fuller, so there is no cause to grieve.
The Fairbanks News Miner reports officials see slackers treated too leniently as courts nationwide grant short jail terms or light penalties. The piece contrasts immigrant and native-born slacker cases and recalls a harsher historic standard for judgment.
The text expresses punitive views on slackers and praises strict wartime sentencing while contrasting hopeful wishes for soldiers and a dour forecast for alcohol as the holiday season nears. It notes German indifference to Washington notes and ends with a farewell to John.
A veterans day tribute opens with a poem on mothers as silent warriors then reports Frank B. Stanley, the Flat restaurant man, underwent successful ear surgery at Mayo Brothers in Rochester Minnesota. He stayed about a month and is now in San Francisco visiting a brother, planning a spring return.
Naval authorities and Seattle police arrested forty slackers in the Oriental quarter in the early morning. Greg Stewart is prospecting some quartz leads on Nevada Gulch at the head of Moore Creek.
Congressman Sulzer notes congressional act suspends the $100 yearly labor rule on mining claims for 1917 and 1918 to aid war efforts. Alaska miners remind that Alaska Territorial law remains in force and oil claims are exempt. Secretary Lane clarifies Alaska applies the federal suspension to most claims but not oil claims.
In an interview, Ham strung James a local pioneer predicts a harsh winter noting changes like thicker blue grouse plumage and early north winds. He cites extended willow buds and a foreboding dream urging caution, while cigars are advertised from Pioneer Drug Store in Flat.
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