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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
6
Christmas Pie and Merry Affection in Verse
A 16th century style verse by G. Wither evokes Christmas cheer despite sorrow. The poem urges merriment, links sorrow to misfortune, and casts Jack as pipe player and Gill as dancer while the town rejoices, noting Christmas comes but once a year.
Slacker Sentences Draw Criticism Across States
The Fairbanks News Miner reports officials are tightening slackers cases but courts nationwide impose light penalties. debate centers on fairness for native born Americans versus foreign born defendants and calls for harsher sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
States
Dugas
Dawson
Slacker Notes and Frontline Sentiment Echoed in Holiday Rhetoric
A fragment reflects strong talk on sentencing severity for slackers, praising patriotic soldiers, and wishing long life to them while deriding draft dodgers. It notes the German stance on notes from Washington during the holiday period and ends with a farewell to John.
Silent Battles of Women and a Mayo Run
A poem honors mothers and silent strength in the war of everyday life. Frank B. Stanley, Flat restaurant man, underwent a successful ear operation at Mayo Brothers Infirmary in Rochester Minnesota after a month as a patient. He is visiting a brother in San Francisco and plans return in early spring per a letter to J. J. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Stanley
Infirmary of
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Mr. Stanley
San Francisco
J. J. Smith
Forty Slacker Arrests in Seattle Oriental Quarter
Naval authorities and Seattle police arrested forty slackers in the Oriental quarter in the early hours. The report notes Greg Stewart prospecting quartz leads on Nevada gulch at the head of Moore creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Naval
Greg Stewart
Nevada Gulch
Moore Creek
Alaska miners learn 1917 18 relief from assessment work
Congress suspends annual $100 labor requirement on mining claims for 1917 and 1918 to aid war effort. Alaska issues note warning that the Alaska Territorial law remains in force for assessment work, except oil claims, and that the federal act does not repeal local rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Germany
United States
Naval Service
Iditatod Pioneer
Washington, D. C
Iditatod
Alaska
James Wickersham
Lane
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Cuas. A
Sulzer
Winter Forecast From Local Pioneer Stroller White
Stroller White interviews pioneer Ham strung James about coming winter. He forecasts a hard season with unusually high feathered blue grouse, early willow bud concealment, and a north wind bite two weeks earlier than in past decades. He ends with a personal mused warning and a sale note for cigars and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas News
James
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack
Gill
G. Wither
John
Anon
Frank Stanley
Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank Territorial Depositary
Charles Ross
Claude Baker
R. C. Button
Acconist
Iditarod Meat Co
MR. Wickers
HAM
Mr. Wickersham
Graham Courtney
Pioneer Drug Store
Tust
J. H. Rogers
White Elephant
Front Street
Willow, Iditarod
MAX Siriel Toca
Crippie City
Tolstoi
FLAT
Flat City
Bagoy
Flat City Hotel
Soexenners
J. E. Gunning
Michigan
Kentucky
George Woodruff Albrecht
Eawyer
Iditarod
Chas. E. Taylor
Attorney At Law Bank Block
First Avenue
DR. Moore
J. Wilson Reed, M.D
Flat Hospital
Flat, Alaska
H. Behla
Behla Hospital
Discovery
Henry Durand
Prop
Gold St
Geo. Mutchler
Conn
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
Sale
X-Man
Finnegan & Cameron
Edison Diamond Disc
C. R. Cameron
Jas. F. Finnegan
Thos. McMahon
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