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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
2
The Pioneer reflects on the Christmas season as a time of charity and goodwill across Alaska, noting how gift giving and care for children shape daily life and communities. It contrasts festive warmth with the harsh frontier, urging kindness and a hopeful spirit despite broader world tensions.
The note to neutral nations signals possible but unlikely peace overtures as Christmas fate looms. Germany’s gains threaten Europe and the Near East, while Entente leaders insist on disarmament or continued war. France, Britain, and the United States face stark positions as leaders debate mediation prospects and strategic aims.
The Juneau Empire cites The Pioneer defending Senator Sulzer against Forest Fund division. The Pioneer says Interior Alaska supported Sulzer and ridicules charges of opposition, recalling its 1915 editorial on fund distribution and noting the coast divisions as unlikely counties. It defends consistency and frames the dispute as about fund use for nearby forest reserves.
A portrait of Arbuckle and Derry, editors of the Iditarod Pioneer, highlighted as a carefully edited Alaska paper. Charley Derry’s printers’ days and union politics are recalled, noting his thoughtful style and steady hand. The Pioneer’s steady approach earns respect for measured, intelligent editorials.
The Dispatch pledges support for the successful Alaska candidates, promising fair treatment, backing for industrial and social progress, and unity among Alaskans regardless of whether Wickersham or Sulzer wins. It notes volunteers show youth’s two passions to leave home and return, then cites unrelated papers.
The piece presents a reflective poem referencing many songs from war to romance and sacred hymns. It weaves images of battle songs, sailors, lovers, opera, Christmas carols, and a mother’s lullaby to express universal notions of song as memory and longing across different voices and settings.
Anxious to end juror dissension a Chicago jury casts a damage verdict by averaging individual per diem wishes. Twelve members, including a Polish voter and a Norwegian, vote from $40,000 to $10,000 until the final average yields $9,000 for the crippled claimant.
A lively talk ends with a quip that you cannot abolish the jury system for it underpins freedom and equity. The speaker warns that destroying juries would also strike down gambling and other games of chance, asserting Americans enjoy this mental relaxation as a form of fun.
J H Cobb acting attorney general of the territory proposes an amendment to Alaska law. It requires US marshals and commissioners to review confined defendants showing signs of regained sanity and to discharge those found sane upon subsequent hearings. The process envisions revoking prior commitments and returning such individuals to normal mental condition.
Warren G. Bickford of the Treasury Department marked fifty years in government service with a gold watch and chain after a long career beginning in the Civil War. Born May 2, 1845 in York County Maine, he served as a private messenger and mounted messenger at the War Department and saved Secretary Stenton from a dangerous fall by warning him about removed sandstone steps.
Senator Henry Roden of Ilitarod arrived from the north on the AL Ki and, on Tuesday with Martin Kildill, inspected mining prospects aboard the launch Lorraine in the Petersburg vicinity as reported November 13.
Chicago Dec 12 Chief of Police Healy, accused of grafting, has resigned amid controversy. Officials say the move ends a lengthy graft probe and clears the department for reform efforts.
January date set for a Supreme Court hearing on a law test case involving Olympia and Eastern Cyers and Iditarod Meat Co with price mention of $1.50 per can.
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