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!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1911
Page
6
A brief notice lists Frank E Becker as editor with staff Gao and Arbuckle at the masthead. It announces subscription rates of ten dollars for one year and six months, five dollars for one month, and advertising rates on application.
A satirical piece extolls a health resort culture in a small town near Iditarod. It lampoons investment schemes and mentions John D. Rockefeller as a hypothetical visitor while praising laughter as a cure. The text playfully questions cause and effect of regional well being and hints at dubious health practices.
The piece contemplates Alaska as a place defined not by age or decay but by air and the spirit of its people. It mocks industrial or medical anxieties while praising a bucolic peace, even as it lampoons contemporary health fads and public tomfoolery.
The district hails the Otter creek claim as conservation limits ease. Next summer miners will access the stream’s vitals, boosting Otter city employment, output, and the paystreak. Discovery City gains as the Discovery deal frees ground below, signaling extensive parcel stripping.
G L Milligan the Fairbanks wireless expert reports orders from Iditarod to Falcon Joslin in Seattle for two more Telefunken wireless plants. Alaska Wireless Company plans multiple stations on the Kuskokwim and along the Iditarod with plants costing about 5 000 dollars each, including Nulato Iditarod Georgetown Bethel.
Mr. Milligan manager of the Alaska Wireless Telegraph Company aims to leave Pair banks for Seattle by December 1. He plans to import Telefunken equipment next spring via ice on Lake Leberge to have the system ready for summer operations. Upon arrival at Iditarod he will inspect conditions and may set up a summer wireless station at Dikewman in addition to the year round Iditarod city station.
Public accounting by the Dog-Race Committee shows subscriptions and entrance fees from city businesses, with totals for amounts subscribed and collected. Expenditures include trail marking, extra telephone service, progress reporting, printing posters, and awards, with total cash received and distributed.
A letter to Dave Cascaden from Alois describes laymen leasing a quartz vein and planning boilers and compressors on the ground within a set time, signaling a practical move toward hard rock milling. The note frames this as a hopeful development in the milling venture.
Friedricks and Cascadens show interest in a Wairbanks district lodge site at Vault Creek. A fissure vein 4105 feet wide between porphyry and schist is recorded. Karuck values ore at 8200 per ton, cited as a top district proposition. Two leases set, Glazier & Crochet and Kenest Peterson, both to fund 30 hp plants with air compressors and drills as development starts immediately.
Auction style notice lists a for sale item a Scotch marine boiler nine feet four inches in diameter with back of stack details and an address for contact at Pioneer Call for back information.
Frank Cotter discusses Seward with W A Wikeman after a Discovery Otter trip from Seward. Cotter, a pioneer and longtime journalist, reflects on locals Hughey Dougherty Captain L B Anderson Jack Noon and others, notes mining success, and Seward’s push for a trail to Iditarod and mail service. He recalls being lost last winter and sends regards to friends. Dog race posters boost Alaska pride aboard ships and to England.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.