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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
6
The Editarod Pioneer lists pricing for annual, monthly and single copy options with a one year subscription at ten dollars and a month at five dollars and a single copy at one dollar. Advertising rates are available on application.
Citizens in Alaska urge the postal department to improve service and curb costs. They note limited winter mail, high publication fees, and three months with no mail, calling for stricter rules and route adjustments based on past experience to prevent future delays.
The letter urges a new contract to keep the current weight limit during unsettled trails and raise it to at least 600 pounds between Susitna and Iditarod from December 1. It calls for all remaining mails to be first class and asks adherence to department guidance rules to reduce winter service dissatisfaction and possibly amend the current contract for its remaining term.
A Harvard graduate group known as the Round Table Boys recently declared their idea of the girl worth pursuing. They describe her as attractive and tactful with good social manners yet not vain, prayers, kindness, and a disposition to entertain and share. The piece notes adolescence lacks critical analysis and that these boys will likely fall for feminine charm like their fathers, but calls youthful idealism a healthy sign.
A Valdez Prospector piece argues Alaska lawmakers overstepped by endorsing Governor Strong's reappointment. It urges the legislature to focus on duties and not influence appointments, stressing voter mandate and proper scope. The column also notes wartime unity, naval innovation, and a proposed Alaska congressional delegation visit, urging practical outreach and calm governance.
A poetic fragment depicting a mosquito as a mingling pest and muse. The speaker laments blood loss and beauty, imagining the insect as a town visitor bearing sly courtship and critical chatter. The scene shifts through vivid, symbolic imagery of veins, blushes, and nocturnal pageantry.
Experts study Alaskan mummies in the University of Washington museum, noting ancient drying methods and lack of preservatives. The mummies trace to Kagamil and Prince William Sound sites, with burial practices from the Aleut Stone Age and signs of pre white contact. The display includes grave boards a dugout canoe beads and skulls reflecting a long buried Arctic culture.
In a tale from Glacier Island, Professor Meany notes that a burial rite with buckskin and Harson Bey beads persisted into early white contact. After cataloging the grave, natives spotted a mouldy board canoe artifact, mistaking it for witchcraft, and seized the items. The guide Nils Anderson shared bread with the hungry canoeists.
Mrs. Mary E Hart of Nome recounts a chilling haunting linked to the 1908 Dutch Flat murders. She describes being visited by the executed man’s voice through another woman named Sunshine, leaving her terrified to return north and forever haunted by the event and the fatal confession.
A collage of clipped lines shows a Stratford-on-Avon visitor’s dramatic remark on leaving from the rail platform, a cheeky dialogue from a Chicago boarding scene, a quip about two sides to every question, and a note about steam baths at all hours, with miscellaneous fragments from periodicals.
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