Alaska Woman Finds New York City Lonelier Than Alaskan Isolation
Mrs. Ida Lilly, an Alaska native long spent in remote camps and a six week isolation on a storm bound island, says New York City feels lonelier than any winter in Alaska. She notes the crowds, electric lights, and lack of familiar faces create a profound loneliness for a solitary frontier life. A.J. Weiss of Hart, Schaffner & Marx visits, while Mr. and Mrs. Austin Horner travel to Iditarod to see the first summer steamboat and soldiers depart.
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San Antonio
Tex
Light
New York City
Alaska
Ida Lilly
Gold Country
Pe York
Alaskan
Austin Horner
Iditarod
America’s War Toll He’ll Be On Job Soon
Reported casualties in America’s war toll include fifty seven dead or wounded and twenty eight wounded, with nine killed or died of wounds on a specific date. A fragment mentions Boregs, an old friend, expected to move back within three weeks, and a light snow event nearby.
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America
Washington
Boregs
No Alliance in Light Prem Prime Minister Says in Tokyo Interview
London reports Premier Count Terrauchi told the Tokio correspondent of the Daily Mail there is little chance of a German Japanese alliance at present. He described current opportunities as limited and uncertain.
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London
Germany
Japan
Count Terrauchi
Tokio
Daily
Allied raids demoralize German towns report says
Washington June 1 advices received today state that the Allied air raids have demoralized the German towns and their populations.
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Washington
Grammar School Boys Called for Draft Training
Washington reports a call to draft 24 674 grammar-school registrants for aerial training schools. A London slum concert featured Andrew, a Cockney singer, performing Kath leen Mavourneen and a line about The Horn of the Hunter drawing derisive comment from an audience member due to musical literacy quips.
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Washington
Andrew
London
Kathleen Mavourneen
Andy
Soldier Boys Smoke Free Cigars At Merchants Cafe
Councilman William Nelson kept a box of fragrant cigars near the cash register at the Merchants cafe free to arriving soldiers during their stay in town. Judge and Mrs. E B Hunt of Flat were visitors in the city earlier this week. Job printing at Pioneer office.
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William Nelson
Merchants Cafe
E. B. Hunt
Flat
Valuable fox fur shipment arrives in Seattle from Alaska
A shipment of 150 fox furs valued at 70000 dollars arrived in Seattle from Alaskan fox farms. The collection includes 50 silver and pure black furs and 100 other grades. A guard watched the furs shipped to New York Michigan Cove for mosquitoes and gnats, supplied by J Wis Farrell.
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Seattle
New York
Michigan Cove
J. Wis Farrell
Meatless and Wheatless Meal Plan Slogan
The text proposes a daily meatless meal and a daily wheatless meal with weekly patterns: a meatless Tuesday, a wheatless Wednesday, and a porkless Saturday. It defines meatless as excluding beef mutton and pork and wheatless as avoiding bread crackers or cakes made from wheat.
Red Cross Funds Update From The Pioneer District Chapter
The Pioneer reports the local Red Cross had 1015.50 on hand and prepared for remittance May 31, with 400 more to follow, bringing total sent from the district to 5784.25. The note emphasizes ongoing wartime needs and urges sustained donations and effort.
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The
Pioneer
Red Cross
Mail Carriers Stranded by Yukon Ice Reach Anvil
Holy Cross reports mail carriers Wulf and Lawrence wintered at Anvil and unable to travel upriver to Kaltag due to heavy ice. They plan to leave Anvil today. Mike Blanuska recovering in Behla hospital after a broken collarbone. Jarbone, ...
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Holy Cross
Wulf
Lawrence
Anvil
Yukon River
Kaltag
Mike Blanuska
Behla Hospital
Jarbone
Farewell to Mrs Dr Reed in Flat City
On Friday Mrs Phil Keith hosted an afternoon tea for Mrs Dr J Wilson Reed and on Sunday V FP Jacobs gave a farewell reception. Mrs Reed and her children left by the Wabshburn for the Outside while the doctor remains until fall to tend practice and hospital work. The surgeon of the local military board helped bid them goodbye and aid in sending the first contingent of service men from this point. Jeremiah Wynne was among those who joined the farewell observances.
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Phil Keith
Flat City
J. Wilson Reed
V. FP
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A.J. Weiss
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Our Fair City
Mrs. Young, Fiat
J. L. Sale
Bill
Pioneer Office
Mitchell Lumber Co
Nibe R
Merchants’ Cafe
Robt
Soutar Piap
Tee J
Mrs. DR. Reed
Jeremiah Wynne
HCO
Wada’s
Launery
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