Arctic Brotherhood Dance Celebrates Camp Iditarod Anniversary
The Arctic Brotherhood hosted a well attended anniversary dance for Camp Iditarod with about 60 couples. Visitors from Dawson, Fairbanks and Outside attended. Five piece orchestra played for a lively evening and Charley Miller served a well received supper. The hall was decorated and rooms reserved for ladies. committees earned praise.
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Iditarod
Arctic Brotherhood
Dawson
Fairbanks
Charley Miller
Merchants Cafe
Strong goes to Baltimore. Guggenheims gain creek
Raby Record Citizen reports the Guggenheims have taken over part of Flat Creek and may acquire the rest. Mr and Mrs George W Allbright leave Willow Creek roadhouse for Happy Creek where he has a mining claim. Major J g, holidaying in Europe, returns to Seattle and heads to Baltimore as Alaska delegate to the National Democratic Convention on June 25. Major and Mrs Strong plan to return to Iditarod via Whitehorse after Baltimore.
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Raby
Guggenheims
Flat Creek
George W. Allbright
Willow Creek
Happycreek
Allbright
Major J. G
Europe
Strong
Seattle
Baltimore
Major
Whitehorse
Alaska Suffered Through Cataclysmic Earthquake and Eruptions
News record describes a massive 48 hour sequence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak area from June 6 to 8. Towns including St. Paul and Kodiak were wiped from maps, ash drifts up to 40 feet stranded vessels and crews, while refugees of over 500 crowd the Manning and rescue tugs.
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Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak Island
Kata Redoubt
Mt. Iliamna
St. Paul
Karluk
Afognik
Alitik
Wood Island
Kodiak
Cold Bay
Katmai
Revenue Cutter
Manning
Redondo
McCulloch
Tahoma
Seward
Cordovac
Dora
Seldovia
Alaska
Election precincts named by Commissioner Stanton in Otter area
Commissioner E M Stanton divides Otter precinct into three voting precincts for the delegate to Congress election on August 13. Iditarod remains a precinct under municipal supervision. Otter precinct voting place Discovery. Flat precinct at Flat City. Dikeman precinct in Dikeman. Precincts open 8 a m to 7 p m with named judges for each.
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E. M. Stanton
Otter Precinct
Iditarod
Otter Creel
Otter Creek
Boulder Creek
Boulder
John Rowan
Thomas McMahon
E. M. Spaulding
Dikeman
Iditarod River
Caribou Creek
C. F E. Carlson
James E . Fullerton
E. V. Brown
Mail expected here tomorrow from Alaska run
Postmaster T. L. Thurston reports the first big Alaska mail from the Outsi should arrive tomorrow or Monday at the latest. The Susie carried mail via Whitehorse down the Yukon and should be on the Reliance toward Dikeman. A second large consignment aboard the Senator reached Nome and, with links at St Michael, should reach here by Tuesday. Eighteen tons aboard the Susie at Dawson include four or five tons for Iditarod.
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T. L. Thurston
Whitehorse
Yukon
Dikeman
Nome
St. Michael
Dawson
Iditarod
Victoria
Nancy Bell
Reliance
Holy Cross
Stanley Sells to Jerry Ford in Fiat City Deal
Frank B. Stanley sold his interests in Fiat City to Jerry Ford. Ford becomes owner of the Stanley restaurant, Stanley Mouse bar and lodging house, stables, and all related outbuildings and stock. Purchase price reported as $10,009 cash plus other consideration. Ford, a prominent North business figure, will oversee operations with Stanley leasing the restaurant and continuing to manage other included businesses.
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Fiat City
Frank B. Stanley
Sanley House
Jerry Ford
Ford
Stanley
North
Hureka
Rampart
Circle
Busess
Frank Stanley
Flat City
Hot Springs
Mrs Fontas Hosts Flat City Party for Departing Friends
Mr and Mrs Fontas entertained many guests Friday night June 7 in honor of residents leaving for the Outside aboard the Nancy Bell. Whist was the main activity with Dancan Michie winning the ladies first spoon and Chittick the booby. Jarold Seddon led among the gentlemen with Tom Dean as booby who received a long cigar said to be the largest ever seen at camp. Musicians provided entertainment and a box of bonbons was shared among attendees.
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Wio
Tom Dean
Tom
Duncan Michie
Webb ‘Mading
Frank Dawson
Bert Moores
Miss Roberts
Miss Murray
Lillian Mading
Kotseh
Chittick
Crawford
Tom Moores
Harold Seddon
George Phillips
Tom Howell
Tom McKinnon
Jim Hiland
Bebla
Traction Company Installs Telephones Along Trail
The traction company has placed several telephone booths to aid communication with freight hauls to Flat City and creeks. One booth sits at the gravel pit about two miles from Iditarod City, another at the Summit, and a third near Cottonwood about two miles from Flat. The telephones prove a great convenience. Eastman Kodaks and photo supplies carried by MEN BROS.
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Flat City
Dit Vod Traction Company
Iditarod City
Cottonwood
Flat
Lone Democrat Bound for the Great Outside
A. T. B. Ferguson departs on the Nancy Bell bound for the Outside, making his first trip since 1897. He joins Klondike rushes, plans to support Champ Clark in the presidential campaign, and plans a Northward memory with signed photographs and a playful claim about cylinders in his pockets.
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A. TB. Ferguson
Klondike
Kerruson
Iditarod
Vergy
Porgy
Ferguson
Champ Clark
Rod
Ruby City Briefs: Gold Dust Price and Local Moves
May 15 Record Citizen items note gold dust set at 16 dollars per ounce as a medium of exchange. A bank to launch within 30 days. Fred Cabot and Jobo Barrett buy Northern Poolroom from DeRosie and Green. Barrett linked to Iditarod Pony Express. Deputy marshal IX Snow replaced by Thomas H. Long. Citizens clear cemetery brush. plan fencing and improvements. William Barrett returns to Ruby from San Francisco after 18 months. Tucker of Little Snug works as engineer for Brice & Capewell on Trail Creek.
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Fred Cabot
Jobo Barrett
Jos DeRosie
Joe Green
Barrett
Thomas H. Long
Snow
William Barrett
Iditarod
San Francisco
Ruby
Business Improvement At Flat City
Frank B Stanley reports improving business conditions in Flat City with fewer idle workers. Yukon Golf Company payroll adds stability, signaling a hopeful summer for creek merchants and miners. Discovery is also said to be picking up, fostering a generally optimistic local mood.
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Frank B Stanley
Flat City
Yukon Golf Company
Missing Springfield Man Jacob Crow Now Believed In Iditarod Trail
Notice seeks information on the present address of Jacob Crow formerly of Springfield Illinois. Last heard from in July 1900 he was in Council City Alaska and planned to go to Iditarod. Contact S R Cummins attorney at law Springfield Illinois with any lead.
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Jacob Crow
Springfield
Illinois
Council City
Alaska
Iditarod
Crowl
S. R. Cummins
Springfeld
Mlinn
Acheson Family Trip Seeks Detroit Visit and Return
Mrs. William Acheson with Bobbie and a baby accompanies her on the Nancy Bell sailing outside Seattle. She plans to visit Yakima then travel east to Detroit to see Mr. Acheson's relatives, leaving Seattle around August 15 for the return journey. Harry Siebe and Frank O’Farrell departed for Dikeman Tuesday.
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William Acheson
Bobbie
Nancy Bell
Notice of Forfeiture in Land Claims Case
A public notice concerns forfeiture of interests in land claims around Fox association and Trail Creek tributaries to Aralik river. It names Fred A. Nichols and others, requires payment of shares within ninety days after last publication, and cites Revised Statutes. The document lists parties including JA Westy and S. F. Kincaid and references first publication dated June 23, 1512.
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Fred A. Nichols
Giains
Bowit Fox Association
Box Creek
Tribatar
Aralik
Gap
Claiz
Maxhood i
Moffat
Trail Creek
A. Nichols
Vox
JA. Westy
F. Kincaid
United States
Anvernea
Special Term of Court Called for Iditarod Alaska 1912
Notice from the District Court Fourth Division Alaska announces a Special July 1912 term to begin July 8 at 11 a.m. in Iditarod. A grand and petit jury will be drawn for attendance on July 8. Clerk C.C. Page signs the notice with the district court seal, dated May 18, 1912.
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Couska
Idita
Alaska
Jed
Iditarod
C.C. Page
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank
T. J. Nestor
G. Lindberg
John Holmes
Ater
Ering Manis Steamer de
Ian
Mrj. Strong
First Avenue, Soutar & Sutherland, Props
Cascade Steam Laundry
Karl Slippern
Beattie House
C. R. Peck
Tdi
Mt. Thamna
Stanton
Bali
Boots and Pacs
Hills Bros
Mission Brand
Peerless
Traction Company
Eastman Kodaks, Filme and Photo Supplies
MEN Bros
Chas E. Miller
Prop
Ruby City
Apt. Tucker
Brice & Capewell
WRS
Acheson
Harry Siebe
Frank O'Farrell
Fuesday
Piowee Bec Tailor
Sumnut Roadhouse
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