Tolovana Camp Looks Promising
Alaska News Miner reports from late May that Tolovana country shows activity with the Tolovana river camp expanding. A refitted boat Teavine and a crew including Bob Smith Frank Manton and Oscar Haines haul gear for a new camp store and telecommunication equipment destined for Lake City. James Wickersham notes Tolovana as a promising prospect with pay gravel lines and ongoing prospecting.
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Tolovane
Old Tet
Iditarod
Tolovana
Bob Smith
Frank Manton
Oscar Haines
Tom Patte
E. Sells
Billy Ward
Blner G
Paul Ring
Lake Ci
Don Kennedy
Fairbanks
C. W. Pat
Tineman
Olnes
Col
Gue
Wickersham
James Wickersham
Alaska
Congress
Glestral
News Miner
Livengood
Harry Patterson
Patterson
Tolovan Ground Opening Plans Ahead of Winter Road Work
A local official indicates the ground will be opened by men who have succeeded in similar projects. He expects substantial Tolovan developments in the coming weeks but notes no heavy machinery is present yet as access is limited until a solid winter road is completed.
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Wickersham
Tolovans
Aly
Cordova
Oliver Baker
Yost
Fone
Chitina-Fairbanks
Baker
Upper Delta
Former Dawson Boy Killed on Battlefield
Harry McLennan, a former Dawson boy and son of R P McLennan, was killed in action at the front after taking part in a Langemarck charge. The Dawson native attended local schools and Sunday school, and was the first Dawson boy reported killed in the great war. A Vancouver Sun mention cites a cousin in the same regiment and a face-in-uniform photo appeared in the Times of Winnipeg.
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Dawson News
Harry McLennin
Dawson
Langemarck
Harry
R. P. McLennan
McLennan & McFeely
Pribywrin
The
Vancouver Sun
Sim
Death of Mrs A X Grant in Territorial Capital
The death of Mrs A X Grant formerly of Iditarod occurred in Juneau at St Ann's hospital. She had been an invalid for years. Her husband, a former printer and editor, had roles at the Name Nugget and the Ruby Record Citizen. Funeral held May 10 at the Catholic church. interment Evergreen cemetery. Born Detroit, Mich, 48 years ago, she leaves a sister Miss Fannie Thelen and a brother Henry N Thelen. Duty reports Montana winter business quiet with a revival at Butte Yeager and Al Walsh. Two stores Flat and Iditarod Boas the Clothier.
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AX. Grant
Iditarod
Juneaw
Juneau Empire
A. X. Grant
St Ann's Hospital
Governor Strong
Ruby Record Citizen
Grant
Juneau
Evergreen Cemetery
Nee Thelen
Detroit
Mich
Fannie Li ‘Thelen
Henry N. Thelen
Noted Greek Priest Dead In Alaska Sitka and Seattle to Victoria trip ends in death
The Rev. Sergius J. Kostrometinoff rector of St Michael's Cathedral Sitka and dean of the Greek church of Alaska died May 1 in Seattle from cancer while en route to Victoria for medical care. Born Kodiak 62 years ago, he served as head warden at Sitka and helped revive the cathedral. He was later ordained priest and became dean of the Greek church of Alaska. Survived by a brother, widow, two children in Sitka and a sister in Portland.
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Sergius J. Kestrometinoff
St. Michael’s Cathedral
Sitka
Tee Conty
Wood Island
San Francisco
Kostrometin
Alaska
Russia
United States
King Lear Mercantile Company
Wan
N. A. Fuller
Navy
Arctic
Thetis
Akiska
Sergius
J. M. Shoup
Lyman T. Ku
Chicago
St. Miche
Nicholas II
Knights of
Daniel II
Arwin Platon
Twelve Geological Survey Parties Sailed to Alaska for Surveys
The United States Geological Survey dispatched twelve parties to Alaska to continue systematic geologic and topographic surveys. Teams will study Ruby district and Yukon regions, with work from Ruby to Tanana and Takotai areas, plus topographic mapping and mineral resource surveys under J. W. Bagley and SR. Cano. Alfred H. Brooks will join Alaska operations later, focusing on Iditarod, Fairbanks and Valdez districts.
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United States Geological Surv
Alaska
Upper
Chitina
Port Ville
Turnggainerm-Koik Regiow
Yukon Tensna
Ruby Kuskokwin
Ruby District
Tanana River
Seattle
Yukon
C. E. Griffin
G. Stortington
RH. Sargent Id
J. Bo Mertie
Takota
Kuskok
Eakin
Lyi
Cusny River
Tansna
Eliot Bleckwelder
White Mountains
Cirele
Knik
Turnsavin Urm
J. W. Bagley
President Wilson Defines Ideal of Fighting Man
From Woodrow Wilson's speech before Associated Press on April 20, the president emphasizes neutrality and self mastery over aggression. He contrasts the irritable fighter with the calm, self controlled man who acts only when necessary, praising restraint as a finer courage for America.
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Wilson
United States
America
Woodrow Wilson
Associated Press
Ruby District Highlights and Court News Summary
In Ruby a Yukon arrival reports bleak coastal conditions as Alvin Bruner travels toward Marsh City. Deputy Marshal Tom Long escorts William Turner to Tanana for grand jury custody. the Ruby jail and related court party move through town. Senator Sutherland weighs Tolovana mine prospects amid mixed reports of Livengood Creek and nearby tributaries. Wedding bells ring at Tanana for Theodore Diederick and Elina Wheeler. Axel Linne reports 182 ounce Emma Creek yield. news travels from Ophir to Ruby. The Ruby Club closes pending legal interpretive rulings after Nome’s Mumm Club case.
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Alvin Bruner
Territorial
Bruner
Nome
Ruby
Yukon
Whitehorse
Marsh City
Alaska
William
Marshall
Tom Long
Tanna
Thee Washburn
William Turner
Grand Jury
Ruby Tenior Court
Tanana
Ruby Eyed
Whitsin
Tin
Don Sutherlana
Tolovena
Eshp
Ricby
Delte
Sutherland
Televan
H. Patterson
Livengood
Livengool
Koyuku
Beumaere
Coldfoot
Axel Linne
Emma Creek
Koyukuk
Axel Feterson
Ophir
Poorman
Sunday closing repeal vetoed by governor
Juneau dispatch reports the governor’s veto of the Sunday closing bill is not sustained by the legislature, with Representative Coombs angrily pledging to push enforcement and a repeal request. The law, a federal provision banning Sunday labor or amusement venues, faces renewed public protest and potential renewed repeal efforts by the next legislature.
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Juneau
Hisnute
St Nome
Seward
Coombs
Department of Justice
Washington
Fie
Britain to launch new battleship and battlecruiser fleet
London reports England is building battle cruisers at 32 knot speed with a new 16 inch gun. In coming months five new superdreadnoughts of Queen Elizabeth type will be commissioned with 15 inch guns. These add to twenty five battleship and battle cruiser units since the war began. Fresh Olympia Oysters for cocktails priced at $2. Iditarod Meat Co.
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London
England
Mysterious Disappearance Of Alaska Old-Timer Leonard
The Fairbanks Times reports the unexplained absence of Homer Leonard a short stocky steamboat engineer known in Alaska. Once last seen in Fairbanks he left for Ruby in 1913 and was not heard from after Tanana in spring 1914. Letters and inquiries fail to reveal his location. A separate note mentions a Chicago judge creating a foreign boys library for the city court. Grommes Ullrich sales manager J A Solmes plans a July Ididarod Interior Alaska visit.
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Land Department
George A. Parks
Land Department of Alaska
Cordova
Interior
Alaska
Parks
Fairbanks
Nome
Idi Trod
Aleutians
Fairbanks Times
Homer Leonard
North
Dawson
Fairbones
Ruby
Tswana
Sam Smell
Leonard
Iditarod
Si Atwell
Northern Commercial Company
Hotel Northern
Willam Casey
The
Northern
Swarm
Portland
Jim Halloran
Tanana
Mr. Atwell
J. A. Solmes
Grommes & Ullrich
Chicago
Jitney Drivers Vote Bond Measure Over Governor Veto
Olympia Washington March 11 The jitney bus bill requiring drivers to post a 2500 bond to operate publicly against damsites passed despite Governor Liters veto. In the house the vote was 05 to 31 and in the senate 38 to 12.
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Olympia Wash
Liters
Senate
Special Term Court Notice for Iditarod Alaska 1915
In the District Court for 1 Ahoks Fourth Judicial Div a special term is set for Iditarod Alaska on June 28 1915. The court orders a term to be held at the precinct to conduct welfare and business and to convene the jury court. Clerk EO Bunnell issues the notice dated May 25 1915 with seals of JB Clark and Geraghty.
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Iditarod
Coramencus
Mencing
Notice to Creditors for Estate of Joseph Noket
Notice to creditors of the estate of Joseph Noket, deceased, stating required claims must be filed with the personal representative and providing a mailing address and deadline for filing. The notice references the court and identifies the estate administrator and publication date.
Notice of Forfeiture to Vikoe territory claims
Notice of forfeiture signed by the writer. It notes expended labor and costs, mentions the Sun of Wae Bansteet and references 3Gfs Tip Gold Lay Sndip planer munis ela. Names appear as RomeSet Evans and Shiv 17, 1013, with locations in Terarits and Jetohe. The document asserts property rights of the Hieretemeds and calls for action under territorial statutes.
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Rober
Latbor
Mask
Pethseth
Tudor
Ft States
Romeset Evans
Uener
Mate
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