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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
7
Fragmented report describes Professor Drapzaus and a moving pictures event. It mentions a cornet player, a vaccination theme, and a refusal to deny friends. references a Stony setting and a Beit MD area with unclear dates and names. The piece hints at a dramatic, theatrical presentation and local audience reactions.
A fragmentary report outlines a planned northward route from Portage Bay into the interior, with talk of government policy, railway activity, and mining ventures. Figures mention W McAdams, Ross Kinney, Charles Suter, Chris Hansen, and Gus Seifert. The piece notes winter development and a proposed dairy operation to support a Mackay railroad expansion.
The Alaska Citizen reports a July 1 start for a daily edition, signaling intensified coverage across Fairbanks and the interior. Senator Millard of Valdez champions home rule and territorial government, predicting Congress will pass a full measure before adjournment while Alaska's population considers the move. A famed Indian guide from Haines, Schwatha, dies, remembered for guiding Lt. Schwatha’s explorations through the Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon. The Yukon Gold Company loses its Alaska agent appointment as papers revoke the post, prompting a reassignment from Juneau.
A long report details the push to connect the Taku River line with the British Columbia system and extend north toward Astin and Dawson. It notes survey efforts, rail plans, and various obstacles, alongside Alaska dispatches on cannery labor concerns, Karluk wreck news, and mail-route experiments to improve summer transportation in the Tanana valley.
Milton Fingers Coal Company reports Yukon mines producing tens of tons for shipments to White P J and planned Birch Juneau Wrangell Ketchikan and other Alaskan coast points. President Dickeson hopes to place coal on Alaska railways and in Fairbanks markets. mine workers and lower level operations continue as fingers opens with about thirty men.
A Journal of the American Medical Association piece cites Dr Baldwin of Sar as saying tuberculosis poses little infection risk to adults in ordinary contact. It urges retracting sensational public fear and questions large state funding and compulsory measures to fight a disease now viewed as nontransmissible in common settings.
In Miskowne Oklahoma a man jokes about stealing a railroad then explains a real abandoned line near Webbers Falls. He drives an inspection car between Webbers Falls and Shawnee, charging passengers 50 cents, while holding multiple roles on the mock enterprise. The county attorney clarifies trespass and regulatory issues as the man plans to expand his improvised line.
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