Fairbanks Passengers Rush to Iditarod in Very Fast Time
Prairie Bell left Fairbanks Friday afternoon and arrived at Iditarod by noon Wednesday. The up-river and down-river passengers traveled swiftly, with officials and residents among the group. Arrival list includes Judge Charles E. Bunnell and J. E. Clark along with other court, legal, and mining figures and their companions.
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Fairbanks
Iditarod
Prairie Bell
Dita Rod
Dikeman
Stoer
Pa Washburn
Fairbank Om
Friast
Charles E. Bunnell
J. E. Clark
Attor
T. Wolcott
JP. Robertson
J. Dempsey
E. J. Power
K. Shirotori
Mise Maud Wallace
Mise Fritcie Mill
J.C. Moody
Howard Turner
Firs
Wacchter
Matrimonial Alliances Reportedly Pacts Doomed Pairings
On Sunday morning last Commissioner uy G Gerighty pasted Stephenson S Drell and Edith Rhone on Mons tame office for Dundes Selton Jager and Mrs Anna Mus McDermott. June 18, he performed the.
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Uy G. Gerighty
Stephenson S. Drell
Edith Rhone
Mons Tame
Dundes Selton Jager
Anna Mus McDermott
Welfare of Recruits Draws Daniels Concern
Secretary of the Navy Daniels urged Rhodes Island authorities to shut down a port facility he said endangered Marines recruits. He called for action to abate the immoral harbor conditions, aiming to safeguard maral recruits from perils.
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Daniels
Ashington
Secretary of the Navy
Rhodesh
Notorious Anarchists Charged With Conspiracy in New York
June 16, Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, noted anarchist leaders, are held under $2,000 bail by the grand jury on charges of conspiracy against the government and anti craft agitation. Both remain jailed.
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York
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Declaration Clarifies Uruguay Break With Belligerents
Montevideo June 20 President Wireau issued a declaration stating Uruguay will not regard as a belligerent any nation at war with nations of another continent. The move clarifies Uruguay's stance amid international conflicts and signals neutrality in cross continental hostilities.
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Montevideo
Wireau
Urueucy
Entente Peace Pact Not Signed by America
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary said the United States has not yet signed the entente pacce pact regarding allied peace. J. Balfour told the House of Commons last night that America had not joined the agreement.
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America
London
the . J. Balfour
House of Commons
United States
Foreign Commissioners 18 Russian on Arrival at Atlantic Port
The Belgian dat an Atlantic port WyASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, June 19. The Russian on arrived today.
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Wyashington
Washington
Fifty Million Weekly British Expenditures Stated
New York June 19 Lord Northcliffe announced that weekly expenditures by Britons in the United States amount to 50 million dollars.
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United States
Lord Northcliffe
Divisional Road Commission Meeting Set in Fairbanks
H W Ross chairman notes a meeting of the divisional road commission is to be held at Fairbanks on July 6. My Riley is expected to return from Tolstoi within the next few days.
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LER Commission
H.W
Ross
Fairbanks
My Riley
Tolstoi
Prairie Bell Offloads Passengers to Connect with Job Printing
The Prairie Bell carried several passengers including Mr Jar, Mrs Earl Byers, Mrs Percy William Day, and Mr and Mrs Sheppard on a Monday evening. They planned to reach various points along the line and connect with Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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Prairie Bell
Washburn
Mr Jar
Earl Byers
Percy William Day
Sheppard
Pioneer Office
Appeal for Belgians Receives District Support
The Pioneer reports strong generosity from Iditarod district residents toward Belgian relief for starving children. Dick Button, cashier at Miners & Merchants Bank, will serve as treasurer and forward funds to the Rocky Mountain Hoover Fury Relief in Belgium. A subscription paper is posted at the bank and local lists show substantial early support. further notices will appear in The Pioneer.
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Iditarod
Belgium
Dick Button
Button
Miners & Merchants Bank
Relief Fund
Rocky Mountain
Hoover Fury For Relief
Charnelly
Comed
Pioneer
Fourth of July Program in Process of Preparation
Arrangements for celebrating the Fourth July at Flat are being forwarded by all the committees connected with the alfa. The finance committee secured ample funds for the long list of liber awards to be made for sports. Moose hall nee 19 will be gaily decorated for the big be held therein on the night of the Fourth. Next week's Pioneer will contain a complete copy of the program, now in the making.
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Alfa
Moose Hall
Pioneer
Good Work of Volunteers Saves Town of Discovery
A blaze at Otterlia’s saloon and restaurant in Discovery Otter on Tuesday caused $301 to $400 in damage and threatened to destroy the mining town. Strong winds hampered firefighters until a shift in wind and water from a creek bucket brigade finally soaked the building and saved the town.
A Man With Too Much Country Letters Portland
A reader asks how to renounce citizenship without allegiance to another nation. The Oregonian notes felony conviction strips rights, restored only by the governor, and warns prison as a retirement option. It mocks the idea and suggests reporting intentions to burglarize.
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Portland
The
Oregonian
Portland Oregonian
Yukon Boats Reported Moving After June Night Run
The Julia B with four barges left St Michael on June 21 while the Susie with five barges reached Kotlik at 7 am on the 18th bound upriver. The Schwatka was at St Michael on the 19th. The era of King trade is unsettled and analysts doubt daily work input. The note mentions tea talk about St Helena with the Hohenzollerns. Arthur Iverson arrived at Flat from Tolstoi reporting J E Riley and others en route to Iditarod by water. Harry Panter learned of his mother’s death in Wisconsin by Thursday’s mail. Even in retreat, Germany is said to lead the world per the Washington Herald.
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Julia B
St. Michael
Susie
Kotlik
Schwatka
Arthur Iverson
Tolstoi
J. E. Riley
Iditarod
Iditarod Term of Court to Commence Monday With Drawing of Jury
The special iditarod term of the district court for the Fourth division will open at A.B. hall next Monday morning, June with Judge Bunnell presiding. The first business will be the drawing of grand and petit jurors at 11 am, with Chand Baker acting as jury clerk. Thirty names are to be drawn for the petit jury, and several criminal cases and naturalization applicants are listed on the calendar, with witnesses named for each.
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District Court
A.B. Hall
Bunnell
Chand Baker
Grand Jusave
Arselm Rutio
Baird & Co
Heinrich Wortmann
Stewart & McDowell
Strandberg
Riley Veteraus
Byers
7 Y
Suter
Slipperm Et al Rubber Company
AL B
Bates & Bentony & Hobbe
Mases
Nestor
Soraci
Bowman Awards
All Smith
Suter Bros
Albrecht
W. Strong and Wickersham in Jennings Nomination Fight
Dispatches from Juneau say Senate near confirmation of Judge Robert W. Jennings after judiciary committee approval. Strong pressed delay by wiring senators and pushed to Wickersham, who on May 26 backed the Jennings smear, calling him unfair and corrupt despite a unanimous committee and Senate vote in Jennings’s favor.
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Juneau
Vernor Strong
Fairbanks
Washington
Enate
Robert W. Jennings
Judiciary Committee
J. Bla. Strong
Wickersham
Jennings
Aluka
Wickershem
Senate Committee
Senate
Moody Succeeds Vinal as Ophir Commissioner
J C Moody formerly of this city and late United States commissioner at Hot Springs arrived with the court party to assume duties as commissioner of the Innoke precinct succeeding W A Vinal. Moody will leave for Ophir soon and William Young is appointed commissioner at Hot Springs to succeed Moody.
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J. C. Moody
Hot Springs
Mr. Moody
W. A. Vinal
Innoke
Ophir
William ©. Young
Dentist Dr Benha to Begin Practice in Flat City
Dr H Behla a well known Interior dentist will arrive about July 25 and start medical practice in Flat City. He recently graduated from a Chicago medical college and has studied four years there. In early July he will take the territorial medical examination at Juneau. He brings up to date surgical instruments and medicines and will also practice dentistry where he has had success for years.
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H. Behla
Interior
Behla
Chicago
Juneau
Bebla
WIRES CROSSED? Telegraphic News Missing Yesterday
Judge Bunnell has been visiting on the creeks for the past few days. The text notes unexplained lack of telegraphic news yesterday.
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Judge Bunnell
Big Mah Arrives With Relayed Winter Consignments
Relayed consignments unable to be transported over winter arrived on the Sea Wolf last Thursday. About 250 sacks of mail, mostly ing, and other items, reached the post office. Ansley announces that second and inferior class mail cannot be forwarded without postage. Office delays persist as last winter’s mail blocks routine handling. Incoming mail and outgoing mail schedules disrupted. prompt action advised.
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Jast
Ansley
Iditarod Council Assures School Term Next Year
Iditarod town council members announced a public school term would run next year regardless of pupil attendance. One member warned families might move away from Iditarod due to inadequate school facilities. Revenue from saloon licenses ends this year, yet funds will support the school.
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Iditarod
Hliterod
James Fullerton Married at Outside Wedding
Pilgrims arriving at Dikeman on the Washburn report James Fullerton proprietor of the Dikeman hotel recently arrived from the Outside. No other details were learned. He left for the Outside early in the year with a bird at the wedding and received many sincere congratulations.
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Pasengers
Dikeman
Washburn
James Fulleton
Dikeman Hotel
Fullerton
Alaska Travel Clamp Rumors Signal Military Duty Policy
A Fairbanks report says Seattle steamship lines will not sell Alaska tickets to men aged 21 to 30. The aim is to prevent those registered for military service from fleeing to Alaska to dodge duty, per the News-Miner.
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Fairbanks
Seattle
Alaska
News-Miner
Goyette Gets Three Years For Assault Conviction
In Fairbanks district court on June 3 Judge Bunnell sentenced Louis Goyette to three years in the penitentiary for assault with a dangerous weapon on Dan Creighton. The Kettlewells and Bill Lee of Yukon Gold Company were in the city over the weekend.
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Fairbanks
Bunnell
Louis Goyette
Dan Creighton
J. B. Kettlewell
Bill Lee
Yukon Gold Company
Flat City Team Wins High-Scoring Sunday Baseball Game
A lively game last Sunday evening on the Flat grounds ended 14 to 13 in favor of Flat over Discovery in a run filled series opener. Batteries were McDaniels and Onyett for Discovery with FP Shay, George Mutchler and Costar for Flat. Final score by innings shows a tense close contest throughout.
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Discovery
Big Ernwil
McDaniels
Onyett
Shay
George Mutchler
Costar
Generosity of Miners Aids Sick Man In Distress
Pete Basoff long ill at Flat hospital left on the Prairie Bell for outside aid after a generous subscription from countrymen and creek district residents. The fundraiser covered the illness and travel costs, with the list of contributors filed at the office by John Dur scribe.
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Pete Basoff
Towa
John Durscribe
Advertised Letters at Iditarod Post Office 1917
A list of letters remaining unclaimed at the Iditarod post office for the month ending June 15, 1917. Names include Guefor, Hill, Baird, Hebrett, Belanger, Ives, Mann, McCree, Philants, Wilks, Renk, Roden, and Alten. A note mentions a 1913 communication from J Henry Renk and a request to contact the sender.
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Iditarod
Guefor
C. Hill
Alby Baird
David Hebrett
G. W. Belanger
Thomas Ives
BE. J. c Mann
Thomas McCree
Thomas D. Philants
Peter Wilks
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L. C. Thornton
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C. R. Peck
Smith’s Gun Store
YUKON
Island
St. Helena
Charleston News and Courier
Harry Panter
Wisconsin
Germany
Washington Herald
Cres Totland
Jerry Ford
Juki Beaven
Elit
Thomas McKinnon
John Herman
Samuel Applebaum
Alphorisus Wyndsit OL
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Antonio Tropea
Thusred
John
Wood
Henry Boss
John Beston
Flat
Gilbert Ber
Michael Lucey
Wickersham and
Strong
Moody
Vinal
DR. Behla
A. A. Gutter Shospacs
Strong & Garfield Shoes
the Felder Shoes
Ax the Dougherty Shoes
A. J. Weiss
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Big Mah
James Fullerton
Goyette
Sken
Talmage
Neb
J. Henry Renkom
Henry Roden
Fred Ralten
Snyder House
Flat City
Conne‘ti
J.L. Sale
J. W. Farrell
General Merchandise Discovery
Otter
Front Street
Bagoy Premises
J. E. Gunning
H. Boas
DTA
Satoon
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