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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
9
Freight from St Michael is due at Dikeman on Monday. River steamers from St Michael and other upriver points are expected to arrive around Monday night. Warehouses near Pikeman will store goods before transfer to smaller craft for Dikeman and winter delivery.
A fragmented Northern personals notice outlines political appointments and community ties across Alaska. References include Governor Clark, H C Hamilton, Jack Smith, and various names tied to Fairbanks, Ruby City, and the region. The piece hints at appointments, land and lumber matters, and local business activity.
Fragmentary OCR references Jack’s fortunes and a death, plus names John Cavana Seward Deputy U S Marshal and Dr Joseph H Romig appointed U S Commissioner in Alaska with maritime district hints.
The Dawson Daily News notes seventy men work at Power and Coal Works in Coal Creek to install and run the power plant. Winter tunneling totals about one thousand feet with over 30,000 tons of coal conveyed, as tunnels extend 100 feet beyond a noted point.
In Iditarod City on Monday morning at 16 o clock a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larson at the hospital. This is the camp’s second birth and the first boy. The Larson wedding was the first celebrated here. Mrs. Larson, formerly Miss Lucy Carey, has many friends in the upper country awaiting news. Mrs. Larson was attended by 2. Wortmann.
Inquiries from the electors of Jits McQuisan prompted a newspaper inquiry about his present whereabouts. A telephone message informed the Pioneer that McQuisan was found on Otter Creek. This marks the second time in two weeks a man has been reported missing and then located through the paper.
A Pioneer aid inquiry seeks the whereabouts of C A Densmore amid anxiety over her location. The message asks local residents to assist in the search and share any information about her present whereabouts.
Judge Overfield will begin the term with the Redfern perjury case on July 16 and then move quickly through criminal matters before tackling civil and equity dockets. He urges local lawyers to avoid evasion and delay as sessions may run long, with Cushman of the first district also presiding in Fairbanks during the term.
Frederick Sargent, aged 13, died at his Kodiak home. Survived by a wife and several children, he was reputed the oldest white man in Alaska. He raised the Stars and Stripes at Sitka when Alaska transferred from Russia in 1867 and was an early adventurer who crossed the plains and mountains to the Pacific.
Mrs. Silbersteno, a renowned French modiste, arrives in Iditarod City with one of the Norths most complete ladies furnishings stocks from the Outside on the Tana. She is greeted by her daughter Olga as she steps ashore.
New York styles converge on travel to Paris with a line of stock heavy on fine frills for fashionable women. The collection promises varied feminine fashions and the latest elegance for discerning shoppers.
A short poem by Wilberforce Jenkins appears in Harper's Weekly portraying a sequence of images and emotions. The verses mention eyes dimpled smiles gowns and a lone dollar bill amid urban scenes and a fleeting ride through a rainy street.
Mrs Bessie Milam and Mrs W H Newn left Iditarod city for Flat to manage a large stock of ladies furnishings sent by Mrs Mary Andersen for creeks ladies convenience. Try Portola Mggnog oc eshing at Juhnst ire.
The Ditarod Express Company plans daily runs to all points, leaving at 9 a.m. from a temporary office at Red Cross Drug Store. Joe McNamee and Fowler serve as agents with guaranteed prompt delivery. FeEd eggs of ham and eggs available at the Merchants.
Dawson May 19 Vy. A. Dikeman the man who discovered gold in the Iditarod arrived here Monday evening after months in Los Angeles and Seattle joining partners Matt Morris and E. Welter with dogs and gear for an extended prospecting trip opening navigation to a new section of the country.
A letter from Mrs Wright asks for news of Henry Wright missing since a prior sighting near Flat Creek. Relatives seek any information as Mrs Wright at Berkeley awaits word and appeals for help locating him.
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