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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer announces ceasing publication under current management. The printing plant is for sale at a low price. The publisher thanks readers and advertisers for past support and wishes them prosperity. After a brief rest, plans to resume gatherings at Flat City for the Fourth of July.
A fragmented note references a negro preacher remarking that the easiest thing is to be mistaken and that good men err with good intentions. The passage notes recent actions in Alaska aimed at wrecking something, without full details.
Opinion piece criticizes manipulation in Democratic politics during a Territory primary. It argues William Maloney was used by supporters of Wickersham and Sulzer to pursue a doomed nomination, calls for reconciliation and renewed loyalty to the party, and urges Democrats in Alaska to unite to advance work under Washington.
A Walt Mason verse praises collective effort during wartime urging small acts of support from knitters, farmers, grocers, pastors, and everyday neighbors. The piece celebrates courage, cheer, and industry as actions aiding victory, ending with a classifieds insertion about selling two cabins in Iditarod by the Iditarod Meat Co.
The official count of April 80 primary ballots in Fairbanks is complete. Fourth division results show Sulzer 6, Wickersham 1, Maloney, Connelley, Hess, De Vane, Pratt, Gaustad, McCabe votes across parties with 1409 total votes and 798 Democratic votes.
Washington reports a special order by Provost Marsha directing two Northern youths aged 21 since last June to register under the selective service law. General Crowder says Alaska residents must register between July 2 and September 3, allowing travel difficulties in the region to slow a full compliance.
London dispatches report American soldiers are prepared to avenge slain comrades and show no mercy to traitors. The French front gains praise and the growing Yankee presence strengthens Allied resolve across the British Isles amid improving confidence.
Paris reports Sergeant David Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts downed five German planes on June 10 raising his total to thirteen. Three June victories are official and two are under investigation. If all five are official he would surpass Lieutenant Frank Bayliss as the top American ace and become the leading American ace.
Ladies in charge appeal for serviceable clothes and shoes for Belgians. Deliveries can be left at the Adams house, the N. C. Co., or the telephone office.
Snyder House Flat offers round the clock tub and steam baths with continuous access for residents and guests. Steam rooms and bathing facilities highlighted as a key amenity in the building.
A Southern European native in Butte confuses Uncle Sam with a person as he buys thrift stamps. He explains his savings from nickels and dimes totaling 350 dollars, saying he is buying stamps for a son or daughter though he forgets the name. A separate line notes Albrecht, a pioneer Alaska lawyer, is referenced.
German American Society in southeast Missouri dissolved and turned over 248.87 dollars to the Red Cross with a defiant message criticizing the Kaiser and urging support against Germany. The remittance was sent by the society’s president and a German American leader.
The plan calls for one meatless meal daily and one wheatless meal daily with specific meat and bread restrictions. A meatless Tuesday and a porkless Saturday are also outlined, aiming to reduce beef mutton pork and wheat bread products.
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