COMING AND GOING IN A WIDE-RANGING CITY NOTES
A roundup of movements and visits across the city includes Riley & Marston teamsters hauling tank tilate for Outer Creek dredging, Tod Atwell the timber inspector arriving Tuesday, Billy Schermeyer a guest at Adams house, and AL Jones winter prospecting for Ruby country. George Adams and Frank Hudson form a painting and decorating partnership while Ned M. Stanton returns from Ophir digs with Ed Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley & Marston
Billy Schermeyer
Helfway Ross House
Adams
Rush to the North From Coast Report
News notes a rush to Alaska from Seattle and coastal ports as workers hurry north for government railroad project work. Vessels report passenger bookings ahead to July and arrival of many laborers with limited funds. Concerns rise about potential destitution if construction delays persist and interior camps attract newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Seattle
Alaska
Osteopathic Massages with Electric Vibration Advertised
An advertisement for the Crosby Massage and Bath Parlors promotes osteopathic massages using electric vibration. It claims improved blood supply to muscles, resulting in firmer, healthier tissue. After first treatment, treated areas feel warmth and comfort. The copy labels the business as the Home of the Twentieth Century Turkish Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby Massage
Moose Social At Flat City Promises Rare Evening
Early morning crowds descend toward Flat City for Moose hall social and dance. Moose lodge delivers an evening of high quality entertainment with surprises and merriment promised for members and guests alike. Ladies from surrounding counties invited. escorts welcomed despite membership.
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Moose Hall
Moose Lodge
The
Moose
Notable travelers and locals visit capital city
Time was in the capital city last night. Al Berglund proprietor of a Crooked River trading post was on a business trip here last Thursday. Miss Marie Coolidge arrived last Wednesday for the A. B. dance while a passenger on the steamship Alameds bound for Cordova on legal business via Idita rod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stanford
Moore Creek
Alameds
Cordova
Iditarod
al Berglund
Crooked River
Marie Coolidge
Dog Ham and Butter Prices Ad
An old classified style snippet reads Dog Ham ten cents and Dog Butter six cents per unit, credited to C. R. Peck of Flat City. The concise notice highlights low meat and dairy item pricing in a rural market.
Mrs Hillman Sues and Then Reconciles in Los Angeles
Mrs Cla D Hillman, who moved from Seattle two years ago, filed for divorce from her husband a former Seattle real estate dealer alleging cruelty. A few hours later she said she reconciled and would withdraw the suit, citing his business leading to neglect and her loneliness as the trigger for the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angele
Cla D. Hillman
Seattle
Rday
Hillman
Injuries of Bishop's Son Not Thought Dangerous
Bishop P. T. Rowe received a telegram stating his son’s burn injuries from a gasoline lamp incident are not dangerous. The bishop will continue his planned trip to the westward and into the Interior, leaving Juneau on the Alameda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau Empire
P. T. Rowe
Juneau
Alameda
Real estate transfers in First Street purchases
Sam's Applebaum buys the two story building beside his store on First Street. C. R. Peck acquires the Kempf building next to the old post office on First Street in a transfer completed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Baker
Richmond Street
Sam's Applebaum
First Street
C. R. Peck
Kempf
Jim Beck Pioneer Dies at Victoria
Jim Beck a longtime Yukon Order of Rancers member died in Victoria hospital after several weeks illness. He was 70 plus, came to Yukon in 1895, mined in British Columbia, Cassiar via Teslin, landed at Fortymile in 1895, near Circle in 1895, and moved to Dawson in 1897. His brother Bob died in Victoria in 1911. Earl Byers Iditarod chief of police received an invitation to study thief-taking from a Boston correspondence school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson News
Dawson Lodge No. 1
Yukon Order of Rancers
Jim Beck
Victoria
Jubilee Hospital
Yukon
Tom O’brien
Bob
British Coumbia
Cassiar
Teslin Lake
Jim
Fortymile
Circle
Dawson
Yukon Country
Earl Byers Iditarod
Boston
Mass
Earl
Campbell Seeks Witness to Prove His Innocence
Joseph Campbell, imprisoned for life in Leavenworth for the Nelson brothers murder, writes from the federal penitentiary seeking a witness named Billy Barnhart. He recalls leaving Barnhart on July 10, 1911, near the Yukon, and asks Nome postmaster to help locate Barnhart or other witnesses who could prove he was not involved. He says he was convicted in 1912 based on lack of usable witnesses and notes he was friends with the Nelsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Campbell
Iditarod
Nelson Brothers
Kuskokwim
Leavenworth
Kan
Nome
Sam
Billy Barnhart
Lleft Barnhart
Rayson Mission
Yukon
Ruby
Barnhart
Iby
Alaska
Nelsons
Joseph Campbe
Lusitania flag stunt sparks U.S. concern
London reports the Lusitania used a permissive tactic by flying the American flag to avoid dinner during her Liverpool run. The Manchester Guardian notes such flag changes risk eroding protection for neutral nations, would be undignified, and unfair to the United States, provoking international indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lusitania
Liverpool
Manchester Guardian
United States
Wlis
Strike Near Nome Uncovers Rich Gold Find at Lake
Edward Nugget Johnson, a famed Nome miner, reports a gold strike on a tundra lake near Montreville between Nome and Little Creek. He drifted under the ice to a four foot gravel layer with 40 cents per pan, and estimates at least 100000 dollars blocked out. The discovery spurs renewed prospecting nearby, with many outfits entering the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Edward
Johnson
Montreville
Little Creek
McCarthy Teachers Clash Over Plain Versus Pretty Leader
McCarthy townspeople remain split over selecting a teacher for the new school. Old-timers fear a young pretty instructor cannot endure the first month amid temptations while parents favor a plain educator who will stay on the job. Delegates and Pioneer members, including Frank Keenan and others, attended a semi monthly igloo meeting in Flat City last Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Wickersham
Frank Keenan
George Adams
G. E. Austin
Percy Charles
George Marsh
Harry Harmon
Isadore Bayles
Sam'l Applebaum
C. E. Taylor
Pioneers
Flat City
Takotna Pioneers Form Igloo Chapter in Alaska
Cyril BL Wood of the Iditarod company returned to Takotna after a trek through Ts kotna McGrath Ophir and Candie creek. He formed Tekotna Telco No 1 Pioneers of Alaska with about thirty members and plans for a grand igloo charter open thirty days. Officers include Captain JH McLean president E M Whalen first vice president Charles Reubaum secretary Archie Higgins treasurer Adolph Carlman Harry Lawrenc ant Arias Chris Peterson and trustees ROS Eldrigile John of McGrath and Charles Smith of the Ophir area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril BL Wood
Wrhern Commercial Company
Tskotna
McGrath
Ophir
Candie Creek
Takotna
Tekotna Telco No. 1
Pioneers of
Wood
Kuskoksim River
Ophir City
Wonkers
JH. McLean
E. M. Whalen
Charles Reubaum
Archie Higgins
Adolph Carlman
Harry
Lawrencant
Arias
Chris Peterson
Ros. Eldrigile
John
Charles Smith
Alaska Appropriations Bill Totals 2,868,000
The bill lists $2,000,000 for Alaska railroad construction and $289,000 for two vessels for the Alaska coast survey. It also provides funds for the Juneau public building, fisheries service, mineral resources, and other programs, plus wireless lines expanding coverage and delaying daily newspaper printing in Nome due to weather and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aty Gems Cb
Juneau Pulie
Maska Railroad
Alaska Coast Survey
Secretary of Commerce
William Redfield
Alaska Service
Folle Alaska Railroad
Juneau
Alaska Fisheries Service
Wives of Chiefs In Alaska Elopement Plot Foiled
Fairbank Citizen reports a tale from coastal travelers about Chief John of the Gakona Indians thwarting a planned elopement by his younger wife with Chief Henry of the Suleachet tribe. The chase ended when the elder caught them near the Chitina trail and the wife was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbank
John
Henry
Alaska
Chitinatrul
W Swift
Jong
Jitney Busses Becoming Menace to Street Cars
In Seattle on February 20 the jitney bus boom expands with 31 buses daily. Autos of many kinds fill routes from seven passenger limousines to small Fords, the latter most common. Newspapers warned that licensed cabs replacing street service risk curtailing Seattle’s street car system and hit suburban valuations, possibly suspending street car service and lowering tax bases.
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Ford
Seattle
Italy moves to expel foreigners as war plans loom
Rome reports Italy surveillance tightens on all foreigners in July as plans to intervene in the war to retake Trieste and Trent proceed. Germans are watched closely to verify motives while a list of those to expel at the onset of hostilities is prepared. Separately Charley Miller, former proprietor of a local cafe, considers farming in Lancaster, Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Trieste
Trent
Dalmatian
Charley Miller
1 Merchants Cafe
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BR. Boas
Hart, Schaffner & Marx and
Chesterfield Clothes
Tod Atwell
Feral Land Office
AL Jones
Ruby Country
Billy Wns
Fashion Plate Clothier
Plat City
Frank Hudson
Ned M. Stanton
Ophir Diggings
Ed Anderson
George Phillips
JE. Kettlewell
Amy.e Gold Company
Iditarod River
Otter, Creek
Oscar Gardner
Flat Creek
Grant Murdock
Billy Taylor
Jimmy Kay
Malcolm McDonald
Brink
Ivan Wales
Billy Stoneman
Henry Schneider
Willow Streets
B. Rome
A. Dully
W. F. Duily
Mr. Duily m
Frank Morgan
Albrecht
Kelday
San Francisco
Litiacud
Adams & Hudson
Adams House
Miss Peterson
Richmond
First Streets
Gamp Monogram
Marquette
National Club
Bond
Just
Victor Phonograph
Smith’s Gun Store
Charles Thompson
Senator Roden
Empire
Roden
Didress
Henry Roden
Ansieys
Sam’s Applebaum
A. J. Weiss
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Dog Bacon
Raza
Campbell
Eagles Clothing Co
Iditarod Discovery
OTTER
Takotna Piongers
St. Michiel
Gibbon
Nulato
Nome Industrial Worker
Pioneer Office
Affinity
Jole Printing
General Express
Iditarod Hotel
Dan Hartnet
Western Union
Bedford-Mcneil
the Americana
RING
National Club Bourbon
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