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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
2
A fragmented essay argues that trousers symbolize a deep truth about female autonomy, noting historical prestige of dress in authority and noting modern shifts as Western styles spread to Japan and China. It traces gendered attire from robes to pantaloons and warns women to beware social servitude.
Nulato April 24. A serious epidemic of tonsillitis is raging among the natives. Over 10 cases are being treated and there have been two deaths in the last two weeks.
In political and business circles the belief grows that the senate will approve the bill essentially in its current form and move it forward without major changes.
New York on April 26 Ad Wolgast was decisively beaten by Harlem Tommy Murphy in a 20 round contest last night The fight was fast with both men exchanging punishing blows and Murphy earning the decision amid cheers from the crowd.
William Jennings Bryan purchased a bungalow near Yampa Florida using the pay he received for reporting a Republican and Democratic convention. His work lasted about two weeks and was paid by a syndicate of newspapers led by the New York World. The article also notes a tariff bid device with a $7,000 measure for services.
Rumors fly as White Pass and Yukon Co and Northern Navigation Co prepare to wage a tariff war. Alaska plans see lower summer rates on passengers and freight to Fairbanks and Iditarod, previously dominated by Northern Navigation. White Pass and Northern Navigation both prepare tariffs in Chicago and Seattle, while some shippers report cut rates as low as 40 to 60 dollars per ton. The move promises cheaper interior freight amid a brewing competition that could reshape interior Alaska commerce.
Wait Mason recalls a transformation from rough labor to wealth. The speaker laments losing the gritty simplicity of eating frugal meals while digging gravel, contrasted with current riches that cannot restore hunger or satisfaction. The verse movingly contrasts poverty’s daily need with affluence’s hollow indulgence.
Henry O. Roden now holds a bear cub formerly called Aliee Roosevelt and renames it Jessie Wilson. A mining claim on Flat Creek head in Otter District is described with a $100 labor requirement. co owners must contribute within ninety days of publication or lose interests to the claimant Crawford. First published February 8, 1013 symbol May 1.
Notice to Moteney J Wiesson and Dave Cascaden heirs assigns successors or personal representatives that expenditures were made on Willow Creek tributary lands in the Absa Territory for annual labor under mining law. If within ninety days from the first publication the owners fail to contribute their share, their interest may become property of the undersigned. First publication February last publication May 10 1891. CHARLEY MACK executor.
A forfeiture notice lists several named individuals including Downing Ferguson Golder Haggerty Gres Porter and Phorns connected to a placer mining claim on a Dominion creek area in Alaska. The document references required expenditures, district and territorial locations, and a time frame ending March, with publication through May.
Legal notices inform D Sayles and heirs of a $100 per year labor lien on the SS Fraction mining claim in Junoko District Alaska, with 90 days to respond before interest passes. Also includes a United States District Court Alaska summons for Edwards Omsgon in a separate case, requiring appearance within 30 days after publication.
Coowner Olopolson announces forfeiture proceedings under Revised Statutes. Property includes shares in the claim on Yankee Creek near Nin, Minny district Alaska. Last publication May 1959. expiration date near. Coowners urge contribution of expenditures to preserve interests before property transfers.
J B Connolly and George Shaw are notified that 1912 expenditures totaling a stated sum were made on the Hard Luck association placer mining claim on Flat Creek Otter precinct Alaska. If coowners fail to contribute within 90 days after service or publication, their interest will vest in the subscriber A D Currie. First published April 5 1913 last July 3 1913.
Notice to Isadore Goldstein Julius Sehoader and others that expenditures were made in 1912 on a placer mining claim on a tributary of the Starod River in the Otter Mining District Territory of Alaska. Failure to contribute shares by ninety days after publication will forfeit interests. claim becomes property of the subscriber Earl Bowen C. First publication April 26, 1913. List publication May 25, 1913.
The act tightens Alaska placer mining rules including yearly labor or improvement of claims, limits on acreage, and mandatory patent value. It restricts who may locate claims as attorney or agent, limiting to two claims per principal per calendar month and preventing unauthorized locators. It allows association claims and requires proper authorizations to be recorded.
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