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Iditarod Pioneer

Location

Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1911

Page

8

Iditarod Pioneer Subscription Rates Notice

Advertisement lists subscription prices for Iditarod Pioneer including one year six months at ten dollars per year and one month and single copy rates with advertising rates available on application No 19.

A Spring Sermon on Cleaning Up the City

The speaker urges residents to tidy yards and streets as spring arrives. Emphasizing self help, it calls for action on litter, wood piles, and daffy cleanliness, aiming for a neater city by June with everyone pitching in.

Pazzaz Willow Street Health Committee

When is an Alley Not an Alley City Council Debate

The city council hosts a comic hearing on alley definitions. A bar member proposes a witty line about the alley as the city block’s alimentary canal, open at both ends and working until constipated, prompting crowd amusement.

Dad

Lillian Russell play title sparks newspaper quips

Editorial writers in Southern papers mock the title In Search of a Sinner for Lillian Russell's new play with Joseph Brooks starring. The Paris Advocate jokes Russell has reached St Louis while Nat Goodwin is in New York. Gainesville Register notes the play title In Search of a Sin.

Lillian Russell Joseph Brooks Paris Texas St. Louis Lillian Nat Goodwin New York Gainesville

Lillian Russell Sinner Hunt and Public Feuds

A spoofing column notes Lillian Russell in search of a sinner with pockets of derision from Montgomery and Fairbanks papers. It mockingly suggests Fairbanks could supply nightly subjects and jokes about bank officials. The piece also mentions a British official jailed for defrauding Burma of 250 elephants and a Black poet made Harvard janitor.

Austin Montgomery Alabama Lillian Russell Lillian Houston Fairbanks Fairbanks ‘Times

City Council Considers Garbage Dump Site

At a Wednesday meeting, officials debated a city dumping ground for refuse and future scavenger franchise revenue. City Attorney Roden said regulation is possible, but exclusive rights are not. health committee to set rules and pick the dump location.

Roden Barnes

City Clerk Bond Requested as City Financial Stringency Grows

In a brisk council session the city seized 15 shekels from a suspect who sought facial alteration. Magistrate Hunt was bonded for 10 000 dollars and the clerk’s funds padlocked while bills totaling 58 50 for street work jail guard badge and fire materials were sent to the finance committee. The attorney was tasked to draft ordinances setting bonds for Lindberg 25 000, O Connor 3 000 and Hunt 10 000 to ease the fiscal squeeze.

Hunt Willow Street Richmond Street Finance Committee Roden Lindberg O'Connor

Fairbanks to Invest in Rex Claim After Assessment

Fairbanks Quartz Development Company raises 20000 to test quartz on the Rex claim in Chatham creek owned by Brambaugh and Hamilton and associates. The group believes Rex shows a potential vein with prior work by B-P Mining Co and nearby Pioneer Mining Co providing early indications and a shallow 160 foot incline shaft. Willis and Welsh hold a lease and are active on the claim as development proceeds.

Faibanks Fairbanks Quartz Development Company Hhot Rex Chatham Creek Brambaugh Hamilton T. L. Thurson Dr. Meyers Reese Ray B-P Mining Co Pioneer Mining Co Fairbanks Neantine Willis & Welsh

Simpson Corner to Blossom on Monday

Simpson corner to blossom on Monday as a new two story building at First and Willow is completed and occupied by Simp store and the Horseshoe saloon. The front contains a jewelry shop and upstairs four rooms leased by Dr. Wortmann. the Horseshoe replaces Sideboard saloon.

Ditarod Simpson Robert Simpson Ernest Niehof Nellie Winters First and Willow Simpstore Horseshoe Saloon Niehoff McDonald Hotel Sale Jewelry Chris. Anthonison Landahl Richmond Firstson's Jewelr

Jewelry and Ice Show Promises Record Value

Anthonison announces a four million dollar display of jewelry and select ice to debut with a first boat. His representative says the event features a vast collection including trap and other items, with plans for a public lighting display and a move to the McDonald hotel to receive guests.

Jack Sale Anthonison Jack Wathering Over Lake McDonald Hotel

Also Mentioned on This Page

Iditarod Alaska Frank E. Becker Geo. M. Arbuckle Merchants Cafe J. B. Colt Pioneer Sheet Metal Works Lake Lebarge Hart, Schaffner & Marks Clothing Nettleton I. Goldstein Front City Drug Store C. J. Hurley J.P. Gleason A. Bruning American Bank of Alaska Wner Martin Sickinger N. Y Harvard Detroit Journal B. F. Brooks Orrick Discovery Otter Heinrich Wortmann E.T. Bradbury Qver Merchants Cafe Avenue Telephone Chas. D. Carter Pioneer Drug Stores Flat Creek McGowan, Clark & Albrecht Attorneys AT Law Pitarod, Alaska Alfred E. Maltby Notary Pusu Ct Court Ipiranop J. S. Harding Attorney At Law Iditarod Hotel Chas. E. Taylor Iditarod City A. J. Daly Leary Wickersham & Roden, Attorneys AT Law Iditarod, Alaska
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