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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
4
New York on March 15 reports Lee De Forest demonstrated his audion amplifier as a singing electric bulb. The device thrilled manufacturers by showing voice and music via wireless, hinting at future home orchestration without pianos or phonographs.
The Juneau Commercial Club has adopted and circulated a preamble and resolutions. It states the club’s purpose to advance business conditions in Juneau and to promote opportunities in mining, fishing, and commerce.
The Juneau Commercial Club urges every resident to devote sixty days starting March 31 to end the habit of fault finding and criticism of Juneau business, people, and neighbors. Members pledge to refrain from criticizing and to avoid using business or local groups in disparagement.
Clyde T. Fields, chief of the Subha signal corps station, was shot twice in the chest and hospitalized at St. Joseph’s in Fairbanks. Officials say the incident, linked to his recent marriage to Maud Stone-Thompson, remains murky with no arrests. Fields expects to recover.
Paris dispatch says German losses at Verdun are appalling with up to a quarter of a million sacrificed in attempts to storm forts. Thousands of dead and wounded lie in view as French machine guns carve gaps, while wounded receive little relief amid continuous shellfire. some Germans have pushed to French lines under cover of darkness for aid.
Mrs Tauscher known as Johanna Gadski, famed grand opera star, is charged with complicity in canal plot. She admits guilt but claims her husband is innocent and declares willingness to blow up U S munitions factories to aid Germany. Christy Anthonieson visited New York last Monday. Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters offered at $1.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Washington April reports that the Interior Secretary ordered all Alaska railroad work halted until a settlement on wages is reached. Union demands 30 cents per hour and eight hour day. a special commission will study the dispute. Work resumes only when terms from the department of labor are agreed and dated from the restart.
In Iditarod and nearby areas the spring season sparks gardening efforts as residents plant sprouts in boxes and cans for early germination. Alaskan gardeners, including many women with thriving flower beds, plan soil prep and greenhouse cultivation to yield lettuce, radishes, onions, carrots, and tomatoes in the long summer.
The article notes long Alaskan daylight and rapid plant growth in July and August, the Pioneer’s seed distribution via Delegate James Wickersham, and resumed seed consignments with navigation. It reports mining layoffs at Flat Creek, Julins Miller’s burglary sentence, and new tungsten shipments from Chena mill. It mentions a Woodchopper Buckeye town incorporation petition, Alma Wils t funeral, and deaths including Mrs. Johnston, Klondike pioneer.
A river ice movement drew spectators but proved brief as ice masses broke free and jammed a makeshift bridge. Dynamite blasts released water, lifting barges and enabling potato transport across the river. Continued cold slowed breakup, with no immediate relief in sight for the mosquitoes fleet jeopardy.
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