Stroller White Recounts Skagway Pack Train Glory Years
The piece recalls Skagway’s Pack Train era opened by Pony and Louie, a cosmopolitan dining spot that drew locals and visitors from professional men to gamblers. Stroller White sketches an era of memory with characters like Soapy Smith and Gin Rieley Kid, noting the decline of the restaurant’s former glamour.
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Smith's
Lynn Canal
Skagway
George Rice
Stroller White
Pony
Louie
Skagw
Mother
Memin
Tinhorn
Lovie
Boostera
M Pda Y. M.C. A
Smith
Molly
Egypt
Standard
Harry
Clancey’s
S By-the-Sea
Why It Is It An Eye Because a Hen Says So
A dreamlike riff on fresh Petaluma eggs and spring imagery. It hints at eggs ready for breaking soon and evokes cafe scenes with hungry cooks and the scent of ham in a playful, lyrical tone.
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California
Eggs Arrive On First Boat To hillside Farm
In a pasteboard penthouse during the campaign, eggs nestled in a nest of new town hay on a hillside farm as the fresh Pacific winds blew through the meadows. The first boat is coming and it stirs hunger.
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Newtown
Scrap Talk Reflects House Food Rule Debate
The Washington Post recounts a lively exchange among lawmakers over culinary terms and rules, with Kentucky, Alaska, and Wyoming delegates weighing in. An Ohio representative predicts another rules revision while two peers debate naming and alibis amid the post incident chatter.
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Kentucky
Alaska
Wyoming
T For
Ohio
Washington Post
The Height of Luxury at Elite Baths
An advertisement for Elite Baths on Caribou Street offers steam baths a nice lunch and a furnished room to steep in. The copy promotes a luxury experience and personal comfort in a city setting.
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Caribou Street
The Hughes Whiskers Causes Courtroom Fancy
Poet Walt Mason mocks Justice Hughes with a humorous verse on a long beard impeding the Supreme Court’s dignity. He imagines legal arguments interrupted by facial hair and jokes about shaving to restore decorum and clear decision making.
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Hughes
Justice B
Justice D
Walt Mason
Private family boxing match in Lakewood ends with Beresford victory
In a Georgian Court gymnasium at the Goulds Lakewood home, Hon. Robert Beresford defeated Anthony J. Drexel in three rounds in a private bout attended by the Gould family and British noble guests. Beresford weighed 166 pounds to Drexel's 161. seconds and officials included Lord Decies' circle. Mrs. George Gould presented a silver cup to the winner.
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New York
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Marjorie, Gould
Robert Beresford
Ragland
Lord Decies
Georgian Court
Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Bobby
Young Drexel
Death of Mrs Hall in Boston Hospital
A wire reports the death of Mrs. Hall at a private Boston hospital after a third operation in six months. She left Fairbanks in 1906 and had relatives in Massachusetts. The daughter studies near Boston while son Bryant remains with Dr. M. F. Hall in Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks Times
Boston
Mass
M. F. Hall
Ed Marcotte Assayed at Tenakee Springs
The Whitehorse Star reports a visit by Ed Marcotte to the Tenakee Alaska hot springs. A month of bathing allegedly cleared his system of metals and odd items including tin pewter barnite iron pyrites nicotine and clay pipes.
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Whitehorse
Tenakee
Alaska
Ed Marcotte
Prospecting activity and new management near Tofty
Leber brothers have taken a lay on Mr Cooney s ground and are busy prospecting. Hosler on the Abe Lincoln has men hoisting dirt, while Gil Edgar follows. Mr Broom hauls wood on his lay on the Elsie adjoining Bock s fraction. Ka Richards is preparing for summer work on Cache. McVicar and Professor McFadden expected this month. Al White and L C Johnson finishing on Gene Sullivan s claim on upper Cache. No vacant cabins around Tofty. Curley Benson now runs Stanley s cafe at Flat.
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Leber Brothers
Mr. Cooney
Hosler
Abe Lincoln
Gil Edgar
Mr. Broom
Bock
Ka Richards
Cache
Mr. McVicar
Professor McFadden
al White
L. C. Johnson
Gene Sullivan
Upper
Tofty
Northern Items of Interest in Klondike Territory
A summary of Alaska Yukon mining notes reports deaths and suicides in Dawson and Klondike, rising gold output and assay totals, bridge plans on Klondike River, power plant expansions at Dawson Coal Creek, and ongoing quartz mining growth. Mentions W. D. Lapp death in Dawson hotel February 9, Richard Olker’s suicide in Klondike city, and shifting oil and fishing activity around Katalla and Valdez.
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Dawson Autho
Agai Blers
Eigar
W. D. Lapp
Dawson Country
Dawson
Richard Olker
Klondike City
Washington
Bob Willis
Treadwell
Goldendale
Wash
Alaska Yukon
Alaska
Territorial
Klondike Mines Railroad
Klondike River
Monerici
Northern Light, Power and Coal Company
Coal Creek
Klondike
Frost
United Logical Survey
Great Northern Territory
Lovell
Katalla
Valdez
lQuartz Creek
Estee
Kuskokwim Bay Receives Navigation Survey Attention
Congress funds a preliminary survey of Kuskokwim Bay to establish navigation aids. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce, via Congressman Humphr, pushed the plan to mark a channel to the river with spar buoys and lights. Navy inspectors plan to install markers pending final survey as traffic to the Iditarod region is expected to rise.
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Congress
Kuskokwim Bay
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
W. EK. Humphr
Chamber of Commerce
Kuskokwim
Iditarod
J. M. Ellicott
Lindsay
Spar
Prominent miners plan visit to Kenai Peninsula
Mining leaders will tour the Kenai-Star quartz property near Hope during the season. Leonard Giroux, president of Beaver Dam Mining and Milling, says the Scott & Gott claim in Valdez has 150 feet of tunnel showing promising ore and he is highly pleased.
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Kenai Peninsula
Hope
Leon Giroux
Beaver Dam Mining and Milling Company
Scott & Gott
Valdez
Juneau
Killisnoo
Nahual
Judge Overfield Rejects Discovery Liquor Licenses
The court under Judge Overfield signals a broad no license policy for Discovery Outer this season and likely for future periods. Hutchinson and Kinman received a negative ruling as applicants were discouraged from pursuing licenses. Citizens’ objections, though from outside the two mile limit, appear to influence the court's stance pending a commissioner.
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Discovery Outer
Overfield
Wud
Hutchinson & Kinman
Discovery
Prospecting Drill Rig For Sale At Pioneer Machine Shop
Notice to prospectors offering sale of a complete prospecting drill with 110 horsepower boiler and 40 feet 4 inch casing. Suitable for wet ground work. unit can be viewed at Pioneer Machine Shop.
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Pioneer Machine Shop
Nelson Broken Old Wagon Memphis
The trainers of Battling Nelson state he will never fight hard again due to weakened physique from long continued training. Also notices about broken lenses replaced at Simpsons and pressing services at The Tailor Phone 68.
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Nelson
Memphis
Battling Nelson
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