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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer appears as a weekly publication issued every Saturday morning from Iditarod Alaska. The issue number is 20. It serves the local community with timely notices and regional updates.
Roosevelt seeks a commanding role in Europe to boost national morale and public support. Proponents argue his zeal and publicity benefit the war effort, while military leaders caution over expertise. The piece defends using his influence as a national asset in wartime.
Report details 127 Americans seized by a German raid and sent to Germany aboard the Yarrowdale. Four doctors arrived in Copenhagen after three months’ detention, while others remained in prison camps or quarantine in Dublin. Danish and British authorities aided the stranded men who faced hunger, cold, and peril during their voyage and captivity.
An article notes liberal currents in Russia at the war’s start, with pro German faction fears and efforts to smother peace moves. It mentions Petrograd pressures on the Duma, concerns over a separate peace, and the impact on mankind from free Russia. Other clippings include brief takes from Macon Telegraph and Chicago Herald on Belgian deportees, Kaiser’s war stance, and peace imagery.
The piece outlines potential United States military manpower from active and reserve forces, National Guard strength, and colonial units, with projections under the 1916 National Defense Act. It notes difficulties in meeting expansion goals, and lists senior Army and staff leadership, plus Alaska revenue figures and allocations for roads, schools, and relief.
Saloons in Alaska paid $131,549.47 into territorial and town treasuries for annual licenses ending June 30, 1917. The governor's tabulation shows the district split, with the Fourth division contributing more than $11,000 less than a leading area.
Major General Wood attacked Rev. Adolf A. Berle at a New York banquet, calling his pacifist views murderously misleading. Wood urged readiness for voluntary service while vowing to defend liberty and denouncing Berle’s calls for army restraint.
A narrator recalls a man with refined taste who, despite arts appreciation, sees humanity as vain. The neurasthenic figure declines into futility, rejecting treatment, convinced of his doomed place in a failing world, while the narrator weighs true wealth against such inner poverty.
A Northern Commercial notice advertises a complete lot of horses with sleds and harnesses for sale. Details are limited in the fragment.
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