Travel to Track Shows Sparse Future for Ponies
The piece argues only Juarez will host racing before winter as new laws stir debates in California and Florida. It notes bills aimed at limiting racing in cities with population thresholds and conditioning pari mutuel betting, while figures like Carley Brown push to keep Jacksonville and other southern tracks alive, with Cuba as a potential new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Juarez
Canad
California
Tom Williams
Oakland
San Francisco
Sacramento
Kentucky
Strom
Florida
Moncrief Park
Carley” Brown
Jacksonville
Brown
Cuba
Curley
Nixon Fork prospecting notes from a letter to a bank president
A letter to Dick Wood of the First National Bank describes staking on Nixon Fork and nearby creeks. It notes the Mayflower owners, names several locals, mentions a probate claim, and reports wet ground, drilling underway, coarse gold finds, and shallow depth across multiple forks and creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina
Dick Wood
First National Bank
Mr. Wood
Alex McDonald
Capt. Westby
J. Johnson
Huwkes
Bonita
Alder
von Frank
Fire Bell and Fire Crew Muster Over Nonexistent Blaze
A Monday afternoon alarm at the M and M bank building triggered a chemical fire response after a defective stove draft caused upstairs smoke. Firefighters and volunteers located no fire, with only one charge of extinguishing chemical used. John Folsom, Moore Creek discoverer, visits town to plan Ditna prospecting. Al McDonald, Angus McDonald, and Dougal McPherson return from Donlan Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. & M Bank
Charles Ross
John Folsom
Moore Creek
al McDonald
Angus McDonald
Dougal McPherson
Donlan Creek
Home Decor Supplies In Stock For Summer Comfort
Local shop advertises wallpaper and house lining to brighten homes for the rest of the summer. Also offers paint suitable for boats and notes that customers should mention being atluat.
Log-Driving Feats Delight Flat Readers at Cleveland Mill
In Flat, residents marveled at log-driving shows by Cleveland mill attaches led by A Cleveland who leaped between logs with festive grace. The display came as news earlier in the week. Miss Taylor, learning the telephone switchboard at the local exchange, prepares for a full shift when the system expands in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat
Cleveland
Miss Taylor
Contentment vs. gold in Midas tale of modern longing
The piece recalls King Midas cursed by touch turning things to gold and contrasts his fate with modern desires for wealth. It notes wealth often brings more worry, while the speaker finds contentment in simple comforts like ice, pie, bread, a roof, chair, books, clothes, and slippers.
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Midas
Thomas
Redblooded Fiction and a Call for Everyday People
The writer laments a flood of virulent sensational novels, praising ordinary steady folk over heroic types. He longs for pacific tales about meek, relatable people who discuss daily life, theater, and tariffs rather than dramatic gunmen and demigods.
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Prithee
Jack London
Prither
West
Atlantic
Son Saew
They Will Gatch Your Trunks on the Fly
A new service by Iditarod Express run by Joe McNamee and C C Fowler will handle incoming express and baggage traffic from this city to creeks and back. An agent at Dikeman checks baggage and pack horses depart town daily at nine. Temporary office is the Red Cross Drug store with future offices in Flat.
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Dikeman
Joe McNamee
C. C. Fowler
Iditarod Express Company
Iditarod
Creeks
Red Cross Drug Store
Debt suits filed in Fairbanks district court
Documents from Fairbanks papers show two lawsuits brought in the Fairbanks district court for debt, Morrison and Saul versus W W Nelson and Dome City Bank versus Lemer, with both defendants residents of the creeks. F A Cleveland plans a sawmill installation at Flat City.
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Fairbanks
Morrison & Saul
W. W. Nelson
Dome City Bank
Lemer
F. A. Cleveland
Flat City
Prospectors eye Old Man country gold and tin deposits
In the Old Man country north of Gibbon prospectors target Moose and Squirrel creeks along Middle Fork with ten men at work. Lee Noble Mike Kenally Joe Shaw George Dale and St Peter plan to stay through summer as shallow ground yields limited prospects yet light gold colors appear and stream tin is common. Glen R Metsker wed Mary Katheryne Shannon in February at Forest Grove. Metsker has been Fairbanks land agent. Gove Marks and Simpson on No 7 bench bought a boiler and hoist. dog sled storage advised.
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Old Man Country
Gibbon
Allard
Butte
Lake
Lee Noble
Mike Kenally
Joe Shaw
George Dale
St. Peter
Tanana
Middle Fork
Old Man
Glen R. Metsker
Mary Katheryne Shannon
Forest Grove
Metsker
Fairbanks
Peabody Recalls Founding of Fairbanks During Yukon Trek
Alaska lore recounts Capt. Peabody’s tale of guiding Capt. Barnette up the Tanana to 290 miles toward a new town. He describes furs trade losses, a log house start, gold strikes by Piedra and Birnette’s men unlocking Fairbanks boom potential amid Indian camps and river peril.
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Alaska
Capt
Peabody
Yukon
Vanana
Barnette
Fairbanks
New York
Lavelle Young
Tanana
Anacamp
Banette
St. Michael
Birnette
Piedra
Dan
Alaska Roadways and Russian Era Lines in History
Twenty five years ago Alaska had 13 1 2 miles of roads. Russians built 12 miles on Kodiak Island and 1 1 2 miles connected the capital. Sitka Jim Sturgill departed from the Tolita district to the outside from Fairbanks and plans to return at navigation opening. Smithsonian in Washington holds 10 mummies from a cave on Unalaska. I N Gatrell seeks J E Gatwell who was thought to be in Fairbanks last September. St Michael trading post founded by Russians in 1835 later passed to Alaska Commercial Co then to N N Co. See Seneca for space and Summer rates. Pioneer Storage phone dt clothing cleaning and pressing by calling 68.
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Alaska
Kodiak Island
Sitka
St. Michael
Alaska Commercial Co
N. N. Co
The Height of Luxury on Caribou Street
A short note describes a steam bath service with lunch and a furnished room for guests, labeled Elite Baths on Caribou Street. The item presents a high end lodging and bathing offering in compact, period voice.
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Elite
Caribou Street
Boxer Disqualified for Being a Peaceful Citizen
English judge Justice Darling notes a boxer must continue assault and battery in the ring. Jack Goldswain was disqualified in the eleventh round of a welterweight title bout for clinging and failing to resume action, with the promoter sued for purse and training costs.
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Jack Goldswain
England
Justice Darling
Len DeCoy Appointed Purser for Brumbaugh Firm
Len DeCoy, linked with Brumbaugh Hamilton and Kellogg, traveled to Dike during the week to assume duties as purser for the firm.
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Len DeCoy
Brumbaugh
Hamilton & Kellogg
Dikeman
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Second Avenue
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Dave Ferguson
Pat Keys
Phil Mayhan
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Flat Creek
Creek
Te. Y. Otter
Yley
Puck
Mishawaka Rubber Co
Paes E
Iditarod and
Dilkeman
Bob Simpson
Bob Martin
Granite Creek
Ed Beitt
Tom Maher
Britt
Lois
Edna
Iditared
Russ & Nestor
Golden Eagle
Johnson
Flame Hose
Robert Martin
Otter Creek
Pneumoni
Guluese
Colorado
Joe Gove
Guy Marks
Jack Simpson
Goldstream
Pioneer
Jim Sturgill
Tolitaod
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
I. N. Gatrell
Columbus
Ohio
J. E. Gatwell
Seneca
Wile
Clist
Gold St
Fiat City
Mutechler Bros
Discovery
Otter
Iditarod Umee
Sherburne House
Grand Hotel
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