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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
6
Notice warns advertisers to carefully prepare notices and stray copy. It notes the publisher cannot police responsibility for altered copy especially in forfeiture and other legal notices. Emphasizes readability of charges and cures to avoid miscommunication.
The Yukon veteran Hen. Gh BS AL Strong is greeted warmly in Junean as Alaska’s new governor. His extensive northern experience in Nome Katalla Iditarod and Junean earns wide goodwill and confidence. He pledges cooperation from all Alaskans to ensure a successful administration.
Prominent Iditarod residents push to keep Harry P. Sheppard as deputy marshal, backed by a unanimous council endorsement. He has served since arriving from Ophir, earning a reputation for efficiency and reliability in a close community where trials test an officer’s character.
Report from Port Mor in British New Guinea describes two planters named James and Weber who were captured and eaten by local cannibals. The attackers, from a savage tribe, conducted a campaign of butcheries across the district for months. Authorities under the Australian government plan punitive action against the cannibals.
Washington May 11 Col Goetha to send a ship or two through the canal experiment. This does not mean the canal will be finished then but that excavation will be completed and the great locks in working order. Much surface reports indicate work to be done warehouses to be built barracks and fortifications constructed and then months to train the operating staff. It will be opened to world commerce not later than January 1 115.
At the Mon Camp Iditated No. 27 meeting the entertainment committee outlined a ball to raise funds for Jue 10 next, marking the second anniversary of the dedication of the rat. Princeton professor, nearly blind, famed for Graham shorthand, notes 13 as his lucky number and his 13th year as president at Princeton.
A 56 year old president described by health and traits including height five feet one inch, weight 177 pounds, and eyeglasses. He avoids ice water, delivers impromptu speeches, enjoys golf, and walks regularly.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Jerry the Mule who arrived in Iditarod this week in snowshoes made from his hide. He carried freight for prospectors earlier, and after his mission, was said to be headed for a easier life elsewhere. The tale ends with mention of the Iditarod meat market lacking beef but stocked with other foods and a few hundred dollars saved from wages.
A compact reflection on true grit and cheerful endurance as "good sports" endure hardship without complaint. The verse celebrates sailors, sick, and stormy lifeworkers who persevere with humor and resolve, regardless of fortune or fame, embodying steadfast spirit.
Alaska dispatches report fur trader Henry Moses showing a bear pelt with white ears in Juneau and widespread interest in claims like the John Palmer, valued at 175000, while John Wardell heads back to Washington to seek patent for a 160 acre coal claim in Bering river district. Epidemics flare in Ketchikan region as mine fuel shifts from wood to oil. Cliff mine near Valdez keeps steady output as briquette plant plans surface.
A B Rome has taken over the Marston building on Discovery for the summer season and will move his stock of goods out to Otter forthwith. The Juneau land office has not yet addressed the matter, delaying action on the alleged sale or lease.
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