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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1910
Page
7
Ansley's hall held a formal dedication last Saturday night with music and dancing. The upper floor in the Ansley building features an A-1 floor planned for a rapid transformation into a fine dancing surface. A three piece orchestra played as a merry crowd filled the hall, with rental talks for a winter dance series and fraternal groups planned to use the venue.
Ramos and Noble with Jack Spencer started for Georgetown last Thursday morning training with a horse and double-ender. They expect to be absent about two weeks for HOUSELININGS see Goldstein.
Filed for record entries list numerous land transactions on Flat and Little creeks including 40 to 120 acre parcels, associations such as Golden Eagle and Irish Bog, and releases of options. Also notices of protest against Flat creek waters and several deeds transferring leasehold and mineral rights with values cited and dates in October 1910.
Details from an Iditarod era inquest describe Prank Wallace’s actions during a fatal shooting of Wm. Trisco along the North Fork of the George river in the Kuskokwim country. Witnesses recount a struggle over a gun, Wallace grabbing the stock while Trisco clutched the barrel, the shot injuring Trisco fatally. The coroner's jury ruled accidental shooting, fueling belief Wallace was exonerated, though no definitive hearing record was confirmed. Trisco, listed as Romanian with Seattle ties, had a wife and children there. another witness notes Trisco once spoke of a family.
Niels Jensen also known as Frank Jensen a foreman at Doc Mading's Wildcat operation near Flat Creek was brought to the city by Deputy Marshal Holmes and Special Guard Wheland accused of being mentally unbalanced. He is held in federal jail for medical examination with potential temporary illness or lasting mental malady.
Three steamboats Martha Crow Dusty Diamond and Minneapolis reached Langley City 16 miles below Dikeman with mail passengers and about 300 tons of freight. An impassable ice jam blocked further travel and most passengers await river freeze while perishables risk spoilage. crews report 50 passengers on board Crow and 60 tons perishable cargo aboard Mort Marston and Geo Thomas with Chesley Ryan and Kehoe consignments.
After a season end, Captain Charles Martin of the Emerald led a six day river voyage from St Michael to Nome to retrieve $425,000 in gold dust and bank notes for miners and merchants. The expedition included Mr. and Mrs. Nestor and Mr. Scheid, with pursuit and danger along the Yukon and river ports. The crew faced storms and windbound delays as they delivered the loot to Dikeman and Holy Cross, leaving locals both surprised and relieved.
The document details transfers and interests among Strandberg Bros S-J Mining Co and related associations across Paystreak, Sunset, Teddy, Cloudy, Julian, and Wild Cat creeks with sums cited, mortgage by Oscar Benninger, amended locations, deeds in escrow, and notices of ads and local logistics. It notes letters to Boas store for mail, a trunk found claim, and social ads at Johnstone’s cigar store.
Pete Michels, an early cigar store owner, visited to discuss business and monitor his lawsuit in the city. Jack Shropshire and Tom Burns of the Link association on Flat Creek were in town. Burt Walker and Alfred Rappe, drill men on Flat Creek, came to watch the lights. Anderson Bros. and Nerland are expanding their storeroom on Second Avenue.
The new setup at Manuel's features dark oak underpinnings and a wide mahogany top, with an oak back bar and a mahogany cap. A hinged foot rail and edge coping make the bar sturdy for rough seas, while Seattle shipments complete the stylish, functional look.
Tommy Bullene and Wm Stevens, famed dog mushers, arrive from the Kuskokwim with two and a half tons of grub hoping to open a Georgetown roadhouse. They find Fredricks supplying meals at $1 and decide to join the market as food scarcity grows. Ice flows large as the Takotna party reports the Quickstep due hourly while townsite booms and Iditarod preparations pressure belt-tightened crews.
Items offered include a Worthington pump 7x5x6 with fittings in good condition, a portable forge, an anvil, and a pipe vise. Enquire Sherburne and read Barrett & Lewin on page 2. For Ribson visit Ramps.
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