Funeral for Alex Cornwall Held by Akisko Pioneers
The funeral for Alex Cornwall, longtime prospector and miner, was conducted at A B Hall last Monday. Members of the Pioneers of Akisko led the service, with strong turnout despite weather. The Episcopal rite was read by PMS Stanton, and tributes highlighted Cornwall’s heroic battle with illness and steadfast pioneer spirit.
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Alex Cornwall
A.B. Hall
Akisko
Dee
Episcopal Church
Pms Stanton
Pioneers of
Aleka
Percy Charles
Ames B. Taylor
Fred Mar 2
Charles
Advertised Letters List From Iditarod Post Office
Week ending October 9 calls for letters remaining uncalled for at the Iditarod post office. Names include Abbott, Mow, Anderson, Bayard, Bishop, Hogan, Johnson, Kardanot, Hart, Wilson, Patterson, Petersen, Von Horn, and others. Readers are urged to claim advertised letters.
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Iditarod Postotier
Pioneer Creek Agencies Flat City Discovery
Mrs. C C Chittick of Pioneer Creek Agencies in Flat City reports discovery involving Harry Donnelley and Otter. Further details pending.
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Pioneer Creek Agencies
Flat City
C. C. Chittick
Streets Committee Gets In Good Work
The streets committee of the city council led by Mayor Stanton and Chairman Joseph H. Smith completed several improvements before severe weather. They repaired the road to the cemetery and ditching along that thoroughfare should benefit when spring thaws arrive, and sidewalks were repaired, notably in front of the A. B. ball.
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Stanton
Joseph H. Smith
A.B. Ball
Earl Hunt Assigned to Pioneer Advertising Duties
Arrangements have been made by Earl Hunt, a well known figure in the district, to handle advertising matters for The Pioneer. He will also accept job printing and assist with changes of ads and new announcements, in connection with his other duties.
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Earl Hunt
Pioneer
Earl
Mail Prospects Brighten for Seward to Iditarod Route
Alaska postal officials foresee improved winter mail service on the Seward to Iditarod trail with start of weekly runs November 1. Last year’s eight week gap between river route ends and overland arrivals may recur, but schedules should be steadier as interior mail is prepared at Anchorage. Expect shorter trail times, fixed schedules, and a new Ophir to Akotna segment easing distance for the Mitarod district.
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Seward
Alaska
Yukon
Seward-Iditatod
Anchorage
Cook Inlet
Iditarod
Ophir
Akotna
Mitarod
Unlikely Friendship forms Between Rattlesnake and Bullfrog
Former Iditarod resident Captain Alan P. Gilmour keeps a three and a half foot rattlesnake and a large greenback bullfrog in the YMCA exhibition box. The snake, fed reluctantly, finally allied with the frog after a kangaroo-like leap and they now dine together and watch one another with calm. The unlikely duo has drawn hundreds to see the pair in the glass case.
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Lexington
Alan
Gilmour
M.C. A
Devastation Described In Russian Retreat Letters
Letters from Russia detail a retreat by Russian forces described as a masterpiece of terrifying devastation. A fire raging behind the retreat left bridges rails houses and farms destroyed. Cattle fodder and provisions were burned. supplies had to be secured from allied countries amid a wilderness of charred ruins.
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Geneva
Rusia
Poland
Alicia
Skillfully Devised Plan to Prevent Employees Obtaining Compensation
A historical critique of varied workers compensation acts, highlighting New York’s upheld law and Alaska’s limited liability. The piece condemns legislation seen as favoring employers, arguing it preserves costly court fights for workers and preserves outdated doctrines like assumption of risk and fellow servant. It calls for genuine mutual protection through effective compensation plans.
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State of
New York
Court of Appeals
Alaska
Lins
Pion
Yiel
Cnmployes Oritains
When Homes Are Hit by War News in Dawson
A Russianreader unable to read English hears late reports of Praymel Warsaw Ivangorod Lublin and other Russian strongholds. He reacts with shock and grief as Suwalki falls the scene underscoring war's reach into homes beyond battle lines and urging preparedness and unity against autocracy.
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Dawson
Praymel
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Lublin
Georgievsk
Klondikers
Kaiserisea
Truth About Alaska as a Vast Resource Frontier
John A Sleicher argues Alaska is misrepresented as a frozen land and shows its southern ports are milder than New York in midwinter. He notes a 600000 square mile area from temperate to Arctic, fertile valleys, free homestead land, and strong industrial potential in fisheries, mining, and oil. He cites government figures on value and asks if the $38 million U.S. expenditure plus $7.2 million purchase price was a good bargain given Alaska’s wealth.
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John A. Sleicher
Leslie
Alaska
United States
Alaka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Cordova
Valdez
Seward
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Iuska
German Empire
Arctic Circle
Europe
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Great Central
Unite States
Nebraska
Montana
North Dakota
Seattle
Department of the Interior
Congress
Interior
Cos
Wide-snake
Tsand
St. Lawrence
Iceland
Middle States
Arctic
Pacific
Orient
America
Alaska Customs, Public Lands
Old Klondiker Gone Father of Mae Eldorado Edgren dies in Minnesota
The father of Mae Eldorado Edgren known as the Klondike baby has died in Minnesota. He and his wife left Wisconsin for the Klondike after high school graduation to seek fortune. Mae Eldorado was born soon after their northward arrival, and the mother died giving birth. The family later moved to Minnesota to run a job printing venture at Pioneer office.
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Mae Eldorado Edgren
Dawson
Minnesota
Pioneer Office
Men of Harlech becomes British war hymn across England
The year of the war shifts public mood as England adopts the Welsh battle song Men of Harlech. It is sung at recruiting meetings and trenches, harmonizing with patriotic fervor to spur defense of freedom. The verses echo marching resolve and nationalist pride.
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England
Tipperary
Harlech
Wonders of German Science and War Time Inventions
An overview of German wartime scientific advances from chemical transformations of food to metal alloys and fuel production. Highlights include zinc alloys for ordnance, aluminum from bauxite, inexpensive magnesium from waste, gasoline synthesis, and nitrogen fixation for bread and fertilizer. Concludes with the enduring global impact of German science on industry and wartime innovation.
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Waldemar Kaempffert
Scientific American
France
Heidelberg
Chile
Germany
Reichstal
Rmian
Europe
Alaska News Highlights From Seward to Juneau
The article reports on Alaska developments including a Catholic chapel project in A, a new eight hour day campaign in district races, and Libby McNeill Ki cannery labor troubles. It notes a violent incident involving Libby heiress workers, government shipping moves, and a $21,000 Alaska road commission bill for Sewara Su district. It mentions the death of Robert Smith while hunting and judges in Virginia considering Alaskan residency, plus rail progress and projected district output around four million dollars for the season. It closes with government plans to build an Ess plant on Kotzebue Sound and rising trade between Alaska and the United States, plus a bleak poem reference to horrors of war.
Protest of Socialists Against Aggressive War
Paris reports French Socialists received copies of a German Reichstag Social-Democratic manifesto from Berlin via neutral countries. It denounces annexation and the war as conquest, warns a Belgian invasion could lead to a world war of extermination, and argues Germany gains nothing from conquered lands but hate. It calls for end to the deadly drama and notes officials deem the protest merely opinion by a minor group.
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Paris
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
Scandinavian American Bank
Charles Ross
John Holmes
R. C. Button
Robert Soutar
Lucille. Taylor
Charles Taylor
Th Vels Sjodin
George Ads Tom MeMshon
Gene Norton Beattie
T Wile, Posta
Pioneer Machine Shop
J. Uml
Stanley House
John Bagoy
Finnegan & Cameron
Merchants' Cafe
Herbert E. Riley
Prop
Crosby
Caribou St
Bet
Black and Willow Sts
Iditarcd
Dr. Auringer
Fredh Olympia
Eastern
Mitarod Ment’ Co
N. GC. Co
Dog Lord
Dog Bacon
N.C. Co
Colonel Schleicher
Leslie’s
Korky
Soven
Strands
Fife
Rive Rieve
Leaten
Mennif Harlech
Vounis Ar Hoary
Weild von Wit de Nitoe
Steike
Metiny
God
Men of Harte
Mark Akening
Lowney’s
DR. Moore
Crowley & Porter
Abchorage
Masonica 1
Sewa Susitu
Bouret
J. Akasake
Libby
McNeil & Ki
Morningsideagh
Sewardan
J. B. Slater
Sewar
Moose Pas
Ot Ser
Anpunte
Vance
Alaska Road
Renis
Sewara Su
Robert Smith
Kluane
Tucker
Virginia
North
Ess
Kotzebue Sound
Sid Cansey
Eastern Oysters
Iditarod Meat Co
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