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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
7
Alaska Territory lawmakers require a register at roadhouses hotels and boarding houses outside incorporated areas to track travelers. The act aims to aid investigations and emergency responses by recording names addresses arrival and departure. Refusal to register carries fines from ten to twenty five dollars or up to ten days imprisonment or both.
Twitchell, owner of a 123 head rein deer herd, plans to leave Alaska for Bethel on the Kuskokwim. He contests a Pioneer quoted claim that the Arctic tern is the wing champion of birds, noting Alaska hosts many birds that rival this boast.
John C. Currin, new fire chief, plans a rapid alert network using a monster electric horn from the launch Comet and switches at key downtown points. He will install the system in spare time at minimal city cost, improving response speed and protecting Idistrod from major losses.
A suit filed in the DC Supreme Court by H N Johnson R Bowers and C B Williams seeks compensation for enslaved labor in the cotton states 1859 to 1868. They target William G McAdoo as secretary of the treasury to return 68 072 388 dollars claimed as proceeds of an internal revenue tax on raw cotton. The bill insists the funds are not US property and should be paid to descendants and heirs who endured involuntary servitude. The petition asks for a master in chancery to take proof and for discovery to identify beneficiaries and distribution amounts.
During the Dunkirk bombardment by a giant German gun from Flanders the town’s business operated only four and a half minutes in five. Shells arrived every five minutes, prompting residents to retreat to cellars briefly, then return to work after each explosion. The post office shows the pattern with clerks and customers moving to basements and resuming work between blasts.
A reminder notes William Taylor retains stock for sale after January first with cut glass silver deposit and Christmas novelties offered at reasonable factory-tagged prices. It also advertises Hamilton and Howard watches. The message mentions Crosby Massage and Bath Parlors and the Home of the Twentieth Century Turkish Bath as accommodations for creek residents.
Skaters enjoy a week of favorable ice conditions on the lake south of town. Mild weather and bright moonlit evenings attract a steady crowd of men, women, and children each afternoon. The scene shows growing interest with many expert skaters among participants.
The Gasoline Kids ball at A B hall last Saturday evening was enjoyable though not well attended. Dancing continued late with music by Charles Taylor and Bobbie Lowrie. The hall, lit by electricity courtesy of Whit Caswell, impressed attendees and suggested more winter dances are ahead. Several guests from the creeks attended, including Mr and Mrs Bob Lowrie, AL Goslow and Billy Taylor.
Wada a small Japanese expressman drove a gray team across a frozen lake to fetch hay. The team broke through edge moss and mud, neck deep, as rescuers with horses and ropes hauled them free in about an hour without injuries.
A Seattle financial rumor says a $25,000,000 Nevada chartered company will acquire Alaska properties including Topkuk Ditch at Nome and Chihagoff near Sitka. It plans 100 prospectors, dredging on the Yukon, and aims to list as World Mining Company on the New York curb.
In Lorain Ohio at St Josephs hospital a boy and a girl were delivered by Caesarean section to Mrs Wallice Trowbridge wife of a National Tube Company official. The twins weighed about five and six pounds respectively and both mother and children are reported healthy. The father plans to name the boy Caesar and the girl Mary after the mother. Dr Bert E Graves performed the operation and noted no prior record of twins via Caesarean birth.
Pigeons perch on minute hands of the tower clocks at King Street station between 7 and 9 each night. They delay the Great Northern and Northern Pacific clocks during their ascent from the half hour to the hour, then depart after the hour point. Sometimes two birds perch on a single hand. Travelers are starting to doubt the posted correct time.
The tale recounts James Purcell, a loyal sourdough prospector who hid his gold find from Spain to prevent their claim on the West. He was jailed in Santa Fe, later released by Zebulon Pike, and his secret spurred American prospecting in Colorado as gold fever surged from Montana diggings to Fifty Gold Mines.
A government study maps the new forest boundary reductions in Alaska. It removes areas near Valdez and the Kenai peninsula from the forest reserve, including towns Hope Sunrise Kenai Ninilchik, while preserving Hinchinbrook Montague and other islands. The plan defines lines from the Copper River railroad to Cascade Glacier and along latitudes near Seward reflecting multiple eliminations.
Ex governor William Sulzer visits Seattle after Alaska tour and surveys copper mines. He predicts Alaska will become the world’s premier summer resort as climate grows milder due to the Japan current. He believes within two hundred years not a glacier will remain in Alaska, while mineral production will rise for a century at least. Dr Auringer announces new lenses from the Outside and Saturday eye tests. Pioneer office offers job printing.
W C Mitchell plans a new mill operation by the Lamter Company at the mouth of Moneke. The project aims to harvest about 200000 feet of lumber, with the Clark Lambert Company overseeing and the facility to be run by Mitchell.
The text outlines that any person may kill vicious or aggressive animals or dogs at large, provided provocation is absent. If the owner is known, they must be notified before action, and only after reasonable opportunity to respond. The provision targets threats from dogs or fowls amid disruptive behavior.
A translated wartime appeal from German Jews to American readers describes Russians shelling Polish towns, urging aid to victims. The letter laments destruction of homes, calls for mercy over iron, and pleads Americans to heed those displaced and grieving. It emphasizes Europe in peril and seeks generosity over war profiteering.
A bizarre revival tale reaches Whitehorse from Yukon interior natives. An Indian healer known as a messiah, after death, rises speaking many languages and preaches a new faith. He instructs followers to worship on a specific day, turn faces heavenward, and adopt other strict customs. The tale links to Klukwan and Skagway, with reports of widespread native interest and professed believers.
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