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Newspaper
Petersburg Weekly Report
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
2
An officer at a training camp laments American family discipline and notes the public’s reluctance to follow orders. He warns that army life demands instant obedience to prevent misjudgment and protect both individual and unit safety.
Jonathan Bourne warns the new army appropriation includes 43 500 000 for aviation and cautions against red tape that could drain the funds. He notes past aviation allocations were halted by technical rulings, depriving the service of knowledge and equipment, and urges the U S to reclaim leadership in air power.
Rep Victor Heinz of Ohio suggests the postmaster general issue one cent patriotic stamps with the American flag on the backs of envelopes and cards. After printing costs are covered, remaining proceeds would go to the treasury annually. An Indiana paper notes rising subscription prices and a subscriber quits over rapid funding plans.
The piece argues wealth buys many luxuries but cannot yield happiness or a contented mind. It cites Socrates Diogenes Beethoven Turner Reynolds and the sunset to show material possession lacks true goodness beauty and peace. The lesson remains that wealth cannot purchase lasting fulfillment.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat editorial urges flood control measures to direct the Mississippi and its tributaries. It argues for faster removal of excess water to Gulf of Mexico, restraining the river’s swollen rise and fall, and emphasizes prudent river management until rainfall can be regulated.
In The American Magazine Herman Schneider argues that individuals have general traits and tasks have general job traits. He urges matching a person to a role by interpreting traits and guiding toward the best fit, noting some men prefer routine while others seek change and may excel in different fields. The piece includes a humorous Boston Transcript quip about a catarrh beset typewriter.
In a dated collage, dialogue touches on a coloratura soprano Miss X and a dismissive remark about negro singers, with brief onlookers and a lyric line about time as pearls. The fragment suggests a culture of performance talk and moral reflection as shadows.
A prominent New York banker urges thrift as essential to financial success. He defines thrift as prudence, economy, frugality, and industry, comparing it to the instinctual behavior of a dog and a squirrel. He emphasizes thrift in earning, spending, and saving for a secureTomorrow.
A Minneapolis Journal piece quotes a French artist who defines death as the chance to explore the infinite. It contrasts his dream of space flight and cosmic voyage with broader views on death as extinction or immortality, noting all must face it without choice and that opinions vary by hope or rest.
I Myhre Hofstad filed in the U S Land Office at Juneau Alaska an application to purchase 5 68 acres as a Trade and Manufacturing Site on Mitkof Island near Petersburg Alaska The survey 121 with detailed boundary lines was posted June 1 1917 and notices run from June 15 to August 10 1917 C B Walker Register First publication June 15 1917 Last publication August 10 1917
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