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Newspaper
Petersburg Weekly Report
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
2
Calls to cancel the Morningside contract grow amid charges of mistreatment at the Alaska asylum. Proposals urge government takeover to build and run a state hospital for insane residents, with temporary custody in other facilities if needed.
A digest of historic pens tied to treaties and notable figures. Quill pens signed major peace accords, sold prizes, and fed collecting lore. References include the Paris treaty, Spain-U.S. war, Empress Eugenie, Queen Victoria, and Lincoln, with notes on authors and other famed users.
A collection of social vignettes and anecdotes about wealth and status. It notes a New York ambience with Mrs Danvers trying to mingle with the upper crust, a Newly rich woman exploiting social access, Bayonne bayonets, Hindu juggling tricks, and a teasel craft used by textile mills. It closes with a child asking what her father does at the office.
Germany prepares to build many merchant ships to be ready when war ends amid debates in the reichstag over American competition. It is argued that Americans profited from war but reduced overall merchandise exports while concentrating on war materials.
Local merchants in small towns pledge support to the celebration committee while mail order firms are not included in the appeal. The message encourages widespread participation from traditional retailers.
The Brocken specter is a striking optical effect seen at sunrise or sunset from the Brocken summit in Saxony. It projects a large silhouetted observer onto rising mist in the valley opposite the peak, occurring about eight to nine times annually and once widely noted.
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