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Newspaper
Petersburg Weekly Report
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
3
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt shows a man and a woman debating marriage as a contract. The woman asserts businesslike terms and offers a second option while the man seeks a first option, revealing tensions between love and commerce.
Carl Marshall argues that savings function as profits for wage earners and salaried workers. He emphasizes that a paycheck is gross receipts, with profits defined by subtracting living costs. Increasing profits requires higher income or lower expenses, urging thrift to boost living standards.
The text blends reflections on immortality and bodily desire with mythic and religious imagery. It cites St Paul and Buddhist ideas, contrasts West and East, and references Clarimonde and Eurydice, then shifts to a legal notice for the estate of John B. Featherston in Alaska with dates in 1919.
Washington according to a statement by the federal board for vocational education thousands of positions as associates assistants helpers extension workers and county agents are offered to disabled men. these stepping stones lead to higher promotions and better compensation in agricultural colleges experiment stations and extension services. many former workers will not return to their posts and substitutes will be replaced by trained men as soon as possible. continued study abroad in France and other countries spurs interest in agricultural lines and outdoor occupations for disabled vets with agricultural backgrounds.
The article recalls Mynheer Van Elges of Rotterdam who amassed a museum of tobacco relics and seventy kinds of tobacco. At his death aged eighty one, his will directed a funeral where smokers of Rotterdam received ten pounds of tobacco and two pipes bearing Van Elges arms. The ceremony featured pipes, matches, and a pipe ash rite.
Major General Barnett disclosed that 126 officers and 5,078 Marines were killed or wounded as U S Marines fought near Chateau Thierry on July 5 during the Paris area German thrust. Marines took Lucy le Bois and Bouresches, contradicting claims they were not in the fight.
A German professor counts 278 abdications and dethronements in Germany. Bavaria leads with one king, one queen, 15 princes, 16 princesses, five dukes and one duchess. Prussia exiles includes the emperor and empress plus 20 princes and 11 princesses. Brunswick and Lippe show smaller royal lists, while Schaumburg-Lippe has nearly one royal per five square miles.
Captain Alexander Donaldson of the Matunga charges German guards in Hartz mountain camps robbed Red Cross parcels for Australian prisoners. He claims about 40 percent were astray before an armistice and about 80 percent after, due to the camp staff and a driver disposing parcels at a shop en route.
Virginia Illinois resident John Severon showed friends a pot of gold that allegedly fell from a foundation in Chandlerville. The kettle reportedly contained 140 gold pieces valued at $20 each, dating from before the Civil War, with more details uncertain.
A store manager praises cheerful workers over solemn ones, arguing a smiling, hopeful attitude boosts sales and confidence in customers. He notes cheerful staff promote stock, display products attractively, and believe in what they sell, predicting higher performance than grave clerks.
The London Mail recounts how the old St Pauls tower rose to 5200 feet and its vast nave served as a bustling market after the Reformation. Hucksters, peddlers, servants, shriveners, clergy, and others gathered along pillars and transepts, creating a public thoroughfare until the great fire of 1666 swept it away.
In 1678 Virginia faced frequent Indian raids on frontier settlements. The people requested Governor Berkeley to permit a guard led by Nathaniel Bacon to defend their shores, but Berkeley refused. As tensions rose, a fever spread during the expedition and several died.
The Washington national botanical garden showcases trees planted by notable figures. Charles A. Dana, General Grant, Senators Hoar and Evarts, and Senator Crittenden contributed trees, with Edwin Booth and Edwin Forrest also honored. Most famed is Lincoln's hornbeam shading about one tenth of an acre.
The article discusses how Indian music is exclusively vocal with no instrumental borrowing. It notes songs rarely use words, often use syllables, and lack a fixed pitch or standard tuning. Each singer chooses pitch based on voice and mood, with melodies not sharing lyrics across stanzas.
The death of a Bath woman named Snodgrass draws unusual attention beyond her status, per Observator. It notes traded Dickensian names like Pickwick and Winkel remain rare in 1919 directories, with Winkel unlikely to adopt English name forms despite easy letter shifts.
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