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Alaska coastal radio boosts remote lighthouses and sea trade
The U S Lighthouse tender Cedar departed Ketchikan on a routine inspection run along the west coast. Alaska coast radio sets enable isolated lighthouses to receive world news and communicate with nearby stations. A Seattle passenger vessel Victoria faced ice near Nome and diverted to St Michaels on June 13. Fox skins display at Goldstein's Emporium in Juneau valued up to 1000 dollars each, totaling 20000 dollars. Government expeditions will inspect fur seals at Pribilof, Commander Island, and Robben Islands with W T Bowers of the Bureau of Fisheries aboard.
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Alaska
World News
Victoria
Seattle
Bering Sea
St. Michaels
Nome
Goldstein’s Emporium
Juneau
Pribilof
Commander Islans
Robben Islands
Japan
Mojave
W. T. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Commander Island
Alfred H. Brooks
Geological Survey
Asst. Searceiary Huston
Coast Guard