Sealing Industry's Rise and Fall narrated
An account recalls the sealing trade from its luxurious heyday to its collapse. It covers hunters in the Bering Sea, the Pribilof leases, and the shift to government management after international arbitration and a series of regulations. It notes the vast mortality among fur seals and the economic impact on Seattle and Alaska.
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United States
Alaska
Pribilof Islands
Pribilofs
Seattle
California
Aleutian Islands
Struggie
Russia
Bering Sea
North American Commercial Co
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Congress
Strawberries Thriving Northward in Alaska Crosses
Photo by Curtis and Miller notes hybrids of cultivated and wild Alaska coast strawberries yield stalks up to 18 inches and berries about 1.25 inches long. Blueberries huckleberries and currants are abundant suggesting possible canning factories. Gooseberries flourish along the coast while blackberries dewberries loganberries and grapes struggle.
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Alaska Coast
Alaska
Alaska Hunters Find Immense Wild Fowl Paradise
Alaska offers a vast hunting ground for ptarmigan grouse ducks geese and shore birds with migratory Northward breeding grounds and numerous sea birds. The article notes protected seabird colonies and seven refuges including islands in Bering Sea Cook Inlet and Sitka sound, managed by Forest Service officials W G Weigle and J T Hunt.
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Alaska
Bering Sea
Arctic
Aleutian Islands
Rocky Coast
Yukon
Kuskokwim
St. Matthew
Hail
Pinnacle
Alaska Trades with Seattle Sparks Regional Commerce
Alaska firms send large quantities of supplies to Seattle each year, boosting regional trade. The article highlights sustained northward shipments and the economic ties between Alaska and Seattle, noting the scale of deliveries and the role of local companies in sustaining commerce.
Alaska trade impact on Seattle exports in 1913 and 1918
Seattle merchants benefited from Alaska trade with 1918 exports totaling 7.76 million dollars. Goods ranged from wagon wheels to toothpicks and included automobiles, typewriters, bread, canned salmon, canned beef, leather boots, dynamite, and fresh beef. Highlights note 90% of the value went to Seattle wholesalers and manufacturers.
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Alaska
Seattle
Mr. Lowbrow
Local Alaska Lighthouse District Officials Named
The Sixteenth district in Alaska appoints Walter G. D ib ingpector and Milo eadly as superintendent in Ketchikan, with duties linked to harbor safety and navigation.
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Alaska
Walter G. Dibingpector
Ketchikan
Milo Eadly
Alaska Inspectors Named for Hulls and Boilers
George H. Whitney and Thomas P. Deering are inspectors of hulls in Juneau and St Michaels. Peter G. Peltrich and Thomas E. Kell are inspectors of boilers in Juneau and St Michaelis.
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George H. Whitney
Juneau
Peter G. Peltrich
Thomas P. Deering
St. Michaels
Thomas E. Kell
St. Michaelis
Rosy Prophecy by Roosevelt 11 Years Ago
Theodore Roosevelt spoke in 1903 about Alaska predicting a large future population and bold development. He said Alaska would rival the Scandinavian Peninsula in people within a century and would yield rich minerals fisheries and vast possibilities.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Alaska
Europe
America
Location of Alaska in Lat Long Bounds
Alaska lies between 61 degrees 20 minutes and 71 degrees 20 minutes north and between 180 degrees west and 175 degrees east longitude.
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Alaska
Camel Exchange Sparks Tense Muttering Between Mother and Calf
A brief cartoon dialogue shows a baby camel asking for a drink while the mother camel snaps back, remarking that she only gave one five weeks ago, highlighting a humorous moment of animal behavior.
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Southland
Puget Sound
Seala
Camall
London
Vancouver Island
Cape Flattery
Curtis & Miler
Curtis & Miller
Alaskans
Northern
Alaska Forest Service
Tongass National Forest
W. G. Weigle
Ketchi
Chugach National Forest
JT. Hunt
Cee
Alaska Steamboat Inspection
Goldie-Klenert Distributing Company
Second Ave
Seattle, Wash
East
Elliott
The
Hofbray
First Av
Madison
H. Barnett
W. E. Keyes
Willie
J. F. A. Strong
Chas. E. Davidson
James Wickersham
Fairbanks
W. W
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