Dawson the Golden City Peculiarities of a Town That Grew
Special correspondence describes Dawson in Yukon Territory as a town that rapidly became a city. It notes a population surge in winter with many Americans driving business, the influential U S consul, and a paradox of a disciplined mining camp with quiet streets, saloons, and dance halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Tf.rill
Newspaper Enterprise Ansociation
U. & Senate
Alaska
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Danaon
Tiomanga Creek
Jos Ladue
Cire City
United States
Daweon
Dawson Life in the Far North During Summer Heat
A visitor describes Dawson's extreme climate with frozen ground, ice foundations, and corrugated iron warehouses. Police under Major Cuthbert maintain order in this harsh town, where long daylight and near cold-free nights define daily life, and Grand Forks at the Klondike river environs thrives as a bustling nearby town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daweon
Dawson
Sero
Ronanga Creek
Klondike River
Grand Forks
Nearer the Mines than Dawlin in Creek Illustration
An illustration shows Senators Nelson Patterson and Dietrich near a mining scene on the creek with Will H Brill mentioned. The fragment indicates a political or civic context linked to local mining imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Patterson
Dietrich
Will H. Brill
Fair golfers hold tourney at Wheaton links
A small army of four golfers opened the women’s national championship at the Chicago club Wheaton. Favorite Mrs Charles T Stout declines to defend title. Western champion Miss Bonate Anthony leads entrants. A wedding breakfast followed at Sen ator Jones’s Stuyvesant Square home. The bride’s rumored dowry is 5000000. The Paris meeting where Farquhar met her is noted. Also announced are round trip fare to the Yakima fair and a Seattle special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayety
Annal
Chicago
Senator Jones
Stuyvesant Square
Farquhar
Paris
Yakima
Seattle
N. P
Brilliant wedding solemnized in New York
The wedding occurred in a New York church with Miss Marion Jones of Nevada and Robert D. Farquhar of Newton Mass as the marrying couple. The ceremony drew many socially prominent attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
York
Son
Marion Jones
Benator Jones
Nevada
Robert D. Farquhar
David W. Parquhar
Newton
Mass
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Northwest Mounted Police
Cuthbert
Smith
Wren
Bom
Lacanery Wxon
Excelsior
Monarch Shoe & Clothing Co
First Ave
Roy Potttice
FAIR
Sypher
Hell
Ballard
Ame
Lion
Teale. Clothing House
Citizens Light & Power Co
L. C. Smith
J.W. Clise
C. R. Collins
First Avenue
Main
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