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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
8
The Philadelphia mint resumes full operation with about 550 workers after layoffs. Washington brings large coinage orders including $10,000,000 in 320 gold coins, likely followed by more. A heavy coinage of silver and copper is also anticipated.
Tomorrow at 11 a m the pastor preaches Some Meditations for Lent and at 8 p m Sacrifices Acceptable to God. Sunday school follows at 12315. Public invited. L H Pedersen, pastor.
Cale tests his Home Rule measure before the Territorial Government committee and faces strong opposition from Governor Leggat. The report also notes Prof. C Alphonso Smith in New York discussing an English grammar from a Southern perspective and an arithmetical example referencing Confederate soldiers. A New York line of workers at 516 West Twenty eighth Street awaits daily work from 7 to 10, with forty on site and others queued for hours, many eager to work despite scarce opportunities.
Major Richardson moved from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Infantry but will not delay Alaska road work. Secretary Garfield urged Congress to raise Alaska schools funding from 200000 to 250000 dollars, arguing the larger sum is essential for ongoing work.
In Brooksville, Kentucky, fifty or more riders arrived by buggy and on horseback. They guarded the Bracken County Telephone Company exchange and forced no violence, but uprooted and burned 15,000 pounds of tobacco owned by Robert Stenton before quietly leaving.
An official investigation reports a critical condition in southwestern island areas. A short tobacco harvest has led to widespread job losses, causing money shortages and food scarcity among many workers and families.
The Jewish Chronicle notes the chess title has stayed in Jewish hands for forty two years. Steinitz held it for many years until 1894 and Lasker has been champion since then. Lasker credits Jewish success to chess rules grounded in self defense in life's struggles, and praises Jewish skill in this art.
The following names appear on the unclaimed letters register at the Seward post office: W. J. Foster, Dick Groom, G. N. Gray, M. H. Handcock, J. C. Minney, J. W. McNamara, Mrs. S. McClam… hon, Otto L. Olson, Julius Ranning, Mr. Constantine Youlander, Lillian N. Gordon, P. M. The notice lists residents awaiting retrieval of mail items.
An excerpt from The Seattle Magazine extols Alaska scenery as an adventurous cruise from Seattle to Alaska. It highlights inland seas grand mountains still seas and remote fiords while noting the Manley Hot Springs as a tropical Arctic health resort owned by Frank Manley with a hotel bath houses and a farm.
The Sun notes China operates a single steel plant since 1944 using local ore coal and labor, producing about 50 000 tons annually, a stark contrast to Britain's 23 000 000 tons per year in steel. The piece cites limited modernization and industrial lag in China.
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