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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1907
Page
2
The notice records Gateway Publishing Co being retitled as second class matter on August 2nd, 19 at the Sevant Alaska post office under the provisions of the act of Converts of March. A fee of $3.00 plus $1.50 is noted.
In a chaotic feature, local officials accuse Governor Moges of inflated self importance while colleagues mock his competence. The piece traces political squabbles, rumors, and provocations as factions clash over leadership and influence amid a tense civic setting.
A garbled item mocks early medical theories on the soul and death, lampooning figures like Rockefeller and Morgan. It jokes that tailors will demand suspenders and serging, noting amusing faults in clothing trends and fashion predictions, finishing with a quip about brains and tailoring.
The Nader Prospector and News merges with the older Prospectos paper forming a single title. Owners decide Vale dee is too slim for one paper, so The Prospector continues as a daily and weekly publication under the consolidated name.
The intelligencer claims nearly everybody in Alaska wants self-government while the governor circulates fiction about support. The remark highlights a political disagreement over public opinion and messaging in the territory.
The clipping covers Union Pacific and Great Northern leadership rumors, Alaska mining activity on Lake Iliamna and Hig creek, a long overland Yucatan-Chandler trip, claims on the Chandler benches, expected winter earnings, and mining journal promotion. It notes C F Boggs return, bear-hunting plans for W Bass, and mining trade advertisements.
A garbled wire service report claimed a verdict of acquittal before jurors deliberated further. The chaotic coverage misled readers as jurors debated the case in New York after a trial that entangled observers, with court notes and testimonies cited in a tense, uncertain atmosphere.
Steamer Yucatan, newest in Northwestern Steam Ship Co fleet, arrived in port Tuesday at 4 19 PM with Capt John A O'Brien on the bridge. The vessel carried 24 passengers from Seattle and 13 from Valdez, along with a local freighter of forty tons. The Yucatan, similar in design to the Northwestern ships, is believed to join the regular Seattle service this winter, with forward deck improvements noted.
Real estate and mining records note transfers for Seaward to Briggs Re Manse in S. block 1, Serward Mallaine 10, and Seward to Afnnwell Ainette. The records reference RG. Doherty and related parcel descriptions.
An odd transcription fragment mentions a Seward Steamer patron Santyle Wie PhD from Afi Salk and references Seattle, with partial names and places. The readable text is fragmentary but indicates a local patronage or attendance at an event in Seattle, tied to a research or academic affiliation.
The document notes a court summons for publication in the District of Alaska related to a mining property dispute. It identifies Gulet et al as defendants and outlines publication timing, costs, and the court who will preside, with the case details including dates and parties involved and required publication steps.
Co owners Charles Ecklenburg and others publish a notice in Seward Alaska stating that eight placer mining claims Dominion Gravel Group Northern Group Montana Group and others require annual work and labor. They list the shares due from each co owner totaling seven hundred dollars and warn that failure to contribute within ninety days after publication will forfeit the owner’s interest to the undersigned. Published Feb 9 to May 1 1907.
Notice to co owners George Burchey and Victor Simons in Kenai precinct Alaska states that A has expended labor and improvements on six lode mining claims in the Lookout Bay View Fourth of July group and that the co owners must contribute $61.15 within ninety days or their share will be forfeited under the Revised Statutes. The notice is dated January 11 1907 with first publication January 12 1907 and last publication April 13 1907 Seward Alaska.
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