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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
The notice shows Gateway Publishing Co registered as second class matter at Seward, Muska, with a mailing period of one year or six months options under the act of Congress. It lists rates of $3.00 for six months and $1.50 for a year, and mentions handling at the post office.
Seward faces a booming mining future as Falls creek shows rich quartz prospects nearby Kenni peninsula. Local miners expect several large camps if the gulch proves productive, with eastern syndicates buying hydraulic properties and plans for rail access boosting prospects for Seward and Alaska’s mining economy.
A compendium of opinion on Louis XVI concedeAutocratic power and Hussite revolts, with reflections on leadership and revolution. The piece notes Alaska fiction by Pearson in The Shirk, and mentions figures such as Jackson 1 Corbet, Dick Ryan, and Edna Wallace Hopper, with brief social commentary on secret societies, college writings, and public figures.
Weather data summarizes the week ending December 1 with routine values. Vague notes touch on topics from postage costs to college expenses, plus Ira D. Sankey beginning to rewrite his unpublished Gospel Hymns manuscript, which was destroyed by fire years ago.
The Kansas senator Burton was found guilty of taking fees for services before a national department, representing a client of questionable standing. Critics say his conduct shows he is no better than the era’s political rooks, undermining Kansas’s decent leadership and aiding rivals.
Activists wave for change while the Alaska convention sits in session in Seattle, as radicals ramp up anti war activity and aim to mobilize public support amid ongoing tensions.
The line compares verbose Russian revolutionists to American boxers, suggesting both talk a lot while the pugilists sometimes deliver. It also notes that football game scores often omit whether points refer to scores or fatalities.
A reflective Thanksgiving message urges citizens to worship and give thanks to God for blessings, noting gratitude should extend beyond self to helping others. It stresses the Christian view of divine impartiality and the duty to express appreciation to God and to spread gratefulness to others.
Report of a political dinner where Jerome denounced the judiciary and urged reform, amid warnings about disrespect for courts. Also notes a historic Great Lakes gale of November 20 wrecking nineteen vessels, with several steel ships sunk and many small craft lost, deaths feared.
Dr G W Dutton sailed for Miamna on the Dora to supervise copper mine development. He then came to Seward on the Sant Ana with supplies after weeks abroad. Sixteen men work on the Dutton property, deemed an excellent prospect. The clippings also reference police photographs, a French inquiry, farm sunflowers repurposed as posts, and various satirical notes on public figures and events.
Stuyvesant Fish ridicules male fashion devotion to the derby and narrow brims, noting how all men follow fashion blindly despite discomfort. The piece contrasts women guiding taste with men's conformity, then shifts to a report on cow whale domestication and milk production.
Bertha sailed westward on the 26th returning to Ist. Portland and from Seattle on the 27th bound for Seward on the 7th. Santa Clara left Seattle on the Ist for Oregon, and Santa Ana departed Seward on the 30th.
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