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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
6
Gateway Publishing Co records indicate second class matter handling with post office address listed in Seward, Musk, under act of Congress March 18. Subscription rates show one year with mail service in advance and six months pricing.
Seward braces for a mining surge as Falls Creek shows bonanza prospects and nearby quartz deposits on Kenni peninsula. Eastern syndicates buy hydraulic property on Cook Inlet, signaling confidence in Alaska’s mining future and the Als Central railroad expanding inland to facilitate ore transit.
The article criticizes Louis for yielding autocratic power to pacify extremists, arguing concessions would have kept loyalty and crown. It notes Hussite revolts, references Pearson’s Alaska tale The Shirk, and mentions figures like Dick Ryan, Jerome, and Edna Wallace Hopper amid assorted social commentary and brief anecdotes.
Weather record summarizes the week ending December 1 with notes on temperature and conditions. A separate editorial quip questions the cost of sending a boy to college. Ira D. Sankey begins rewriting his unpublished book The Story of Gospel Hymns, whose manuscript burned years ago.
Kansas Senator Burton faces conviction for accepting fees for services before a national department on behalf of a questionable client. The case highlights corruption in political circles and notes Kansas voters historically repudiate such acts while praising honest leadership.
Activists opposed to war organize in Seattle during the Alaska convention session, arguing the conflict remains useless. Demonstrations aim to draw attention while delegates gather in the city.
The note compares Russian revolutionists and American boxers as talkative types and fighters while warning that football score returns often omit whether numbers refer to points or fatalities.
A Thanksgiving message urges gratitude to God for blessings and calls on citizens to worship and give thanks. It stresses that thanks should lead to acts of generosity, making others grateful, and recalls biblical and patriotic sentiments about mercy, peace, and connection to Maker.
Cable dispatch from New York reports Jerome criticizing the judiciary at a reform celebration. Chicago notes nineteen Great Lakes ships wrecked in a historic storm, with many small craft lost and high chances of further fatalities as the gale continues.
Dr G W Dutton sailed for Miamna on the Dora to supervise development work on copper mines there. He arrived in Seward on the Sant Ana after a brief outside stay to buy supplies. Sixteen men work on the Dutton property, deemed an excellent prospect.
Stuyvesant Fish wife of the Illinois Central president targets male fashion obsession in a New York society roast. She mocks derby hats for all men, argues broad or narrow brims misfit different faces, and says fashion ruins handsome men. The piece ends noting the cow whale taming by Professor Mueller and a Seward winter passenger rise alongside Alaska trade chatter.
SEWARD STEAMERS report westward voyage on the 26th with return due by the Ist. Portland departs Seattle the 27th en route to Seward arriving the 7th. Santa Clara ships from Seattle on the Ist and Oregon from Seattle on the 4th. Santa Ana sails from Seward on the 30th.
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