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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
6
Arctic Winter Sight Gathers Seward Climate Contrasts
The article notes Seward Alaska’s mild winter behavior compared with Puget Sound and the Midwest, citing Seward’s rare subzero days, narrow temperature fluctuations, and steady readings around freezing in December, with a weekly pattern of light snowfall and warming toward Christmas. It contrasts Seward’s climate with Seattle and the Middle West, highlighting immigrants’ winter attire and import of Arctic conditions to a southern audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Sewand
Alaska
Seward
North Pole
Puget Soune
Seattle Most Intelligencer
Mercury
Rockies
Post- Intelligencer
Weather Bureau
Sovant
Puget Sound
Sound
Middle West
Seattle
Sevant
Seward Gains Lumber Supply as Building Boom Looms
Two vessels chartered to deliver 7500 feet of lumber and other building material to Seward, bringing relief after a year of shortages that hampered construction. With new ships on the way, the town will have enough roofs and space for incoming settlers, but delays in freight have left many lots vacant and lodging scarce. Citizens in good standing face jury duty in Valdez as the situation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Savard
Mater
Alaska
Valdez
Simensted criticizes Seattle papers over Alaska town claims
Charles Simensted of Valdez complains that Seattle papers boost Seward as Alaska’s leading port while actual cargo destined for Valdez is substantial. He notes conflicting reports about steamship cargo and townsite activity, urging accuracy in reporting regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Simensted
Valdeg
Portland Telegram
W H
Seattle
Seward
Alaska
Worthind
Onsted
Valdes
Simensted
Hol Edith
Incomorive
Alaska Central
Jubn Rosene
Valdez
Itvoad
Seve Tines
Eastern
Vadder
Ony Index
Valdex Wthawestamship Company
Ts “Am
Russia Sees Dark Echoes Of France Revolution
The article warns Russia risks chaos and brutality if reform stalls, drawing parallels with eighteenth century France. It cites Witte and Mirabeau as figures who could steer change, but warns aristocracy and commonalty may fail to compromise. It notes Sel eattle Times Alaska piece and a damaged insurance debate, plus a Portland police captain injured chasing a burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
Witte
Mirabeau
Rusia
Voltaire
Tolstoi
Stover
Portland
Fragmented Alaska News Snippet Blends Politics and Oddbits
A jumble of notes mentions Miss Fitz of Nome losing 85000 fur, Alaska railroad ambitions, government aid, and various figures like Senator Platt and Governor Higgins. It references Dowie, Japan Korea, Jim Hill freight cuts, and political bosses amid a holiday adjournment, mixing oddities and political chatter without a clear single event.
Fishing banks of Alaska in the North Pacific
A reprint from the Pilot Chart for December lists cod and small halibut abundance on major Alaska cod banks. Slime, Baird, Portlock, and Albatross banks cover 1,445 to 3,700 square miles with depths from eleven to ninety fathoms. Bottoms are sand, gravel, or shells. conditions vary by bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Veringsen
Baird Bank
Bristol Bay
Portlock Bank
Kodiak Island
Kadiak — Island
Great chance for quartz mining on Kenai peninsula
Prospecting for quartz on the Kenai peninsula is expected to give a strong boost to mining activity. The Falls Creek discoveries, bonded to Charles D. Lane H. A. Ingalls and L. B. Shaw, have attracted Nome and Seward officials as well as mining men from Nome. J. F. Shaw leads Falls Creek development with hired labor poised to expand. The find is early stage but anticipates a mine of value, with seasoned miners and investors like Theo Allen and T. M. Lane joining the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenai Peninsula
Walls Creek
Skeen
Lechner
Charles D. Lane
H. A. Ingalls
L. B. Shaw
J. F. Shaw
Falls Creek
Alaska
Siberia
Seward
Corwin
H- A. Ingalls
Bardek
Northland
Theo. Allen
West
Wild Goose Mining Company
Nome
Oregon
T. M. Lane
C.D. Ee
A. Ingalls
Hoe
Joe LeClair
A.D. Wentworth
Free Pelton
Kangarok
A. D. McLennan
Candle Creek
Bill Hugles
Peru
A. Evicson
Klondike
Real Estate and Claims Filed in Seward and Kenai Districts
Deed dated December 21 transfers lots 37-38 in block 4 Seward from Frank L. Ballaine to J M Cummings and H Tecklenburg for 900 dollars. Location Notice for Axel Heroda records two 20 acre quartz claims on the north shore of Lake Kenai. December 20 letters of administration granted for the estate of Lewis Johnson who died in Seward on August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Ballaine
J. M. Cummings
H. Tecklenburg
Seward
Axel Heroda
Lake Kenai
J. L. Reed
Lewis Johnson
Alaska Central Railway Company Headquarters Invite
Seattle notice invites all Alaskans to route mail through the Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Central Railway Company in the Lumber Exchange Building Seattle and to treat the Bureau as their headquarters while in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Central Railway Company
Lumber Exchange Building
Seattle
Wash
Alaska Central Railway Co
Ships sailings from Seattle and Seward noted
The Seward Steamer list shows Santa Ana sailing from Seattle on the 16th to Seward by the 26th. Harold Dollar leaves Seattle around the 23rd. Bertha is in Seattle with Portland plans and sailed from Seward on the 11th. Santa Clara sails for Seattle from Seward on the 13th. Oregon left Seward on the 15th. In Sweden a plumber is called a yat tenledings entrepenor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HPS
Victoria
Tacoma
Elsior
Dora
Oregon
Edith
Pennsylvan
Valdez
Seward
Cook Inlet
San Francisco
N. Siberian
Santa Clara
Santa Ana
Seattle Valdez
Orego
Santa Glara
Seattle
Seldovia
Yakutat Idovia
Conna
S. Neptune
Unalaska
Dutch Harbor
All
S. P. Brown
Agt
Coleman House
Alaska
Urning
Harold Dollar
Bertha
Portland
Sweden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seward Gateway
Gateway Publishing CO
Congress
Munch
MR. Simensted
Seattle Times
Times
James H. Hyde
Long Island
Young Insurance
Ymate
Rourke Cochran
Miss Fitz
Platt Overnor Higgins
Odell
Hordova Bay
Japan
Korea
Jim Hill
Pop
Civil Service Reform Teague
Tretty Green
Sti
Fishing Banks OF
Cod
North Pacific
L. F. Shaw
Olympia Beer
Olympia Brewing CO
Jackson St
Northwestern Steamship Company
U. S. Mail and Express
JU. F. Trowbridge
E. G. McMicken
First Ave
Alaska Commercial Co
Juneau
John J. McManus
Brown and Hawkin
Alaskncisco Onice
Sunsome St
J. Humphrey
THE
Alaska Transfer
Christiensen & Laubner
Ashland
Alaska Central Commercial Co
Wallace & Thompson
G. W. Palmer General Merchandise
Prospector's
Knik P.O
Seward, Alaska
F. E. Youngs
Lascy
U. S. Dep
District OF Alaska
Frank H. Lasgy
U. S. Mineral and Land Surveyor
Adare Seldovia
Gecil H. Clegg
Fourth Avenue
Seward, Alia
H. H. Hildreth Notary Public
Seward Steamers
F. Relief Association Jsident
E. W
Troas
C. T. Daggett
S. B. Cor
Fourth Ave
Washington St
C. L. Hale
Brown & Hawkins
Seward Alaska
E. R. Gray
G. H. Gibbons, M. D
Carstens
A. G. Baker
Public Accountant
Gould and Conners
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