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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
2
The message states a Second Class matter designation for Amgustath IOI at Seward Alaska post under the Act of Congress of March 1872. It references postal classification and location. It reads as an old formal imprint indicating mail status and processing standards.
The Alaska Central railroad head in Seattle rejects a grand Arctic expansion. It plans to settle immigrants along the southern Alaska coast where temperatures stay mild, and trains will run up the Tanana only part of the year. The paper mocks sensational Arctic notions and notes no current plan for a North Pole expedition.
Report describes Seward’s muted Christmas with sun at 9:30 and near freezing temps while eastern hills catch sun longer, praising a rare balmy White Christmas. Mentions Blackwood's progress article on Alaska Central railroad route and notes from Montana and Ballard voting, plus quips about Harvard football, DJ starters, and President Roosevelt on charity for his daughter.
A Philadelphia attorney and real estate professional named Jack OBrien is described as a shrewd pupilist. The political vaudeville in San Domingo resumes, yet Uncle Bam shows indifference to securing a reserved seat.
The Fairbanks News denounces Seattle delegates who refused to back Johanson for congressional delegate, noting their stance led to his defeat and reshaped local political momentum in Alaska.
The 1904 Mineral Resources report highlights Kenai peninsula coal fields and areas around Coal Inlet. Ralph W. Stone notes extensive deposits at Kachemak Bay Homer Spit and Mine Camp Coal Creek. Port Graham seams are strong, Tyoonok coal inferior, Mat anuska coal leads in fixed carbon. Additional notes cover Alaska coal quality and regional geology.
The Santa Ana steamer, Capt. Moore, lands in port after a record voyage from Seattle totaling less than nine days out. She endured Sitka’s storm fourteen hours but posted a swift inside passage run. The Bertha trails in behind, with Sitka weather and shipping mixed in. The Santa Ana carried 30 feet class and 23 steel passengers, plus 47 tons of Seward cargo including a big rotary plow for the railroad and 201 tons of steel. The ship left Seattle Thursday morning, with plans to load ore at Kilamar and sail from Valdez January 1.
A businessman in New York has served as legal guardian for about 9000 boys entering the U S Navy over 22 years. He describes how homelessness and lack of guardians led him to sign contracts for underage recruits, often with no relatives, in surrogate and Brooklyn receiving ship offices.
H. Hill in London notes the fly’s crime capacity and strength as nearly seven times a horse’s, its lifting power twenty times its weight, and its oxygen absorption. It walks on ceilings due to gum exuding hairs, has an evil eye with many facets, and 1700 to 1800 olfactory-related parts for detecting unsound meat. Russia hails the center of the stage with no climax in sight.
A description of the matapalo vine termed the tree killer by Spaniards. It begins as a climber, rapidly grows, sends out root shoots, and encircles trees choking their life. Over a few years the host tree rots and falls, leaving the vine standing upright and hollow.
A British view of Roosevelt appears in satirical verse by ahiam now serving as private secretary to Lord Rosebery and published under Misrepresentative Men. The piece mocks daily life and elicits quips from golf, railroads, and cures, while other notes touch on majesty laws, German statutes, and Uruguay cattle practices.
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