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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
6
Fragmented OCR text notes subscription rates and an act of Congress dated March 8 1809. Mentions One Year and Six Months pricing and a local store or printer in Seward. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Survivors recount hours aboard the Valencia wreck as the Topeka, Queen, and tug Salvor withdrew. Lifeboats proved inadequate while rafts carried eighteen men clinging to oars. Reporters note confusion and missed chances as crews struggled against exposure and hunger.
A feature on Wilson Mizner seizing fortune by charm and timing. It recalls his Alaska past, long-ago singing gigs, and his marriage into wealth via Mrs. Yerkes after her husband’s death. Associates wonder how he secured the chance to rescue the widow.
A long column recalls a widow's endurance across forty years, critiques Pacific navigation and Canadian and U.S. duties, notes wrecks near Vancouver Island, mocks polar expedition aspirations, and comments on legal cases, political figures, and crime cases with satirical tone about 1906 era events and personalities.
Disjointed sentences reference anti Sapotites apostle in Senate a six year term halves served gifts to Alice Roosevelt and poor hungry wanderer eggs in Oregon and Tanapa foreign missionaries in China Christian scientists Russian pretender in purple and linen James Hazen Hyde Congress threatens to cut lieutenant generals supply.
The revenue cutter Rush arrived at 4 30 p m Monday two days and a half out of Sitka and sailed Tuesday to search westward for the steamer Dora which has not been heard since leaving Kodiak December 24 Captain Broadbent will follow Dora’s usual sailing route stopping at every port and shelter The Rush loaded fifty tons of coal and a barrel of engine oil from the Santa Chiara Officials in Seattle say the Dora is not believed in serious distress but may be stranded with limited provisions after two and a half months at sea The Dora may have disabled machinery and be tied up in a westward port If Dora is at Dutch Harbor supplies would not be lacking Northwestern Steamship Company has given up hope Dora was lost in the recent coast storm Santa Ana will continue westward runs until new arrangements are made between companies.
Dr Grieve acquired a rare eider down robe from Kenai, crafted from 240 male and female duck down by Aleutian artists in Dutch Harbor. The four pound, quilt thick robe, notable for invisible seams, is valued high though cost undisclosed. Nearby Tenderfoot creek yields a rich strike after initial disappointments. A mix of local lore and sports quips are cited, including Roosevelt legal action and Sitka natives Christianization.
The Leg lature department after an examination finds it cannot reimburse miners for losses of gold at the Seattle assay office connected to Cosbler Adams thefts lacking congressional action. Few miners may prove losses while a rescue committee struggles. court claims seem unlikely.
Obituary recounts William A. Bells long life across Maine West Virginia Alaska and Seward where he operated a cigar store after moving from Skagway and joining the Arctic Brotherhood. Survived by a wife, the funeral set for 2 PM at Moore's hall under Arctic Brotherhood auspices.
Steamship movements list vessels including Farallon and Oregon sailing from Seattle on the 10th and 13th respectively and 19th from Seattle. Santa Clilad and Santa Ana appear with Seward origins and Santa Ana sailing westward on the 17th and Santa Clilad on the 12th.
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