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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
6
A billing note identifies Chas. I. Asie as an authorized agent for services at the Pastern office located in the 212 Alworth Building. The entry includes a price of three dollars and a discounted one fifty.
The piece reflects on George Washington and earlier presidents like Lincoln and Madison, praising Washington as a noble, civic-virtue figure who shaped the presidency. It notes his aristocratic bearing, carriage to Congress, and the belief that no man fit the presidential office until the right time.
The piece notes Ouida died in poverty despite popular fame. It praises her deep knowledge of human nature and storytelling, citing The Dog of Flanders as a touching work. Critics lament that subtlety and restraint are wasted on a mass audience while acknowledging her lasting influence.
The piece notes unemployed marches in Boston Cincinnati St Louis Chicago and elsewhere pressuring mayors for public work relief. It cites Morrison I Swift leading a Trinity Church audience request and Governor Gould defending existing labor approaches amid broader unemployment concerns.
Reported tight money market and uncertain finances push Guggenheims to limit Alaska railroad investment. Rumors say Standard Oil races to undermine their fundraising while Reynolds Alaska Development faces looming debt payoff and project restart. Pupil recitals in Seward honor three February born Americans and post letters remain unclaimed at Seward post office with advertised notices.
The article outlines the Straits of Magellan as a 40 mile long passage between jagged 4000 to 3000 foot peaks with perpetual snow. Storms and ice limit navigation and only ten vessels have entered in a decade while Evans’ fleet proceeds single file with careful lookouts. The passage demands chart and lead line guidance amid shifting midsummer daylight and enduring winds.
The long buried city of Herculaneum, beneath Vesuvius ash for 1600 years, will be excavated by the Italian Government after refusing foreign aid. Expect ancient manuscripts and art from the sunlit shores of southern Italy to emerge nearly twenty centuries later.
A Denver Colorado publication promotes Profit and Loss as an independent investor magazine for mining stock buyers worldwide. It offers a free sample copy by mail and advertises clubbing offers and subscriptions while asserting no stocks to sell or boost.
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