Reynolds plan to be boosted in Alaska scheme
It reports that the Harry D Reynolds projects begun last fall at Valdez will be financed and executed by local and eastern interests, notably in the Alaska Home Railway. In San Francisco on Jan 20 it is announced graft cases in which Mayor Schmitz and Abe Ruef starred will be pursued to the limit.
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Seattle
Harry D. Reynolds
Valdez
Alaska Home Railway
Daily Gateway
An Francisco
Schmitz
Abe Ruef
New York
Roller Beats Farmer Burns in Long Wrestling Match
A wrestling match in Seattle pitted Dr Roller against Farmer Burns, a world renowned middleweight. Roller won the first fall after fifty five minutes, and Burns fell to Roller again in twenty minutes of the second set before a crowd of about five thousand. The article also notes bankers debate Western reserve funds and shifting regional capital control.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
Dr. Roller
Farmer Burns
Burns
Roller
Guggenheim plan cited for Alaska railway expansion
The Victoria Colonist says the Guggenheim interests plan expenditures of 25 million dollars for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway in Alaska to be built by M. J. Heney of Seattle, the builder of the White Pass and Yukon Railway. It is described as the largest contract in Alaska development.
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Guggenheim
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
Alaska
M. J. Heney
Seattle
White Pass & Yukon
Victoria
Post Cards and Postal Rates in Dead Letter Office Mail
Post cards sold as merchandise come in leather wood and aluminum forms but must be paper to be posted. Most weigh under an ounce so one cent rate applies unless written content triggers two cent first class mail. This card category contributes daily to dead letter office mail.
Mail Arrives From Hope N O Anderson
Hope mail carrier reports light mail at noon yesterday and notes five feet of loose snow along the trail, impacting travel conditions for the route.
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N.O. Anderson
Hope
Amendment targets official crop data leakage in crim inal code
Washington reports an amendment to the criminal code to make it a penal offense for verment officials to leak crop statistics before the published report. The note mentions a January 25 dispatch from The Daily Gateway and notes on legitimate lawmaker Tawney urging tighter appropriations. It also records the fifth Powers murder trial date set for July 6 and bail denial despite Powers offering funds.
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Y Cable
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Washington, D
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Committee On Appropriations
Eb Powers
Goebel
Kentucky
Powers
Unofficial Washington Note On Pacific Fleet Move
Rumors in Washington claim the fleet sails to the Pacific due to a US China trade understanding. Cancellation of Boxer indemnity may steer Chinese trade toward the United States, provoking Japan. China allegedly boycotting English goods and pledging to extend to Japanese goods upon fleet arrival.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
China
Japan
Returning Workers Boost Dayton and St Louis Plants
The National Cash Register Company factory in Dayton Ohio has resumed operations with three thousand men back at work. In St Louis fifty thousand workers across plants returned after layoffs during the panic.
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National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
St. Louis
Changes in Dora's Crew The Gateway
The Gateway notes changes on the steamer Dora crew returning from Seattle. Purser W. E. Springston is replaced by Manshreck. Clif Morris returns as second officer after his exam. Harry A. Nethery serves two months as substitute post clerk.
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Dora
Seattle
Seward
W. E. Springston
Manshreck
Clif Morris
Clif
Harry A. Nethery
Husband’s cigars resisted seven-year streak despite inducement
Dialog shows a wife claiming she persuaded her husband to quit smoking while he doubts the change, noting seven years of observation without a single cigar quit. The exchange emphasizes skepticism about the supposed habit change.
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Reynolds
Roller Beats
Tawney
Thwaites
Stein - Bloch
Clayson
Stein Bloch
Kirschbaum
Owl Drug Co
THE
Wilson & White Co
Chas Perry
Mgr
Knik Trading Company
G. Herning
Northern Saloon
E. L. Whittemore
Fourth Avenue
Seward, Alaska
Booth & GO
Hope and Girdwood
Booth & Co
Eleedon
Old Line
Hunter Rye
Nelson Co
Olympia
Girdwood
Vu. R. Booth
Ww. P. Henry
Latouche
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company
Prince William Sound
Knight’s Island
Sound Points
Latouche Isl
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