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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
2
Fragment shows a damaged OCR line from a Duluth Minnesota office listing with obfuscated name and authority. It references a dollar amount and a person supposedly authorized, but legibility is too poor to extract full entities or actions. The readable bits indicate an official notice or filing involving a named individual and a sum.
A critical note questions Hearst newspapers and the Hearst Special service compiled in New York and used by allied papers. It cites the Russo Japanese War era press and reports a Seattle Times denial and warns that Americans like sensationalism, gullibility, and fear over truth.
A flood of criticism erupts over a disputed railroad scheme from West Valdez to the glacier with proponents Rosene Swanitz and Bruner accused of delays and false alarms. Local figures McGraw Burleigh Haveneyers and a Valdez chamber committee face scrutiny as citizens demand accountability.
Seattle papers report that Hearst service claims about Oregon with Senator Gearin urging support for Bourne are false. The actual results show no Democrat elected to the lower house and only one to the state senate, with two Democratic holdovers, undermining the sensational story.
A Seward business leader reports that the 1 cent rate from Portland to Seattle, via the Northern Pacific, has spurred widespread Portland purchases. He claims Portland goods are fresher and cheaper to ship, challenging Seattle retailers. Local papers warn of Alaska trade monopoly fears and urge Seattle jobbers to abandon questionable practices to maintain market position. The piece notes Nome and Tanana miners’ associations backing short and long term candidates, respectively, with Bard and Perkins omitted.
A Valdes schoolteacher ran to Portland to escape the Prospector editor who pursued and returned her. An alienist says Harry Thaw is insane, once thought merely damp. Ex Senator Wilson rues another run not taken. Territorial conventions at Juneau approach. Tom Taggart modest about earnings from his French Lick rambling. Gotta. Ohe’s expositions lead to a parcel carrier job. Britain could face issues in canned meat. Judge Parker claims not as dead as he looks.
The article extols Cleary creek as a historic top gold producer with three to five years of strong output ahead. It notes intense activity from No. 10 to No. 17, with large plants handling vast dirt and dense layman presence on claims. Delegates from Valdez to the Republican convention are listed, urging district division. Central California faced a major flood from Stockton southward, while London Covent Garden dealers see holly and mistletoe demand slipping.
The article details a long railway project with a 22 percent grade on a L-shaped curve, a sequence of tunnels seven deep rock cuts and moraine trestles, with completion expectations by October. Engineers Moran Jones McClure Hunt and Williams oversee camps and construction as lumber prices rise for Nome and Bering Sea trade.
The Rennes court martial ruling on Captain Alfred Dreyfus has been annulled. Dreyfus is restored to his rank and will be advanced. Colonel Picquart, degraded for supporting Dreyfus, is restored. The case history notes forged documents and prior pardons, with Esterhazy and Henry figures tied to the original conviction. Other items include copper ore shipments, Alaska manufacturing growth, and a new hotel near Mt. Tacoma opened by the Tacoma Eastern Railroad.
Multiple steamers and sailings listed from Seattle with destinations Seward Sew ard outside and inside passages. Vessels include Seward bound crews from Excelsior Bertha Santa Clara Santa Ana with departures on the 8th 10th 12th and 16th and westward sailings noted.
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