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Newspaper

Seward Weekly Gateway

Location

Seward, Alaska, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1908

Page

4

Heroic Treatment Saves Policeman With Amputation Averted

Police officer Coles Carpenter survived a grave leg injury after Dr. Sullivan improvised a baking and freezing method. The physician heated the leg to 150 290 degrees then cooled it in an ammonia ice bath to purge mortified tissue. By April Carpenter could use the leg with crutches and recently walked unaided.

Coles Carpenter Raymond Sullivan St. Mary's Hospital Carpenter Sullivan New York Herald

Oyster cultivation prospers on Grays Harbor grounds

Aberdeen Washington report says the Grays Harbor Oyster Co. finds oyster farming highly profitable and plans expansion by increasing planted acreage. The firm has ordered 60 bris of seed from eastern beds to be sown in its South bay beds. Window Shades at Hofman's.

Aberdeen Grays Harbor Oyster Co

Germany opposes triple alliance after czar visit

Germany objects to the proposed three power alliance of Britain France and Russia despite King Edward's visit to the czar seen by others as an effort to preserve peace. The dispatch from St Petersburg notes Berlin’s stance and contrasting views among the powers.

St. Petersburg Germany Great Britain France Russia Edward Czar

Thousands Out of Work Entertains King by Cable

A compendium item notes the czar entertaining the king on his private yacht, with speculation of a triple alliance forming. It records global dispatches on Alaska natives health, a Texas pistol tax joke, Montana floods, Dawson-Hubbard creek mining, and M Armengand in Paris touting a telespectroscope device.

Gateway Reyal Austin Tex Texas State Comptroller’s Office P.L Helena Mont Montana

Half the Coal Wasted Says Prof J A Holmes

Prof J A Holmes of the United States geological survey states that under the current system half of the natural coal supply is wasted. He notes mines are abandoned after high grade fuel is removed, preventing extraction of low grade coal and cites a 21 foot vein with only four feet mined. He cites the Pennsylvania Railroad using 40,000 tons daily for locomotives, equating to 14 600 000 tons annually.

J. A. Holmes United States Geological Survey

Evening and Morning Services at Local Church

The morning service will cite Luke 5 5 and the evening service Luke 5 21 32. A long service is planned at 8 o clock p.m. with Sunday school at 12 15 after the morning service. All are cordially invited. Pastor L H Pedersen.

L. H. Pedersen

Russia Prison Crisis Highlighted by New Statistics

New figures show 766 death sentences in three months and 167,830 inmates in Russian jails with 117,138 beds. Kieff’s 690 cells hold 2,207 prisoners while Odessa houses 1,610 inmates in 804 cells. inmates sleep in corridors or seated, illustrating dire conditions. Also noted is a $5 million coal cost estimate for a battleship voyage around the world and a Sydney offer for free coal during Australian visit.

Russia Kieff Odessa Washington San Francisco Hampton Roads Honolulu Manila Suez Canal Bureau of Equipment Navy Department

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