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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1906
Page
2
The readable text mentions August, postales, Minka, Sard, 190 percent, Duluth, Bolbing, and prices 3.00 and 1.50, but details are garbled. No clear persons, organizations, places, or events can be reliably identified for a focused summary.
A fragmented column argues Tacoma should push Alaska trade gains as Seattle expands its reach with Klondike era growth. It notes Seattle’s dominance over Alaska commerce, Tacoma’s slower rise, and the region’s rail and sea routes shaping early 20th century Northwest competition.
Alaska faces criticism over a tax on salmon packing with San Francisco interests shipping product north without fair compensation. Advocates argue higher levies could fund roads and schools, noting other businesses pay occupation or stit taxes for privileges. A Seward resident highlights the potential benefit of raising the tax to support infrastructure.
The Northwestern Steamship Company plans to put the Nome City on the Seward run and the port will accept it, noting small steamers are gratefully received. Amid famine across many islands, Japan’s treaty is seen as easing its own burden. The Canadian government warns Vancouver Island coast is fog prone. Unofficial reports recall this long before. The ongoing missionary slayings in China are linked to anticipated trade concessions in future adjudication.
A long column catalogs deaths of prominent figures following political failure and ambition. It notes figures like Reed Grant Arthur Webster Douglas and others, hinting that disappointment and public upheaval often accompany the end of careers. Mentions of Chan Depew Mitchell and others underscore the era's volatile politics and public sentiments.
Portsmouth N Fla Feb 27 seven tar loads of cartridges the largest ammunition shipment ever to leave the arsenal for Mare Island en route to the Asiatic station in the Philippines. Shanghai Feb 27 reports murder of six missionaries and a child amid a riot at Nan Chang following a disputed indemnity demand. Beijing Feb 27 warning of a planned attack on the imperial palace with foreign guards doubled as a gunboat sails from the coast. Seattle Mar Ch Cheng of the Chinese imperial commission says boycotts of American goods will continue and China may adopt a new constitution within two years influencing foreign relations. Pekin Mar American English gunboats head to Nan Chang while officials prepare executions. Berlin Mar 1 Admiral von Tirpitz says German residents in China are endangered and warships are readied. Victoria Mar 2 Empress of India reports Henan banners calling for advancing China to destroy foreigners and Celestials organize to oust outsiders.
The Seattle post office is clogged with mail and clerks work most of the time. First class mail is delayed one to two days due to sorting backlogs. The postmaster has long called for more help and the department is two years behind in supplying staff. Seattle handles mail volume like a city twice its size due to Alaska traffic. Democrats failed to nominate a city ticket to back Judge Moore’s municipal ownership plan, as names could not appear twice on the ballot.
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