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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1906
Page
6
Fragmented OCR notes show postal and event references with prices and names like Sard and Bolbing. Mentions August 0b, Se Minka, and Duluth. Amounts $3.00 and $1.50, unclear purposes.
A fragmented 19th century style account argues Tacoma eyes Alaska trade while Seattle expands from Klondike era growth. It cites Spokane rail routes, Northern Pacific, and St Paul Lumber, noting Tacoma’s decline in regional influence and disputes over Mount Rainier naming amid competition for Pacific Northwest commerce.
A Seward speaker argues Alaska should raise the salmon packing tax from four cents to fifty cents. He says packers operate from San Francisco, ship fish home, pay no wages to Alaska workers, and drain native resources. He urges tax revenue to fund roads and schools to aid development.
The Nome City may join the Seward run if the Northwestern Steamship Company accepts, signaling gratitude for any small aid amid island famine. The piece notes Japan’s potential relief through a treaty, cites Vancouver Island fog dangers, and hints at China missionary killings affecting future trade concessions.
A sweeping survey notes prominent figures from Hester to Reed and Grant. It reflects on how ambition, political defeats, and public failures coincided with life endings and career declines, citing Reed, Grant, Depew, Arthur, Webster, and Douglas among others.
Portsmouth N Florida Feb 27 seven tar loads of cartridges largest ammunition shipment from the arsenal sent to Mare Island for the Asiatic fleet stationed in the Philippines. Reports from Shanghai Pekin and Victoria describe Chinese unrest and attacks on missionaries and foreign nationals. warnings of possible attack on the imperial palace prompt doubled guards and an American gunboat movement. Chinese boycott of American goods continues as plans for constitutional changes advance. German residents fear for safety as Tirpitz warns of potential war with China.
The Seattle post office is clogged with mail as first class items wait one to two days and paper mail is held indefinitely. The post master demands more help, with the department two years behind in supplying staff. Seattle handles mail like a city twice its size due to Alaska business. Democrats failed to nominate a city ticket to support the municipal ownership slate led by Judge Moore. ballot restrictions prevented repeated names.
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