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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1906
Page
6
Fragmentary notice from Sewand Alaska cites an Act of Congress and a 1569 payment amount with minor digits. The readable text mentions a postortion tie and a monetary figure of 33.00 with 0.80 in parentheses, but essential details are unclear. Further context is unavailable in the fragment.
The Fairhants News argues against repealing the belt tax on the saline industry. It notes the industry spans San Francisco and Seattle, with operations near Alaska’s coasts. The piece discusses tax collection, wage effects, and proposed substitution of the duty with a different rate.
Turbulent disclosures allege Standard Oil agents blocked a Mutual Life committee, prompting Stuyvesant Pls. president to resign and call for an impartial inquiry. Reports claim Standard Oil benefited from Mutual Life funds via extra capital and threaten to cripple financiers allied with The Missouri hearings. A southern offer seeks subscribers for a new paper with promises of bold correspondence.
A fragment reports Elijah Dowie involved in a firestorm over a hog train proposal. Details remain unclear but the reference indicates public reaction and political or civic debate surrounding the transportation scheme.
A garbled 1900 era column cites Congress, beef trust money, and foreign policy with references to Manila and Alaska. It notes purported payments to news workers, a Tangier dispatch on Pont Meriport, and looming race riots in a western state, warning about territorial waters and mining stock hype.
Fairbanks to host a newspaper war as two new morning and two evening papers are planned. McChesney of the Fairbanks News returns with a double lock linotype and art plant to start a morning paper. A W Thompson of Dawson City plans rival papers. Ruhe of Juneau Painting & Decorating examines moving his plant to Seward. Frye Bruhn packers consider installing a cold storage plant and entering local meat trade.
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