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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
2
Surging hazards off Ellamar and the North Pacific coast prompt calls for better navigation aids. The piece urges more lighthouses buoys and seaworthy ships, warns of hidden rocks and reckless tonnage, and stresses vigilant inspections to prevent wrecks and loss of life along Alaska’s northern waters.
The article argues that royal status alone does not ensure high standing. Prince William of Germany is apprenticing in a government office and engineering firm to gain practical experience. It asserts the German Emperor’s success derives from hard study and business knowledge, not birth, with a path parallel to formal education.
Dispatches from Berlin report that Prussian minister Dr Holle instructed National League for Improving the Masses directors to remove works by Darwin Haeckel and David Friedrich Strauss from libraries. The directive targets evolution and modern religious critique, signaling state censorship of scientific and philosophical writings. The order frames cultural control as a civic duty, raising concerns among scholars and librarians about academic freedom and access to ideas.
The piece argues that writers challenge orthodox lines and seek truth through science. It credits Darwin with emancipating thought from superstition and urges light on the origin of humanity. The author notes theological changes over the past century and welcomes open inquiry.
London ironmongers guild holds a centuries old estate left by Thomas Bretton to fund British slave redemption in Turkey and Barbary. Legal moves sought to redirect funds to education schemes, arguing slavery ended, Raisuli’s involvement cited. Trial delayed as Raisuli’s imprisonment raised questions of charity's control.
Washington reportedly ordered withdrawal of soldiers in Alaska aged over ten years amid claims that northern climate harms health. The text questions whether climate or other factors affect health, noting Alaska residents’ generally good health and Seward's advantages like clean air and mountain spring water. Zero temperatures are rare, though details cut off.
The passage notes no hot weather to breed disease in swamps and decaying matter. A drainage system and sewers carry refuse to the bay, reducing illness. It contrasts healthier rural conditions with urban life where whiskey use, dissipation, crowding, and financial stress raise health risks in the cities.
Legal notices summarize coal land, desert land, entry, and final proof rulings by land attorney Woodford D. Harlan. The item includes a Washington DC address and discusses contest dismissal for no show, non-mineral holdings, and agricultural tract considerations alongside a Seattle fatality report detailing W. L. Abrams of National Grocery Company killed by electric shock after touching a kettle during a storm with a trolley lines incident.
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