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Newspaper

Seward Weekly Gateway

Location

Seward, Alaska, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1908

Page

8

Profit and Loss Magazine Promotes Free Sample Copy

An advertisement touts Profit and Loss as an independent financial magazine for mining stock investors worldwide. It offers a free sample copy via postal card to gain new subscribers and promotes clubbing offers and premiums, emphasizing safety, trust, and no stock selling. A line about Bank of Seward and Pacific Coast Trading Company appears as part of the ad copy.

Profit and Loss Magazine California Denver Colo

Mails Closed to Anarchists and Other Updates

Washington reports Roosevelt orders banning use of U S mails for anarchist papers and literature. Prosecutions begun against anarchist editors advocating assassination. Burnside cable ship sails to Sitka to repair cable. Abe Reuf bail bond reduced to 790000 dollars. Heney departs Cordova. Valdez may replace as railroad terminal.

Daily Gateway Washington, D. C Seattle Burnside Sitka Valdez Cade San Francisco Abe Reuf Reuf Gateway Heney Cordova

Would Take the Job The Greek King Seeks Aid

The World reports King George requests influence from Emperor William to boost his civil list. Greece pays about 30,000 while England France and Russia add 60,000 totaling near 400,000. The Athens court is modest and critics question royal spending. William allegedly offers to have a son run Greece for half the king’s salary.

Greece William England France Russia Athens George

Postmaster General to phase out boys from delivery service

Postmaster General Meyer issued an order directing that vacancies in special delivery messenger posts be left unfilled and that substitute letter carriers and clerks be used for special delivery. The move aims to gradually end the use of boys in the service. Meanwhile mining activity resumes in Butte with Amalgamated, North Butte and Coalition mines rehiring workers. Amalgamated plans 5500 new jobs after suspensions, North Butte adds 250, Red Metals 700.

Meyer

Old Age Anti Toxin Theory At Berlin Front

A fragment describes Dr Tranjen promoting an anti old age serum to prevent self poisoning by ageing. The plan involves inoculating the young with serum derived from blood and juices of aged individuals, distilling it, then injecting it into others to confer resistance to old age.

Berlin Dirian Tranjen

Tornado Rips Across Gulf States Causing Deaths and Destruction

A fierce tornado swept through Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi uprooting trees wrecking buildings and scattering debris. Two lives are reported lost as property damage mounts across the affected area. A contrasting note from Altoona Prussia tells of a bank dispute over remittance with a biblical telegram twist.

Many Kinds of Kisses Across Medieval Customs

A writer notes medieval monks allegedly catalogued fifteen kiss types including the decorous, diplomatic, Judas, religious, medical, academic, hand, and the kiss of love. He contrasts these with the kiss of peace still linked to early church rituals like the pax at high mass.

Prices and buyers in a slave market described in the New York American

The passage depicts a market scene where men examine young women as potential brides, evaluating hair, teeth, chest, and limbs before offering payment. Prices range from five roubles to two hundred roubles or more, illustrating the commodification of women in a troubling, historical context.

New York American

Arctic Brotherhood Meets Tonight for Officer Nominations

The regular Arctic Brotherhood meeting occurs at the A. B. hall on Fifth Avenue and Washington Street at 8:30 this evening. Members are urged to attend as officers will be nominated for the upcoming term.

Arctic Brotherhood A. B. Hall Fifth Avenue Washington Street

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Astman Alaska Ow! Drug Co Seward NO A.B. Hall Col. 5Th and Wash J. L. Reed Arctic Recorder S. L. Colwell Arctic Bank of Seward Pacific Coast Trading Company United States Roosevelt Eastman Kodak Owl Drug Co. A Altoona Prussia Hamburg Jean A. B Knik Trading Company General Merchandise Knik O. G. Herning Buffalo Forges Reynolds Fourth Avenue Seward and Cordova Geo. Sexton Seward, Alaska Pacific Coast Trading CO Pitters Barington Hall T. D. Corlew Iene Alaska Coast CO U. S. Mail Alaska-Pacific Express Inside Passage Juneau Portland Bertha Seward Yesler Way Brown & Hawkins Alaska Steamship Company U. S. Mail and Express Valdez-Seward Saratoga Str Yucatan Northwestern Dora Alaska Peninsula Unalaska John H. Bunch Pier One
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