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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
4
The article recounts a theory by Mr. Johnson that the earth’s poles shifted, moving tropical zones north. He cites fossils found hundreds of feet beneath ice indicating former tropical life in now frozen regions, supported by geological and paleontological evidence and seismic considerations.
O. L. Grimes, recently moved from Kodiak to Valdez on a criminal charge, who had bonds refused at Kodiak, has been admitted to bail by the United States commissioner at Kodiak.
Washington congressional committee on territories weighs Lovering bill guaranteeing four percent on Alaska railroads bonds and seeks further information about Cordova situation. Delegates to Chicago and Denver nominations discussed by telegraph in multiple city briefs.
Charles S. Fee of Southern Pacific travelers expects heavy tourist traffic to the Pacific coast this summer despite East financial stringency. He notes improving conditions and cites Harriman lines offering reduced rates and continued low tourists rates for the season.
Daniel Webster recalls traveling by night from Baltimore to Washington with no companion. The driver, bearing a felon look, caused alarm. In a tense moment in the dark woods, Webster sought calm until the driver asked his name and destination. The driver exclaimed, Show glad Sam as he greeted the senator.
In the police court Judge Kimball overruled Harper Washington and denied a new trial in the case of Robert N. Harper, a headache medicine maker convicted of mis branding under the pure food law. The ruling follows Roosevelt instructions to seek a jail sentence.
A timeless note recalls an unnamed innovator who imagined butter on bread as a simple, wholesome, universally loved combination surpassing all academic ideas. The passage praises the idea as a durable culinary improvement amid history.
An advertisement offers agents a chance to earn profits from selling frames and sheet pictures with prices of 10 cents and 1 cent respectively. It claims options to make 400 percent profit or 836.00 per week and mentions a free catalogue and samples. FRANK W. WIELLTAMS COMPANY located at 1208 W. Taylor St. Chicago Illinois.
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