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Seward Weekly Gateway

Location

Seward, Alaska, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1908

Page

4

Alaska bishop reports Nolan Creek gold strike details

Bishop Rowe describes the Nolan creek strike near the Koyukuk head, noting 8500 pans washed out and a depth to bedrock. Olson and partners sank 150 feet to reach pay, with many miners planning a summer rush and deeper work across Nolan creek claims as reports of richer finds emerge.

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Tornado Rips Through Louisville Bellevue and Richfield

A fierce tornado swept across southeastern Nebraska damaging property and causing numerous deaths and injuries in Louisville Bellevue and Richfield. The storm destroyed homes and farms with extensive devastation reported as of May 13 from Springfield Nebraska.

Springfield Neb Nebraska Louisville Bellevue Richfield

Death lists mount after tornado wrecks hit Nebraska towns

A May 14 dispatch notes a catastrophic tornado across Sarpy and Cass counties in southeastern Nebraska, with mounting death tolls and extensive property damage. Other items include Admiral Evans departing for the east, Queen Victoria rumored to bear a child, and Rex Beach heading to Alaska for summer hunting.

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Tornado Strikes Woodward Oklahoma Cause Wide Damage

A tornado ripped through Woodward Oklahoma yesterday afternoon causing extensive damage. Information from remote districts is sparse and casualty counts are unconfirmed but believed to be high.

Woodward Okla

Wind storm hits Arkansas and Alaska rail bill moving

A May 14 report notes a severe wind storm in southwestern Arkansas with a tornado damage along the Louisiana border, and mentions Washington lawmakers debating to continue federal aid bonds for Alaska railroads while a Seattle-bound testimony trip is planned.

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Amendments on Alaska coal land and US purchase rights

In Washington an amendment to a coal land bill introduces forfeiture penalties for deposits and patent rights and tightens holdings. A second amendment grants the United States authority to buy coal as needed at a presidentially set price. In Bowling Green, Ohio, a spiritualist seance prompted a Common Pleas suit by Catherine Sebastain over eighty acres in Pemberville tracing back to Ethan Pember. a long-missing will reportedly surfaced through seance, potentially transferring ownership to the plaintiff’s lines.

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