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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1907
Page
8
The week in review notes Alaska gold production will drop nearly 50 percent from last year amid Tanana district strikes and Nome losses. Other regions stay near 1916 levels. The item catalogs multiple national updates and regional events across October and early November.
Mike Sullivan defeated Frank Fields by decision in a brutal twenty round fight here last night. The bout started strong and remained competitive from the opening bell with both fighters trading solid blows throughout.
General A W Greely was moved from the Department of Columbia to the Department of Dakota today. He plans to retire next March due to age limit.
Pope Pius XII is critically ill with heart trouble in Rome on November 2. He has canceled all appointments and will not appear in public or receive visitors until his health improves.
Nearly all miners have departed Kahiltna creeks as season ends. Output at the new strike shows about an ounce per day per man with four on site. Many head for Kuskokwim and Cache Creek this fall while new ground opens along the main Kahiltna for next year.
A fierce storm destroys the Unga wharf of Union Fish company with its cribs gone. Judge Driftfield captures striking photos of the immense waves rolling over the Alaska Codfish Company wharf in the same bay.
The steam whaler Bowhead under Capt Tilton reached Dutch Harbor on October 17 amid a fierce gale after only months in the Apello. It captured nine whales, producing a whale bone value near ten thousand dollars. Of this, two thirds go to the owners with one third divided with the crew. The bone is saved as oil costs exceed product value. Copper fell to 124 cents and silver to 60 cents by October 19.
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