Missing Alaska Father Traced by Seattle Deli Owner
Christina Baxter, widow of Arcadia Canada, runs a Seattle delicatessen. Two miners from the far north whispered news of Thomas Cowden a Casadepexa district resident near Council Alaska, possibly alive. Baxter plans to reach him, hoping to reunite with her missing father after years apart.
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Gateway
Tittle
Cls
Bax
Thomas Cowden
Bin
Tom Cowden
Casadepexa
Seward Peninsula
Council
Thomas Cowdeny
Alaska
de Wats
Arcadia
Canada
Miss Ward
Cowden
Christina Sinclair Baxter
West
Seattle
Yentna River Freezes Early November in Alaska
Sam Cramer and D H Conklin travel from Lake to Susitna station by pack ice. They reach Susitna November 3 as the Yentna river and surrounding trails freeze solid by November 4. They report eight ounces of gold found on Cache and Thunder creeks and describe mining plans and management details for the Yentna district.
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Yentna
Susit Station
Knik
Howe
Placer Valley
Sam Cramer
D. H. Conklin
Seward
Lakee
Turniga
Cramer
Conklin
Cache
Thunder
Kahiltna
Lake Creek
Klondike & Boston Mining Company
Willow Creek
Susitna
O. G. Hernof Knik
Real Estate and Mining Records Highlight Nome Discovery
Real estate notes record W and Mary Snyder transferring a third of lot 18 block 10 Seward to M D Dickey for one dollar. Mining entries list P F Vian plant site for salting fish on Kenai river and claims along Resurrection river Quartz creek with multiple names. A new fourth beach line is announced as Nome.
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Nome
Maud Creffield Dies Suddenly in County Jail
Maud Creffield widow of a man linked to the George Mitchell murder dies in jail after a sudden collapse. Esther Mitchell also faces insanity findings and potential trial as legal actions unfold over deportation to Oregon and pending supreme court appeal.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
Maud
George Mitchell
Mitchell
Crefield
Creffield
Esther Mitch George
Union Station
Portland
Maud Creffield
Esther
Alaska Yukon Expos to Highlight Northwest Frontier History
Norman E. Smith, a Nenukee hotel keeper, was fatally shot by storekeeper Robert Reid after threats. Reid fired a shotgun, killing Smith and leaving a quarter section of his head blown off. The passage also recalls Jamestown and Seattle’s prominence in a prospective northern exposition.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Piles
Washington
Jamestown
America
Northland
Powhatan
Pocahontas Spring
Hampton Roads
Monitor
Merrimac
Seattle
Bor
Norman E. Smith
Nenukee
Robert Reid
Smith
Reid
Sailings From Seattle Listed for Merchant Ships
The notice lists vessels including Seward Steamer Portland Dora Jeanie Pennsylvania Bertha and Saratoga with Seattle departures on various dates and routes Shelikof sails for Unalaska and Saratoga sails to Seattle.
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Dora
Seattle
Jeanie
Pennsylvania
Bertha
Saratoga
Shelikof
Unalaska
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Central
Cook Inlet
Ange
Susitna Valley
Middle West
Alaska Central
Tanana
Upper
Kuskokwim
Resources
Dis
Cook
Bonanza
Athletic Coast
Alaska Central Railroad
North Pacific
Prince William Sound
Ev Seward
Ces
Neces A. Osborn
Emily T. Osborn
Lysson Gordon
Huntlie Gordon
Denman Blanchard
H. R. Thompson
A. Leonard Parker
John T. Towers
Resurrection River
Charles Benby
Charles Cook
Effie M. Keene
Quartz Creek
Holy Roller
Northwest
Senator Piles
Southern Magazine
Seward Steamers
Uth
Northwestern
Brown & Hawkins
Hotel McNeiley
W. P. Henry & GO
Connection
Fourth Avenue
D. GC
Brownell
A.B. Drug CO
Seward, Alaska
Kenai Lumber & Fuel CO
Northern Saloon
E. L. Whittemore
Gooleman House
the Seward Light and Power Company
Bank of Seward
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