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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1907
Page
3
New York November 2 The trial of Harry K Thaw for the murder of Stanford B White in New York City is postponed to January due to inability to empanel jurors One prospective juror was excused for cause as none wants to serve The delay shifts venue discussions and Thaw and his wife oppose the postponement.
The article reports a daring address directed at the Russian throne. It notes St. Petersburg, New a hostile tone and signals potential political tension following the address.
The Arete Brotherhood will formally open their hall tonight with a house warming reception. Refreshments will be served and friends of the order invited to attend. The event runs from 7 to 9 o clock. The Literary and Musical Society plans a popular spring concert in a few weeks as a highlight of the season. Services will be held tomorrow at the church with Sunday school in the afternoon and evening services announced by TL. L. Pedersen, pastor.
A Chicago organized industrial trust, backed by Wisconsin and Mississippi district independents, plans to consolidate the vine milling and manufacturing sectors nationwide under a capitalized entity named the Cuasviedats. Acme Company looms as a prominent member, while leaders push to regulate output and stabilize during looming market storms.
Sailings listed include Seward Steamer from Seattle to Santa Clara on the 26th and Yucatan from Seattle on the 30th. Dora and Saratoga also show departures to Seattle on the 25th and 26th respectively, with Bertha bound for Seattle on the 29th.
The Gateway houses a department for determining metals and minerals. Inquiries with specimens receive free answers if the sender provides full name and address. Without these details no reply will be sent. Assays are performed when the assayer's fee accompanies the sample.
Seward Circulating Library offers latest fiction and standard works from history to poetry with Mrs. W. M. Sayers at Seward Commercial Company store. Owl Drug Co advertises a large stock of Waterman fountain pens priced from $2.50 to $10.00, on sale at the Owl.
The Atlantic coast is battered by fierce storms, sweeping the region today. All steamers are seeking safe harbor as many schooners and smaller ships are wrecked along the coast, jeopardizing maritime traffic and local coastal communities.
A Lyons manufacturer previews a wireless energy transmission method with patents filed in August and a bankers syndicate formed to commercialize the invention. A miniature rail vehicle reportedly traveled 200 yards using the powered system, with details kept confidential as inquiries proceed from Paris to the New York Times.
A girl fell into a river, was saved by a bush on land owned by a man who awarded one dollar. The father refused to pay. a lawsuit followed over whether people may use bank bushes without paying or if rescue assistance has a set value. The writer notes contrasting practices in China about helping someone from the water.
The steamer Bertha docked in port mid afternoon after a forty eight hour run from Kodiak facing a severe storm. It carried semi cured salt salmon from a barkentine at Seldovia destined for Germany. A Thanksgiving service at the Methodist church drew a good crowd despite bad weather. A quip about a hen and an orange added local humor to the day.
Fayette S. Munro of Illinois through agent Frank Watson applies for a coal land patent for Survey No. 99 near King River and Chickaloon river in Alaska. The 143.607 acre claim lies 746 miles above King River mouth. Adverse claim rights must be filed with the U.S. Land Office in Juneau within sixty days of publication or six months thereafter. Publication ran Sept 18, 1907 in Seward Gateway.
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