Kenai Peninsula Mineral District Seen As Major Prospect Area
Experts and experienced miners compare Kenai Peninsula and nearby Prince William Sound islands to rich districts like Colorado and Montana. They cite extensive surface indications and high grade assays as proof that new mines will emerge, with Seward poised as a northern headquarters for a district rivaling Colorado or Montana as capital for development starts arriving.
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Kenai Peninsula
Prince William Sound
Bonanza
Nevada
Masa
Montana
Arizona
Gateway
Geological Survey
Resurrection Bay
Seward
Colorado
University professor links dog meat to mutton flavor
The piece cites Prof Starr of the University of Chicago claiming dog meat equals mutton. Seattle reporters on a picnic with visiting igorotes and beer claim the roast dog tasted like mutton, suggesting flavor may come from dog and beer effects.
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Prof. Starr
University of Chicago
Seattle
Prof
Starr
Britt Bubble Punctured as He Avoids Knockout Claim
The text claims Britt likely had doctors ringside to back a broken bone excuse to escape a knockout. It asserts Britt never beat top contenders, only winning on at Native Son decisions, throughout his career.
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Britt
Native Son
Mobs Rise Against Orientals Over Fur Seal Panic
The mobs in Sound cities likely stirred by indignation accuse Japanese of seeking to steal fur seals, reflecting tense ethnic tensions amid fur seal concerns.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw To Return To Stage Debut
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw planned a stage return amid renewed public interest. The reports say she faces a cautious reentry, balancing past notoriety with opportunities in contemporary theater.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Rank divorce case teased by May gossip hints
A local note teases a Rank divorce case promised for May, hinting at social buzz and potential headlines as details are expected to surface, prompting speculation among residents.
Taft’s steering query sparks voyage speculation at sea
A quip about Secretary Taft stepping aboard stirs talk on steering gear. The Morocco peace efforts between France and Spain trigger a heated row. A Russian empire yacht disaster is lamented as the imperial family’s fate is questioned. Rampart prospectors report a new indigo blue chalky substance found 125 miles downriver.
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Rampart
Weekly Weather Record for Week Ending September 14
Weather summary shows temperature and precipitation readings for the week ending September 14. Data highlight average highs and lows, rainfall totals, and notable daily extremes across reporting stations.
Seattle Spirit Analysis Challenge Sparks Brass Medal Bid
The Post-Intelligencer offers a brass medal for the best analysis of the Seattle Spirit, while The Gateway invites bids with cup and freight prepaid by the next steamer. The Spirit is described as a chemical, distilled from neurine, spreading hot air and distorting perception.
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Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Spirit
Gateway
Seattle
Seattle’s Growing Pomp and Pride in City Identity
The piece notes Seattle as a large city with ambitious rhetoric. It envisions future maturity as it sheds boastful branding and advertising vanity, hoping dignity will replace childish claims as the metropolis expands.
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Seattle
Land and Mineral Decisions and Historical Notes
A digest of land law points covering coal claims, contest notices, final proof timing, homestead disqualification and mineral land definitions. It cites a Technical World Magazine claim about a nine-foot bear and notes L. L. Bales’s bear skin from Seward peninsula as a historical anecdote with attribution to 1906 events.
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Washington, D
Technical World Magazine
Alaska
Seward
L. L. Bales
Charles M. Keys Dead Meeting Mining Note in Seward
Charles M. Keys a mining man from Seward died recently in Iliamna at age 45. Unmarried with superior education, his death marks a loss to the local mining community. A. B. Lewis civil engineer formerly of Seward surveys coal claims for the Michigan company on Kachemak Bay and reports plans to return from Valdez soon. A gold strike is reported sixteen miles from Hot Springs on the Fort Gibbon government road which passes the discovery claim.
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Charles M. Keys
Seward
Iliamna
A. B. Lewis
Michigran Company
Kachemak Bay
Valdez
New Fort Gibbon
Discovery Claim
Steamship Movements From Alaska Ports
Sailings listed include SEWARD STEAMERS bound for Seldovia and Chignik on the 14th, Jeanie sailing from Valdez to Seward on the 15th, Yucatan departing Seattle on the 9th, Portland leaving Seattle on the 12th, Santa Clara bound for Seattle on the 8th, Bertha heading to Seattle on the 8th, and Dora moving westward on the 26th.
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Saratoga
Seldovia
Chignik
Jeanie
Valdez
Seward
Yucatan
Seattle
Portland
Santa Clara
Bertha
Dora
Yukon Channel to Be Dredged
The North American Dredging Company won the contract to dredge the channel linking St. Michael's Bay with the Yukon River to allow ocean steamers to load freight onto Yukon river boats. Roosevelt signed a proclamation creating Tongas forest reserve in Southeastern Alaska covering 2 000 000 acres with W A Langille in charge. The Cunard liner Lusitania set a transatlantic speed record by four hours and eighteen minutes arriving at quarantine from Queenstown.
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Washington, D. C
North American Dredging Company
St. Michael's Bay
Yukon River
Roosevelt
Tongas
Alaska
W. A. Langille
Forest Reserve Survey
New York
Cunard
Atlantic
Queenstown
Lusitania Fails to Beat Deutschland Record
The Lusitania broke Lucania’s record but was 35 minutes short of matching the Deutschland’s record. English observers express disappointment, hoping the Cunarder would capture the Hamburg American liner’s record.
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New York
Cliff House Destroyed by Ocean Fire in San Francisco
Fire swept the Cliff House on the ocean side west of San Francisco last night destroying the landmark. The report notes the city’s growing concerns with ordinances and the municipal pound in Fairbanks.
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San Francisco
Ocean Side
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Girdwood
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Fourth Avenue
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J. E. Fitzpatrick & CO
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Mercantile Annex
Salt Lake City
Utah
H. E. Ellsworth
Assay Office
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Wilson & White Co
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