Alaska Coast Company Mail Service Controversy Sparks Debate
Read about growing complaints toward the Alaska Coast Company for a monopoly on inside passage mail. Residents in western towns request additional weekly service, arguing the firm could split monthly mail duties with Bertha and Hartland to serve Southeastern Alaska and reduce delivery delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Coast Company
William JH. Vander
Muska Iee
Alaska
Funeau
Hartland
Seattle
Must Annex Cuba Seeks United States Union
Editorial argues Cuba will eventually join the United States, viewing annexation as destiny. It criticizes earlier interventions and asserts American law should regulate the island, predicting annexation will come when the time is right for Cuba’s salvation.
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United States
Cuba
Biz Republic
Hitle Island
Spain
Congress
Carnegie spelling reform debated by critics in Chicago Chronicle
Prominent educators criticize Nady Car negie spelling reforms while Chicago Chronicle defends a cartoon linking the reform to Josh Billings and suggests Carnegie is a plagiarist. Public perception questions wealth through rebates as qualification for philology instruction.
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Nady Carnegie
Chicago Chronicle
Josh Billings
Carnegie
Vallee Prospector questions Seward bid for Reynolds mines
The Vallee Prospector criticizes Seward ambitions to bid for Reynolds mines at Boulder and Lamdiock bays and asks how to access the mines. Docks by steamers from elsewhere will be used until Valdez ends airship competition direct to the mines. The piece notes Cuban congressmen in ail as evidence of progressivism in the Island republic. It condemns many U S congressmen as needing jail but allowed to run. Seattle prohibitionists nominate a full legislative ticket and a call to advertise for Leslie M Shaw after the Iowa convention.
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Vallee Prospector
Seward
Reynolds
Boulder Bay
Lamdiock Bay
Ear
Valdez
Ail
United States
Unclear political tensions and names noted in passage
The Southern democrats dislike his platform though he claims their votes are secured. The death of Mr Hipple in Pennsylvania is cited as evidence of bad luck. General Guerrera of Cubs did not spark a revolt just to become a delegate to a peace convention.
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Bryan
Mr. Hipple
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
General Guerrera
Cubs
Richmond
Congress
John Sharpe Williams
House
Prt
Japanese Released From Alaskan Waters Weighs Diplomatic Toll
A harsh critique of a U S district attorney action at Valdez after Japanese detainees from the Pribilofs were released without evidence of poaching. Calls for apology to Japan and federal restitution. Mentions St George Island agent, a schooner incident, and government ship repatriation costs. Also notes a Russian revolutionary flare and the Gryan Sullivan debate and Cuban conflict with one death.
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Pribilof Islands
U.S
Valdez
St. George Island
United States
Dama
Sam
Railroad Focus Draws Alaska on Atlantic Pages
The Atlantic coast press increasingly highlights Alaska topics in magazines and newspapers. The Staid-Sfield Republican on August 12 runs a full page with a map and town illustration, centering on Alaska railroads. The Washington Magazine in Seattle’s July issue features Alaska affairs by P. K. Smith, with emphasis on the Alaska Central and Seward.
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Atlantic Coast
Staid - Sfield Republican
Territory
Alaska
Seattle
P. K. Smith
Alaska Central
Seward
Nome Men Take Notice of Yentna prospecting rush
Nome miners begin to sit up as inquiries arrive from northern camps. News discusses growing interest in the Yentna reports and the prospect of large miner movement from Nome if the Yentna district proves promising. Correspondent LEF Shaw notes Nome Nugget coverage and gateway reporting fuels optimism.
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Nome
Shaw
Feld
Nome Nugget
Yentna
Tanana Man Likes Yentna Says All New Gold District Needs Miners
Dawson and Tanana mining man J R McGovern toured Kahilina Lake Creek and Tokosima upper tributaries. He finds the region favorable but says few holes have been sunk to bedrock and mining work is limited and primitive. He plans to return this fall with a large outfit to cache at navigation head and spend winter there. McGovern reports seeing W Wade and wife with three pack horses near a lake named Lady Wade, traveling westward.
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Kahilina
J. R. McGovern
Dawson
Tanana
Lake Creek
Tokosima
Sullivan hurls counterattack at Bryan in Chicago speech
New York dispatch reports Roger C Sullivan replying to Bryan in Chicago. Sullivan denies Bryan’s charges about resignations and letters from delegates, proposes sending charges to Illinois Chief Justice Cartwright for judgment, and calls for Bryan to retire if true. Also notes Boston Alaskan debut and Tyoonok bee man missing with bees plagued by ants.
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Tyoonok
Morrell Warren
Iig
Subuma Valley
Seward Steamer Updates and Seattle Sailings
The Seward Steamer reports Seattle bound movements with Santa Ana, Bertha, Santa Clara, and Dora sailing westward or toward Seattle on the 10th. Oregon is noted as sailing from an unidentified location. A Bank of Seward message urges financial independence by spending less than earnings and building savings.
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Battle
Portland
Seattle
Santa Ana
Bertha
Santa Clara
Dora
Oregon
Bank OF Seward
Bryan Burns Sullivan Again in Democratic Row
Bryan criticizes Roger Sullivan as a Chicago speech copy and denies writing to Sullivan asking for his resignation from the national committee. He says he asked Judge Thompson to show a letter, and notes indicate Sullivan was urged to resign. Bryan resists refereeing the dispute and remains a presidential candidate, with conventions and party dynamics shaping the fight in Illinois and beyond.
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Daily Gateway
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Speecr
Sullivan
Thompson
Sullian
Illinois
Democratic Party
Ilinois
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Prospectors Set to Head Toward Yentna District
Men prepare daily in Seward to reach the Yentna district with supplies. The Bertha carries passengers to Seldovia and about a dozen will ride the Dora. Brown Hawkins and T D Corlew note demand for prospectors' supplies has surged after a midsummer lull. Prospects can go up the Yentna until late October. freeze up could occur after October 20. Water travel ends then but winter travel begins, with sleds and footmen available until deep snow in December.
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Seward
Yentna
Bertha
Seldovia
Brown & Hawkins
T. D. Corlew
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Seward Gateway
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Russia
Gryan-Sullivan
New York
Roger C. Sulvan
Oeral
National Committee
Springfield
Supreme Court of
J. H. Cartwright
Cartwright
Alaska Magazine
Boston
Boston Alaskan
Boston- Maskan Society
State Street
Brady
Seward Steamers
Teome Toon
Seward Plumbing & Heating Company
J. W. Spencer
New Hale
St.charles
St. Charles
Best Gielt Biareshares Oc
O. Charles Condensing Co
Louisville
Armory
Henry Watterson
Courier- Journal
Nebraska
Garhartt’s
Agency For the
D. GC
Brownell Hardware Store
the Seward Light and Power Company
Seward, Alaska
Fourth Avenue
Louvre
Eidson & Dobson Proprietors
Fifth and
Washington Streets
Neck O'Woods
Seward Bakery
C. Werner
G. W. Palmer
General Merchandise
Prospector
Enik P. O
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Rainier-Grand Hotel
Wilson & White Co
Chas Perry
Mgr
Gawley Foundry & Machine Works
Tacoma
Washington
E. L. Whittemore
Troy
Moore's Mall
Fifth Ave. Seward
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