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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary text describes a North Beach incident with arrests, items seized, and mentions names and locations in a garbled OCR pass. The readable bits refer to a hold up, police actions, possible prices or fines, and a mention of a helmet or pirate terms, but concrete facts are largely unreadable.
The article details a major series of thefts from dredges with Lombardi the keeper and others linked to a cartel. It notes authorities claim the stolen metal could amount to a large sum and that the effort involved cartels and mine sources near Folsom. Votes and local notices appear amid legal notices and obituaries from 1908 Alaska.
In Fairbanks on September 6 a laborer named Willan A Astrea was found dead in a slough near a bridge out from Graent. A whisky bottle, purse, and hat lay on the bank. Evidence showed he struggled to keep afloat, trunk damaged, and he appeared to have been drinking the previous evening. The inquest was held, and witnesses testified to his drunken state last night. A divorce suit in Alaska mentions a defendant, with service by publication dated September 12, 1808, and last publication October 17.
Notice of application for patent for the Otter Creek mining claim on Nome mining district Alaska. Legal notices announce filing with the United States Land Office Nome and call adverse claim filings within legal time. The proceeding names Vek and BG Lahfeldt as claimants and lists survey details, boundaries and surrounding claims Jupiter and Happy New Year. The case involves a money claim of three hundred eighty dollars and seeks judgment for costs. Publication dates October 5 through November 28, 1908 in Nome Weekly.
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