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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
4
A sprawling, fragmentary report from Nuggets Special Service traces Denver sportswriter praise for Ketchell while tangled in derailed notes and stray mentions of races, hospital sales, licenses, and a steamer. The entry blends local color with unclear references to people, places, and events.
A garbled OCR fragment offers sparse details about a local item labeled with names and places. Readable parts hint at a short public notice or brief column item with minimal context and no clear outcome.
Fragmentary text reports on military figures and officers with references to the Army and an aviation figure Wright. details are incomplete and names and events are uncertain due to corrupted OCR.
The article describes ornate ivory gun stocks crafted in Nome and exhibited in Seattle and Tacoma. Owner Hillis Stites declines to part with the novelties but will loan them to the Alaska Yukon Exposition to promote Nome. Guns were shaped by Mr Dahl and Remington Small Arms, with stocks warped by the lathe yet finished to satisfaction and photographed before shipment.
A staged distraction at the Orpheum theater in San Francisco drew two policemen into a mock rescue of an actor’s wife as part of a prank. The audience, initially alarmed, witnessed a ten minute melee before the play resumed.
The Nome Aerie No. 75 presented an ivory gavel through Captain John Sundtach to the grand worthy president elect of the Eagles during a recent convention in Seattle. The item drew much attention. Rooms from $5 up at The Lawrence, including housekeeping rooms.
A letter to the Nugget from W. J. Dearborn announces Tamachuk will serve as a summer pioneer from now on. The note cites recent pay as the basis for this change, mentioning Blatz Private Stock at the Bank as part of the ground for feasibility.
In Olympia Washington John Humphreys has been elected to the state supreme court. The report mentions Blatz Weiner Bear at the Bank in relation to the election context.
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