Klondike gold fields loom in Alaska rich with fortune
The piece recalls the 1867 Alaska purchase and the Yukon Klondike boom. It contrasts the vast promise of placer mining in the Klondike with its perilous journeys from Chicago via Seattle or Juneau, notes the Dawson City center under British control, and highlights the era’s boundary tensions with Britain and Canada. It also details routes, costs, living conditions, and the perilous trek across Chilkoot Pass into the gold districts.
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United States
Alaska
Pluto
Klondike
Deer River
Yukon
California
Huu Anid
Juneau
Territory
Forty Mile Creek
Birch Creek
Excalsior
San Francisco
Seattle
Forty Mile
Birch Creeke
F.G. H. Bowke
Joe la Due
J.B. Hollinsee
William Kulju
James McMann
Albert Galbra
Thorn Bay
Klondike District
Chicago
Dutch Harbor
Alaskan
Peninouth
Dawson City
St. Michael's Island
Phieta
St. Michaal
Dyea
Chillcoot Pass
Lake Lindeman
Lake Bennett
Lake Tagish
Mud Lake
White Horse
Lake Labarge
Thirty Mile River
Lewis River
Daawson
Bahaya Territory
Arctic Circle
Atlantic Seaboard
Attu
Pacific
England
Sitka
Bering Sea
Elonee
Alska
Saahy
Ameriaay
Borar
Sparrow on Tenth Street Trolley Delights Passengers
A sparrow wedged onto the motor handrail of a Tenth Street trolley as it moved toward Parish Street. The bird perched on the motorman’s lever, rode for a block, chirped in thanks, then flew away, leaving passengers amused by the unusual sight.
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Parish
Philadelphia
Breakfast Picnics Spark Folded Morning Outing Trend
In Grand Island Nebraska a new social fad called breakfast picnics attracts local guests who rise early to dine outdoors before heat climbs, then return home by midmorning. The idea, popularized by a civic leader, mirrors early rising habits seen in nearby neighborhoods.
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Nebraska
Grand Island
New York
Mrs Felton Lashes Lynching At Georgia Agricultural Meet
Mrs W H Felton of Bartow County delivers a long address at Tybee on lynching and education. She urges coeducation at the state university, better schooling for farmers daughters, and criticizes foreign missions for funds that could aid at home. The session also discusses Georgia’s 1898 fair plans, with Joseph Thompson pledging cash and grounds, and officers named for the State Agricultural Society.
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Tybee
W. H. Felton
Bartow County
Georgia
State University
Sh Gorer
Japan
China
India
Brazil
Mexico
Smush
House of God
Polton Satay
Buell
Atlanta
State Agricultural Socialy
St Tybee
Joseph Thompson
Sonmillas
Ity
Thompson
South
Henry Pope Brown
Pulaaki
James Barratt
Richmond
Dr. Hope
Aflin
W. GC. Clemens
Treassurer
First
Rome
G.W. Holmes
Madison
G. H. 'Wonee
Norcross
Hy Baker
Warrenton
W. B. Burroughs
Brunswick
Rountree
Swainsboro
H. OC. Evang
Halcyondale
Timlin
Cuthbert
J. J. Haster
Lin
Montezuma
Russell
Carrollton
Henderson
Decatur
Ny B
Goode
Gongars
Wi Jemison
Macon
Sterling N
Roberts
Gilttersville
J.O. Waddell
Cedartown
G.W W. Holmes
Maddisons
McAllister
Guyonia
McElroy
Nor
H.H. Summeronr
B. Walker
Aleventh
W. A. Clark
Taksonville
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Klondire
Bnt
Daivaon
Ban Es
Sherman
Dominion
Canada
J. G. Brady
McKinley
James A. Sheakley
Ladarge
Chilkoot Pass
Dawson
Klondiee
Hondue
Elondire Gold Region
Lynch
Brown