OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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OLD FASHIONED MARRIAGES
According to Bagley’s “History of Seattle” none of
the marriages contracted by the poineers of that city
reached a divorce court. Commenting upon the early
days, a Seattle newspaper points out that a wedding in
those days was an event signalled by the gathering of pio
neers from great distances.
Among the “good old days,” so often bewailed as
having passed, there are a few that, like some old melody,
are entitled to live always. Among them is the old-fash
ioned wedding, when the event was signalled by just such
enthusiasm as was shown by the pioneers of the North
west, and in fact, in every pioneer section in the nation.
It is true, that the multiple attractions and distrac
ions of today have crowded back many old customs which
served not only to maintain spiritual traditions but as
an event breaking the monotony of the workaday life,
and such an event as a wedding no longer holds the at
traction as it did in less exciting days.
However, there is no denying the psychic effect en
gendered by observance of many of these customs—the
impressions created and the indellible imprint of what
was then the most important event in the life of youth.
Possibly it was these ineradicable impressions that, in
a great measure, served to hold the earlier unions in
stronger bonds. There were the days when the bride,
with her intimates, spent many happy hours with nimble
fingers weaving into her trousseau the essence of roman
tic meditation, each dainty article to serve in times to
come to draw her back to the golden hours when she had
set aside the actual world and floated in azure skies upon
a rose tinted cloud. Then came the great day, when the
springtime of love blossomed forth in the full radiance of
summer, with the coming and going of bridesmaids, re
hearsals; the preparation of the wedding feast; the arri
val of the vehicles for the journey to the church, where
eager and equally romantic hands had woven garlands of
verdure and flowrers emblematic of the fairyland of her
dreams, each fragrant blossom conjuring up the flood of
sweet sentiment that was to sweep through her very soul
and endure forever.
And what lover could remain oblivious to all this pre
paration and not receive daily evidence of the efforts of
his bride-to-be to bring a great spiritual reality into his
life ? Like a snowball rushing downhill, recurrent events
burned into his brain calculated to linger as the essence
of sweet memories after the heydey of the honeymoon
had waned, and the fairy dreams had become somewhat
modified by the realities of life.
Possibly no other influence exerted a stronger power
in keeping intact the romantic contract. Men and women
in those days shrank at the horror of being compelled to
acknowledge that the greatest event in life had proven a
failure, and the nuance of the preceding events leading to
marriage remained impervious to the storms of life.
GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP
The bestowal of the Japanese decorations, conferred
by the Emperor of Japan on the American aviators who
made the round-the-world flight, was a gesture of friend
ship to America in addition to being a well-deserved hon
or to the intrepid aviators.
We wish the weather man would keep his cold snaps
in the States. Here we were, still in B. V. D/s when
along comes an Illinois special and pours a deluge of snow
onto the landscape.
With the arrival of the first snow of the winter yes
terday local gardeners were seen putting earmuffs on
their plants and shrubbery. *
According to income tax statics approximately one
fourth of the populatio nearns from $50,000 to $100,000 a
year. Where do the people get all this money that the
bootleggers take away from them?
HER LEASES
OVERLAND HOTEL
RE-ENTERS HOTEL BUSINESS AF
TER ABSENCE OF TWO
YEARS
Beginning today Mel Horner, for
mer hotel man of this city, is once
again back in harness for he has tak
en a long term lease on the Overland
hotel as well as the building adjoin
ing housing the Overland Grill, and
the O. K. Barber Shop, all of which
property is owned by Leo Margules.
Two years ago Mr. Horner conducted
the hotel but gave it up to enter ano
ther line. Last winter he was con
nected with the Anchorage hotel, at
Anchorage, and during the past sum
mer acted in a proficient manner as
guide to a number of big game hunt
ers. The big strides Seward has
made during the past year, in a com
mercial way, has been of ample as
suraiice to Mr. Horner of what the
future holds in store for this city.
Since Mr. Margules returned to the
city, after an absence of four years,
he has gone to considerable expense
in renovating the hotel throughout
the entire interior. The exterior, like
wise, including the foundations, was
practically rebuilt making a most im
posing looking structure. Prior to the
numerous improvement the hotel en
joyed a comfortable business but dur
ing recent months the patronage has
increased two-fold.
It is Mr. Horner’s plan to continue
the operation of the hotel along the
same lines of service in the past
which is assurance of success. Being
endowed with an agreeable personal
ity, young and energetic, his many
friends can see nothing but the be
ginning of a substantial business ca
reer for him.
The freighter Lakina, due in port
tomorrow from the South, will dis
charge approximately 200 tons of car
go at this port, the local office ad
vises. About 150 tons is billed to the
Standard Oil plant.
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