Los Angeles Herald, Number 120, 28 January 1900 — FARTHEST NORTH PAPER Information Given in the First Number of the Nome News [ARTICLE]

FARTHEST NORTH PAPER Information Given in the First Number of the Nome News

Beattlft—A copy of Vol. 1, No. 1, cV Thc| Nome News, published at Nome, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 9, 189!t, has reached here. It does not look as If, It were published nearer the North Pole than any other newspaper in America. It has four pages with four columns, twelve inches long to the column, and It sells for (irty cents a copy. There are three columns of advertisements, all of them, excepting one, being saloons, lawyers and doctors. The lawyers are Rosener & Plttman, Milroy. Hannum & Mllroy, Alonio Rawson, Whitteleey & Fink, W. H. Bard, Hubbard, Reeman & Hume and Francis McNulty. Mr. McNulty announces that he will remain during the winter, from which it may be Inferred that Mr. McNulty has food and fuel for ordinary purposes. The physicians are E. M Reninger, Emll Ptfhl, and James Miller mrgeon IT. B. A. The Palace restaurant announces that It has "Everything the Market Affords." The Horseshoe saloon makes this announcement: "The Bon-ton resort cf Nome will open for business Saturday night In the new Iron building near the water works, under the able and popular management of Mrs. Charles Cobb." The Reception, The Pioneer, the El Dorado, The Northern. Th« Nome Saloon and The Dexter arc others. The Pioneer offers "High Grade Wet Goods" to its patrons; the El Dorado is the "best equipped and most comfortable resort" In Nome. The Nome offers "the best the camp can afford In the line of liquors, wines and cigars." The El Dorado has "excellent music," and the Dexter Is "The Finest and Largest Saloon north of • Seattle." A column la devoted to the "output of the •MMM/' which la put down as "at least IMW.fIM," Another column goes to a "New ma Roots," which la a "Monthly Mail be- ' 1 -

t«Mt K«M iM latMl OR Cook Intel, during the winter month#.- A half coluam I* devoted to • Ml atgL MlchMl. which to described •• "an Interesting icelal affair." Another half column Is a puff for the "Creamerle," a new restaurant where "Every delicacy of the season Is served as guests desire, while many a dainty creation of the chef's skill Is there to tempt the appetite of the most fastidious." Just what* that chef will have In the way of "dainty creations" of fricasseed bootless, Eskimo dog a la Newburf, cold mule salted, and horse d'oeuvres of whale blubber, will not be known until the first news comes from Nome next spring. John F. Collins, undertaker and embalmer, will erect a new building as soon as he can get the lumber, and Curly Carr and E. A. Kelly, well known middleweight*, are booked for a 20-round glove contest to a decision at Wyatt Earp's saloon. "It promises to be a warm contest," the paper cays. In the "News Notes" the wedding of Mr. John Harklnson and Miss Hannah Hlbbard is announced, and Francis P. King, M. D„ a well known mining man, formerly of New York, and Miss Elizabet if Shirs se. M. D., late of Hamilton. Ont., were quietly married Saturday evening by Rev. Dr. Young. Among the short edltorlale are these encouragers: "Nome is a winner. Now, just watch the town grow. "At a recent municipal election a total of 1,418 votes were cast. Not a small vote for a town a few weeks old." "Nome Is neither wild nor lawless. Good order is maintained and gun plays are seldom seen. And yet it is a red hot town." "The beach diggings are practically closed, but here and there a hardy miner may still be seen working on the sea shore." Twenty-five lines in fine type are devoted to the different religious organizations, the Presbyterian, Congregational and Catholic being the most active. Among the "Personals" are several notice* of persons "leaving for the outside." And last, but not least, the local poet under the divine afflatus of the arctic circle gets off this gem: Oh, look at the queer Esquimaux, His nose is too pudgy to blaux; His perfume Is awful, To describe it unlawful. The thought of It fills me with waux. —New York Sun.