May 13, 1926 Early this morning, the Hazel B No. 4 started up the river for the third trip this season. She got underway loaded with some 40 passengers and shoving a barge carrying a tractor, a truck …
May 6, 1926 C.C. Mundy has taken out a building permit for construction of a four-room modern house to be built on Wrangell Avenue. C.A. Carlson has been awarded the contract. This is the first of …
April 29, 1926 Wrangell’s new fire truck, which was made possible largely through the generous subscriptions of local citizens, arrived aboard the steamship Oregon. It is a thing of beauty as well …
April 26, 1926 Due to the steady growth of population which has been occasioned by the extended opportunities offered by Wrangell during the past two years, a real building boom has begun. In all, 41 …
April 15, 1926 It has been known for years that some of the most fertile land in Alaska lay at the mouth of the Stikine River. The old Presbyterian Mission farm was established there more than a …
April 8, 1926 Total school enrollment for the year up to the last report period was 206. One hundred fifty of these were enrolled in the elementary school and 56 in the junior and senior high school. …
April 1, 1926 Money from the Bevier estate was left in the hands of the school board for the purchase of a playfield for children. They have negotiated with the owners of the land fronting on the …
March 25, 1926 Lester D. Henderson, Alaska education commissioner, spent part of last week in Wrangell, inspecting the schools. “The Wrangell school faculty is an excellent one. The quality of the …
March 18, 1926 A new municipal float to meet the needs of the fishermen is under construction at Wrangell, financed by the city. It will be 500 feet long and 10 feet wide, in addition to the approach …
March 11, 1926 The experiment in the hygiene class in Miss Larkins’ room during the past month revealed a number of interesting facts. Each of the 10 children were given a glass of milk at each …
March 4, 1926 The last of the inside finishing work of Wrangell’s new $40,000 hospital is being completed and it will be ready to open its doors within a very short time. The building and equipment …
Feb. 25, 1926 Another new business establishment will soon be in operation on Front Street. A service station and garage, measuring 26 by 68 feet, is being built on the vacant lot between the City …
Feb. 18, 1926 Within the past month, the bait herring shortage in the Wrangell district was so serious as to arouse intense interest. Unless something was done to relieve the situation, there would …
Feb. 11, 1926 Within the year since the Willson and Sylvester Mill Co. of Wrangell grew into the Wrangell Lumber and Power Co., immense changes and improvements have taken place in the plant almost …
Feb. 11, 1926 An experiment is being tried in the hygiene class of Miss Larkin’s room to determine the effects of additional milk between meals on the children who are below standard weight, both …
Jan. 28, 1926 The members of St. Philip’s Guild experienced a joyful surprise last Saturday when a check for $130 was received from Mrs. George E. Norton of Rochester, New York, to apply to the …
Jan. 21, 1926 Leaving Anchorage a year ago this month, Milton Willis, “The Cassiar Kid,” went to Wrangell, where he procured as much information as possible, got an outfit together and headed for …
Jan. 14, 1926 The past six-week period showed an enormous increase in tardy marks at the high school. Announcement was made that beginning with the new semester, all tardiness would be penalized by a …
Jan. 7, 1926 Wrangell is able to report to the world a climatic phenomenon in that the present winter in this section of Alaska is so mild that beautiful roses are now in bloom out in the open yards …
Dec. 24, 1925 The third of the “Gym Deficit Benefit” dances given by the PTA will be the closing event of Christmas week. Preparations are being made to make it a Christmassy affair, the event …