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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Fur traders Sam Foss from Iliamna Lake and John Schwegler from Fairbanks prepare for the 1939 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous amid recent deadly fires near Pedro Bay, prompting Foss to install a radio station; prices expected stable with increased demand for certain furs.
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ANCHORAGE, (Special): - Sam Foss, Iliamna Lake fur trader is saving all his furs for the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. It is likely that Mr. Foss will handle the bulk of the Ilianma country furs this season as his trading post in Pedro Bay is growing rapidly. He hopes to install a short wave radio sending and receiving set at Pedro Bay, Late disastrous fires in that vicinity in which two persons were burned to death and a third may not live have accented the need for such a station in that area.
ANCHORAGE (Special) John Schwegler, Fairbanks fur buyer. has announced his intentions to attend the 1939 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Feb. 19 to 21. He indicates that prices will be about the same as last year on some skins, with greater demand for blue fox. muskrats, mink, and lynx because the market has been cleaned out of those particular furs.
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Anchorage
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Feb. 19 To 21, 1939
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two persons burned to death in recent fires near pedro bay, third may not live; fur prices about the same as last year on some skins, greater demand for blue fox, muskrats, mink, and lynx
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Sam Foss saving furs for Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, likely handling bulk of Iliamna country furs as Pedro Bay trading post grows; hopes to install short wave radio set at Pedro Bay due to late disastrous fires; John Schwegler to attend 1939 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous