Word: yukon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last the familiar signal flashed in. They were at Circle City, 130 miles northeast of Fairbanks on the Yukon. That they were safe was good news, but there was better news still...
Going south again they had not navigated (used instruments) but had piloted their plane by "familiar" landmarks remembered from the trip up. A buffeting headwind threw their calculations off a lot, and when they reached the Yukon they were far to the east of their course. Eielson had recognized Circle City; they had descended to refuel and pass the night...
While Cambridge and the rest of New England was in the throes of the most severe snow storm of the year the University Yard with examination goers breasting the savage blasts in desperate haste yesterday morning, resembled a portion of the Yukon Trail in the days of the gold rush...
...trek of ambitious realtors, promoters, sure-fire salesmen and other energetic persons to Florida resembles the Yukon rush, except that it is being made despite heat rather than cold. Advertisements of golden opportunities in Florida land appear everywhere throughout the country. The entire country is speculating upon it. Enthusiasm waxes hottest in Miami, where brokers exhaust voices and nerves from 7:30 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily...
...Michigan school kid soaks the town plutocrat in the ear with an iceball, is forgiven. Years later, in Yukon goldfields, he succors the old man, wins daughter...