• Three hectographic issues of the newspaper The Aurora Borealis from Healy, Alaska survive. Serving the Healy/Cape Nome district, the surviving issues consist of vol. 2, nos. 1-3 (published 31 Dec. 1898-1 Mar. 1899). Issues consist of single sheets of paper hectographed on one side only, affixed together at the top. The Borealis sold for $1/copy and was "Issued monthly, Delivered at expense of subscriber either by dog team or reindeer." (Healy is 12 miles south of Denali National Park.) Advertising rates were $10/page. $6/half page, $4/quarter page and 50 cents/line, "payable in advance." While microfilm copies of the newspaper are black-and-white, I have taken the liberty of presuming the original to have been published in the ever-popular hecto purple, and have tinted the three scans I am providing, accordingly.
  Thanks to Professor James Danky at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) for drawing my attention to this publication.

Cover, vol. 2, no. 1

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Cover, vol. 2, no. 3