Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1897 — TWO WOMEN SHOW PLUCK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWO WOMEN SHOW PLUCK.

Seek the Gold Field* of Alaska, Traveling by the Overland Route, Mrs. M. L. D. Keiser and her niece, Miss Georgie Osborne, both of Jacksonville, 111., have gone on a quest for Alaska gold. These brave women will risk the perils of the overland trip from Juneau over the Chilkoot pass. They go to Seattle, remaining there a week, and then taking the steamer for Juneau. They will cross the pass and push forward by

land to the gold fields. They will make the trip from Seattle with W. 1). Mitchell, also of Jacksonville. Mrs. Keiser is a vigorous woman of 40, who has traveled Ground the wirld, climbed mountains, and gone through other adventures of an experienced traveler. Miss Osborne is a slight young woman of 22, who is less fitted to withstand the hardships of the trip. • She is undaunted by ths prospect, however

MRS. KEISER AND MISS OSBORNE.