The final leg of the serum run began with Gunnar Kaasen setting out with lead dog Balto. The Norwegian born Kaasen is the only musher who became famous due to the event.
The story made the first page of the Tribune:
A party in Laramie had apparently gotten out of control.
Ahmed Zog became the first President of Albania. He'd later be its first king. . . sort of a cautionary tale there.
Irish President W. T. Cosgrave appealed to the United States for food aid as the country's potato crop had been severely reduced due to excess rain.
Last edition:
Saturday, January 31, 1925. Leonhard Seppala and Togo.
Labels: 1920s, 1925, 1925 Serum Run, Alaska, Animals, Art, Daily Living, Dogs, Kven people, Lapp people, tools and appliances, Transportation, Trucks
