10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 27, 1999 — At 5:45 Friday morning, Marie Simmons sat impatiently in an idling truck in the parking lot at Fred Meyer West with her daughter, Tiffany, and 18-month-old grandson, Traven Sweetsir.

Sale advertisement in hand, Marie was wide awake and planning her early-morning shopping strategy. Pointing to the small print at the bottom of the Fred Meyer ad, she grinned. “The first one thousand customers get a flyer with special coupons.”

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 27, 1984 — Less than 24 hours away from one of the most important moments of his political career, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens today remained cautiously confident of his prospects of becoming majority leader of the U.S. Senate.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 27, 1959 — If the ghost of Alexander Hunter Murray is still stomping his feet against the cold of Fort Yukon, he might be pleased to know there’s someone thinking about rebuilding his old home.

Murray’s old home was the Hudson’s Bay Co.’s stockade and trading post, first opened in 1847 then vacated in the 1860s when the United States got border-happy and shooed the firm back to Canada. Murray was the manager, or “factor,” of the post.

The scheme is that of Fort Yukon trader C. Masten Beaver, and the scheme is this: rebuild the old stockade and trading post, make it a museum and showplace for Indian crafts.

75 YEARS AGO

Nov. 27, 1934 — The last Christmas mail from Fairbanks for the Atlantic coast closes at the local post office Wednesday, Dec. 5, according to Postmaster Robert E. Sheldon.

Your last chance to get Christmas mail to the Pacific coast and Western states closes here Wednesday, Dec. 12.

100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 27, 1909 — The fire department was called out at 11:30 o’clock in the intense cold this morning in response to an alarm turned in from the clothing store of Isaacs Bros & Co. on Cushman St.

There was no need for the services of the department, however, as there was no fire.

A steam pipe burst in a small storeroom in the rear of Isaac Bros.’ store, filling the place with a dense cloud of steam. Mr. Isaacs, noticing what appeared to be smoke coming out of the room, turned in an alarm by telephone to which the department responded promptly.