William Jack “John” Frame (1857-1939) John Frame was born in McComb, Illinois. He practiced law at Snohomish, Washington from 1890 to 1898. In 1898, he was a newspaper publisher in Dawson. He moved to Forty Mile and then Nome from 1900 to 1902. He became the newspaper publisher of many newspapers in Alaska.((Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, //Who's Who in Alaskan Politics.// Portland: Alaska Historical Commission. 1997: 31.))