THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by the NOME PUBLISHING
COMPANY, Nome, Alaska.
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WHO IS NOW THE GENTLEMAN ?
(New York Herald Tribune)
When tthe word “gentleman” was first adapted from
the French to the English speech, some time in the eleventh
century, it was almost exactly equivalent to “nobleman.”
Its use as a class distinction suggested neither good nor bad
character nor good nor bad manners. The word retained
much of the meaning of the Latin gentilis, a member of an
ancient patrician clan, but it also implied very clearly, in
an age when the whole aristocracy was of warrior origin, a
soldierly ancestry. “Gentleman” therefore came to have
the technical, as well as the popular, meaning of a man
whose family enjoyed the right to bear arms. To lexico
graphers it still means that (among many other meanings),
but when Miss Elsa Maxwell, the actress, undertakes in the
exotic atmosphere of Cannes to define the word she proves
that, to the twentieth century Amer'can, “gentleman” is no
longer a technical term and that, for her perhaps, it has
lost even its historic value.
To illustrate her feeling that “gentlemen” are now few,
Miss Maxwell nominates to a collegium of the superior ones
ten men of her acquaintance. Some are unknown to the
average American, but her inclusion of five or six names
that most of us are pleased to respect proves her ‘nstinctive
good judgment. But when she progresses from these help
ful illustrations to the elimination from the gentlemanly
classes of all family men for the simple reason that they
work too hard to be polite, of all artists and authors because
they are too self-centered, of all men whm women like, and
of all who dress better than their valets, we suspect that she
is being frivolous in defiance of her native good taste.
Contrary to much of history’s test'mony, the private
and public conduct of the fighting English aristocracy, be
tween the eleventh and the fourteenth centuries, had been
such that the word “gentle” (therefore being a rating by
birth) had come to be colloquially suggestive of generosity,
mercy, good manners and kindness. It even meant, in the
stormy year 1397, “docility.” In the early seventeenth cen
tury, years before the sail'ng of the Mayflower, it was said
with strong popular approval that the gentleman by birth
must honor his clan by being manly, generous, good-mann
ered and kind if he were “lawfully to glory in his title.” This
is the idea that crossed the Western Ocean with the Bree
ches Bibles.
Colonial America learned eventually to hold ‘n contempt
the qualification of “gentle birth.” It took to heart and
cherished the phrase “nature’s gentleman,” interpreting it
to a mean a man so endowed with the courage of the medie
val fighting aristocracy that he scorned to be mean and
churlish. That continues to be, in the back of the average
American’s m'nd, the best possible definition of the word
“gentleman” in a democracy. In the native American mind
this term certainly does not seem to exclude the paterfam
ilias, who works too hard for his clan to be studiously and
superficially elegant. Nor does it rule out of consideration
the various kinds of men whom women favor—does it? We
think not. __
WHEN FLYING TRAVEL
VIA
MIROW AIK SERVICE
j NOME, ALASKA.
HUMLING & DAVICK
BUILDERS
Have Built Several Government Buildings In
cluding Kotzebue Hospital. See Us Before Decid
ing On Your Work-By Day or Contract
Call Main 55 For Appointment.
All New Goods .Tust Arrived
We just received from Walten Moore and Hirsh and Wiess
a fine line of Wool and Flannel Shirts, all Tailored Made;
also Special made Drill Parkas. We bhy the best that money
can buy. We are selling at reasonable prihes.
SEE SPAGATTI DAN
ALASKA EMPORIUM
Opposite Telephone Office
Summary Weather
By Nome Office
Month Of Sept.
The mean temperature for Sept,
was 43.0 degrees, this is 1.5 degrees
above the normal. The highest
temperature recorded was 58 on the
9th and the lowest was 21 on the
22nd. Previous extremes for this
month are 60 and 18 respectively.
There were fifteen days on which
precipitation was recorded for a
total of 2.02 inches, this amount is
,0.71 below the normal. Traces of
snow were recorded on the 20th,
23rd and 24th. The greatest precip
itation in any 24 hour period was
0.46 inch on the 2nd.
There were three clear, eleven
partly cloudy and sixteen cloudy
days. A total of 146.8 hours of sun
shine were recorded, or 37% of the
total possible. The average for
September is 42%.
A total of 7055 miles of wind were
recorded for an average hourly vel
ocity of 9.8. The maximum veloc
ity for a five minute period was 27
miles per hour from the West on
the 17 th.
Auroras were observed on the 28,
and 29th, solar halos 24th and 28th,
Lunar halos on the 12th and 13th.
A killing frost occurred on the 14th.
Weather Today
Station Condition Ceiling Temp
Nome OVC 1000 46
Solomon OVC 1000 46
Golovin OVC 2000 49
Nulato Broken UNL 54
Kaltag broken 4000 53
Unalakleet Sctd UNL 56
Ruby Hi Bk UNL 45
Flat Hi Sctd . 57
Fairbanks broken 5000 61
•Kotzebue thin ovc 4000 46'
MILK—FRESH—MILK*
DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH
Dieticians contend that fresh milk
contains more nourishment than any
other known food, It has no sub
stitute.
Our cows arc selected from the
best dairy stock on the Pacific Coast
—tubercular tested and approved be
fore being shipped.
We deliver at your home—office
—or store; in quarts—pints—or hall
pints. Phone your orders.
WALSH BROS. DAIRY
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Distributed By
Bon Marche Stores
Greenberg & Lewis
J. Lepri
Alaska Liquor Store
Dr. L. W. Fromm
Dentist
Office—West of Nome Liquor
Store
Front St., Nome.
Nome Laundry
Joe Amarok, Prop.
DRY CLEANING AND
PRESSING SUITS
PHONE MAIN 29
East of Catholic Church
Nome, Alaska.
Three Shootings
Blamed On Heir
To Small Estate
(By The Associated Press)
CURLEW, Washington, Oct. 1, —
A coroner’s inquest blamed three
shootings to the resentful heir to
a small farming estate, finding that
the said Tom Lagrud, 40, a bache
lor, had killed Mr. and Mrs. James
J. Landy, about 50, at their farm
home and then committed suicide.
Lagrud was heir to a one-third
parcel of the estate of which his
uncle Landy was administrator.
A quarrel was climaxed when
Landy refused Lagrud’s demand for
money.
Hurricane Moves On
(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, Oct. 1, — An erratic hur
ricane, leaving 37 dead and more
than three hundred injured, moved
with gathering speed toward Ber
muda, having veered away from
Florida.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Double And Single Steam-Heated
Rooms Inquire Nome Motor Co>
Fire Alarm Boxes
Box 13 . At Ottoson’s
Box 14 . West of Lomen Com.
Box 23 . Linton and 3rd,|
at Brewsters
Box 25 . Catholic Church
Box 31 . 1st and D,
at Rynnings
Box 32 . North D St.,
at Andersons
Box 33 . Nohalico
Box 42 . Hospital
One blast of Siren, fire East of
Fire Station; ..two blasts of siren,
fire West of Fire Station.
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The Mode of The Moment In
Women's, Misses’ and Child
rens Apparrel at Sensible
Prices—Always—At
MILDRED’S
SHOPPE
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“ KOUGAROK SPECIAL ”
(Fix and Mullins)
CARS FOR KOUGAROK
3 ROUND TRIPS A WEEK
All Kinds of Freight And
Passengers To Kougarok
Just Received
SHOES
FOR MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN
JACK
SEIDEMERG
Cavey’s Bakery
OPEN FROM 6 A.M. TO 1 A.M.
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
GUY LAUNDRY
Harry Saito, Prop.
Opposite The Bank
Suits And Hats
Cleaned
Laundry Work At
Reasonable Prices
Baths For Men and Women
Phone MAin 149
SELLING COAL
BELOW COST
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We are in the Coal Business to Slay!
We Will Nol Be Driven Oul!
We Will Meet All Competition!
WHEN WE WENT IN THE COAL BUSINESS
COAL WAS $35.00 PER TON
Effective Today and Until After the Arrival Of
S. S. DERBLAY
WE ARE SELLING OUR NEW SHIPMENT OF
LADYSMITH COAL
NUT OR LUMP
$20.00 PER TON
IN TIIE YARD
Deliveries of This Coal Can be Deferred Until
November 1st, If Desired
ORDER FROM POLET'S STORE OR
NOME HARBOR LIGHTERAGE
COMPANY
E*^—i j
PIONEER DRUG STORE
(Nome’s New and Modern Drug Store) *
AGENTS For McKesson-Stewart & Holmes, I
Rexall and Eastman Kodak Company S
BRING US YOUR KODAK WORK «
Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention |
SPECIAL LUMBER SAIF.
1x4 LUMBER—$35.00 Per Thousand
1x6 LUMBER—$38.00 Per Thousand
1 x 12 LUMBER—$39.50 Per Thousand
SALE CONDITIONS—Orders must be in lots of
500 feet or over, random length. SALE ends
CASH UPON DELIVERY
NOME LUMBER CO
MINERS AND MERCHANTS BANK
OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA.
Has established temporary quarters in
the former office of W. J. Rowe Transfer, and is
carrying on its business as usual.
WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT
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Northern Light & Power Co.
AND
Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Second Avenue and Lane’s Way
LIGHT, POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE