The McCarthy
Weekly News
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McCarthy, Alaska, Saturday, march 2rd, 1918
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Personal
J.B.O’Neiil is President of the
Tour Minute Men for this sect
inn. This campaign is organ
oid in ordei to keep people in
iormed as to conditions and the
i reds of our Government from
lime to time in 4 minute talks
by chosen speakers. Their data
comes direct fvom Washington
and is absolutely authentic.
Jim Marie left Monday morn j
ing for Niaina Glacier with ten 1
t *ns of freight consigned to Shu
shunna parties. From that point
is v ill be transported by dog
teams.
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The Rev.A.G.Shi iver held Set -:
vice in the School house l ist
Wednesday evening. He left for
Cordova the following* day.
Mrs C. F- M. Cole w< s taken
suddenly id lust Monday evening |
tli.it it was necessary to remove
her to Kennicott Hosdital, but
her many friends will be glad
to know that she is recovering
and will be back sometime next
week.
Miss Vera McCarthy return
ed this week from an extended
visit to Chitina where she had
been participating in the revelry
of the days of “98”.
Found; at the Alaskan Billiard
Hail, an Oddfellow’s Pin. Owner
can have same by paying for
this advertisement.
OLD TIMER DIES
Michael May, an old-timer well
known in this part of the count
ry, die:! at the Kennicot hosdittl
on Monday from stomach trouble
For the last four years he had
been * mdoyed by G. Max Ester
ly on his placer ground in the
Nizina country. Mr Sliriver con
ducted the funeral service, the
deceased being in McCarthy.
A GENEROUS DONATION
On the occasion of J inline O’
Conor’s recent trip U> the Moth
er Lode camp, lie and Supt Han
cock y.ivo the ho;,' s an in teres -
ing talk on Red X work, with the
residfcthat the sum of £181 00.
was subscribed hy them month-1
ly. This amount will be < redited
to this chapter and remitted
from lie re to Seattle.
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If you are interested in dog*
sleds visit Underwood’s shop.
Mac is tl e artificer.
MINER WINS SUIT
J. W Johnson a miner for the
Kennicott Company, who suffer
ed the loss of a foot, has been a
warded $144o under the Alaska
Workmens’ compensation Act
This case was hotly contested in
the higher court. The validy of
the Act being upheld.
Extract from Valdez Miner.
Once upon a time someone
wrote of “ships that pass in
the night and greet each other
in paasing. ” Nowadays ships
that pass in the night torbedo
each other in passing.
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NEWS ITEMS
FIRE ALARM
What with the Mother L()(le
whistles shrieking, the chief of
the fire brigade yelling fire and
all the teams in cown racing
ronnd corners’ one would imag
ine that half the town was on
fire. Fortunatly however, it turn
ed out to be a practice drill.
The residents of McCarthy
can rest assured, that should
a conflagration occur, the fire
boys will be on deck.
A club known ns The Sammies
Gift Club of McCarthy, Alaska,
bus be* n i'o mad: the object
bob ;; to send tobacco, socks,
and confer! s directly to the boys
at i! o in ; t vj.o are personally
known here.
The membership has reached
ha£ reached 1°.
MEETING NJGUT: 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays in each month, in the
Lobby oftheWoodin House,
Everyone interested invited.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Vote For
James L. Galen
Rebublican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday,
April 30th.
Paid Advertisement
Lost: on Evening of February
14th. — Seal cape, edged with
Black Fox. Reward offered.
Finder notify McCarthy Drug
Store.
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AMUSEMENTS
Movie Show at A. B.
Sunday night,
Drama also Comedy.
News weekly etc.
Hall on
Pathe
Dont forget Show Sunday
night —a Pat he Weekly
Paulin Fredrick in Lydia Gil
more’ also a Fox 3 reel comedy
There’s many a Fool.
On Wednesday Mareh 6th anoth
| er Pa the Weekly, and Denman
Thompson in the Old Home
| stead, For comedy Luke Ra.uk
Impersonator.
A DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE
, .James H Patterson has filed
; for Representative on the demo
cratic ticket. Details publish
next week.
Owing to the abseme of the
i Editor this week, the "News’"
stall has been reduced i*> the
'Printer’s devil. Subscribers will
; please overlook typographical
| errors and lack of Chitina news
Details of last Red X meeting
will be published next week.
Save fats and sweets! Food will
win the war
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I
want what I want when 1
want it
and
get what I want when my
work is done by
Murie’s Transfer