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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
FOR RENT—A sewing machine.
Phone 135. 12-ti
WANTED—A maid for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. E. L. Har
wood.
FOR SALE—Miscellaneous household
furniture. Apply Alaska Transfer
Company. 16-3t
FOR RENT—Caoins. See Dooley.
FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms for
small family. Water, sewer, and
light. Also one furnished cabin.
Apply this office 31-tf
NOTICE.
Commencing February 1st the price
of coal will be as follows:
Down Town Delivery.
Bulk (2 ton lots or over) per
ton .$14.00
Bulk (1 ton lots) per ton . 14.50
Bulk (Vfeton lots) . 7.75
Sacked (ton lots) per ton. 17.50]
Sacked (V2 Ton) . 9.00'
Sacked (less than V2 ton) per
sack . 1.30
Hill Delivery.
Add 50 cents a ton for each avenue
east of Second. Two ton lot rate does |
not apply.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO. !
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WRITES FROM OVERSEAS
Thomas Strimpie has received the
following very interesting letter from
W. A. Taylor, who is with the Ameri
can expeditionary force in France:
“In Prance, Dec. 31. 1917.
“Dear Tommy and Boys:
“I received your most welcome pack
age and I really can't express my
thanks for your kindness. I have been
in the hospital for a month but will
be out in a week.
“Well, boys, the Copper River would
sure look good to me, for the more I
see of the world the more I think of
Alaska. We have been treated good
over here, and we get along fine with
the other soldiers of the allies.
“We have been ‘hitting the hall’
since we landed here, getting things
in shape to handle the big army and
its supplies. It is a very big job but
everybody is working with a will and
we are getting a lot done. All the
men are in good spirits and anxious
to get a crack at the ‘Pritzies.’
“I am not a bit sorry that I came
over for I have seen lots of things
that I would not have otherwise have
seen.
“There are a fine bunch of men in
this regiment. We had a football
schedule among the companies of the
regiment and we sure had a few
tough games. E and P Co’s were
tied for the championship of the regi
ment. I was a substitute halfback on
E Co. team.
“There are a lot of American sol
diers over here now and more coming
all the time. We were the first after
General Pershing’s army to land We
have to do without a lot of things that
We are used to—in the food line We
don’t hardly see any milk or sugar at
all, and as for cakes or pastry they
can’t be had,
“Economy is the watchword over
here for it is food as well as men that
will win the war, and the more food
we save the more men we can have
over here. I believe England is the
most economical country in the world,
with Prance a close second.
“Coal is scarce and we have to be
very saving with it.
“There are lots of German and Aus
trian prisoners working here, and, be
lieve me, they would rather be here
than In the trenches.
“Slim Elliot is in D Co., and Is
working near where I was. Jimmy
Bennett is about thirty miles from
here. He is in C Co,
“There has been quite a bit of rain
this fall and the mud was fierce, but
it has turned cold and dried up. There
has been a little snow on the ground
lately. It gets cold, for the air is
damp.
"Expect to be running an engine
as soon as I get out of the hospital,
for there is a bunch of engines coming
here and I am promised one.
"I have been studying French since
I landed here and can talk with the
French a bit.
“We get plenty of good, wholesom
grub, but not many fancy trimmings.
We get lots more than the British or
French. You have to take off your
hat to the French for the fight they
have put up and the hardships and
privations that they endured till the
Americans entered the war.
“This is a beautiful country and
there are some wonderful and inter
esting sights to see. I would like to
take in the whole country before 1 go
back to the states.
“This hospital is a large building
that was a French hospital but was
taken over by a hospital unit from
Boston. There are sure some fine doc
tors and nurses here. A fellow in here
gets fine treatment and attention.
“I am doing a lot of writing without
saying very much, but we have to be
careful what we write or the censor
will cut it out.
“I would like to write to all the
boys but paper is scarce and we don’t
get a great deal of time to write when
at work, for we put in a long day. But
1 guess that this wrill do for all of
you.
“Well, boys, I want to thank you
again for your kindness. My heart
was sure touched w'hen I saw that the
boys thought of me over here. And
that you boys are well and prosperous
is the earnest wish of
“Your sincere friend,
“W. A. TAYLOR.
“Co. E 18th Engs. Ry.
“IT. S. Army P. O. 705
“A. E. F. in France
“Via New York.”
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A meatless Tuesday; wheatless
Wednesday and porkless Saturday will
win the wrar.
Special Feature MACKLYN ARBUCKLE in 5 act Corned Drama
' “The Reform
Candidate
"Boss" Hoke's Personal Version of Prank tlrandell's Sensational De
feat for Mayor
I Master Comedy in 3 Acts
, THE HOUSE OF TERRIBLE SCANDALS
This Is the greatest comedy picture of its type ever shown in Cordova
and will be enjoyed by all-—do not miss it.
SPECIAL MUSIC BY ORCHESTRA
MRS. NINA NICHOLS AT THE PIANO
ADMISSION 30 cents_ CHILDREN 10 cents
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TAKES MOTHER’S TIP
WILL JOIN ARMY
V ictor Sjolseth, who has been min
ing on Gold Hill, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, arrived in Cordova and is on his
way to the states to enter the army.
This young man decided to join the
colors immediately upon the receipt
of a letter from his mother from the
states, in which she intimated regret
that neither of her boys had found it
, possible to enter the service. Right
I then and there he decided to quit the
i mining game and sold his interest to
his brother. This is another instance
of the mothers of American boys prov
ing positively that they did bring their
boys up to be soldiers.
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The Presbyterian Sunday school re
quests the friends and parents o*:' all
children to join them in the social
hour at the Eagle hall at 7:30 o’clock
tonight.
Fat is fuel for figthers—save it.
T he oil steamer Lucas, Capt. Ker
wood in command, arrived in port this
morning with a cargo of crude oil for
the railroad company.
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Attorney F. H. Foster has opened
law offices in Room 1, Alaskan ho'el
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The fire department was called out
last night for drill.
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The greatest comedy drama, “The
Reform Candidate,” ever shown in
Cordova will be thrown upon the
screen at the Empress tonight. Also
the big three reel comedy, "The House
of Terrible Scandal. The orchestra
will render the music. Usual prices
prevailing.
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Eat plenty, wisely and without
waste.
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the rest of the world.
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