HOME-MADE TOGS
Women Clever With Needle Can
Save cp. Clothing.
High Cost of Materials Behooves Ma
jority to Fashion Their Own
Simple Gowns.
There is no denying that home
dressmaking, at least for grown-ups. is
less popular than it used to he. There
are several reasons for this, one be
that so far as cotton frocks were
concerned the American manufacturer
offered such smart designs at such rea
sonable figures that it did not pay the
p average woman to cut and plan and
sew a simple cotton or gingham frock.
But like everything else, since the war,
the summer frock of ordinary materi
als has increased in cost until $25 or
$30 is now the usual figure for a gown
that a few years ago could he made by
a woman clever with the needle at from
$5 to $7. And even when the services
of the dressmaker by the day were en
listed to supplement home talent the
summer frock was still inexpensive.
But a different tale is related now
adays and while no sensible person
would recommend that an inexperi
enced woman should undertake to
fashion a serge or satin gown, there
Is no good reason why, fortified by
good patterns, one who is accustomed
to sewing cannot turn out simple cot
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Plaid and Plain Gingharyi.
ton frocks that will admirably serve
every summer purpose.
M- With the present high cost of first
quality cotton goods it is well to give
the question of home dressmaking due
consideration.
FASHIONS IN BRIEF
Silver balls and dull silver embroid
ery trim a frock of blue Poiret twill.
Cloth and velvet jackets in solid
colors are used with plaited plaid
skirts.
Pottery red, smoke and gray and
brown are among important spring
shades.
The newest note in Paris headgear
is that which looks to Egypt for its
inspiration.
There is a tendency to show many
varieties of the little shoulder cape
on frocks of serge and other woolen
CALL FOR BIDS
C Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova- Alaska, sealed bids will be re
ceived up to noon of the 21st day of
June, 1920 for the construction and
excavation of a sewer to extend
down A street, from where the pres
end contract for sewer ends, to the
west building line on Fourth street
according to the plans and specifi
cations on file at the city clerk’s
office.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suf
ficient bond, condition to the proper
performance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers, in the
City hall, June 21st, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON
* Town Clerk
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Tuesday from a visit at Strelna with
Mrs. V. J. Dwyer.
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Edward Kane, formerly employed
by the Cordova Daily Times will ar
rive here from tne states on the
Northwestern.
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The Hillery-Scott Company’s boat
Glacier brought in a cute little baby
seal Wednesday, which was turned
loose after being a source of amuse
ment for a day or two.
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The Ladies’ Aid Society held a
pleasant session Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Edward O’Brien
The meeting was purely a social af
fair. About twenty ladies were pres
ent. Mesdames Wittig. McConaghy
and O’Brien were the hostesses.
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Mrs. Lou Hegg has received word
that her brother, Grant Bullock, who
is in charge of the warehous at Ken
necott, underwent an operation for
appendicitis at the Kennecott hos
tal Tuesday morning. The attack
was both sudden and serious, but Mr.
Bullock is now recovering, under the
care of Dr. Gillespie.
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Miss Bennie Neilson, proprietor of
the Frisco Cafe, gave a bountiful
spread last night to about twenty
friends, the occassion being her birth
day. A wonderful four-story nut
cake, blazing with candles, proved as
delightful to the taste as to the sight.
“Red” Rickert. encouraged by the
plaudits of his friends, undertook to
cut and deal a great strawberry short
cake. Tho’ noticeably “fussed” and
lathered about the thumbs with ■
whipped cream, Mr- Rickert performed 1
the feat with a grace and dignity
which called forth applause. Delicious
ice-cream and the coffee for which
the Frisco is famous, completed a
feast long to be remembered.
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Rev. E. P. Ziegler and family will
leave on the Alameda tomorrow to
be gone a year. After a stay of sev
eral weeks at Mackinac on Lake Sup
erior, they will go on to New York
and New Haven. Probably no one in
Cordova ever has had, or will have,
more friends than the Zieglers. We
are very sorry to see them leave,
but hope that the trip may prove a
source of great benefit and pleasure
to them all. Aloha oe!
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Miss Marie Yeaman, of Spokane
and Seattle, came up on the Alaska
and is employed as nurse at the gen
eral hospital. Miss Yeaman ex
presses herself as well pleased with
Cordova.
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Mrs- S. H. Lamprey had the bad
luck to loose her wrist watch at the
theatre last evening. As she was
leaving her seat she saAV a man in
front of her pick up something which
she had heard fall, but not until she
reached home did she discover her
loss. Mrs. Lamphrey valued the
watch because it- was a gift from her
boys. An advertisement for its re
turn appears on another page.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sinkowski, Mr.
and Mrs. Cornwall, Mrs. Arthur Eke
and little son Jimmie have visited
town from the radio stations during
the week.
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F. G. Noyes and Morton E. Stevens,
well-known business men of Fair
banks, are here to take the Alameda
to the states.
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Mrs. A. C. Eke and Mrs. E. Hoel, of
Mile 14, returned home this morning
after a brief stay here.
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If the weather permits, a party of
about twenty will make a pleasure
trip to Twin Lakes tomorrow, leavingi
the ocean dock at nine a. m
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The Alameda, which was reported
due at ten this morning, will not dock
until 4 p. m., according to the latest
notice.
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Little Jeane McConaghy celebrated
her birthday on Wednesday, the six
teenth by having a number of her
young friends: Marion Geer, Helen
and Sadie Pratt, Eileen Hubbert,
Edith Catherine Smith and Dorothy
Aiken. Five candles burned on the
birthday cake. Mrs. McConaghy took
pictures of the group as a keepsake
for little Jeane’s later years.
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Fourteen members of the Ladies’
Altar Society met at the home of Mrs.
George Dooley Thursday evening, and
after transacting necessary business
affairs, enjoyed a social time and
dainty refreshments together.
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The six-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Brainerd was brought in
to town for medical treatment on the
last train. The father came in last
night on a speeder.
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H. O. McCall and R. E. Bailey, of
Kennecott, are at the Windsor await
ing the southbound Alameda.
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Julius Sahlin, one of the owners
of the sawmill at Sheep Bay, arrived
in town on a gasboat late last night,
and is registered at the Windsor.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cuthbert and
little son, William Jr., of Valdez, will
be in Cordova this evening en route
outside on the Alameda. Mrs. Cuth
bert, who was Miss Blanche Fogg, is
well known here. Both she and her
husband will be remembered for the
prominent part they took in the Red
Cross entertainment shown here in
1917 by a company from Fort Liscum
and Valdez. The Cuthberts are on!
their way to their new home in Deer
Lodge, Montana, where Mr. Cuthbert
will be employed in the train dispatch- j
er’s office of the Northern Pacific rail-1
way.
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Billy Field, son of Mr. and Mrs. j
Archibald Field, of Railroad Row, had
a birthday Monday, which he cele
brated by taking a hike out the line
to Murchison’s Falls with a crowd of
his young friends. Mrs. Field and
Miss Madeline Buchanan chaperoned
the young folks, who were Dorothy
Dooley, Ophelia Howard, Harry, Will
iam and Alice O’Neill, Helen Downing,
Genevieve Dyson, Margaret Porter,
Barth and Matt O’Laughlin, Billy, and
his sister Mavis. The children made j
a fire and had a hilarious time roast
ing weenies and eating good things,!
among which was a birthday cake— |
think of it, out there in the woods!—;
with twelve candles on it. Bijly is an
extra fine boy, and his former teacher,
who writes this, joins his other friends
in wishing him many more birthdays
as happy as this one.
Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery.
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Have you an old hat? Take it to
Peyser and have it made like new. '
You’ll be surprised at the result.—Do
it now!—Phone 188—He’ll do the rest.
A new sidewalk is being laid in
front of Dougherty’s store.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—One four-cycle seven H.-P.
Doman motor. Inquire at Castle Inn.
Pete Taylor. 19-2w
LOST—Wrist watch, at Empress thea
tre, Friday evening. Tlease notify Mrs.
L .H. Lampney at Cordova dry goods
store, and receive reward. 19-tf
WANTED—Help for four hours a day
for hotel or chamber work. Apply
Northern Hotel. 19-tf
FOR SALE—Typewriter almost new,
library table, children’s bed, high
chair, indirect light fixture, etc. Call
159-2rings. 17-tf
FOR SALE—Restaurant.. Apply to Geo.
Dooley. tf
WANTED—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. M. Brock. 16-tf
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
WANTED—Two tie makers. Pay fifty
cents straight for both first and second.
Apply H. Christie. Mile 19 tf
WANTED—Good shoe repairer at Dimon
Nickaloff’s shoe repair shop. 27-tf
FOR SALE—Three and one-half horse
power Standard Kid gosolene engine,
$115. Apply to Will Clayson 25-tf
WANTED—Limited number of roomers
and boarders will be taken at the
Lakeview Hotel. Strictly home cook
cooking. 15-tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool table, in
good condition, Price $150. See F. H.
Foster. 11-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments in the Burk
hart flats. Phone 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley. _
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova, Alaska, sealed bids will be
received up to noon oi the 21st day
of June, 1920 for the construction
and excavation of a sewer to extend
down the alley between A and B
streets, from where the present con
tract for sewer ends, to a point 25
feet from B street, according to the
plans and specifications on file in
the City Clerk’s office.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suffi
cient bond condition to the proper
performance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers in the City
hall, June 21st, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk
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