Village Gossip
By MARY BAEN WRIGHT
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The Ladies’ Altar Society met
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.
J. V. Lydick, on Railroad row, with
Mrs. Lydick and Mrs. Canavan as
hostesses. The members .attending
were Mesdames Whalen, Scheffler,
Gaffney, Leach, Galen, DeLeo, Shoe
maker, Rosswog, Rowley, Lines, Ly
dick and Canavan, and Miss Mary
Edelbrock. Plans were discussed for
a dance to be given on St. Patrick’s
day. The hostesses served delicious
fruit salad, coffee and cake.
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Ethel Brodwick, the girl aeronaut
who met an awful death at San. Fran
cisco Friday by falling a thousand
feet from an airplane, from which she
was attempting to descend by means
of a parachute, was well known to'
Mrs. Boyce and Miss Katherine;
Boyce, who live in the Lathrop build- i
ing. The unfortunate girl, who was !
called “Tiny” on account of her small j
statute,^was a neighbor of the Boyces
'a few years ago at Venice, Cal„ and
frequently went swimming with Miss
Katherine. The girl’s father made
the parachutes in which she made
her descents, and she had appeared
at numerous fairs all over the country.
She was the first person ever to
make a parachute descent from an air
plane. * ; j
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Eriends of Miss Olive Audett, who
lived in Cordova about two years ago,
will be pleased to learn that she will
return on an early doat to take up
her former position as bookkeeper
for the Alaska Transfer Company.
Miss Audette has been in New York
City, doing stenographic work for the
government.
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G. E. Brainerd, wife and six-year-old
son came in on Wednesday’s train
from Tiekel station, at Mile 102, and
are registered at the Windsor. Mr.
Brainerd says they had a temperature
at Tiekel of 32 degrees below zero
for twenty-five days straight during
January. The Brainerds will return
home Monday.
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Mrs. E. L. Harwood enlei tained a
few friends at*-auction bridge last
night. Numerous valentines formed
pretty and appropriate decorations.
Mrs. Harwood’s guests were Mesdames
Donohoe, Eames, Harmon, Lydick,
Howard, Galen and Fields.
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Herman Gentsch, who has been em
ployed at the Loussac drug store at
Anchorage for the past three years,
came to Cordova on the Alaska to
work at the Cordova drug store.
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A telegram received from Mrs> J. C.
Dougherty, who left recently for New j
York to purchase her spring stock of
goods, says that she is detained in
Seattle on account of the quarantining
of the house in which she is staying.
Her niece and brother-in-law are vic
tims of the* influenza epidemic.
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Captain Lathrop is preparing to
leave on the Alameda to look after
his business interests in Anchofage.
He will be gone probably two weeks.
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Dan Baker, representing the West
ern Dry Goods Company of Seattle, is I
at the Northern hotel. He will leave j
for the westward pn the Alameda.
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Clifford Phillips, who is employed i
by the Blum-O’Neill Company, is re
covering from a two weeks’ illness.
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Miss Laura Bacon returned on the
Alaska from a visit of two months
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in Seattle and Vancouver.
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Richard Not'd is absent from his i
work at the First Bank of Cordova on j
account of sickness.
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Harry Achison of the Bank of
Alaska is moving into the apartments
formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. 1
Frank Cunningham, on B street, be- i
tween First and Second avenues.
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O. E. Jones, section foreman at Mile j
89, came in on Friday’s train to meet:
his wife, who is returning on the Ala-1
meda. Mrs. Jones went Outside last;
fall on account of illness.
The C. B. Club met Thursday after- ;"•!
noon with Mrs. Lester Koch. Em
broidery was the headliner on the pro- 2*
gram, followed by a delicious lunch- • £
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ing ladies participated: Mesdames I>:
Aiken. Call, Foyston and Elmquist. < • £
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The Loyal Orange Institution held l £
open house Friday night in the Ma- •£
sonic hall for about one hundred mem- ;£
bers and friends. Several informal •£
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speeches were made, interspersed'with 2£
vocal and instrumental music, after •£
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which the company gathered around- »c
the tables and enjoyed a bountiful #:•:
supper together. •£
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The Woman’s Guild t met last Jv
Wednesday afternoon at the home of •£
Mrs. Fairman. The time was spent ;ij:
in sewing and in discussing the guild
work for the year. Late in the after- •
noon the hostess served most dainty
refreshments. " Those present in- l $
eluded: Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Tibbs, Mrs.
Fursman, Mrs. Harwood, Mrs. Har- *2
mon, Mrs. Tracy, Mrs. Ziegler and the
hostess. *
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Mrs. J. L. Dikes, wife of Lieutenant • £
Dikes of Fort Liscum, who was in jl;:
Cordova last Saturday, is a sister of •
the- famous moving picture comedi- 5||
enne, Mabel Normand, to.whom she •£:
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bears considerable resemblance. Mrs. •><
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Dikes finds life at the fort pretty dull •:£
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was delighted to have an opportunity •$
to pay a short visit to our city. She •£*
says it is possible that Miss Normand 2;i
may come to Alaska in the near future •>:
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t.o film some snow scenes.
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Frank Cole, a carpenter who lived • ^
here several years, and who has lately •£:
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been putting up a sawmill at Mile 4, *•::
came in on Friday’s train, bringing Jg
with him a toe which he had sorne^- *:£
how managed to break by falling out l'<
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of bed the day before. Dr. Chase I x
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ministered to the afflicted member, J
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and now Mr. Cole is stumping arbund • &
the lobby of the Northern hotel await- • §
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ing the train which will take him 2*
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back. • g
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The Northland Club is preparing to 2?
give one of its enjoyable dances on • $
the night of Tuesday, the 17th. Mrs. •£
Frank Foster, Mrs. Walter .Gaffney 2?
and Mrs. W. L. Fursman will act as •£
hostesses for the dance, which will be
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a costume or masquerade affair—thb 2$
first to be given by the club. •£
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The government launch Donaldson,
-which came over from Fort Liscum j
Tuesday night of last week, had a
hard time getting back. She started
Saturday, got as far as Observation r
island and returned. On Sunday an
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other attempt was made, but the bliz
zard made it impossible to get away
from the dock. Finally, on Monday
morning a third attempt Was made,
this time successful.
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Charles La Bell, an old-time Alas
kan from Kennecott, is awaiting the
Alameda to take him south for medical
treatment. He made a trip to Mayo #
Bros.’ institute last spring, and re
turned much improved, but is now
suffering a relapse.
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Miss Edna Morris, head nurse at the
city hospital, who went to Seattle re
cently to take little Francis O’Neill
to a hospital, will return toWrrow on
the Alameda.
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Dr. W. H. Chase was sick several
days during this week, but is able to
be attending to his professional duties
now.
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Miss Katherine Boyce has been con
fined by sickness to her home in the
Lathrop building for several days. !
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' E. G-. Wilson, traveling for a Ta
coma wholesale house, is registered
at the Northern, and will take the
Alameda for the westward. I
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Mrs. Charles Nicholls, who has been
sick for the last week with la grippe, ■
is again able to be out. |
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Dr. W. D’Arcy Chase is moving into
his new office on the second floor of
the Lathrop building. . ;
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William Townsend was taken ill
suddenly on Friday*, and was removed
to the city hospital.
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The launch Waif; which burned at
the City dock last September, follow
ing a gasoline explosion, has been re- ;
built, ; nd yesterday was taken on a \
trial trip across the bay. . i
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Otto Lybeck of Mile 52 is in town,
awaiting his wife, who will arrive on
the Alameda. . \
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Mrs. Frank Foster is suffering from >
\ la grippe. —
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