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The Nortbwpsicrn Hardware Com
pany has jast received a shipment o'
“Desolvo" sewer and drain idpe clean
ers.
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PARLORS
VIOLET RAY
for all treatments
Baths in Connection
Winifred Swanberg in Charge ;
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Make Your Wants Known
Through the
Alaska Publicity
Bureau
! Juneau, Alaska
It You Want to Either Hire or Be
Hired, Let Us Hear from You
Employers Will Please State Na
ture of Positions Vacant and
Wages Paid
Those Desiring Positions Will
Give Qualifications and Na
ture of Work Wanted
E. J. WHITE,
Chief of Bureau.
By Order of the Governor.
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MEET ME AT
THE
‘HORSESHOE’
POPULAR RECREA
TION PLACE
Where we can always And our
friends
Finest Billiard and Pool Ta
bles In Alaska
BEST GRADES OF STAND
ARD BRANDS OF CIGARS
Aunty
Keating's
“Wee
Shop”
Furnished
Rooms _
By Day or Month
Over the Northern
Drug Store
Entrance Burkhardt Way
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Osborne Bros.
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Jewelers and
Opticians
WATCH REPAIRING and
JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER j
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
SUNDAY
OKI MIAI
WEATLESS
unt NO BARAK CtAfRCW.
lAUIt Uft MUAklAM IOUH
CONTAIN I NO WHEAT
| RED CROSS + NEWS NOTES
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This Department Will Appear Every Wednesday
('onlovn Chapter, American Ked
! Cross, is now comfortably quartered
' in its new home in tin* city ball.
! '• here the second floor has been spe
cially lifted up as a headquarters and
work room for tin* ladies who are
, faking such an active interest in car
ing for the needs of the boys who
!. re enlisted in Curb* Sam's service.
Tile walls and ceiling of the room
! have been ealeimined, the woodwork
j stained and the floor repaired, milk
ling a most attractive place for these
! busy workers to meet. New electrical
i fixtures are also t«» be installed, and
I after the arrival of three electric sew
ing machines the room will he open
• *\er> afternoon and evening except
Monday nights, eventually Saturday
will he set aside for the Junior Aux
ilia ry.
The spacious headquarters have
| been div ided so that surgical dress
ings can he made at the same time
the sewing is going on. \ large
| closet has been built in the front of
the room for storing tin* wool and
! sewing material. The gauze material
is housed in a closet in the rear It
i- the intention to separate the sew
ing from tin* gauze work by erecting
a railing
A large number of ladies daily con
gregate to perform tin* work .'.:*:dgned
to this chapter, which is greatly fa
cilitated by the convenience of a large
cutting table and smaller tables which
have been generously donated by
those interested in the work Mrs.
j< IV Michelson. as chairman of tin1
J military relief committee, is in charge
j and is devoting much of her time to
! ’bis wort by cause.
♦
'Vmiieil TIuti' is in•• il nt the lied
j 1 're is • hiiji for mure knitters ol
i S'li-lis.
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i li*■ i *• are t*• i! mii!i<>n women in
this country working tor the Ked
Cross all at the same salary
Classes in surgical dressings were
| resumed this week at the new head
I quarters. Wednesday evening class
will meet as usual.
The oldest member of the Ked
Cross in America is said to be Mrs.
Wastell. who lives in Clinton. Mich.,
and is 104 years old.
♦
The time is coming when the* man
or woman is going to he* measured
not by money, not by name, not by
family, but bv service*.
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Ciffeen hundred dollars has been
riven to file* Keel Cross b\ Thomas
Duggan, wholesale grocer at Savan
nah. (la., in lieu of prosecution by
the* food administration for protiteer
ing. for selling wheat without substi
tute's. and for doing business without
a license.
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More than one thousand chapters,
I ion i the I’acilir lo the Atlantic, have
establishment refreshments units, or
ganized on a military basis. When
heavy troop movements are in prog
ri ss, particularly to nti Atlantic port
preparatory to embarkation for the
battlefields "over there.” the work of
these refreshment units has been
tested times without number.
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The following allotments have been
given the local chapter:
Surgical dressings -1.00(1 gauze
; compresses, l\K.
Knitted goods ."iU sweaters, 255
pairs of socks.
Itefugee garments One box (about
loo) six-year-old girls' dresses.
Hospital garments One box (112)
muslin undershirts
This has been the banner week in
the knitting department Mrs. Cur
rier contributed to pairs of socks,
Mrs Hlotedhoru. Mrs. Turck, Mrs.
Karnes, Mrs Webb. 5 pairs each; Mrs.
Keklund, Miss Townsend, 4 pairs
each: Mrs James Smith, Mrs. Louise
Smith. Mrs. Lyons. /Irs. Simpson, 2
pairs each; Mrs Davis, Mrs. Day,
Mrs. flogart. Mrs. Vance, Mrs. Long.
Mrs. Scurry, Miss Harriett Anderson,
and ‘.‘A lied Cross Worker," 1 pair
each. Total, 54 pairs of socks,
Mrs Singleton, Mrs. Day and Mrs.
Kndlund have each turned in a
sweater Mrs. Tavunese and "A lted
Cross Worker." two each Total
sweaters, 7.
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The Cordova chapter is in urgent
need of more sewers. The writer
places all the credit of the success of
this department to the women who
have been wielding their needles and
thimbles so faithfully, and were it
not for the hard work and co-opera
tion of Mesdames Lacy. Scurry
Sc hrlnger. Furrier, I L Smith. Loss
v. og. ('oc-hran. Llassbpnimr. Howard
Lou Smith. Fimningham. Have* Phil
lips. Smith. Funk, Liles, Hubbard
Sayres. ( Phillips, MHlison, Lrls
v.old. Black. Slater. Long. Murphy
Harmon. James Smith, Singleton, Ash
croft, the* allotment of hospital gar
Hunts just completed never could
have* been accomplished
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Recently there has been instituted
a rolling canteen service back of flu*
American lines. To every one* of tin*
American divisions going into action
these canteen vehic b*s. largely inoto
driven. although a tew arc* drawn by
horse*, are assigned It is in charge1
of an American Red Cross represen
tative. who has a c rew of six or seven
men under him. drawn from the army
enlisted personnel. \n officer also
"ops with fin* canteen, and is in ac
tual charge* of its movements while*
within tin* trench lines. The canteen
jioviebs toll«»e. sandwiches and other
refreshments tor the* troops, and a
number of the»m have* been installed
for the French soldier as well as lor
tin* American They are proving a
popular innovation, and their number
I is behng expanded rapidly.
Chapters throughout tin* country
an- hurrying to be ready to keef
refugees when winter comes. I'mler
! wear made of outing flannel for mot
and hoys, outing llanm! gowns foi
women, dark serge dresses for Iittl*
girls and for them. also, heavy cap' s
made of cloaking, are the garments
I • • i11;; made for their je 'irti'-y overseas
With thejr posses-.ion*- to . main ot
tiles.* refugee t; i 111 i 1 i»* s have h?etl
or• 1 in need ot jn t u* !i garments.
Next winter i not tar away, and the
work ol | eroilsI f liet ioil goes on « Ol)
■ ii ioall.v. so the workers must he pro
vided with the necessary warm cloth
ing
Drown serge dresses for six year-old
girls is Cordova’s share* of the first of
several refugee garment allotments
that will he asked for from the divi
sion this year.
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.ITALY IS FAVORITE
LONDON. \ug. 1°. Kveryone in
London is doing honor to Italy.
In restaurants the principal dish on
the carte do jour is macaroni, and
people who never have attempted that
delicacy before are now entangling
their mouths in coiD ol it. under the
impression that they ire paying a
compliment to Italv
The lumbers beam on the* Italian
waiters and the Italian waiters beam
hack on their c ustomers.
The effect of Italv s great showing
in the war is evident everywhere
Kveii the Italian organ grinders are
having coins showered on them in tin
prec edented fashion.
\t present it looks as if the Italian
cult has come to stay.
♦
Whitney a- Lass at Dort Chatham
have completed a new dock and arc
now making regular shipments of
chrome ore from their mines at that
place This ore is \«*rv much in de
mand as it is used in the* manufacture
of munitions
N D. Sublet*, an old time Maskan,
lias recently become interested in a
hank at Dremerton, becoming presi
dent of the institution.
AIRSHIF FORETOLD
(This striking prophecy was first,
published ir lML'i
For 1 dipt into the future, far as
human eye* could sec,
Saw the vision of the world, and all
Ihe wonder that would be;
Saw the hea.mis pH with commerce,
argosies of magic sails,
I'ilotH of tno mrple tviliuht. dropping
down wif'i costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting,
and tin ted rain a ghastly dew
From the nations' airy navies gr.i;
pling in tin* central blue;
Far along tin world wide whisper ot
the south wind rushing warm.
With tin* standard of the people
plunging thro' tin- thunderstorm
Till the war drum throbbed no longer
and the battle flags were furl'd
i In the parliament of man. the federa
tion of tin world.
There the common sense of most shall
hold a fretful realm in awe.
And the kindly earth shall slumber,
lapt in universal law.
From “I.oeksley Hall." by Allred
Tennyson.
_A_
PATRIOTIC OFFICE
LONDON. Aun !:! No Not'd ti.i
a Comb Our Here. Our Whole Stull
Knlisted in the First Month of the
War."
Thus reads a sign on a Canadian
land office in Whitehall the street
where the government departments,
j are housed and where, according toj
the Northeliffe papers, civil service;
j employes have been sheltered in offi
cial funk-holes.
However. Northeliffe is rough with
the <i\il servants. Many of them
want to go to war and have tried re
peatedly to enlist, but have not been
permitted to b iv< their jobs
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Hi WORKMEN'S STRIKE
MONTHVII >K(). Aug 11 A general
strike of workmen here has paralyzed
i all ind i-Mries Soldiers and police are
: oaf saftfyg -the city.
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Ford’s latest improved Ton
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wide wheels on rear (8 inches
wide), solid Duval tires; built
for hauling fuel. Has platform
top, hickory stakes. Practi
cally new. Runs a few times
as a jitney from Seward to
Bear Lake. Have had load 15
to 20 people. Was bought last
winter before the advance in
automobiles. I can and will
sell at a bargain, as war re
quires me to go Outside. Can
be seen at Ford Garage, Sew
ard.
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Would You Help?
War has a way of driving on with
out regard to the desires or
conveniences of the
individual.
....This is no time for hesitation....
If you are going to do your part to bring
victory nearer, you must get started.
The Government wants what your
money will buy—and wants it before it
is too late to be of use in this war.
Join a War Savings Society. Decide now
to cut down the unnecessary things and
lend what you save to the Government.
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