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A Happy New Year
To Everybody
With sincere thanks
for the past year’s
business
Hill’s Pharmacy
We deliver the goode
Begin the New Year right
Order the Nome Nugget
Miss Carrie Stipek started back te
! day for Teller where she is teaching
i
!c school* She has beea spending the
holidays with her father, Mr. William
, St'pek.
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I The unprecedented cold weather still
I continues. Old timers unite in saying
that never since the arrival of the
whites ltns there been such uniformly
iow registery of the thermometer.
At the regular meeting of the Plon
| errs this evening the officers for the
ersuing year will be installed with the
usual ceremonies Some form of ;n
tertainment may follow the meeting.
Much needed supplies were sent
out to a number of camps yesterday.
Owing to the weather, freighters had
. not made trips to the "creeks ns
| usual and a numb.r of operators were
1 handicapped by a lack of supplies.
A late telephone report from Safe
ty states that the mail carrier left
; there at one o'clock today and that
I he expects to reach town in good
season today.
A local statistician has figured from
the temperature records that Decem
ber. 1916, averaged over 2 1-3 degrees
colder than December in the previous
year. Had it not been for one very
warm spell the average would have j
I been much lower.
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Miss Helen Stipek won the Rose
candy filled work basket. When nhe
' heard that the winning number vss
' 776 she remembered that some of her
, tickets were pretty close to that figure.
1 She had replaced her coupons but
i found them this morning and happily
j discovered that her memory was very
good indeed.
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| There will be a Joint Installation of
j officers of the Odd Fellows and 'he
Rebekahs on Friday night, January
'5, at 8:30 p. m All Odd Fellows 'inil
! their families have been invited to be
p- eient
Lucky Peterson with Russ Down
j ing’s string of racing dogB ’bring'ng
the mail left Solomon at ten thirty.
\ this morning. He has outside mail
1 o' as late as November 16. It was not
known whether he intended to come
straight through to Nome' tonight or
, whether he would stop at Safety.
A meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Federated church was
held yesterday afternoon . After do
ing considerable business the annual
election of officers took place. Airs.
Horn was the choice for president,
with Mr3. Koch and Mrs. LoerpabM for
vice presidents. Mrs. Gawne was re
elected secretary Election of the
treasurer will be at the February
meeting It was decided to entertain
these who assisted In tho bazaar at
the next social meeting, which is
I Tuesday, January 16. A program
committee consisting of Mrs. Mulll
I gan, Mrs. Horn and Mrs. I. Reed. The
I head of each department of 'he
bvzaar was appointed to look after
the matter of refreshments.
The Eagles had an enthusiastic
gathering last night. At the regular
meeting a class of 14 candidates was
Initiated. Officers for the ensuing
year were installed. They are: P"st
werthy president, Ralph Lomcn:
worthy president, G. A. Adams: vice
worthy president, J. W. Warwick;
I wcrthy chaplln, F. M. Saxton; worthy
| secretary, J. J. Stokes; worthy treas
urer. Louis StaUie; conductor, Frsnk
Lilly; Inside guard. Ous Hermanson;;
' outside guard, Oeo. Sykes; trustees,
I Arthur Wright. O. B. Mundy, Wm.
, Stlpek; physician, Dr. W. D’A-cy
Chace
Following the Installation the mem
bers adjourned to tho banquet hall '
where over one hundred 3at down to :
u lepast provided by the new officers.
Past Worthy President Lomen pre
sided Speeches were made prlnct
i pally by past officers including Fred
Daniels, E. W. Carleton, A. Po’et,
O. D. Cochran, Judge Tucker, Lauls
Stadle, F. M. Saxton and J. W. War
wick. The spcecehs were of an un
usually high order. O. D. Cochran was
' the la3t speaker and he presented
I Kalph Lomen, the retiring president,
I with n beautiful gold watch inserU>“d
with Lomen's monogram, and "Past
Worthy President, F. O. E., Jan. 2,
1917. By members of Nome Ae^c
No. 75." For once in bis life Mr.
Lomen was so non-plussed that he
could not make a suitable speech. One
ot the pleasant features of the social
gathering was the music furnished hy
M’ss Bertha Johnson and Prof. Pe'ar
son. Attention of the Eagles was call
ed to the fact that the retiring of
fice rs may look back on a prosper- j
ous year for the aerie in every respect.
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To All
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NEWS NOTES
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DOUBLE
TRAGEDY
CANDLE
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Nugget Exclusive Telephone Servloe.
By A. T. A T. Co. Telephone.
H. H. Dimmick telephoned in to the
Nugget this afternoon the details of
a double tragedy on Candle creek last
night which Involves two men well
known on Seward peninsula. Briefly
told the account is this. Emil John
son while temporarily insane shot O.
A. Lundberg in the breast with a
single burreled shotgun. Only two
pellets took effect in the left breast
j and Lundberg is not seriously hurt.
After doing the shooting Johnson
1 was in a bad state of excitement and
i attempted to commit suicide First he
j partly shot him jaw off, then he cut
| his throat. He was removed to the
hospital in Candle where he is not
expecetd to live. Further details will
be given tomorrow.
Candle 3 p m.—Johnson died a few
| moments ago. His windpipe was cut
I and he was so low the doctor could
not savo him.
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I "DIAMOND FROM THE SKY”
AT THE DREAM
The fourteenth chapter entitled
"For Love of Money” will be shown
tonight. It Is a massive two part fea
ture installment telling a gripping
; story of primitive emotions. Adven
ture and intrigue run riot from be
ginning to end and the interest of
the audience is held throughout by
the unexpected. It has great drama
tic situations. Another attraction,
j "The Strand War News,” will be
| shown This live wire Issue is a eom
jpet'tor of the Tathe weekly. A side
splitting comedy completes the pro
gram. Tomorrow night, "The Dia
mond from the Sky.”
BOMB-THROWER TO
BE TRIED NEXT WEEK
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Pacific New* Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8.—The
iriul of Thomas in connection with the
lomb-throwing during the prepared
ness parade Ia3t July will begin on
Monday next. Bourke Cochran is ex
pected to represent the defendant.
NOTICE.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Joint In
•' lu» ion of olitcers und *oci!il Fri
day. January 5, 8.80 p. m, All Odd
Fellows, Kehakahs and their fuuitiiej
invited. Regular meeting 7:80 p. i...
THOS KOHANNIC.f.
Noble Qrand
CHRI8TMAS GREETINGS.
A?..In the season suggests the pleas
ure n* e> tending to our patrons and
friends hearty good wishes for a Mer
ry Christmas and a merry and pros
perous New Tear.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next Door Segerstrotn dt Hagen’s.
Calling Cards at ths Nugget Offica
Visiting Carde at the Nugget Office
Dream Theater
TONIGHT
14th Chapter
FOR LOVE
OF MONEY
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