A Happy New Year
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WILL
AND FRIENDSHIP AS MANIFESTED IN YOUR
PAST BUSINESS RELATIONS AND WE HOPE THAT
WE HAVE RENDERED A SERVICE SATISFACTORY
TO ALL TO MERIT YOUR CONTINUED PATRON
AGE DURING THE NEW YEAR.
MAY HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY PURSUE
YOU DURING THE YEAR ABOUT TO ENSUE.
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BROWN & HAWKINS CORP.
CASTOR OIL
Made from freshly harvested
beans.
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It has a sweet nutty taste, not
unlike a good salad oil.
Can be taken easily. Safe for
children. Soothing in action.
Cheaper because it's better.
Three ounce bottle.
35 c
Nomeites have to dig down deep ii
their pockets when they order coal
An advertisement of the Nome Light'
erage and Commercial Company ir
an issue of the Nome Nugget just re.
I ceived here sad the winter price o:
; $30 per ton would be effective or
j November 1.
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Miss Bertha Florence Williams,
daughter of R. H. Williams of Ju
I neau, was wed last week to Leonard
| John Holmquist. Both are very well
known in Southeastern Alaska.
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The Times has been authentically,
aRho unofficially, informed that the
U. S. Engineers office, of the War
Department, has made a favorable
report on the pending proposition for
the improvement of the Cordova har
bor. A pubic hearing upon this mat
ter was held at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms several monhts ago,
by Major D. H. Gillette, district en
gineer ,and a strong showing made
upon the economic value of this im
provement.
I Result of the election of the Cor
j ' dva Shriners are as follows: Archie
MeFeld, president; Dr. W. li. Chase,
y vice-president; and A. J. Adams, sec
ietary-treasurer.
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! | Gust Johnson, age 60 died at Cor
I dova after suffering for a long time
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f | from canser. He is survived by only
t lone living relative, as far as could
be learned, a brother about 90 years
old, who lives in Sweden. Mr. John
son was a familiar figure in the 1
epoch-making gold rushes in the old
days, having lived in the Territory j
since 1898. Coming here as a pros- i
pector, Mr. Johnson led and followed i
the strikes for many years when j
Alaska was in the prime of its gold j
days. Later on he worked on the
railroad here during the construc
tion years.
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Mrs. Chiyo Mitamura, who had
been sufferng from nervous exhaus-1
tinn for the past two weeks, died
from cerebral meningetis in Cordo
va. She is survived by a husband
and five children.
NEW MEXICO WILCAT
BATON, New Mexico, Dec. 29. (/p)
—The Ludlum Syndicate, making a
test 11 miles south of the city of
Raton, Colfax county, has hit on
oil showing at 260 feet, which is es
I timated to be good for 10 barrels.
Gas was encountered at 92 feet.
DEATH OF COL. BURGESS
DENVER, Dec. 29. (JP)—Word of
the death of Col. Dean A. Burgess,
veteran mining expert and newspa
perman of Colorado .mining camps
in Ban ..Berpardina, Calif., reached
here. The ashes of the pioneer min
mn h^ve beep ..sent, ..Ja v Lake ,
Ctfld.;J for InMffiSterfi
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Seward Machine Shop
Electric and Acetylene Welding, Plumbing,
Heating, Sheet Metal Work
Ford Sales and Service
Agents for Fairbanks Morse Station
ary and Marine Engines
FIRESTONE TIRES AND TUBES
CHAS. LECHNER, Proprietor
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COSTUMES NOW HERE
To be rented for the big ball
CLOWNS, DEVILS, BATS, PRISONERS,
TURKS, SPANISH, MEXICAN, INDIANS.
COLONIAL, ORIENTALS, CHINESE AND
MANY MORE FOR MEN AND WOMEN
DUTCH GIRLS, RUMANIA, VENETIAN,
SPANISH, JAZZ, GYPSY BALLET AND
MANY OTHERS FOR WOMEN
Costumes must be returned next day after ball
URBACH’S
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Inventory Sale
HARDWARE STOVES RANGES
Electric Lamps from 10 to 150 candle-power
Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention
J. L. GRAEF
Seward . ,f .*„■ Alaska
Phone Madison 87
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