The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-20
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Quite rnmber arrived up from yesterday evening.
 Marshal Jordan with a demented :, prisoner named Shepherd is ex- pected today from St. Michcels.
 The mail with three sacks of se- cond and two sacks of first class | matter arrived last night. I Sons of the North Leap Year Dance will be held Saturday, January 20.
 It was reported that the He'd brothers were flooded out in their workings on Holyoke.
 
 It is understood that Postmaster Bakke who feels that his office force is far from excessive will protest against the reduction in his stan ordered rom WaSHluSIon'
 See us as we used to be, Barn Dance Saturday night.
 Nome Scotsmen figure on celebrat- ing the natal cay of Burns on January 25. There is no reason why Scotsmen should celebrate Dgrls particularly, for Burns is like Shakespeare a world poet. F :sl
 A glance through other Alaskan exchanges which arrived on the mail last night shows that they know more about Nome politics elsewhere than they do actually here.
 Fresh salted Peanut and Almonds at the Rose Candy Store.
 he third ball game of the series .,.u he held tonight in the Eagle ttou tn e game starting promptly .. GOO The first game on the schedule is the Pirates versus Fort Davis and a sn&pps play can be ex- pected. The secoSd is the Horse shoes versus the Northern Lights.
  Finest UnalakIeet dog Salmon at DUFFY'S.. cents delivered. On Tuesday night there was an- other large attendance at the Miners Home Club card social. The follow ing were the prize winners: Myrtle Emerson first, Mrs. Hewitt second | and Mrs Matila third among the ladies. Alfred. Best, Gus Stenfield | and Gus Masik won first second and third prize respectively among the men. Twenty-Five tables were set.
 All the Farmers in town at the Barn Dance Saturday.
 " Jim M'Allister came up last night | from Safety. He reports having the | Sea Wolf all ready up on the ice and skiddcd for hauling. He stayed down at Safety waiting for Stiegel. maier who got stuck at Timber. He intends now to remain in Nome un- til Stiegelmaier arrives when the will probably go down with him talk ing Fred Richardsons teams along | also and finish the job quick. He had hard time mainly on account of storms and intermittent mild spells just when everything was ready.
 A man named Bell has been liv- ing up the coast near Jess creek for some time and during the colder spell of a few weeks ago got both his feet badly frozen. Since then he has been in a pretty bad plight, living all alone and having to go
 
 outside to get his wood which he burned exclusively in his stove. Bell is quite aged. and is in bad way. It is stated that some miners have arranged to get a dog team where with to bring him to Nome so that he can get proper treatment for his frozen feet. It is impossible for him to attend to his feet living all alone in cabin near no one, ann having to rustic frewood from time to time along the beach. The Dream Theatcr as usual oa Mystery Nights was filled to capaci- ty a lasting testimonial to the me rits of the Big Serial Romance. To night the 18th Episode entitled The Underground River. This issue con.