The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-07
Village Gossip
By MARY BAEN WRIGHT

Mcdonald, who was Cordova's pioneer school teacher, accompanies him.
 * # # Harry Porter is able to be out again after being laid up for the past week with very bad case of tonsi- litis.
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 MT. and Mrs. Jack Laurie and MT. and Mrs. Sam Laurie, who recently came here from Mccarthy to open a clothing store in the building for merly occupied by Kenny Holden, have furnished apartments over their store and moved on Wednesday. Mrs. Jack Laurie, who was a popular Sc. attle girl, was a bride of last June. # # # Mrs. Harry O'NeiIl had a cablegram Wednesday from her husband stating that he had arrived safely in Seattle with their little son, who is now in a children's hospital for treatment. He says the child apparently suffered no i'll effects from the trip. # # # Walter Summers, station agent for the Copper River railroad at McCar. thy, made a flying visit to town Thurs. day, and went back Friday. # * a: MT. and Mrs. c. J. Holmes of Ken necott are registered at the Northern awaiting the return of the Alaska.
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 MT. and Mrs. D. T. Brown, from the wireless station at Mile 2. were in town Wednesday, and Thursday.
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 Mrs. N. Yager, proprietor of the Sourdough roadhouse, on the Fair banks trail, returned on the Alaska from stay of several months Out side, and accompanied by her brother J. M. Chance, will leave on Sundays train for her rOadhouse.
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 V. u. vance, owner. of the Northern hotel, who returned on the Alaska after having been Outside since last August, says he was marooned for several weeks in West Virginia while the coal strike was on. Most of the trains were taken off, and the few left running were so overcrowded that travele became a nightmare MT. Vance spent three weeks in Los An geles, which, he said, was overcrowd- ed almost beyond belief during the coal strike by people who fled tc the Pacific coast to get warm It was es- timated that there were 100000 extra people in the city, and more were ar irving at the rate of two thousand per day. The streets were so damned with people and autos that it was almost impossible to get through Money is being spent most extravag gantly, and, of course, profteering is common at the expense of the shOrt-sighted Crowds extending sometimes two blocks would be lined up awaiting en- trance to the restaurants and theaters. The New Roslin hotel, where Mr. Vance stayed, has 800 rooms, and turned away crowds every day, after accommodating some fifteen or six teen hundred persons by using every available space The Los Angeles city council gave permission to the house. less ones to set up tents in the public parks. 'In short" says MT. Vance, things Outside are in turmoil which I don't believe will settle down within a year or two. I've got enough of it, and am glad to get back to Alaska"
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 R. c. Johnston of Douglas arrived on the Alaska, with some mining machin- cry which he is taking out to some claims beyond Nenana.
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 w. P. Sias of Boston, Mass, and B. D. Wickersham of Lacey, Iowa, left on the train Friday for their cliams on Valdez Creek
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 Mrs. Nellie Lambert, we'll known in Cordova, returned on the Alaska after stay Outside of about two years Mrs. Lambert intends making a trip into the Interior before leaving again for her home in Ukia, California. At present Mrs Lambert is the guest of Mrs. w. L. Fursman.
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 H. s. Riley, of Nome, arrived on the A 1~rxl H T