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minute later Aunt Agony, carry.
Ing the baby. came into the room.
That was Ranny on the wire.
He's coming over here TO see
you," she said, laying the baby
down beside her mother. Now,
Peggy. don't be too soft and easy
with him! That's your trouble
you spoil Ranny. II you treated
him the way you should, he'd be
q better husband to you! / wish
he was my husband for about
two minutes-I'd tell him where
to head in!"
He was coming! That surely
must mean that the storm had
blown over. He was coming to
take her home He was coming
to explain how he had happened
to have Babs Delano in his arms
last night.
Peggy was sure Of 1t. She
could have laughed out loud for
sheer relief. Her spirits rose like
a lark at break Of day.
Her Throbbing Heart
Under Aunt Agony's watching
eyes. her face flushed and bloom.
ed like rose with her sudden
happiness. Her eyes danced like
blue black water in the sun. One
hand went to her breast. where
her heart was throbbing under
her soft muslin nightgown, as
only the thought of Ranny could
make it throb.
''Well, I'd better hop out OF
this bed and get dressed" she
cried. us there some fresh cot.
fee? Ranny likes 1t strong, and
I'll hustle down and make him
some French toast"
She jumped up from the bed,
and, standing on her bare toes,
she Rugged Aunt Agony and
kissed her leathery cheek. Then
she ran into the bathroom, and
turned on the water in the old
tin tub.
While it was filling she dashed
back into the bedroom and took
a fresh dress out Of her bag, It
was cheap. cotton thing, but 1t
was the clear. larkspur blue shat
Ranny loved.
She laid it on the bed and
began to spray perfume on il
from a bottle that Fay had given
her for Christmas. She sprayed
some more Of it on her dark.
cloudy hair.
Aunt Agony took it all in with
grim eyes.
Fixing yourself all up for
him, aren't your" she asked with
sharp sarcasm. Last night you
were going to leave him and now
you are ready TO welcome him
with open arms The way he
winds you around his little finger
does beat ALL"
Then she began to repeat a
proverb, as she often did when
she ran out of words of her own.
This one was from the Bible.
Three things are too wonder.
ful for me-" she quoted, the
way OF an eagle in the air, the
way of a ship on the sea and the
way of man with a maid"
Having said this, she raised
her eyebrows. her chin and her
nose and MARCHED out of the
room, lifting her feet like a Prua.
sian soldier doing the goose.step.
When Pesgy followed her down.
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.sWHERE IS YOUR WARRANT?'

he left the piano. For moment
or two daffie disappeared behind
the screen, and emerged again
wearing d. light dust-cloak, and
another hat.
As she moved lcross the plat.
form, Frank touched the control
switch on the wall beside him.
All the lights went out. except
half a .Iozen shaded bulbs that
shed a dim twilight over the plat
form and Mafalda.
There was a dead silence in the
salon. The audience were aware
OF a swift and tense change Of
atmosphere as they watched
Mafalda. Here was no comedy,
but its opposite role.
Frank looked on with a touch
of anxiety. Maffie was not doing
the encore sketch that he had
prepared for her. but something
quite different.
She was passing quietly across
the Platform; a girl walking alone
in the dark, but suddenly becom-
ing conscious that she was being
followed; shadow of fear passed
over her features, and she quick
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national prohibition, but that
didn't prevent her from keeping
a bottle Of brandy In the house
all the time. However. she never
touched 1t herself-tea was all
abe ever needed.
Her eyes narrowed with sus-
picion AZ she began to undo Peg.
gy's wet slippers. She took them
of and felt her damp feet.
Where have you been?" she
asked, and then answered her
own question.
you've been to see Ranny.
haven't you? Did you walk home?
You wild child"
Peggy nodded, drowsily. The
hot egg-nog had begun to take
effect.
Yes" she said drowsily. 81
debut just don't let Ranny
know it--that's all ] ask. He'd
have a fit il he knew l was out
alone on the street at night
Aunt Agony snorted. 81 should
think he would have one!' she
said sharply. THE very idea of
your doing such a thing! Why.
you might have been murdered
and your body thrown into the
riverP'
Drowsily Peggy wondered what
Aunt Agony would say if she
knew that Ranny had sent her
out alone into the darkness at
o'clock in the morning.
II was just as we'll that she
didn't know it. She would only
"pan" him II she knew it. And
she knew too much about 1t now.
as It was, too much.
Winter sunlight lay on Peggy's
bed and warmed her face with it's
radiance when she opened her
eyes again. The clock beside her
told her that it was 9 o'clock.
Nine o'clock! Why. then, Ranny
would be telephoning her pretty
soon. He got up at o'clock on
Sunday.
As Peggy sat up, she heard
the phone downstairs ring, and
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H E r NJ A N By BEATRICE BURTON

another word against Ranny Ill
walk out Of the house. She
warned her. I'm sorry told
you what happened last night.
should have known that Ranny
didn't. mean anything by 1t. Way
down deep in his heart he does
not care for anyone but me and
/ ought to remember that better
than / do. ought to trust him.
"Boshr' Aunt Agony broke in,
her upper lip twitching with anger.
"You ought to trust him! You
ought to have him watched by a
detective for a while. Then you
wouldn't trust him al much as
you do now
She stopped talking suddenly,
as If she had said too much al
ready. and went on reading.
But as Peggy measured coffee
into the pot and mixed up the milk
and eggs for the French toast she
wondered what Aunt Agony had,
meant.
Were there things about Ranny
that he kept hidden from her?
Things that Aunt Agony had found
out? Could that be possible?
Oh, no! She wouldn't let doubts
Of Ranny creep into her mind.
She shook them out Of it, as she
might have shaken SCOT flakes,
from a spotless handkerchief.
When the coffee was made. she
put it on a tray and carried it
into the dining room. The French
toast went into the oven to keep
hot.
While she was upstairs packing
UP her hays, and laying the baby's
blanket and bonnet on the bed.
Ranny rang the front door bell.
"1'll let him in. I'll let him in"
she called eagerly to Aunt Agony.
and ran down the stairs. She
might have saved her breath. For
Aunt Agony had made no move
to so to the door. AS far as she
was concerned, Ranny might have
stood there forever, before she'd
let him in.
Radiant Peggy
breakfasts all ready for you,
Mr.. Man" Peggy cried, fairly
shining with excitement and vel.
come as she flung the door wide
open to him.
Then something in his face
stopped her.
He was looking through the door
of the dining room at the coffee
tray she had made ready aor him.
and then at Aunt Agony. sitting
like a carved statue, on the other
side Of the table.
He jerked his head in her dir&c.
ton.
Cant we go somewhere, so
can talk to your" he asked, turn
ing his cold eyes to Peggy. The
look in them told her that he
hadn't come here to take her home
with him.
With dreadful sinking OF her
heart she opened the door that led
into Aunt Agony's best parlor,"
and he followed her In and sat
down near the window.
TO BE Continued TOmorrow.)
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An Absorbing Romance With Mystery
To Which the Moving Pictures
Furnished the Solution
What Has Happened So For.

Natald hasi in small fiat II Green.
in
TO
him IN cafe and he viii explain The next day
check She
Heatheredge he tells her he really Parkers son. Terry
Mafalda the cafe
Pete young to and that Hs9theredge
followed
che eOped Hatheredge year She knew him AZ Beseley
Immediately after the Pete pulls
Terry, 70 bride Mafada not 70 reveal
his dsgpsted
l leaving her nat and installing her for sislda doos S i $40, o.
her money 70 keep his Identity secret J finding the lawyer out
ahadcWing her follows them both Terry offers iii money e keep
lain ians Pete grips with T huls him Into the nysT tries 70 find
ssrtan At prstenOas party ct the Ritz On the morning OF the
Pm lent e III Sy Mad Henry Quin detective has traced
by pretending that be friend OF Richard Penberton
Kat OF the The PembertOns present the
Ell Fiji e their father who appears iavoey Impressed notably with
S ne dgns IN her features resemblance Of his dead wife, and
rexEs IN him memories OF old love jill eneans the gathering
hr beautiful singing, Mafada with
o. pAntonnlnnes IN Imitation Of the movies. !.
NOLO Go With the Story.
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was looking at her sideways. his
eyes hard and his mouth . tight
lire. still there were not many
OF his opinion, nor was HyaHis
Ross one Of them. He came To-
ward her nasterfully.
my dear Iadyr" he exclaimed
..what did they say your name
is Miss Mafalda Seaton!
That's me. What do you think
Of fi1e infant pnenomenon
ut was wonderful he said.
''Inder proper direction you could
get 4 film over that would never
need caption Of q heading YOUR
face would beat all the titles in
enario! Where we're vow
trained? 2"
fTo Be Continued Tonl0rrOW.)
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Doggy gave her 4 little white
I Tipped smile as she STEPPED into
Peggy gave her 4 little white.
Tipped smile as she stepped int
the house. The sudden warmth
OF the house made her dizzy and
faint. She had never fully recov.
cred her strength after the coming
Of Peggy the Second. in Novein.
Der.
She tettered up the stairs.
hanging to the banisters for sup
port as she went. And it seemed
TO her that she would never
reach the bed on the far side of
her big, bare-looking bedroom. 1t
seemed a mile away.
Then she felt Aunt Agony's
hand seize her, under one arm,
and she fell back against the
pillows with a singing in her ears
and the world going black all
around her.
"I think 1 tainted" she heard
herself saying, after long time
had passed. did I faint, Aunt
Agony?"
There was no answer. She
opened her eyes. She was still
lying on the bed, fully dressed.
But q blanket had been thrown
over hel.
The clock on the table beside
her was ticking away. She
looked at it-half;past fourI She
had been unconscious for nearly
half an hour.
The door of the room opened
and Aunt Agony came in. She
was still in her gloomy.looking
kimeno. and she carried q glass
of ege.nog on a little tray. It
emeIled of whisky, and clouds OF
steam came from it.
Here. girl. you drink this"
she said. briskly, slipping an arm
under Peggy's shoulders. It'll
chirk you up" whatever that
meant.
There was no fill of the flesh or
spirit that couldn't be helped by
strong tea or egg-nog, Aunt
Agony believed. She believed in
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who, watching Mafa1da's eyes,
turned their own eyes away. For
a few moments she stood. staring
at the ground; then with q little
blind gesture she put her nand
up to her face. and fitted away
like q shadow :
The platform was empty.
Frank clicked the switch. and
the room was flooded with light.
And still there was silence. The
audience seemed to have lost
their voices.
Then came the applause, swift.
volleying and spontaneous.
There was no doubt about Maj
fie's triumph. But even Maffie
realized that she had slightly
overdone 1t. Richard Pen1berton
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maids face-that was all they
saw. And it was enough.
From every side the laughter
rose, wave upon wave, till it took
the whole room by storm. Frank
had conceived his little sketch
with an unerring instinct for
what would tickle the jaded pal.
ate Of society. Here was the
thing they craved--novelty; and
Mafalda gave it the touch of
genius that it needed.
Mafalda tossed aside the cloak
and hat and faced the audience,
laughing, too. She heard the
tempest of applause. She was
tasting to the full the power Of
the born artist. She had her
audience at her finger.tips. Her
spell was cast, and she could do
with them what she liked.
"EncOPe!''
"Encorei Encorer" The clamor
rose, and would not be denied.
Maffie had not the slightest In.
tention OF refusing. Her eyes
shone brilliantly. She made
commanding sign to Frank and
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Franks touch to a catchy little
air better known than it deserves,
There they are.
The pair Of them, on their own.
They're In the parlor.
Alone. alone, alonei"
The audience began to ripple
with laughter. Mafalda, absenE
scarcely three seconds. emerged
from behind a screen, a black
cloak over her shoulders, feath.
cred hat on her head, her face
transformed with sly and mis-.
chievous curiosity.
She was the maid, dressed for
her night out, but pausing as she
became aware Of the proximity Of
the lovers. All the curiosity of
Eve was in her eyes, Ter lips
parted in q wicked little smile, as
she stole on tip-toe to the parlor
door and placed her ear against
it to listen. She dropped softly
on one knee. and applied her eye
to the keyhole!
The audience watched the play
OF successive emotions on the
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ened her pace little. hardly dar-
ing to glance back. It was all
perfectly simple; but shat same
touch Of fear communicated itself
to the audience.
She turned around suddenly, de-
fiant and yet defensive, as II to
confront the mysterious stranger
who was following her and had
overtaken her. He was invisible,
a Pigment of the brain, yet she
made the audience see him, for
as they watched her face he be.
came as real to them as II he
stood there In the flesh.
The dumb show by which the
scene was acted was far more
real than words. A child could
have grasped the meaning Of it.
A woman and q man in alterca'
tion-the woman agitated. fright.
ened, insulted-
jill frightened her fingers on
Owens sleeve, little thrill Of
horror ran through her. Maffie
was acting, to the very life, that
pictured scene on the dark wharf;
the scene with jerry Parker.
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NOLO Go on NTH the Story.

GREAT scottF' murtnured a
~ young man in the audience.
watching her with bated breath.
''shouldn't mind being the 0oy."
The marvel Of. It was that
though the boy was imaginary,
the audience was as convinced
Of his presence as MafaIda in
tended they should be. They
could see him, and sympathiZe
with him. It was the most diff.
cult OF all effects, play with
more than one character. YET acted
by single player.
The audience saw before them
as pretty and passionate a little
love scene as imagination could
conceive; original and daring, and
suddenly lightened by a breath
Of comedy.
They saw Maffie draw aside,
her hand clasping her lovers arm
60 her waist while he opened a
door for her, end the two passed
through. No word was spoken,
but the piano whispered under
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some 10 minutes later. she found
her sitting at the breakfast table,
with one eye on the morning
paper.
Getting Thin
FAY just went into her moth.
er's house." she said, nodding in
the direction OF the Shirleys' big
house across, the road. my, but
she's getting thin, isn't she? And
that husband of hers Is so fat he
can hardly waddle."
Peggy peeped into the kitchen.
The tin Of coffee and a loaf OF
bread and some butter stood on
the. kitchen table. But Aunt
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Agony hadn't lifted a finger to-
ward getting Ranny q bite Of
breakfast
There's everything you need
on the kitchen table," she said to
Peggy, without looking at her.
a'If you want to cook a meal for
that good for.nothing you can, but
/ won't. and I'm right here to
tell you so. He ought to be tarred
and feathered and ridden out OF
town on q pole, that one. He's
Just as bad as he can be-"
Peggy came back to the table
for a minute.
Now. Aunt Agony, II you say
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This Dnu il, History

DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT first admiral Of the United
~ Navy Campbells Station, Temp, IN the
1901 chief officer of the Federal Navy during the
Civil War.
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Was Once a Great city

TSpAHAN which contains the Mosque built by the Shah
Abbas in the Sixteenth century the capital Of Persia and
had population 100000 the Seventeenth century It's popu
lation Is about 100000.
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CITIZENS APPEALED TO STAND BEHIND AUTHORITIES AND AS SYST IN PRESERVING LIsER- TIES
TAX|CAB MEN WALK OUT
WORK OF LENiN-TROTZkY WILL NOT BE INITIATED IN GREAT BRITAIN, ASSERTS LONDON NEWSPAPER

LONDON, May 6. P)-Premier Baldwin said: "This strike is a chal- lenge to the British parliament and is on the road to anarchy and ruin.' Baldwin called upon all good citizens to stand behind the government "to preserve the liberties and privileges of the peoples of the British Isles"
 Sir William Johnson Hicks, Home Secretary, intimated that troops will be employed if it is necessary to main tain services of vital importance. Meanwhile, in many cities, industry is almost at standstin, taxicab driv- CTS joined the strikers. While this is not of great importance to the out side districts, it adds to the inconve- nience of Londoners.
 The Daily Mail appeared for the first time since Sunday. The two-page ed ition said there is now two govern ments in Britain; one the lawful gov ernment representing forty million people and the other "an unconsti- tional and revolutionary government, representing three million six hund- red thousand trade unionists," and declared one must go. eve are not going to see J. H. Thomas and Ramsay Macdonald initiating the work of Le- min and Trotzky here"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-06
IF AL BLAIR
 IS b|G BEAR HUNTER
 KNOWN IN CALIFORNIA

Al Blair, one of the best known of the big game guides in this district of the territory, has just discovered he is widely known in California. Unknown to him, the three bear hunters who went west on the Ad- miral Evans Tuesday, inquired of MT. Blair. Upon meeting him they told him he had been recommended to them by friend of theirs in Cali fornia, but at that time had already secured the services of another guide to the westward. However, if they require another guide to help them root out the big brownies, they said a wire would be sent to him to come over and join their party.
 To The Gateway MT. Blair said, Tt just goes to show you that it pays to advertises."
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WRE(KlGE SFOIINl
 BELIEVED BE FRlN
 6Ls Bl]lT BRIGHTlN
BOAT BEEN MISSING SINCE AES- NOVEMBER PLOT 4oUsE or
 1EUNcs ks FOUND

SELDOTTA, May s. P)-The fn6. ing of Q pilot house and oths- wreclage of the Easbos1 g-izh18r o- the beach near Snug ha-bor. confirms the local beliet Gha1 Es w7-e and Two natives, who have bes- missing since Novsmos- 2B came to eaa5- aeath during storm while CT -sure from Uizmns so Se1aor7s- The WrecRage was dzscc~e-e5 A- za--ss and reported n 1he 8ooa- zu-ho-ss. and OaTeain Ton Psz oE zhe mai boat P-7ncess Pat has been s-ao- ed to Eo to Trznuz 1o make z- sr- reslga-Son.
 White ana ths -wo uasves asz Seldoviz on e10vsuAe- -4 so- rHz-7s- where he aoaas5 @wo horses o- his cra9 and ssz--es hack sRx szzx h. ter, Nothiug has eesr hsa-s >-or them since thes- aaps-@u-e r-on ra. anna
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WILL TlEE SCHOOLS FROMOUT POLITICS
 DECLARES HARTLEY
START L REGAL QUICK QUICK IF VOL WANT TT DONE.
 -E ASSERTS
lIRH CROWD GSEERs HIN
ATTACKS NENEESS cx TIE TN Bss CScN-~ BUT MENTIONS
 Nc NAMES

SEATTLE. Mar :. sP,--gozs-n0- Ha-rlsy- in R speed 8ssz nirh1 sa5z he was going 10 rzks 1hs schools or of politics and keep e5uuz1o- whe-s il belongs by co8ducanE e6uoz-5oas- business 5n fhs7- fnssHu1sans and zo help me 1heyre going ro 6o K as asng as I an chiet executive st 1h5z ssz-s. IT young don't wznr E done eha- wxv start a recall quick
 About 2000 people were p-sssrt and applauded when he auacke6 members +of the timber crowd whom he diarr name. When Hz-tley mentioned Pres ident SuzaIlo ot the University os Washington the audience apnlauae6 SuZaIla
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Capt. Telford of Mounties
 Gets Earned Promotion
(From Dawson News)

All Yukoners will be glad to hear the news of the promotion of Capt. E. Telfod, officer commanding "B'' division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which embraced this section of Yukon Territory, to superintendent. of this division, with the complimentary rank of Major. Word to this effect came through , from the commissioner of the force at Regina In this well-earned pro- motion Major Telford has the con- pliments of a host of friends, many of whom have known the seior offi- cer in this division since the earliest days of this camp, the major having come here and being stationed in Forty-mile in the year of 1895. Major Telford is the last of the Original Mounties, who journeyed into this country before the famous gold rush days.
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VALDEZ PRECINCTS AND ID WESTWARD
 SEND IN RETURNS
SUTHERLAND, FRAME AND TOM SCOTT WIN IN TWENTY
 SIX PRECINCTS

The following are the returns from 26 out of 49 precincts to the west ward and the Valdez district as given to the Gateway by ". \. Cuddy thru a wire this morning.
 Republicans, 1244; Democrats, 250
 Aldridge, 1S1; Mccain, 1Ss, suth- erland, S73;
 For Senator-Republican, Arthur Frame, 67S;
 For RepresentatfFe-Dean sos Ben Grier, 72S; Leckwold, s15; MuNrrzy, 656; Scott, 76S; Smith S51;
 For Delegate, Democrat, Adams, s. Boyle, 1S0;
 For Senator-Democrat, Dimond, 21S;
 For Representative Democrat, Cot- fey, ITS; Holman, 121; Prize. l72. Sherman, 1S5; Wilcox, 156.
 The precincts not heard from yer are all outlying and small ones.
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AIR MAIL SERVICE OUT
 SEWARD COMMENTED ON

In a recent edition Of a Seattle paper the following article appeared 1:
 An air mail service between Sew ard and Bristol bay points in AL asha is being considered by the gov ernment, the chamber of commerce learned from Washington, D. s. Sat urday.
 The Washington bureau of the cham. Der, and the local Alaska committee are uring the establishment of the line, accondin to J. W. Eddy, chair man of the committee.
 If favorable action is taken by pos tai officials, the line will be put in sometime this summer.
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ANCHORIGE COMEDY MY
 BE BROUGHT ID SEWARD

There is some talk locally of bring ing over to Seward soon the play ''On to Fairbanks" which win be pre- scented at Anchorage shortly. Weeks of rehearsal has been taking place and it is understood the majority Of the large cast would like to make the journey here. The play is one of Broadway's recent comedy hits and is said to be of excs@ional merit.
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STRIkES 4 HCanTOCK AND SKATERS PRO PEIIOR-NINGS DE NOLTSHED--ANnTNG GEAR RUINED
EVIDENTLY k0 0EE HURT
TWO ATTEMPTS MADE To TAKE THE AIR FORGED 10 LTGHTEN LOAD

FAIRBANKS May 6. (AP)>-The plane Alaskan Of the Wilkins Arctic expe dl101 smashed in attempt ing c0 leave the field. The pr0pell0r was Splintered and the wings torn to ShredS. with her landing gear on the right Side reduced to a tan gle6 wreck-
 The plane with Captain Wilkins and Lieut. EileSon was about Uo start on a 1000 mile flight in search of land n the Arclc when 1t struck a hummock Of soft earth. the right wing 0l0ng downward striking the ground and causing the spill. The acci- dent occurred n . second at tempt UO rise with a load which had been Eghtened af- ter itS first attempt
 This t Is presumed, will spell the climax t0 the Wll- Ens expedition to the North Pole aS far as this seasons attempts are concerned.
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NEW FAIRBANKS THEATRE

It is reported from Seattle that Capt. A. E. Lathrop, owner of the Empres circuit, has awarded the con- tract for a S1O0,o00 movie house at Fairbanks, which will be erected by George Purvis, formerly of Cordova.
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BALDWIN COMING SEWARD

Announcement is made in Anchor age this week that Edward McPhee, former postmaster and more recent ly located in Kanatak, had purchas- ed the stock, and good win of Lucky grocery store.
 It is understood that MT. Baldwin will move to Seward, his home for many years before coming to An choage.
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CHICAGO.-Ophelia Williams, 21, lost eight dollars to an ice man while shooting craps on her kitchen fcor. She grabbed a shotgun ana fired at him. The discharge Iron both barrels struck her mother and her two year old son The ice man made his escape.