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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
7
Douglas Island of News reports Hose Companies 1 and 2 of the Douglas Fire Department continued preparations for improved fire protection. The new auto truck is equipped with hand extinguishers and paraphernalia while drivers were chosen to ensure rapid scene arrival.
Mr and Mrs Henry Reinkka purchased the Second Street house formerly owned and occupied by Mr and Mrs EB Loomis. The couple plans to move in immediately and begin residence at their new home.
Dr and Mrs G F Midford welcomed a baby girl in Oregon this week. Dr Midford previously served as physician for the Treadwell Company and had an office in Douglas, where the news was received.
Miss Marion Kelly arrived home on the Alameda for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs William Kelly of Treadwell She plans to stay about a month before returning to her position in California
June 5 Manchester reports gloom over cotton prospects as Viscount Leverhulme warned of shortages and soaring prices. Captain G B Burnham echoes a looming world deficit of American cotton varieties, likening it to the Civil War era famine and signaling a crisis for Lancashire and global textile industries.
Norman C. Stines appoints officers at Fairbanks Exploration with Stines serving as General Manager as the firm reorganizes leadership. The announcement highlights key roles and managerial changes within the Fairbanks company structure.
An OCR reader reports a garbled comic caption featuring Barney Google and Spark Plug with a Kentucky kimono motif. The text appears to describe characters Sillips and Hace A Gourty, with references to wandering and a twisted outcome, but the exact event and names are obscured by errors.
The company prospecting the Fairbanks district appoints Crosby Keen as manager with G W Rathjens as chief engineer and D Beyer as assistant. P J L Hjortsberg remains chief accountant and cashier. The Fairbanks Exploration Company is an auxiliary of the United States Smelting and Refining Company.
Local ad for sullys carpenter shop offering jobbing and cabinet work with a contact phone 136.
An old prompted ad urges readers to apply St Jacobs Oil at first sign of pain or chest cold. It touts rapid relief via counter irritation drawing blood to the surface, claims 65 years of use, pharmacist guarantee, and warns against waiting for emergencies.
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours from 8 p m today shows unsettled weather with possible light showers tonight and Saturday and light variable winds. Observations at 4 p m from Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland and San Francisco noted. Coastal pressure slightly above normal from Prince William Sound to Oregon and low in the Tanana and upper Yukon Valleys. Light showers reported in eastern Alaska and the Aleutians yesterday and in the middle and upper Yukon Valley last night. Nome shows much warmer conditions and the Interior is warmer overall.
F. J. Fleckenstein, jailer at Naknek and son of Deputy Marshal J. B. Fleckenstein, was killed by Eskimo prisoner Mike N. Equana. Fleckenstein, a likeable man with friends across towns, was an Anchorage Elks member whose lodge handled his funeral in Seward after he left Seward for Naknek to take the posting. Equana escaped after the killing.
A Port Bleidon reindeer herder is jailed in Naknek on charges connected to the killing of Carl Nolkbbak at Port Heidon several weeks prior after a sour beer party. Guard Young Flechken stein was stationed at the jail.
The Yukon Territorial Council considers a petition for a plebiscite on permitting beer by the glass in the territory. It is believed the matter will be submitted to a public vote. Zynda Hotel outside rooms ady.
A dated advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound as restoring natural hair color and hiding gray. It claims the product darkens evenly and naturally, making users look younger after one or two applications, with at home use or store purchase of Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound.
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