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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
7
Selem Jackson appointed local agent for DuPont Powder Co and will run the powder station on the Channel below Thane. He succeeds Paul Abbott who is promoted to field agent in Alaska. The Jackson family is moving household goods to the station and will reside there.
James Christoe, former cashier of the First Territorial Bank and pioneer resident of the Island, returned to the Channel on the Northwestern last evening after a winter in New Mexico. It is understood he plans to sell his Douglas property and move south to establish his future home there.
Arrangements with Guy's Drug Store arrange passenger bookings for a round trip to the Boy Scouts Camp at Chilkoot Barracks leaving Channel Saturday morning June 15 at 7 a.m. Only a limited number of passengers can be taken so reservations should be made at once. Entertainment for visitors has been arranged at the Barracks. The return trip will arrive home Sunday night.
Tom Ness yesterday painted his boat and awnings were installed at Guy's Drug Store to shield from sun. The humorous signs imply Old Sol will be angered and rain is likely to follow for an extended period.
Hollingsworth Chase American diplomat in Central Europe attends a ball and a concert meets Princess Generva and Prince Karl. A duel ensues after Karl makes unwanted advances, the Prince is defeated and Chase resigns, setting off further daring exploits.
Information on William Pedrotti missing in Alaska has surfaced. He was last seen near Prince Rupert in 1918. Please notify Mrs. Clara H Bosnick at Box 414 Anyox British Columbia daily with any leads.
Dr W E Mulhollan is reopening his dental practice above the First National Bank, marking a return to serving patients in the downtown area. The new office location emphasizes convenient access and ongoing commitments to community dental care.
Scrap of 1920s comic strip text notes Barney Google and Spark Plug in a sale context with implied triumph. Vague details mention a cash prize or win tied to a spectacle, but specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
Dr Edward Benes presided at the seventh annual session of the International Labor Conference. He has served as Foreign Minister of Czecho-Slovakia since the founding of that republic.
Washington June 10 Presbyterians across the United States are urged to unite in restoring the Old First Church in Alexandria Virginia a site with deep historic ties. National Committee members including Dr John Grier Hibben and Gov Lee Trinkle anchor the effort. The church built in 1774 sits on South Fairfax Street and holds memories of George Washington era Masonic rites and notable burials.
London June 10 King George refused the Dundonald bequest of Gwyrch Castle Wales and 250000 for its upkeep noteing ancient precedent of Roman emperors. The castle to pass to the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England to be used as a priory residence and administration.
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity to 24 hours beginning 8 p m today cloudy with probable occasional showers tonight and Thursday moderate southeasterly winds. Observations at Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland and San Francisco are at 4 a m and 4 p m Juneau time. Low pressure south of the Aleutians and high in British Columbia and north Pacific States. It is falling in the Gulf of Alaska and rising in the north Pacific States. Light showers have fallen in the western Territory and in Washington and Oregon. It is slightly cooler at Tanana and warmer at Eagle.
San Francisco June 11 Chief Eagle Horse claimed titular head of Thrinket Indians in Southeastern Alaska arrives with wife en route to Paris where he wed. Rev Kashevaroff debunks the claim as false and notes Thrinket society is divided into two main clans Wolf and Raven with independent clan chiefs, rendering a universal chief impossible.
Washington reports Capt. Dudley Knox head of the Navy historical section urges a modern archives building to aid future historians. He notes 200 separate collections complicate and raise costs of preparing accurate histories.
A Chicago mother shielding her child from an oncoming truck saved the boy by tossing him to safety then was crushed. Carl Larson Jr. survives. The tragedy highlights a heroic act by the mother and the child’s survival.
The administrator Vincent Romanelli will auction the late Gean Batista Leonardini's effects, mainly furniture tools and machinery, at public vendue for cash at the old Leonardini workshop in Douglas on Tuesday June 16 1925 at 1 30 p m.
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