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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
2
After weeks on ice the Amundsen party reached Kings Bay aboard the fishing boat Sjoeliv. They described a deadly ordeal with scant food, then were greeted by cheering crowds and soldiers before resting at the director’s home.
Song Moon Camp Fire Girls at Auk Village endure showers yet hike, gather flowers, and swim when water warms. Visitors have arrived but poor weather keeps many trips in Juneau delayed. J J Burford left Juneau on the Princess Alice for a business and pleasure trip, plans to reach Seattle where a new Essex awaits, and he will be joined by his aunt.
The text notes Mr and Mrs J T Spickett and others plan to move to a new posting. Cpl Frmnk is mentioned as a contact and Burford expects to return in about six weeks.
The Eagle Boat fleet in Juneau prepares a 15 day South Alaska cruise starting at midnight with the Eagle Boat 38 leaving for Skagway under Captain K. F. Farwell of Seattle. A second vessel may join an excursion to Taku Glacier while Governor George A. Parks accepts an invitation to join the voyage.
Mrs Calvin Coolidges wife contributed a recipe to a Martha society cookbook in Juneau. The edition is at the printers and will be distributed soon. Orders have come in from nearly every state and local demand is strong.
Mrs B Rosenberg of San Francisco arrived in Juneau this week and is visiting with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs C Warner.
Observations from Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland and San Francisco show high pressure across Oregon northward except upper Yukon Valley slightly below normal. Pressure rising in eastern territory. Moderate showers in extreme eastern Alaska and BC coast. Cooler at Kuskokwim Valley and warmer at Cordova and Eagle. Clear weather expected Sunday.
In Chicago on June 20 William Stewart chief counsel for Shepherd challenged cross examination as Dr Tooney testified about germ handling. Lahikainen, a Finn miner, was adjudged insane after a local court had earlier deemed him sane, then committed to Morningside Sanitarium. He had been taken into custody by federal deputies after attempts at self harm.
United States marshal Chas T. Minor sails aboard the Admiral Watson returning from official business in the States. Mrs. H. B. Condit and Miss Addie Condit travel to Seward, later to Pairbanks, aboard the same ship. Others include H B Butler aboard for Seldo via, Hofstad and family to Seldovia, James W. Myers and W T Bacon visiting Sumdum, Henry Shattuck and son vacationing in Juneau, J W Clausen’s family bound for Yakutat, Glenn Carrington of Fuller Paint on business, Miss Freda Kraft returning home, Arnold Sparen bound for Kodiak, and Daniel J. Fry with Mrs. Fry and Pricilla Fry on a round trip to the Admiral Watson.
Charles Patterson, burned about the face and hands by an electrical short circuit at the Juneau mill yesterday, is reported improving and at St. Ann Hospital today.
A radio message to Agent Coates reports the Princess Louise will arrive in Juneau this afternoon. It lists three passengers aboard for this port: Miss J. Bugard Harrington and M. Ss Whittier.
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