Navy Seeks More Naval Surgeons Amid Shortage
The Navy reports a critical shortage of naval surgeons with 61 vacancies in a corps capped at 350. Admiral Rixey offers acting assistant surgeon posts with six months training, salaries up to 1750 dollars plus 192 dollars allowances, to lure young physicians despite exam fears.
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Washington
Medical Corps of
Navy
Admiral Rixey
Naval Medical School and Hospital
Mare Island Naval
Naval Medical Corps
Congress
Old Clerks in Land Office to Lose Jobs
Commissioner Ballinger recommends a general reorganization of the General Land Office. Secretary Garfield approves, with first dismissals in the land patents division. About 15 to 20 of 75 clerks may be relieved as typewriting patents becomes required. Some positions paying lower wages exist but few, and protests are expected. The president is said to be aware of the plan.
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Ballinger
General Land Office
Garfield
Mr. Ballinger
Bureau
Department
Roosevelt's Sailor Dream From Youth to Presidency
Young Theodore Roosevelt dreamed of commanding a launch to the far seas inspired by Captain Doane of the Rival. In 1868 he organized a subscription fund for a library of 45 volumes for the ship’s officers and crew, presenting it with a speech he gave as part of a visiting delegation. He recalled the event fondly, noting Captain Doane’s approval.
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Roosevelt
New York
Doane
San Juan
Bes
Davy Jones
Government shape sparks debate among women workers
The Civil Service Commission’s rules for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Government Printing Office require women to meet specific measurements to operate note and stamp presses. Reported cases describe rejection for being too tall or too heavy, with notes on the need to reach notes and fit between presses.
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Herh
Uncle Sam
Government Printing Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Civil Service Commission
Pal DURASSE GATE and the adjustable hinge design
The article describes a gate that can be raised or lowered using a bolt system and holes bored through the gate post. Two hinge types allow the top to clear the post or swing around it, with a Y shaped bottom hinge that fits the post. Adjusting bolt height changes clearance for snow or livestock, as explained by a Journal of Agriculture correspondent.
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Journal of Agriculture
Dust Mulch Depth in Tillage Is Key to Moisture Save
The article argues for shallow surface tillage of two to three inches to curb evaporation without exposing top roots. It warns against deep cultivation that damages roots and promotes moisture loss, stressing the goal of maintaining capillary action and ensuring water and fertilizer reach growing roots through the dust mulch.
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Indiana
Meditations on farming and sheep production guidance
The text argues for prudent farming and notes that wait times affect hay value. It highlights that sheep convert grain to meat efficiently, recommending corn and clover hay as feed, and stresses keeping lambs and pigs fed with greens or bran while ensuring good appetite and digestion for healthy young stock.
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F. B. Mumford
Missouri Experiment Station
Missouri
Harrowing Corn Tactics For Best Field Results
A Northwestern Farmer correspondent warns against improper harrowing of corn. Use a light slant-tooth harrow after proper soil prep and on dry enough ground. Move steadily from planting through early growth to keep weeds down, then switch to the corn cultivator. delaying harrow losses and yield.
A Feat to Wheelbarrow Drawn for Farm Use
A Prairie Farmer correspondent offers a wheelbarrow sketch deemed indispensable for farm work. The design uses two six foot side pieces 15 inches apart at the wheel with an end supported by mortised pieces. A nailed leg extends to the frame to support the box and is suited for carrying boxes or beehives.
Keep Good Horses In Farm Profit Plan
A farmer with ten used horses plus gear yields little work and high costs while a neighbor with three blemish free horses at 600 dollars total does more in a season on far less feed. Advice stresses evaluating time spent on field tasks, wear on machinery, interest, and crop yields to boost future productivity and profitability.
Farm Income Better Than City Net
A reader opines that earning $1,000 net on a farm after expenses is preferable to an urban income of $3,000 before costs. The farm earner has less financial burden and greater peace of mind, making a rural livelihood potentially more desirable despite lower gross figures.
Old Seed Corn Advised By Indiana Farmer
An extensive corn grower asks whether to plant two year old seed corn and its 4 percent germination. Indiana Farmer says yes, safer to use two year old road than 1906 seed with 88 percent germination. Old seed is more vigorous but needs more moisture to start germination.
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Indiana
Beet cultivation note on thinning and beet theft
The excerpt advises lightly robbing sugar beets just before thinning, cultivating once before thinning, again after, and every ten days until large. It also suggests ditching excess growth, providing water for chicks of all ages, and keeping the area clear of weeds.
Secret romance and humorous clippings from Chicago era
A collage of 1900s newswire style items including a whispered confession from an operatic exchange, marital advice on silent appeals, light sketches contrasting ages, and quips from Fire Age and Judge. Also features light humor about pay days, hat fashions, and a rumor about valets becoming unfashionable.
The Metropolitan Habit and a Lincoln Lesson
A collage of humorous and reflective lines from newspapers and magazines. The text recalls Skinnem’s bounced check, a trapped wife’s cry for love, a Puck aside on conscience, and a Judge anecdote about Lincoln walking miles to school. The passages echo era humor and moral reflection.
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New York City
Lincoln
Between Friends in a Circus World of Fame and Fear
A social exchange contrasts fashion and disguise with public attention. A girl’s compliment leads to a reflection on recognition and the theater of renown, while a boy reveals a troubled home life, moving from glib talk to awkward truth about his father’s anger and rough behavior toward pets.
Now Fancy That and Other Little Puzzles
A mixed page of light humor and puzzles. Dialog snippets parodying daily talk about kissing diamonds and summer country animals, plus a quip about orthography and a caption about a teacher and farm animals. The tone imitates a newspaper variety column from a bygone era.
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Johnnie
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