Imaginary Army Officers Created by Dick Bill
War department names boards of officers to screen candidates for a non existent United States volunteers army. Congress in 1908 authorized an eligible list for officers, though the volunteer army provision was removed, leaving formal commissions possible only in theory.
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Shington
Armip
War Department
Congress
Artemus Ward
Humorist
Army of the United States Volunteers
Don Quixote
Malbrino
Rosinante
Sancho Panza
United States Volunteers
Army of
United States
Army
Postal Clerks Seek Right to Organize in Postal Service
Postal clerks and railway mail workers press for legislation allowing organizing and AFL affiliation. Samuel Gompers backs the move as former postal employees testify to political dismissals and lack of recourse. Critics fault civil service rules for delayed action and demand inquiries by Congress and the House committee on expenditures into post office personnel practices.
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Mployees
Postal Service
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Post Office Department
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Commission
House
Committee On Civil Service
Committee On
Postoffice Department
Label the Unspoken Speeches in the Congressional Record
Kansas Republican Victor Murdock and Democrats Swager Sherley and Frank Clark push labeling unspoken speeches as not delivered in the House. They argue current practice misleads readers, favoring shorter debates and trimming speech length while preserving constituent access to prepared manuscripts.
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Victor Mur
Kansas
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
Frank Clark
Florida
Congressional Record
House of Representatives
United States
Murdock
Congress
Jess
Auto-Suggestion Keeps Cool In Sweltering Hearing
WILTS representative John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn chairs the house appropriations committee as a heat wave unfolds. He remains calm in a stiff collar and turned up coat as a lurid painting and ice imagery spark Dr Harvey Wiley’s theory of mental attitude shaping body temperature.
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John J. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
N. Y
House
Harvey W. Wiley
Mr. Fitzgerald
Greely
Mr. Wisgurald
Sively
Appropriationa Committee
Dr. Wiley
Fitzgerald
Time Signal at Crossing Gates in Railroad Life
Observers describe a private signaling code between gatemen and engineers used to convey timing and delays. A gateman holds up fingers to indicate minutes lost, aiding high speed express trains and offering a discreet but practical form of communication beneath the cab’s roar.
Honor to Old Enginemen Canada Pushes Its Roads
Erie Railroad honors long serving enginemen by naming locomotives for two Western New York men William Benedict of Buffalo and Thomas Clark of Hornell with 47 years service. The piece notes locomotive use practices and praises loyalty over mere efficiency as the reason for honoring them. It then outlines Canada’s rail expansion plans including the Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern lines with government bond guarantees and intercolonial operations from Montreal to Port Arthur and Hudson Bay projects.
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Erie Railroad Company
Western New
Erie
Canada
Tidewater
Judson Bay
Nberal
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Dominion
Canadian Northern
Montreal
Port Arthur
St. John
N. B
Inter-Colonial
Hudson Bay
Intelligent Dog On Trestle Survives Train Pass
A fireman on a L and N train spotted a bird dog on a trestle between Drakesboro and Elk Valley. With space between engine and ties, the dog crouched mid track as the train passed. The animal rose afterward and continued toward the trestle end.
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Drakesboro
Elk Valley
Queenstare
Inquirer
Train Engine Surges Off Rails Causing Yard Damage
A Brighton and South Coast train suffered a queer prank as the engine leaped from the rails while entering a station. The coach remained intact and passengers were unharmed. The train continued for 110 yards before the engine remounted the rails, breaking 100 chairs that support sleepers and causing significant damage to the permanent way.
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Brighton
Hero on the bridge rescues girl from 빠ay engine
C J W Smuck of Carey stood on a train pilot as a locomotive sped toward a six year old girl on a Scioto river bridge near Kenton. He lifted the child from the track just as the engine passed overhead then collapsed from the effort. The girl fled before her name could be learned.
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Scioto River
Kenton
J. W. Smuck
Carey
Smack
Saxon Railways Honor Long Service With Rewards
The Saxon state railways award long serving workers with small sums and honors. On the system recently 380 men had served 25 years, 22 for 30 years, 17 for 36 and seven for 40 years.
Chile Extending Its Lines Under Construction
The Chilean government is building about 1,600 miles of railroad at an estimated cost of seventy five million dollars.
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Chile
Patten funds social service drive to fight tuberculosis
Chicago millionaire James A. Patten plans a personal campaign of disease battle using his fortune. He has donated 2 million in six months for medical and public works, backed Northwestern University with 500 thousand for tuberculosis research and pledges up to 2 million as needed. He vows to devote his wealth to humanity, abandoning business. He also supported Frances Juvenile Home, YMCA, Evanston Hospital, a public park, and many widow and orphan appeals.
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James A. Patten
Chicago
Mr. Patten
Frances
Young Men's Christian Association
Evanston Hospital
Hvanston
Senator Stone of Missouri A vivid portrait and political profile
William Joel Stone of Missouri, veteran in Congress and former governor, is described as a tall, frugal Democrat with a calm manner and a fierce torrent of words when angered. The piece notes his role in Bryan's 1900 campaign and his belief in his party's future success, while recounting a heated defense against newspapers.
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United States
Senate
William Joel Stone
Missouri
Stona
Bryan
Congress
Ireland Home Rule Pledges Stir Commons Debate
Premier Asquith assured in the house of commons that self government for Ireland would be granted after the Lords veto issue. John Redmond welcomed the measure as a full settlement of Ireland's claims and pledged loyalty to the crown, applauding South Africa's autonomy and hoping Ireland would soon be a royal unit of the empire. Ireland's disaffection stems from misgovernment, and loyalty to the crown is seen as prudent statesmanship.
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Asquith
House of Commons
Ireland
House of Lords
John Redmond
England
South Africa
Edward
George
Fingland
James Marries Fourth Wife at 80 in New Jersey
General Thomas L. James, once postmaster general and star routes investigator, married his fourth wife, Mrs Florence Gaffney of Rochester, after turning eighty. Born 1831 in Utica, he later led the Lincoln National Bank after Garfield’s assassination era and served as New York postmaster. His first three wives included Emily Freeburn, her sister Jeane, and Edith Colbourne. Edith died last November at Highwood, New Jersey.
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Thomas L. James
New York
Garfield
Arthur
Florence Gaffney
Rochester
General James
Utica
Hamilton
N. Y
Customs Service
Grant
Lincoln National Bank
James
Emily Ida Freeburn
Jeane
R. Barden
Aiken
Edith Colbourne
Stratford-on-Avon
Eng
Highwood
N. J
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