Civil Service Opens Jobs for Stenographers and Typewriters
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam on February 19 for stenographers and typewriters in Washington with many regional offices listed in Maryland Virginia North Carolina West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Applicants must be at least 18 and pay ranges from 2.48 to 3.28 per diem plus various salaries for other listed civil service classifications including engineers teachers nurses and scientific staff with deadlines in January February and March depending on position.
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Lieut Zimmerman Dead Legend of Annapolis Band
Lieut Charles A Zimmerman United States Marine Corps longtime leader of the Annapolis Band and composer of Anchors Aweigh died yesterday in Annapolis after a long illness. He was 54 and survived by his widow Ida Sullivan. He joined the Academy Band at 14 and later served as organist at St Marys Church and the Naval Chapel. He authored several pieces and was famed for Anchors Aweigh dedicated to the Class of 1907. He was a member of Annapolis Lodge Elks Catholic Benevolent Legion and Columbus. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant by act of Congress.
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Congress
Annapolis Faces Busy Week as Legislature Opens
In Annapolis the 1916 General Assembly prepares for action as Speaker Laird plans committee appointments and bill introductions. Governor Harrington backs reform measures while Attorney General Ritchie drafts bills on economy, uniform accounting, and prison labor changes. Prohibition fights, racetrack gambling, the oyster question, and the State Treasurer race loom as key conflicts. Vandiver’s re-election bid tightens, with final status expected by week’s end.
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Tragedy as Freight Train Strikes Family Near Union Furnace
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on January 17 a fast freight train struck John Stastch his wife and two children as they walked along the tracks after alighting from a passenger train. The parents were killed and the two children aged four and six were seriously wounded.
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Oddball Exposition Feeds 2.5 Million Frankfurters
San Francisco report says visitors devoured about 2,500,000 frankfurters at the fair, with the bow wow, son and daughter figures appearing in the crowd as part of the revelry.
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San Francisco
Archives Destroyed in Chestertown Fire
Fire swept William Smith Hall at Washington College in Chestertown Maryland destroying the main building and its archives including historic documents some in George Washington hand. The hall was named for the first president and the college honors Gen Washington who named it.
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Washington College
William Smith
George Washington
William Smith Hall
Washington
Juvenile Minstrel Show at Emmanuel Parish
On Tuesday evening January 18 the Emmanuel Church choir with local talent presents a Juvenile Minstrel Show. The event, postponed from Wednesday, is run by the Men's Club to aid parish work including support of the vested choir. Tickets available at drug stores and from club members.
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Grafton man sentenced for bootlegging in Parkersburg
Jas Breedlove of Grafton received 100 dollars and 80 days in jail after officers observed him leaving a pint of liquor for a friend. Judge Dayton declared the Yost law in West Virginia has wiped out liquor “trash” and clarified that assisting in sale makes one a violator.
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W. Va
Jas. Breedlove
Grafton
Dayton
Breedlove
West Virginia
Valuable Becker Property Auction on Valley Street
Carl assignee of mortgages will offer at public auction at the corner of Baltimore and Liberty streets on Friday January 21 at 10 a m the PB J Becker property on Valley Street. The lot fronts 144 feet on Valley and 50 feet depths on Highland and German streets. Improvements include a frame store building at Valley and German corner with stable and warehouse, a large brick dwelling on Valley Street and a frame dwelling at Valley and Highland.
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PB. J. Brecker
Valley Street
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German Streets
Highland Street
German Street
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Highland Streets
Wage Hike Boosts Over 1000 Lockwood Mill Workers
In Waterville Medan a five percent wage increase went into effect at the Lockwood cotton mills benefiting more than 1 000 employees. The adjustment raises pay across the plant and reflects ongoing labor cost changes regional officials note.
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Waterville
Medan
Lockwood
Cement Mill Bridge Closure Over Will's Creek
The Cement Mill Bridge across Will's Creek at Valley Street is closed to all vehicle traffic by order of Cumberland's Mayor and City Council until further orders. Pedestrian traffic remains allowed on both sidewalks for now. James P. Gaffney, City Engineer. Advertisement Jan 7. Taxicab call 1407. Advertisement Jan 6.
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Will's Creek
Valley Street
Cumberland
Man Joins Marines Under Adopted Name Liberal Scott
Eleftherios Sykeotis is listed in Marine Corps records as Liberal Scott after adopting a new name from admiration for Harry Lauder and to avoid mispronunciation of his birth name. The naturalized citizen enlisted at Laboral Scott by special authority from Washington, D. C.
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United States Marine Corps
Laboral Scott
Washington, D. C
Eleftherios Sykeotis
Liberal Scott
Sykeotis
Harry Lauder
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