Young Men in Government Rise To Power Across Agencies
The article highlights a wave of young officials in U S government roles. It cites George B. Cortelyou, Frank Vanderlip, John E Wilkie, O P Austin, James H Eckels, Charles G Dawes, Ridgeley, James A Wetmore, Chamberlain, Dean C Worcester, Arthur W Ferguson, WW Willoughby, Felix Brannigan and W Martin Schuster as examples. They rose from varied origins through ranks to influential posts in the Civil Service and federal departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission Serven
Sam
George B. Cortelyou
McKinney
Port of
New York
Law
Frank Vanderlip
Gage
Treasury Department
John E. Wilkie
Genes Service
McKinley
O. P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
James H. Eckels
Commercial Bank
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Ridgeley
James A. Wetmore
Law and Record Division
The
Treasury
Navigation
Chamberlain
Harvard
Dean C. Worcester
Arthur W. Ferguson
Philippines
WW. F. Willoughby
Porto Rico
Felix Brannigan
W. Martin Schuster
Islands
Origin of half mast flag signals and naval ties
A New York Herald piece traces the origin of half mast flags from naval mourning signals. It recounts 1788 actions of the French ship Sybille and the Hussar to challenge a reversed ensign distress signal, then notes English practice of using flags at funerals before the seventeenth century and their decline, leaving a lasting link to national bereavement displays.
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Cape Henry
Hussar
Sybille
England
New York Herald
Lotta the ex actress dazzles rough Nevada miners
In a Nevada mining camp Lotta Crabtree, aging ex actress known as Miss Charlotte Crabtree, wowed a rough crowd. She performed with a banjo on a improvised stage, sang danced and told stories. Enraptured miners showered her with gifts and money, making that night the most profitable of her career.
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Lotta
Charlotte Crabtree
Nevada
Hamilton
Mrs. Crabtree
Miss Crabtree
Miss Lotta
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Fancy May Adorn Naked Facts
A quotation praises the power of fancy to beautify truth and make dry facts compelling. It asserts that imagination can embellish evidence, persuade readers, and illuminate even stark substance, elevating the presentation of truth in minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fuller
Taxed Back Home Exiles Return Over British Tax Ruling
Expatriated Americans flock back to the United States in large numbers after a New York paper reports that English courts now treat domicile in Great Britain as enough to levy heavier taxes there, prompting a renewed love for home.
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New York
Great Britain
God’s Work and Heart Change in Grace
A reflective remark on divine grace enabling proper desires and the need for a changed heart. It then notes antiseptic treatments entering wood only when aligned with the wood’s sap lines, otherwise impregnation remains difficult.
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God
Lake Sturgeon Dying Out In North American Lakes
The sturgeon, once common in Great Lakes waters, is near extinction as a source for caviar and smoked fish. American roes pioneered cheaper caviar, driving demand and pushing sturgeon from Manitoba to collapse. As sturgeon vanished, Mississippi River catfish emerged as a substitute, resembling smoked sturgeon in appearance.
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North America
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Lake Drie
Manitoba
Canada
Chicago Chronicle
Milk Dealers Lament Bottles Used by Customers
A Detroit milk dealer vented frustration at customers who demand milk with bottles yet return few, noting losses from missing bottles. He cited bottles repurposed for catsup and fruit preserves and mentioned a search warrant revealing thirty five bottles on a customer’s shelves.
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Detroit Free Press
Hair growth patterns reveal Sunni Shiite arm washing difference
A historical account explains that Sunnites and Shiites are distinguished by arm hair direction resulting from their washing practices. Sunnites stroke arms from shoulder to wrist on the front and wrist to shoulder on the back, while Shiites wash and stroke in the opposite direction, producing contrasting hair growth on both sides of the arms.
Front Door Mirrors in the Cotswolds Idea for London
A comment in Loudon Graphic suggests placing a small convex mirror in the door knocker level with the visitor’s face. The device would let hosts gauge a visitor’s mood before opening, ensuring a festive or doleful expression appropriate to the call.
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Cotswolds
London
Loudon Graphic
Pearls of Thought and Provoking Quotes Across Ages
A collage of maxims from Voltaire Burke Luther Cicero Franklin Locke and others. The passage blends reflection on time virtue wisdom and life choices with reminders to seek truth and purpose while preparing for future opportunities.
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Voltaire
Mercy
Cicero
Bouchefoucauld
Franklin
John Locke
Robert Collyer
China's Credit and the Government Lenders Lamented
Translation in the Shanghai Mercury argues that China hesitates to borrow from its own people, unlike Western nations where rulers are seen as caregivers and citizens fund public needs. It cites Japan as productive debt use and warns Turkey’s debt woes stem from waste, suggesting China could prosper with thoughtful national borrowing.
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China
Japan
Turkey
The
Shanghai Mercury
Monkey Trick Draws Pennies From Albany Children
An Italian street performer in Albany uses a trained monkey to solicit coins from children. The organizer, called Jacko, climbs a tree as spectators, including parents, pay up to see the animal perform. The man touts the monkey’s supposed education while the crowd watches.
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Jacko
Monka
Albany Journal
Fishes Choke the Pawpaw River in Michigan
A Watervliet report says thousands of perch were driven up the Pawpaw river by recent storms, filling the millrace a mile upstream with dead fish. The surface was so crowded a rowboat could not pass and men hauled the fish in buckets to use as fertilizer.
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Waterviiet
Mich
Pawpaw River
Pawpaw Lake
Watervliet
Han
Chicago Tribune
Hawaii hosts grand flag raising at Kaahumanu school
In Honolulu a patriotic ceremony saw Grand Army veterans hoist the Stars and Stripes atop a new flag staff at Kaahumanu school. About 560 pupils watched as 650 small flags waved and the crowd sang America My Country Tis of Thee. The gathering blended Hawaiians with Chinese Japanese Portuguese and South Sea Islanders amid a note of unity.
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Honolulu
Kaahumanu
Grand Army
United States
Camp McKinley
America
Coal Mining Output in England and Textile Dye Claim
All goods are alike to Putnam Fanenedd Dyxs, as they color all fibers at one boiling, sold by all druggists. The average annual amount of coal mined in England from 1851 to 1900 is 130000000 tons.
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Putnam
England
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites J Curver & Co as Toledo proprietors and quotes affirmations from State & Truax and Warorna and others. Hall's Cure is described as an internal remedy targeting blood and mucous surfaces.
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Hall
J. Curver & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J.cheney
Sate & Truax
Jo. Warorna
Kixx
West For the Bowels Cascanets Candy Cathartte Ad
West for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never wet well until your bowels are put right. Cascanets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cenets to start getting your health lack. Cas canets Candy Cathartte, the conuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet hon C. C. G. stamped on ft, Poware of imitations. South Australia is importing $700, 000 a year in value of fertilizer, Io this trade the United States has no share.
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South Australia
Marguerite St. Omer Briggs
Mount Calm Street
Detroit
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Maar Guzarite
Omer Bricas
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Wea Alle
John Asalzer Seed CO
Russia
Ension
W. W. Morris
Washington, Ya
H. H. Green
Box B
Atlanta
McIlhenny
Tabasco
Rug
Capsicum
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
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