Uncle Sam's Offices and the Confident Office Seeker
Washington reports fewer office seekers this session as campaign fatigue drives applicants home. The Treasury and Interior departments hold thousands of unacted applications with clauses, petitions, and endorsements. The piece describes hopefuls at hotels, White House visits, and the rise of lobbyists, including women clerks, descendants of famous families, and a humorous duck anecdote about a postmaster bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ashington
Post Office Department
the Treasury
Rode Island
Cleveland
Interior Department
Senate
White House
Grover
Vilas
Dan Lamont
Timothy Tarsney
Michigan
South
North
Sam
Capitol
Miss Jones
Wayback
Miss Smith
Podunk Center
Crystal Eyes and the Secret Craft of Artificial Orbs
L. J. Vance reports from New York Graphic on how crystal artificial eyes from France differ from glass eyes, their cost, and the skilled secrecy around their manufacture. He notes that 1000 to 1200 New Yorkers may wear artificial eyes and shares humorous anecdotes of wearers and fitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maiden Lane
France
Gobelin
New York
L. J. Vance
New York Graphic
Trying to Cheat the Bank Prompts Clerk Insight
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report quotes a bank clerk who explains how many people cheat banks when money and checks are involved. He notes that honest men may err when prompted by a clerk's miscount and that even wealthy gentlemen might not repay a bank error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Physician and the Cook in Moral and Hygiene Reform
A Medical Journal sours toward rational cookery linking morality and diet. It urges physicians to join cooking schools, arguing doctors as guides in dietetics and domestic life, to better health and happiness in nineteenth century America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Medical Journal
A Valuable Man in Theatrical Circles
The Boston Post recalls a manager praised as the most valuable man on tour though not an actor. An incredulous friend doubts his acting, but the manager is celebrated for pedestrain feats and reliable returns to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Australia
Norway
United States
Munimitsu Mutsu
Japan
Yokohama
Imperial Senate
The
Foreign Office
M. Matsu
Washington
Century of Australia Celebrations and Growth Narrated
The article surveys Australia from its convict origins to centennial celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne. It highlights Aboriginal peoples, early penal history, colonial growth, gold and wool booms, and rapid development across Victoria and New South Wales, with notes on the Mutsu visit and Japanese diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney
United States of Australia
Melbourne
Metropolis
Alexis
Russia
Earl
James Cook
Botany Bay
British Territory
Phillip
England
Port Jackson
America
London
Bligh
Thomas Walker
Anthony Hardin
James Tyson
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
van Diemen’s Land
United States
New Jersey Quarry Stone Baffles Sceptics at Ireland mill
Bridgeton quarryman Amos Penn shows a curiously shaped stone mass found while cutting stone. Some call it petrified ancient life, others a fake. state geologists probe while crowds gather to view the mysterious object near the quarry fence. Cardiff giant note: it rests in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Penn
Bridgeton
N. J
New Jersey
Ireland's
Cardiff
Io Jersey
Fitchburg
Mass
Midsummer Drinks at the Drug Store Fountain Crowd
A New York scene at a downtown drug store fountain shows a bustling mix of customers seeking cold drinks and tonics. The piece contrasts diverse immigrant tastes with the spectacle of a crowded Sixth Avenue store where women quench heat with ice cream sodas.
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Sixth Avenue
New York
Gotham
New York Tribune
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Uncle Sam's
Lamar
Rome
Judge Stalle
Cincinnati
Dr. Bliss
Garfield
Buffalo
L. Q. C. Lamar
ME and Vilas
Madison
Jefferson
George Washington
Washingtonia
Gen
George Wyton
Henry Stephens
Government House
Texas
New Mexico
Alaska
Munimitsu and
Mme
Mutsu
Tokio
Madame
Paris
Henry Mandsley
Anthropological Association
Ersons
Frank Leslie
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