Navy rations burden officers and crew with costly meals
The Saturday Evening Post article notes sailors receive 30 cents daily for food, yet officers often pay out of pocket for richer fare. It explains wardroom meals, mess structures, and varied costs from $25 to $40 per officer monthly, with captains and admirals dining separately, and cooks charging behind the scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jacky
Navy
Ecommissariat
C. A. Mel Allister
Court Rules On School Board And Teacher Hiring
The appellate court holds trustees have no legal duty to notify patrons of intents to hire a teacher. Voters in a district may oppose hiring by a school meeting note before contracts. After a contract, only a majority petition for dismissal can remove a teacher, and a unanimous later vote cannot bar service or payment if prior actions were honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teastee
Milk Quality Skepticism Quoted By Colonel Stilwell
A Washington Star quote attributes a rumor that milk is watered down to Colonel Stilwell while debating its wholesomeness as a diet element. The remark reflects public skepticism about dairy purity and health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Stilwell
Washington Star
Shadows of the mind in life’s full arc
A reflective aphorism noting that mental shadows linger from dawn to dusk, shifting from haunting in youth to overt presence during the day and extending before us as the evening approaches. Unclear narrator, evokes existential imagery without concrete events or specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
It Girdles the Globe Arntea Balve Sellars Balm
It extols Buecklen'sa Arntea Balve as the best in the world as a universal healer for cuts corns burns bruises and skin eruptions. Claims a Guay pile cure 25 cents a box at Grower and Bonner's with promotional tone.
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Buecklen’sa Arntea Balve
Grower & ‘Bonner’s. ml
Fourth of July celebration at J Wihaes grove New Pennington
A Spnday school Fourth of July event will be held in J Wihae s grove near New Pennington one and a half miles south of Newpoint Good speaking and music both vocal and instrumental All welcome with lunch baskets Program lists songs prayers readings addresses and various school groups with a closing song America led by Adams Quartette and benediction
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J. Wihae
New Pennington School
John Callicott
Holzer
Newpoint Baptist School
Lewis Barding
Walpoleon School
Grant Rector
Salem School
Napoleon M
E. School
Napoleon Baptist School
EF. C. Jerman
Newpoint School
J. F. Huckleberry
Newpoint M. E
America
Adams Quartette
The Gothic Temperament at a Tea Table
In a salon scene the narrator and Miss Delia banter about temperament romance and knowledge as Winthrop mutters through stage business. The exchange moves from flirtation to reflections on seriousness and boredom while a tea ritual unfolds and a playful curtain line closes the vignette.
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Malieson
Winthrop
Miss @elia
Delia
Miss Delia
Miss Bardsley
Mamma
Diplomacy tale of Perim island and the foiled French squadron
A historic account describes a British governor at Aden foiling a French attempt to seize Perim island near Bab el Mandeb. The ruse involved staged repairs and a banquet, leading to Perim's occupation by the British, while the French squadron retreated in defeat, leaving a fortified white house as a lone monument.
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Simait
Bab-el-Mandeb
Red Sea
Far East
Sinz
M. de Lesseps
Anapy
Suez Canal Company
Adem
Sokotra
Beers
Aden
Perim Island
Suez Canal
Perim
Perlin
Ivas
Remmis
Shen
xas-Perim
Arabian
White House
Cycling's Ups and Downs and Kanner Salve Claim
A brief note suggests cycling has ups and downs and promotes Kanner Salve for cuts or bruises with a claim it heals the heart quickly and mentions substitutes from Alexander & Co.
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Alexander & Co
Death of an Old Citizen Lydia Mead
The remains of Mrs Lydia Mead widow of Daniel KR Mead were brought here Monday and buried beside her husband in South Park Cemetery. Born August 16 1813 at Delaware Ohio she died Saturday at Normal Illinois. She lived here from 1843 to nearly end of Civil War and was a Presbyterian. She was mother of Frank Mead of Minneapolis. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs Bassett and a Normal daughter they had stayed with Mr and Mrs A P Bone.
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Lydia Mead
Daniel KR. Mead
South Park
Heeband
Mead
Delaware
Ohio
Imeina Hassett
Normal
Presbyterian Church
Malinda Hindman
Frank Mead
Minneapolis
Bassett
A. P. Bone
Atep
Dyspepsia and Its Remedy Highlighted in Adv
The ad explains dyspepsia as a misery causing irritability and fatigue. It claims sufferers wish to eat only out of necessity and lists symptoms like bad taste, stomach tenderness, fullness, headache, and heartburn. It promotes Hoads Sarsaparilla as an effective permanent cure and Hoop’s Pints as a top cathartic.
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Hoad
It Yielded Doctor’s Remark in Old Case Outcome
A historical dialogue notes a physician asking Piet about yield from treatment in an old Coupeut case. A second physician confirms the treatment endured for months and yielded something akin to a hundred guineas, highlighting a financial remark linked to the medical effort.
A Good Cough Medicine for Families
Druggists and customers favor Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and grippe after years of use. J Goldsmith of Van Etten New York reports complete satisfaction with the remedy in his shop and at home. For sale by Batterton's Drug Store.
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J. Goldsmith
van Etten
N.Y
Batterton’s
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Uncle Sam
Lowell
Mass
Talim
Elder
Parsons Undertaking House
M. F. Parsons
Wirettor
K. of P
Broadway
Eugene A. Rankin
Decatur County
Serge Buskins
Wetmore
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
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