A Matter of Clothes
Colonel Ned Browning recalls a frontier episode when he wore plain clothes to a frontier dance house and faced mockery and danger. After buying drinks under duress, he led recruits upriver to confront rough company, making a lasting lesson: clothing should not attract notice.
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Browning
The
United States Infantry
Leutenant
Army and Navy Club
Missouri River
China
India
Tenderfoot
Fort
Ned Browning
Meat Trust Bill Seeks Three Million Annual Meat Inspector Fund
Congress considers a Roosevelt favored measure to fund three million dollars yearly for a government meat inspector, aiming to inspect big packing houses for sanitary conditions and slaughter practices. Responding packers defend cleanliness and urge public inspectors, citing long public openness and ongoing reforms. The report highlights alarming conditions cited by investigators and firm stances from Armour, Nelson Morris, Swift, Schwarzschild, and Sulzberger.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Service
Senate
Labor Commissioner
McNeill and Reynolds
Armour and Co
Nelson, Morris and Co
Swift and Co
Beveridge
Schwarzschild and Sulzberger
Anemone Arrives at San Pedro After 144 Days at Sea
The dingy gray ketch Anemone from the Atlantic coast reached San Pedro Harbor after a 144 day voyage since leaving New York December 14. Captain Henry Lindeberg and his crew, isolated at sea, were unaware of the San Francisco earthquake and fire or owner Tutt entering the yacht for the race to Honolulu.
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San Pedro
New York
Henry Lindeberg
San Francisco
Tutt
Honolulu
Oie I
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United States
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Irwin & Co
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the Meat Trust
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Hilo Electric Light £ c., Ltd
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Hilo Tribune
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Korea
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Victoria
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Kinau
Mauna Loa
Demosthenes’ Cafe
Anvenue
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Svea
Gothenburg
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Sherwin-Will'ams Bucey
Hilo Mercantile CO. “Ted
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