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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
9
Fragmentary note lists Willis S Thompson in a Sun Building office with daily except Murday terms. Mentions entry in the post office as second class mail and a date of Wednesday February 3, 1909.
A discourse extols wireless telegraphy’s sea rescue of more than a thousand people amid fog and darkness. It praises science over superstition, condemns capital punishment, and envisions science guiding humanity to freedom and prosperity.
The public health and marine hospital service oversees quarantine stations hospital care for aliens and agency relief to seafarers. It includes coast guard life saving lighthouse and transport vessels and the revenue cutter service. In 1889 medical corps officers numbered 130 on time pay. The last Congress session proposed pay increases for army and navy officers but not for the marine hospital service.
Wireless notes indicate officials in the Army and Navy urge an annual increase not to exceed 75000 dollars, amid economy concerns. Reported opposition from Cannon and Mann of Illinois may reflect spin. The bill mirrors a prior Senate-approved measure, aiming to align pay for Public Health and Marine Hospital Service officers with other medical corps. Without passage, preventive medicine progress and officer vigor could suffer.
Petition campaigns for county local option clash with repeal efforts as Friends and German Alliance mobilize thousands while Vincennes and North Manchester show mixed signals The push for a statewide prohibition gains support from women groups and Grand Army men as lawmakers consider municipal courts reform and safety measures and merchants push garnishee and wage law debates across the legislature.
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