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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
5
The New York Herald reports a shift toward younger workers in city and corporate offices. In a large sample in Manhattan, most employees were under thirty, with few over forty. executives favored youth, while older staff faced career barriers.
An article argues against coercive retriever training. It notes puppies enjoy toys and need gentle play rather than punishment. It cites a Berlin decree mandating police animal-welfare instruction and outlines seven rule areas for official intervention to prevent cruelty, especially to draught animals.
The fragment explains the term Savy Jones Locker as a corruption of Jonah the prophet and notes it means a sailor’s receptacle for private stores. It suggests the phrase implies someone is dead and references attempting a resolution on January 1.
A Washington Post report relayed from Kansas City describes British muleteers scouting for horses to haul mountain guns. The piece notes that a specific chest girth of sixty one inches is preferred, and details the logistics of mules traveling to India while officers select suitable animals for the Himalayas deployment.
The United States government values wireless telephone tech to reintroduce the apparatus on war vessels. Tests show reliable communication over ten miles and at least once between ships twenty miles apart. Navy use would allow ships to talk freely within fleets, though in port ships could only be contacted by relay or central exchange.
The Shanghai Mercury reports posthumous title and honors for Yen Hsin-hao chairman of the native Chamber of Commerce who fled earlier. His son Yen Yi-ping is ordered to receive a second-plane button and archive mention. A second son to be sent to school, then district magistrate after study and examination.
A Korea Daily News letter complains about police in Scout patrolling foreign compounds with loud talk and swords, describing officers as useless houseances while warning of burglars. The note also mentions discovery of an electrical plant in Nicaragua.
A proclamation from the Sheriff directs all bound to appear at Supreme Court in White Plains Westchester on the sixth day of April 1908 to appeal the undersigned. Justices have taken a witness to return warrants and examinations at the sheriff's office in White Plains.
Notice pursuant to an order by Frank V. Millard Surrogate of Westchester County New York. All persons with claims against Hugh Crooks late of Irvington must present them with vouchers to Harry J. Selfridge administrator at Hackett Williams 226 Union Street Poughkeepsie New York on or before July 1 1908 dated December 2 1907.
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