Naval Surgeons Sought as Navy Tries Extra inducements
The Navy seeks more naval surgeons as vacancies grow and medical schools fail to supply. Admiral Rixey offers acting assistant surgeon appointments with six months training at the naval medical school in Maryland for Pacific applicants. A projected salary includes 1750 dollars yearly plus 492 dollars in allowances. The process includes a collateral exam testing basic knowledge. critics say many applicants lack required training.
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Bary
Rixey
Washington
Naval Medical School
Sigg Cest
Maresland Naval Pltal
Pacific Coast
Tegin
Roosevelt’s Early Dream To Be Sailor Highlighted
In 1868 as a boy, Theodore Roosevelt rallied a group of youngsters to raise funds for a library for the ship’s officers and crew aboard the Rival. He led a delegation to present 45 volumes to the skipper, with a speech by Roosevelt himself. An old friend recently recalled the event, and Roosevelt said he hoped the sailors remembered his famous speech. Captain Doane agreed it was a fine speech.
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Roosevelt
New York
Doane
San Juan
Davy Jones
Rocker
Government shape debate among women workers at Uncle Sam shops
Breezy commentary rises among female staff at the Government Printing Office and Bureau of Engraving and Printing over a so called government shape. Regulations demand tall slim figures for notes reading while on the press. Ballinger proposes reorganizing the General Land Office staff with dismissals in the land patents division to meet typewriting needs.
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Uncle Sam
Government Printing Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Civil Service Commission
Bureau
Michigan
Ballinger
General Land Office
Garfield
Force of Bia
Mr. Ballinger
Old Clerks in Land Office to Lose Jobs
The land office plans to dismiss clerks as salaries fall short of $900 per year with many workers unable to reach that amount. Some lower paid posts exist but are scarce and fully filled. In other divisions older or infirm staff are also at risk, though less urgently, as the commissioner defends the move to protect office proficiency.
A Wonderful Gain A Utah Pioneer Tells A Remarkable Story
Le J W Browsing of Ogden Utah recounts crossing the plains in 1848 and describes chronic ailments including diabetes kidney trouble rheumatism and dizziness. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief and continued good health at 75. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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J. W. Browsing
Ogden
Utah
Dean
Tam
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Bonner praises Dr Johnson memory over cricket triumph
In 1885 London a noted celebration for Dr Samuel Johnson included Australian cricketer Bonner. Reportedly his health was proposed and he replied that reverence for Johnson’s memory made him question chasing his own cricket glories. The remark comes from the Letters of George Birkbeck Hill.
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London
Samuel Johnson
Bonner
George Birkbeck Hill
Tobnson
A Sad Mistake at a Village House of Boarders
A Boston Herald writer notes in a native village where Mr S rents spare rooms to pleasure seekers. In summer a young villager questions the hospitality and Mr S replies while picking potatoes. He quips that two quarts of bugs were found on them.
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Saya
Boston Herald
Mannin
Mr. S
Widow Plans Paris Residence For Huntington Estate
The widow of Collis P. Huntington plans to live in Paris permanently. She is preparing to close her New York house and move to the French capital where a mansion costing nearly 1,000,000 dollars will be completed. She was much younger than her husband who left her most of his fortune to use as she sees fit.
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Paris
Collis P. Huntington
Washington
New York
Too Swift for Londoners Telegraphs Too Fast
The postmaster general reports that experiments in typewriting telegrams have not been altogether satisfactory. The London Globe suggests the telegraph department prefers something slower, reflecting doubts about the new system.
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Post Office
London Globe
Telegraph Department
Postum Transforms Teacher’s Nervous Strain Into Health
A teacher describes ditching coffee after a friend recommended Postum Food Coffee. After a failed first trial, she brewed it longer per instructions and found it delicious and healthful for both children and adults. She reports steady health improvements and renewed classroom ease. There’s a Reason.
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Wollyilla
Five Children As Wedding Gift Reveals New Family
A Christmas tale from the Ladies' Home Journal tells of a tin plate worker who marries a widow after a brief acquaintance. He nervously offers a wedding present of five children, only to learn the widow already has seven, a playful twist that ends with light humor about blended families.
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Sarrah
John
Ladies’ Home Journal
Royal Scion Does Good Work
The duke of Abruzzi, visiting the country at age 34, is described as diligent and worldly. He is the son of a Spanish king who abdicated, served in the Italian navy, and pursued exploration and mountaineering worldwide, gaining honors from several scientific societies.
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Abruzzi
Duke
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