Railroad Man Honored As VP Of White Pass Yukon Route
O L Dickeson of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway was named vice president of the White Pass & Yukon route. Born 1877 in Ottumwa Iowa he rose from stenographer in 1899 to superintendent of transportation and later spokesman for railway presidents during interstate commerce commission proceedings and strike arbitration.
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O. L. Dickeson
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
White Pass & Yukon
Alaska
Dickeson
Chicago
Middle West
Burlington
Ottumwa
Iowa
Transportation Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Day elected president of Equitable Life Assurance Society
William A. Day was chosen to succeed the late Paul Morton as president of Equitable Life Assurance, having served as acting president since Morton’s death. Day’s salary is 50060 annually, with the board endorsing mutualization and directing cooperation with the state insurance department and trustees. The vote was 26 to 3 and unanimous.
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William A. Day
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Day
Twenty-First Ward Supplies Taft Officials
Samuel Adams named first assistant to Secretary of the Interior Fisher to fill the vacancy from Frank Pierce. Adams, born Syracuse 1871, Harvard graduate, Chicago lawyer, resident of 48 East Elm Street, marks ninth Twenty-first ward appointee in Taft administration. Other Twenty-first ward natives hold posts in treasury, war, judiciary, and diplomacy.
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Twenty-first Ward
Chicago
Taft
Samuel Adams
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Frank Pierce
Utah
Challinger
Mr. Adams
Syracuse
N. Y
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Northwestern University Law School
Pst
Adams & Candee
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
Adams
Fast Elm Street
Franklin MacVeagh
Jacob M. Dickinson
Treasury
War Departments
Francis W. Taylor
MacVeagh
George A. Carpenter
United States
William J. Calhoun
China
Henry T. Boutell
Switzerland
Captain Knight Restored to Duty After Court Acquittal
The seven rear admirals court upheld Captain Austin M. Knight's acquittal on charges of culpable negligence regarding the Puritan monitor ordnance. Secretary Meyer disapproved the verdict but Knight is restored to duty and relieved of arrest, with potential promotion to rear admiral as vacancy arises. The action caused mild naval officer unrest at Norfolk.
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Austin M. Knight
U.S. N
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
Robley D. Evans
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
Knight
Navy
Early and varied farm tips from old agriculture notes
The passage offers practical farming guidance covering feeding, crop rotation, soil treatment, and animal care. Topics include barley for cool climates, beet molasses as a tonic, hog breeding duration, corn versus beans, pasture feeding, seed quality, silage, disease prevention, and prudent handling of mares, guineas, and hens.
bungalow style homes and lively plans for summer cottages
The article promotes William A. Radford's free advice on building and describes bungalow designs. It details a 38 by 36 foot, six room model with wide overhanging roof, veranda, cement plaster finish, and movable interior flexibility plus cost under 2800 dollars.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Oath Taken by Physicians Ancient Hippocratic Pledge
The article recalls Hippocrates born on Cos circa 470 B C and the oath he inspired. It notes his era alongside Pericles Socrates and Plato and lists oath provisions on ethics patient care secrecy and professional solidarity among doctors and their teachers and pupils. It cites Doctors and Surgeons by Charles Winslow Hall in National Magazine.
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Hippocrates
Isle of
Cos
Apollo
Asclepios
Hygeia
Panaceia
Charles Winslow Hall
National Magazine
Fair Proposition for Thief in Shoes Theft
A New York shop owner offers a bargain to the man who stole forty shoes. Return twenty to match the available pairs and he will receive the remaining twenty to pair with the ones in possession. The comic offer labels the theft a humorous incident.
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New York
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RD Editor
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Father of Medicine
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