Rural postal carrier leave rules announced in new NCW regulations
Postmaster W. B. Tscharner letters out the fourth assistant postmaster general's regulations on leaves of absence for rural carriers. Full year twelve months service by July 1 yields fifteen days vacation. pro rata leave after July 1 equals one and a quarter days per month. Unused vacation cannot be carried over. Substitutes paid at 600 dollars per year. Additional unpaid leave up to thirty days may be granted for illness or urgent needs.
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Wanona
United States
District of Columbia
Division of Rural Delivery
The Classie Poem Ends With a Postum Substitution
A humorous verse narrates a man suffering from coffee induced discomfort and switching to Postum coffee substitute. The narrator teases a moral about moderation and healthier choices without graphic detail.
Salaries of School Janitors Are Raised
At a Board of Education meeting in La Crosse the janitors in public schools received salary increases totaling 50.50. Miss Pearl Pratt resigned from the Second ward school and Miss Anna Collins was appointed to replace her at 600 dollars yearly. Clerk Theodore Arenz filled in for Superintendent Bird who is on vacation near Dorsett Ontario.
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Board of Education
la Crosse
Pearl Pratt
Second Ward
Anna Collins
Theodore Arenz
Bird
Dorsett
Ont
Electric Supply & Construction Company
Main Street
F. B. Cook
E. O. Swenson
Marie Knutson
St. Paul
Reitzel
Knutesen
Nels Peterson
Third
Cass Streets
Gustav Schultz
McGregor
William Erwing
Sylvan
F. G. Davis
Macon
N. C
United States
E. A. Kraner
de Soto
W. C. Rubink
Lansing
Committee Meets To Discuss Health Issues
The health committee of the common council is scheduled to meet tomorrow night to review public health matters and consider upcoming policy steps.
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the Common Council
Bowlers Annual Picnic Set for Crosby Island
The local bowling association holds its annual picnic next Sunday at Crosby Island the site used last year. Boats depart the foot of State Street at a morning hour with at least fifty bowlers expected plus other visitors. Committee members are Charles Smith William Tisch and C A Hunt with Henry and Frank as caterers.
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Crosby Island
State Street
Charles Smith
William, Tisch
C. A. Hunt
Henry & Frank
Law shifts may revive old abbatoir in La Crosse
Congressman John J. Esch says railroad and meat inspection laws could prompt reopening of the La Crosse abbatoir once eyed as a cold storage. No movement is currently planned to reopen. Esch argues packers should claim local cattle and hog traffic once routed to Chicago.
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John J. Esch
Mr. Esch
la Crosse
Chicago
Build Wing Dam At Black Smith Slough Channel Improvement
The wing dam project at the mouth of Blacksmiths slough marks the initial step to improve the Mississippi River channel in this district. It is located near the site where the Quincy sunk.
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Quincy
Blacksmith’s Slough
Mississippi
Local Man Praises Foley's Honey and TarCure
C Unger of Champaign Illinois says a yearlong hacking cough and fear of consumption were cured after trying many remedies and one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. He reports no further trouble and notes the product is sold by O T Erhart.
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C. Unger
Maple St
Champaign, Jil
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Wisconsin Jewelers Adopt Official Emblem Design
At the Wisconsin Retail Jewelers Association annual convention in Milwaukee on June 27 and 28, members approved an official emblem. Jewelers statewide are invited to submit designs for a prize of five dollars from The Northwestern Jeweler. The emblem will appear on celluloid signs with the inscription Member of the Wisconsin Retail Jewelers Association to assure buyers of reliability. A badger motif has been suggested as the state emblem.
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Wisconsin Retail Jewelers’ Association
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Keefe Conservatory fall term opens September 4 1906
The fall term of the Keefe Conservatory of Music will begin Sept. 4, 1906. Enroll now for fall classes in voice, piano, violin and orchestral instruments. Reduced rates apply for opening and continuing students.
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W. R. Montague
Minnesota
Keefe Business College
Aalph Rein
Pasday
H. Hendrickson
Viroqua
W. N. Kingston
W. H. Lathoo
Racine
Reitzel’s
Knutesen
Clarence Hilder
Utica
A. Henis
Davenport
Law
A. O. Colby
Lafayette Lamb
Wanderer
Garret Lamb
Clinton
Main Street
Caledonia Street
Wade Paulson
Winona
A. E. Adams
Keefe Conservatory of Music
Jean Mauston
Caledonia
Will Powell
John H. Puent
Puent
Minnie Layman
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Disease Relief
Advertises a remedy by O. T. Erhart claiming to cure Bright's Disease Diabetes Stone in Bladder and kidney and bladder diseases with the product sold by Erhart.
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Bright
O. T. Erhart
Fortune Found in Cincinnati Telephone Booth
George J. Mitchell of Newark New Jersey found a pocket book in the Gibson hotel booth containing ten $10,000 bills totaling $100,000 and papers. Gard Mining president Frank Gard offered a $10,000 bill for it. Mitchell declined cash and took stock instead, hoping it would pay later.
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Cincinnati
George J. Mitchell
Newark
N. J
Gibson House
Frank Gard
Gard Mining Company
Denver
Colo
Hite Lackman
Mr. Gard
Lackman
Mitchell
Coroner Correspondence About Eagle Brigade Reunion
County Coroner Cronon communicates with Eagle Brigade members about an upcoming reunion to be held in Minneapolis on Wednesday August 14. R T Roberts of Mankato is in the city visiting friends and relatives.
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Cronon
Eagle Brigade
Minneapolis
R. T. Roberts
Mankato
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Abaliuir
W. T. Irvine
Optician
Main ST
College of Optics
Chas
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C L. Cilley
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Eva Botts
Don Congdon
O. T. Ierhart
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Grand
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Milo
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Hokah
C. V. Bole
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F. A. R. van Meter
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J. D. Young
International Correspondence Schools
McMillan Building
Common Council
Henry Schultz
Berlin
Germany
George Powell
C. W. Williams
C. DB. Williams
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Jno. Streeter
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Alberta
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Frank G. Roth
John Gund
California
Chas. Beyschlag
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Barron Building
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