Civil Service Goes Into Effect In Washington
A Washington special notes the civil service law began July 16 and all clerk appointments in departments have followed new rules. In the Treasury nine men and three women passed competitive exams and are rated good clerks, with some superior. in the Interior 30 to 35 vacancies were filled by transfers from the Census Office, avoiding new appointments.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Census Office
Civil Service
As Department
AJ Good Friend to the Chinese
San Francisco Consul A F Bee and his family suffered rheumatism and neuralgia with medicines failing until St Jacobs Oil produced immediate relief. He touts the oil as the greatest pain reliever now in existence.
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San Francisco
A. F. Bee
Exae
St. Jacobs
What a Woman Can Do and Other Odds and Ends
A collage of bold statements on women’s strength and social roles with examples of abilities from quiet refusals to enduring patience and multitasking. The piece blends quips about a woman’s prowess with stray lines on remedies and household items, reflecting a late era newspaper column tone.
Woman, 82, jailed for drunken assault on police
Mary Pullen aged 82 was charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a constable in Endell Street. After resisting removal and biting fingers the prisoner was subdued by two officers and sentenced by Mr Flowers to four months imprisonment.
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Mary Pullen
Endell Street
Nine-nine year sentence for Texas murderer
A Texas murderer recently received a sentence of ninety-nine years. The issue also promotes various patent medicines and products, with endorsements from Dr. Morgan and others. It highlights counterfeit warnings, a marvel singing doll, and letters praising a new Salt Lake City or Medford distribution.
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Texas
Grand Union Hotel and City Travel Notes in Omaha
A vivid roster of hotel ads and city transport options. The Grand Union Hotel in Omaha offers rooms at one million dollars cost? no. The excerpt promotes street cars and buses to the Metropolitan Hotel, with rooms at two dollars daily and tables superior to pricier houses. Various patent remedies and products appear, including Hale’s Honey and Tar, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners, Brown’s Iron Bitters, Dr William Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs, and a note on new writing paper called Dude. The passage weaves travel, lodging, and medical elixirs into a bustling late nineteenth century ad page.
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Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Henry's Catbolic Salve and Other Patent Remedies
A fragmented advert list touts Henry's Catbolic Salve for skin eruptions and freckles, Dr Win Chell's Teeth ing Syrup for teething and colds, Uncle Sam's Condition Powders and Worm Care, Eilers extracts for consumption, and various oils and liniments. It promotes farm stock care and household remedies with prices and druggist sales points.
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Henry
Remarkable Hop Bitters Testimony From Mrs Stack
A woman reports long burning neuralgia and kidney liver urine troubles cured by Hop Bitters. She says seven bottles cured her husband’s long illness and eight neighbors were saved by the tonic. The note ends with advice to stop doctors and “Take Hop Bitters” to get well.
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Boston
Trimy
E. D. Stack
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Philadelphia
Cash
T. N. Humphrey
Tenn
Sullivan
Sporting Journal
Susan
Joplin, Mo
J. B. Morgan
Allen’s
J. P. Allen
St. Pal
Minn
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Reno
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Fourth and Locust Sts
St. Louis
Chicago
Gwanu
Ely
Charlotte Parker
Waverly
N. Y
Marvellous Singing Doll
Webber
B. Abbott
Medford
Mass
Ada Richmond
Omaha
Metropolitan
Hale
Pike
Lyon
Buchu-Paiba
Ick
Cure
Leonard Grins’ Ishones
James Beecher
Sigourney
Town
WM. Hall
Hospital No
Louisville
Riga
West
Sam
Eilert
Uncle Sam
All
Wilson
Wilson Sewing Machine CO
Jone
Jones
Binghamtor
Dinghamtos
N.Y
Eoay
Noudy & Ib CO
Clacianath
AGEN
T. Momuay Hill
Hook and Bible
Ealsries
P.O. Exg. Z
National Pub
Maine
H. Hallet & Co
Portland
Yaaa Ley
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
R. Dory
Farm Department
Neb
Charles A. Vogeler
A. Vogeler
Baltimore
USA
Ely Bereothers
Owego
Hostetterg
SR Lauehel
Perkins
Wellesley College
Rkins
Emerson
Peerless
Ion
Gieras
Burnson
Lyon & Healy
Olives Pitroy & CO
Roatan
Tve
Busineis
B . Price
Army
Navy
Army and Navy
Lin'mento
Wabash Ave
Vhicago
Hkichardeon & On., Wholesale Druggiste
Ft. Louis
Western Agenta
Pearl St
Dublin
St. R. FrtzpaTricn
Cilaptee I
Malden, Mass
THE
Ellis Spavin Care CO
J. H. Whitson & Son
Mth St
Ellis
Sudbury Street
Musu
Fourth Avenue
Cioiniqiuierio
Deuggists
Dr. S. A. Richmond Hed. Co
Prop
St. Joseph
Wright
E. Ferrett
Ack
E. B Foote
Murray Hill Rule
New York City
Sample Musical Journal
E. B. Guild, LD
Topeka
Kaa
Express
P.O. Neithera
T. A. Slocum
Peurist
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