Roosevelt Emphasizes Civil Service Reform and Naval Modernization
The address argues the amendment benefits criminals by hindering crime suppression and urges keeping secret service tools for investigating government misconduct. It also calls for postal savings banks, education funding, fisheries control, and a strengthened navy with merit-based promotions and a general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs Service
Secret Service
Oregon
Legislative
Congress
Executive Branch
Kaffirs Love Letters Highlight Basuto Romance
An amused sketch of Basutos described as a cheerful nation with light romantic sentiment. Excerpts from Kaffirs love letters mockingly reveal playful comparisons such as ink and paper gladness, a love burning like a paraffin stove, a peacock under a willow, and a clock that keeps time.
The Blue Sky and Its Blue Illusion
The blue sky appears as the firmament’s vault and returns solar light to the eye. Air particles are so tiny they scatter only the smallest blue wavelengths, with minor traces of other colors overwhelmed by the blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau of Education
United States
Bureau of Education
Congress
Bureau
Alaska
New Mexico
Arizona
International Bureau of the American Republics
Two Americas
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine Assembly
Asia
Japan
Cuba
America
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Army
Secretary of War
National Guard
Regular Army
England
Art In The Soup Leaves Wife Bouyed By Fat Art
A wife watches her husband’s soup and comments on the fat forming an artistic pattern. She muses if the fat looks beautiful, appreciating the quirky moment with humor and admiration.
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Postal Savings Banks
Comptroller
Senate
San Francisco
Government Printing Office
Department of Commerce and Labor
Joint Committee On
War Department
Interstate Fisheries
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Washington
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
United Staes Bureau of Fisheries
Fisheries and Fur Seals
Alaskan Fur Seal Service
Bureau of Fisheries
Foreign Affairs
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Goethals
Ocean Mail Lines
Australasia
Porto Rico
the Navy
General Board
North Dakota
Delaware
Florida
Utah
Atlantic
Annapolis
Board of Visitors
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
New York
Onvy
Coney
Sea Gate
Kaffirs
Art
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