Controversy Over County Printing and Proceedings
A Brown County editorial attacks the county printing choice by the Journal, disputing circulation claims and the board’s motive while comparing costs with a rival bid. The piece questions veracity, cites pension plans, and notes political clashes involving Senate committees and Minnesota figures.
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Brown County Journal
Interdhel
Life
Erditoriul
Joie Wal
J.J. Saven
Brown County Publishers Association
Edi the Journal
Green
New High Density Hay Bales Aid WWII Supply Lines
In Brooklyn a new bale design packs hay at 80 cubic feet per ton, half sent to South Africa and the other half to Manila. The tight packing allows a single bale to serve as a rampart for cavalry and guards ammunition needs. Canadian stock supplies the plant, with six compressors processing bale exports for overseas theaters.
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Baling
Brooklyn
Vainy Canadian Bay
Aquare
Canada
Goss
South Africa
Tbs
Ihe Amy
Manila
Nee
Lawton
MacArthur
South Africs
Surgeon General Proposes Pay Reforms for Volunteer Surgeons
Surgeon General Sternberg prepares two bills to aid acting assistant surgeons in the army. One bill would grant these officers the same rights as regular commissioned officers and pay salaries during absence due to illness or wounds. The second bill aims to allow mounted captain pay to volunteer surgeons serving as regimental surgeons, despite current lieutenant pay limits.
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Sternberg
Ccomp
Trollar
Hee
Theas
Regular Army
Comptroller
Volunteer Army
Electric fire carts and growing telephone network noted abroad
A Paris fire brigade unit tested an electric hose cart that arrived at fires before horse drawn engines. Paris plans to use electric extinguishing machines at the 1900 exposition. The piece also reports rapid growth of independent telephone exchanges, counting 3 500 in operation with over 780 000 instruments by year end, and a rise in telephones since 1880.
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Fire Department
New York
Paris
Paris Fire Brigade
Capitaine
Ingenieur Cordier
Mam
United States
Chinese Minister Discusses Commerce This Evening
In Ameli a far eart attendees raised their glasses as the Chinese minister opened the discussion. He spoke at length on commerce in the capital of China and the duty of the ministry of commerce to promote trade with foreign powers and remove obstacles. Lord Charles Heresford urged learning Chinese and warned to beware of alliances and a tick to the open door.
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Far Eart
China
Charles Heresford
Solvier
Postmaster General Announces Registration of Valuable Letters
The postmaster general issues a general order to register valuable letters by letter carriers on routes in free delivery cities. The service starts in major cities and expands rapidly, initially in residential districts only. Some postmasters have urged avoiding the system, but officials warn that disregard is grounds for removal.
Prayerful stranger rides crowded Angora trolley
A tall modest man with a young woman boarded an Angora trolley in West Philadelphia at eight in the morning. He knelt to pray for about two minutes at the Cheatnut street grade, then returned to his seat and stared ahead as the couple alighted at Sixteenth Street amid curious passengers.
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Max
West Philadelphia
Cheatnut Street Bridge
Twentieth Street
Sixteenth Street
PUPILS GOVERN THE SCHOOL IN Muncie INDIANA
Readable portions describe a pupil held school government in which a president and five pupil line presidents head departments. The board includes the superintendent and principal with one faculty woman member and one student from each grade, all pupil votes control decisions.
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Muncie
Ind
Mensual
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