Seamen Right to Radio Medical Service at Sea
Surgeon General notes seamen receive medical service by radio while at sea with radio call costs borne by radio companies. Historical review traces Marine Hospital Service funding and 20 cent monthly sea pay, abolition of the tax in 1888, and free aid since. Moving Day in Northern Virginia and reminiscence of John A. Logan at Bull Run highlighted with anecdote of Congressmen.
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H. §. Cumming
The
Public Health Service
Cangreen
Publile Health Service
Marine Hospital Service
Virginias
Bull Run
John A. Logan
Congress
Illinois
Logan
Washington
Bull Nun
Richardson
Capitol
Stockmen Fight Pests In Texas District
Stockmen in the Canadian River district of Texas align with U S Department of Agriculture poison methods to exterminate predatory animals. Classified adv. In The News will bring results.
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Canadian River
Texas
Tielogical Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Par
Seaplane Sets Speed Record at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lieutenant A W Gorton piloted the navy seaplane NW 2 over the Delaware at 177.5 mph, breaking the prior record of 175 mph set at Port Washington. Gorton and Lieutenant Rutledge Irvine of Brooklyn will race in the Schneider Cup at the Isle of Wight on September 28, as naval officers expect American victory. The plane weighs 8500 pounds with a 27 foot wing span and 226 square feet of wing area, powered by a 700 hp T 2 engine.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
A. W. Gorton
Providence
R. L
Delaware River
Port Washington
S. 1
Rutledge Irvine
Brooklyn
Isle of Wight
England
Navy
Gorton
U. S. Navy
Eight days a bride ends life at Atlantic City
Anna Schlosser a Philadelphia bride eight days married ended her life by gas in her rooms at 1007 Pacific avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey. Her body identified by husband Walter Schlosser who said they were happy despite the act. Brother Albert Gross Jr searched three days for her after she disappeared following an elopement to Elkton Maryland on August 1. Her mother Anna Gross is under physician care after learning of the death. husband cites possible trouble with her mother but offers no definite reason.
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Atlantic City
Anna Schlosser
Philadelphia
Pacific Avenue
Walter Schlosser
Elkton
Albert Gross, Jr
Fdrl
Anna
William Rockefeller Left Estate Worth Over Ten Million
The state tax commission reported a gross estate of 10,584,438.36 for William Rockefeller with a net value of 67,649,660.30 after subtracting admin expenses debts funeral costs and executor commissions New Orleans area sugar cane was first cultivated in 1741 by Jesuits from Saint-Domingue near the site of today’s city.
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Wm. Rockefeller
New York
William Rockefeller
State Tax Commission
United States
New Orleans
San Domingo
Icy Ingenuity Abroad Produces Giant Icicles Overnight
A foreign method for making ice uses a tall wooden frame with a water spray from a rotating disk. Water forms massive icicles on two beam floors, sometimes 700 cubic feet in a night. The report notes stunning examples of industrial frost during cold snaps.
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Washington Star
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