Government seeks many stenographers and teachers in Quincy
Government posts demand hundreds of stenographers and typewriters with exams weekly in the federal building in Quincy. Salaries range from 900 to 1200 dollars. top rates require 85 percent and two years of office experience. Philippine teacher exams Aug 22 23 offer salaries up to 3000 dollars. Other openings include several inspector and labor roles, with gender notes as listed.
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Federal
Post Office
Quincy
Washington
John Schrang
The
Civil Service
Philippine Islands
Kwo Chang Accepts Chinese Presidency
July 20 the foreign office released that Feng Kwo Chang agreed to act as president of China. Reports from Tien Tsin conflicted over his stance with one saying he refused and another noting Li Yuan Hung urged him to take the office.
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Peking
The
Foreign Office
Feng Kwo Chang
China
Tien Tsin
Fen Kwo Chang
Li Yuan Ilung
Restoration of Order Declared by Petrograd Units
July 20 Petrograd military district announces all units declare readiness to back the government in restoring order. The provisional government forms a special commission in contact with the Petrograd commandant to address urgent public needs. M Skobeloff, Lieut Lebededoeff, and M Gotz will represent labor, marine ministry, and workers and soldiers delegates.
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Petrograd
Petrograd Military District
M. Skobeloff
Lieut. Lebededoeff
Ministry of Marine
M. Gotz
Eugene Azef Held in German Capital
Berlin reports claim Eugene Azef once led the Russian socialists is interned in Berlin as a Russian civilian. He fled Paris after charges of being a police spy, traveled under several names, and later fell ill in Germany. Azef, linked to dozens of plots and high profile deaths, was said to have fled, then possibly assassinated in 1910 at Wiesbaden.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Eugene Azef
Azef
Paris
Vladimir Pourtzeff
Germany
Wer Committee
Bourtzeff
Sergius
M. von Plehve
Sibert Makes First Inspection Of Camp In France
Major General William L. Sibert conducted the first official inspection tour of the American camp in France on Thursday. He noted mainly satisfactory results but ordered rectification where sanitation and cleanliness lagged. French residents watched curiously yet cheerfully, as troops enjoyed a partial holiday from drill during the inspection period. The encampment has reshaped the French town into an American community with clear signs of adaptation and commerce.
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France
Associated Press
William L. Sibert
Phonographs Boost Morale in Allied Barracks Across Theaters
Reports indicate business from army shops in Manila Hawaii Alaska and near the Mexican border improves with unpacked phonograph kits. French troops camping beside Americans praise the equipment and its practicality and enjoy daily informal recitals. A cotton belt used by U S soldiers for carrying gear is highlighted as superior for transporting cartridges pistols and knives. An army chaplain acts as postmaster overseeing mail from Paris including censorship routed through company officers.
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Manila
Hawaii
Alaska
Paris
Powerless to Stop Strike in Leadville Mines
Federal media leaders express inability to avert a miners strike in the Leadville district after President Wilson’s address. About fourteen hundred miners may walk out Saturday, with 1,000 smelter workers to be laid off within ten days and 3,500 mine mill and smelter employees idle within two weeks, per Charles H. Moyer, president of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers.
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Denver
Leadville
Wilson
Charles H. Moyer
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Plan reception for the American fleet in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires on July 20 reports plans for a major welcoming demonstration for Admiral William J Caperton and the American fleet arriving next Tuesday. Local preparations target a large public display honoring the commander and his sailors.
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Buenos Aires
William J3. Caperton
Refused Passports For Irish Delegates To Socialist Conferences
London reports the government has refused passports to two delegates, O'Brien and Campbell, of the Irish trade union congress and the Labour Party. They were to travel to Stockholm and Petrograd to attend early socialist conferences.
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London
O'Brien
Campbell
Irish Trade Union Congress
Labor Party
Stockholm
Petrograd
Local People In Brief Across Quincy Area
Brief personal notices from Quincy include Mrs. George Metzger visiting relatives in the city, Dr. H F Lafler offering chiropractic treatments on 211-2 IL State Bank Bldg, and John Fogel of Quincy Elevator Gate Co traveling to New York City with wife and daughter. Also mentioned: Mrs E T Edwards leaving for St Louis and Alton, George Moore and Thad Smith from Palmyra visiting, Mrs Paul Curry of Camp Point and Lloyd Curry in town, and Miss Sue Wheelock improving after illness.
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George Metzger
Decatur
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
John Fogel
Quincy Elevator Gate Company
New York City
Chicago
Snyder
Stannnn
Upshire Street
E. T. Edwards
Jersey Street
Quincy
St. Louis
Alton
Bertha Amburn
George Moore
Thad Smith
Palmyra
Paul Curry
Camp Point
Lloyd Curry
Lyman Carnes
St. Joseph’s
Columbus Road
Sue Wheelock
Chestnut Street
Birdie Keeley
Beardstown
Jennie Eberhardt
Maine Street
R. E. Long
Bureau
Nj, Who Have Been Visiting Mr. Long's Mother, Mrs. A. E. Long
North Twelfth Street
Mrs. Long
Peoria
Q Ban Hair Color Ad Promises Restored Color
An old ad touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer promising natural color and healthier hair. It offers a 50c large bottle from drug stores or by writing Hessig-Filis Drug Co in Memphis Tennessee, and promotes Q Pan Hair Tonic Shampoo Toilet Soap and Depillatory with a free book titled Hair Culture.
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Hessig- Filis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
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Kwo Chang
Russian Fighting Socialists
Sibert
Palm Beach
J. E. Gopears
C. H. Weiss
Maine ST
W. Daniels, Lecy
G. H. Liesen
Treas
Panamas and
Bangkoks
Hatters’ Union
Reid’s
Maine
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