Navy Seeks More Surgeons With Training Pay Boosts
The Navy faces a surgeon shortage with 64 vacancies in a corps capped at 350. Admiral Rixey offers temporary acting assistant surgeons, six months training at naval facilities, and salaries totaling about 1 750 dollars plus allowances to attract graduates. The process includes simple collateral exams void of foreign language requirements, though many applicants fail to meet basic standards. If shortages persist Congress may boost pay further.
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Washington
Naval Medical School
Mare Island Naval Hospital
Pacific Coast
Admiral Rixey
Naval Medical Corps
Navy
Congress
Old Clerks in Land Office to Lose Jobs
Commissioner Ballinger urges a broad reorganization of the General Land Office to dismiss about 15 to 20 of 75 clerks in the land patents division. The action targets elderly workers unable to use typewriters, with few lower paying posts available to reassign. The plan, approved by Secretary Garfield and known to the president, aims to boost efficiency amid age and infirmity concerns.
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Ballinger
General Land Office
Garfield
Mr. Ballinger
Justice
Department
Young Roosevelt's Sailor Ambition and Rival Library Gift
Roosevelt as a child dreamed of naval command inspired by Captain Doane of the Rival. In 1868 the future president raised funds for a shipboard library, presenting 45 volumes to the Rival's crew and skipper Doane. He recalled the moment fondly and wondered if any crew survived to remember the speech.
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Roosevelt
New York
Doane
San Juan
Davy Jones
Government Shape sparks debate among federal women workers
In a breezy conversation at the Government Printing Office and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, female staff discuss the Civil Service Commission’s "government shape" standard. The profile lists height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 154 pounds, bust 36 inches, waist 26, hip 43, back 15% inches, with notes on why tall workers are needed to reach notes on the press and space constraints for scanning and printing.
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Uncle Sam
Government Printing Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Civil Service Commission
Michigan
Revised Ten Commandments of Mail Order Trade
A Montana article critiques mail order houses for cash-only sales and long waits, accusing them of selling impure goods and undercutting local merchants. It cites groceries, harness, buggies, and dry goods, arguing consumers pay more than they receive and local buyers lose business to distant catalogs.
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Montana
Streator
Mall order houses seek to siphon funds from local churches and merchants
A Montana Helena Record critique cites mall order tactics urging advance payments for interior fixtures, tools, and credit. It warns of driving local merchants out of business under the guise of pure food law loopholes and urges residents to support neighborhood dealers with cash.
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Montana
Con
Support Local Economy and Community Prosperity
A home dollar stays local and returns as days pass. To help a town prosper, spend in the local economy instead of distant cities. Prosperity comes when horses pull together and residents patronize home industries, keeping money circulating locally.
Hygienic Kiss Advice From Dr Gifford
Cleveland experts report Dr T Franklin Gifford of New Jersey warns dentists and public that kissing carries germs. He recommends sterilizing each fifth kiss and taking a sanitary gargle to stay safe, noting kisses transmit microbes and require moderation.
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Cleveland
T. Franklin Gifford
New Jersey
Marge
Ohio
Cleveland man faces suit over alleged affair with wife
In common pleas court, 69 year old David Evans contends he treated Margaretta Evans as an aunt while his nephew David Evans claims the aged relative acted as a lover. The nephew seeks 30000 dollars alleging visits under friendship pretense and exchanges of money and wine as well as buggy rides.
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Cleveland, D
David Evans
Cleveland
Margaretta Evans
Margaretta
Called to the Ministry Marion man seeks pastorate in Mound City
George Kenyon 33, who killed his father eight years ago and saved his mother from harm, believed God called him to the ministry. After failing a local preacher exam two years ago, he continued duties and earned a minister's certificate at the Upper Sandusky conference last April and has now accepted a Methodist Episcopal church pastorate in Mound City.
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Marion
George Kenyon
Mound City
S. D
Kenyon
Marysville
Upper Sandusky
Cincinnati Wife Seeks Void Marriage In Hoch Case
In Cincinnati, a widow petitions to have her marriage to Johann Hoch declared void so her pension can be restored, as Hoch’s bigamy case and electrocution echo in court.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Johann Hoch
Court House
Lydia Reese
Hoch
Seventy-Seventh Oxford College Commencement
The 77th commencement of Oxford College for Women was held in Oxford. Rev. Watson of Cincinnati delivered the address urging the young women to care for their physical well being and not become mere ornaments in the world.
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Oxford
Oxford College For Women
Watson
Cincinnati
Pardon Appeal Sought for Cincinnati Burglar John Gorman
An appeal to Governor Harris seeks a pardon for John Gorman of Cincinnati who was sent to the penitentiary in 1905 for burglarizing a barber shop. His sister says he is dying, and the matter was ordered investigated.
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Columbus, O
Harris
John Gorman
Cincinnati
Contractor Falls To Cement, Killed In Middletown
John Slensey a 48 year old contractor died when he fell headfirst from a scaffold inside a large business block in Middletown Ohio. He struck the cement floor creating a two inch dent and expired at the scene.
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Middletown
John Slensey
Toledo Freight Official Indicted on 23 Counts
W H Bennett, formerly general freight agent for the Ann Arbor railroad in Toledo, was indicted by the federal grand jury on 23 counts alleging violations of the interstate commerce laws.
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Toledo, O
W. H. Bennett
Ann Arbor
Federal Grand Jury
Locomotive Kills Longtime B and O Railroad Worker
Chillicothe Ohio Pat Sweeney aged 40 longtime B and O railroad employe was struck and killed while sending a horse across the track near the station. The tragedy occurred as the man attempted to guide the animal onto the far side of the rails. Sweeney had worked for the railroad for about 50 years and was known in the community for his steady labor.
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Chillicothe, O
Pat Sweeney
Columbus Boasts 300 Teams in Work-Horse Parade Display
Columbus showcases a flat display along a parade line under the board of trade patronage. More than three hundred teams representing the city’s industries participate in the HBuaileh tradition work-horse parade.
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Columbus
Board of Trade
Eighth Wreck Victim Dies in Cleveland & Southwestern Wreck
Elyria girl Margaret Butler aged 16 dies from injuries after the Decoration Day collision on the Cleveland and Southwestern electric line. Her death brings the toll to eight fatalities from the wreck.
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Elyria
Margaret Butler
Cleveland & Southweatern Electric
Engaged on Friday Jilted on Sunday Re-engaged on Monday Married on Tuesday
Elton R. Blakeslee a 79 year old war veteran from Cleveland recalls his rapid sequence of engagements and marriages. He announced his engagement to housekeeper Nellie Wilfong but she backed out. His niece brought Anna Felton to the house and Blakeslee proposed again, and they married.
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Cleveland
Elton R. Blakeslee
Nellie Wilfong
Wover
Himk
McKinley Homestead Gift Proposed by Mrs Barber
Justice Day of the National McKinley association stated Mrs M C Barber of Canton plans to donate the late Presidents homestead and its belongings to the association if purchase from the McKinley heirs can be arranged. He expected acceptance when the Canton meeting s June 19 to keep the property intact.
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Canton, D
Justice Day
National McKinley Association
M. C. Barber
McKinley
Barber
Canton
Flintlock Gun Recovered From Carp Net Near Port Clinton
Fishermen John Morean and others hauling seines for carp along Toussaint Creek near Port Clinton found an English make flint-lock gun in their net. The relic appears Revolutionary or colonial era with a bright silver plate and hammer drawn back, well preserved after long submerged.
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Port Clinton
John Morean
Toussaint Creek
State Rifle Range
State crop report notes June wheat gains but mixed by county
Columbus Ohio June crop report shows wheat up 4 points from May and at about 1y percent of full average. Wheat weak in low flat counties and strong in rolling counties. No corn figures. many areas yet to plant and some replanting expected. Frost damage not expected.
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Columbus
Birley
Columbus man sentenced for attempted blackmail
Charles Jordan of Columbus was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being found guilty of attempting to blackmail Mrs. T. J. Emery of Cincinnati. His attorney argued he was not mentally responsible due to his mother’s death in an insane hospital.
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Columbus
Charles Jordan
T. J. Emery
Cincinnati
Jordan
Fred Howe Obituary: Tragedy Near Pettisville
Fred Howe, longtime Northwestern Ohio newspaper proprietor and editor, was killed when struck by a Lake Shore freight train while in the company of Wanseon O in Pettisville. Howe had been a prominent figure in local journalism for many years.
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Wanseon
Fred HH
Pettisville
Fred Howe
Lake Shore
Howe
North Western
Oho
Boy Finds $100 in Barn Foooting Under a Plug
In Niles Ohio, Robert Noble discovered a plugged footing in his father's barn. He pulled the plug with a penknife and unearthed one hundred dollars issued by the Farmers Bank of Frankfort Kentucky in 1864.
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Niles
Robert Noble
Farmera’ Bank
Frankfort
Burglary at Nambridge Post Office. horse stolen
Nambridge post office was burglarized and $1.20 in money and a small amount of stampa taken. The thieves also stole a horse and buemy before fleeing the scene.
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Chilibethe, O
Nambridge
Italian man shot and robbed near Reading and Paddock roads
Cincinnati resident Joseph Aquitto, an Italian, was shot in the arm, left breast, and abdomen near Reading and Paddock roads. He said a fellow countryman robbed him of $50 and fled, according to police.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Aquitto
Reading
Paddock Roads
Aquitto
Plato
First woman appointed as light keeper at Ashtabula harbor
The article notes Mrs J L Crawford wife of the government light keeper at Ashtabula received commission as the first woman appointed to a like position at the port.
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Ashtabula
Mra
J. L. Crawford
Thin Port
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