Life in the U S Navy promotional copy torn from paper
A patriotic promotion invites young men aged 17 to 31 to enlist in the Navy. It touts rapid rank advancement, travel via destroyers and P T boats, pay increases, officer paths, 45 trades, and a free 24 page illustrated booklet detailing pay, vacations, retirements, eligibility, and how to obtain the booklet through the local Navy editor. It emphasizes sports and life aboard ships.
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U.S. Navy
Navy Life
Navy
Navy Enlistment Benefits and Career Paths
Free training valued at $1500 with over fifty trades and vacations to choose from. Earn up to $126 monthly with yearly pay raises and full paid vacations. Free clothing and medical care including dental. Travel and adventure await. Opportunities to become an officer and advance to the Naval Academy or aviation at Pensacola. Liberal retirement pay for regular Navy members.
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Navy
Naval Academy
Air
Pensacola
Navy Offers Free Training In 50 Trades For Future Civil Life
The Navy promotes free training valued at 1500 dollars for one year, offering a choice of nearly fifty skilled trades from radio and machinist to welder and aviation mechanic plus a complete outfit of clothing. This training aims to secure a well paid civil life.
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Navy
Naval Reserve enrollment extended through national emergency
Secretary of the Navy says men enlisting in the Naval Reserve will stay on active duty during the emergency and be released to inactive duty as soon after the emergency as possible. Regular Navy and Naval Reserve offer similar travel, training, pay, and promotions. send coupon to join.
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Secretary of the Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy
Past Forty Years In Forties and 1901 Echoes
A collage of notes recounts events from 1901 including grand jury duty for Chas H Mudge, President McKinley shot on Sept 6, 1901, and local prices at Diller markets. It also mentions school openings in Taylor district, the Burlington building a steel bridge over the Blue River at Beatrice, travel and marriages, and 1941 school data contrasts.
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Diller
Diller Telephone Company
Citizen’s State Bank
Clark Wells
Bob James
Omaha
Rabsneiden
Wichita
Fifty Years Ago Highlights and Local Notices
An eight year old Alta Grotte broke her arm after a fall from a tree. Joe Mayberry and Miss May Zook wed in Fairbury on September 2, 1891. A Swanton livery stable sign advertised cash terms. WRC staff member Olive attended the Grand Island GAR reunion with Sadie and Bert. Diller Silver Cornet Band praised at Gatd Island GAR event. Sadler and Hartzell ended their butcher partnership. Sadler continued operations near the Record office. J W Heinrichs attended his Civil War regiment reunion in Peoria, Illinois and gathered pension evidence. Other attendees likely pursued similar pension inquiries.
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Joe Mayberry
Miss May Zook
Fairbury
Swanton
Olive Eee
WRC
GAR
Grand Island
Bert
J W Heinrichs
Peoria
Illinois
Calcutta Gambling Lens Details Turbulent Nines Sacchien
In Calcutta a report outlines ongoing gambling concerns linked to local Chinese and Hindu communities. The piece notes tensions around gaming practices, remnant signs from earlier eras, and the role of exiled factions in shaping behavior and perception.
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Calcutta
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Annapolis
Uncle Sam
U. S. Navy
Chas. H Mudge
President McKinley
Addie Miller
Taylor
Burlington
Blue River
Beatrice
Nettie Hartzell
Vici, Oklahoma
Martha Diller
Joseph Havlick
Maggie Wright
Guy O Taylor
Miss Tramelene Andcutn
Steele Ity
George Clark
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Elmo Hadley
Oklahoma
Alta Grotte
Diller Silver Cornet
Gatd Island
Sadie & Hartzell
Sadle
Naval
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