Chance for Colonial Bosses in Porto Rico and Hawaii
Washington dispatch details a plan to create thousands of colonial offices in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines with high salaries. Governors would command $10,000 yearly plus a palace, while secretaries, judges, and other officials would receive substantial annual pay. A new executive council and native representation accompany expanded legislatures in each territory.
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Washington D.C
Uncle Sams
Colonial Service
Congress
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Penty Rico
New York
England
Ceylon
Bermudas
Newfoundland
Bahamas
Barbados
House of Delegates
Supreme Court
United States
Executive Council
Honolulu
Kalakaua
New Possessions
Hawaiian Senate
Territorial Supreme Court
Agriculture and Forestry
Putine Works and Instruction
Islands
Spain
Oriental Archipelago
Tagals
Luzon
Panay
Negros Cebu
Leyte
Samar
Guimaras
Bohol
Mibdenao
Sulu
Indian Office
Tutuila
Manua Islands
Guam
Peninsular
Postal, Customs and Revenue Services
Civil Service Commission
Boy Hero Thomas Keep in Alma and Inkerman Battles
The article recalls Thomas Keep, a remarkable English boy who served bravely in the Crimea. He aided wounded soldiers at Alma and Balaklava, collected muskets, brewed tea, and helped sergeants and privates despite danger. He endured Inkerman's close danger, was shot through the eyeglass area but unharmed, and supported doctors in extracting wounds.
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Lawton
England
Lancers
Elandslange
Thomas Keep
Alma
Balaklava
Inkerman
Officials must share language and law in diplomacy
Legislatures warn that dialogue stalls unless all parties speak and understand the same language. Judges and court officials will need fluency in Spanish and knowledge of Spanish law, while many high officials dealing with foreign entities must master international law.
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Washington
Shoe Buckles Through Time on Royal Feet and Fashion
A historical glimpse traces buckles as the status symbol of 18th century fashion. Diamonds led the elite, gold buckles followed, while merchants wore gold or silver, and poorer classes sported brass or iron buckles. Shoes existed to carry the buckle, not vice versa.
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Evan
Clinton visit highlights Thornwell Orphanage and mills
Nis visit to Clinton features a warm reception, a 16,000 spindle cotton mill, and the Thornwell orphanage with 200 residents. The writer notes mill labor practices, charitable aims, and a hopeful Georgia future as he travels from Laurens to Abbeville and Greenwood, ending with reflections on war, sickness, and home.
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Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Clinton
Laurens
Seaboard
Atlanta
Mr. Barley
Georgia
Carolina
Thornwell
From street waif to Alaska governor a life of grit
John G. Brady rose from New York street waif to governor of Alaska. Adopted by a poor family, he pursued education through Yale and Union Theological Seminary, becoming a Presbyterian minister. He did missionary work in Colorado Idaho and Texas before settling in Alaska, where he led moral and political efforts and rose to territorial governorship.
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John G. Brady
New York
Children’s Aid Society
Yale College
Union Theological Seminary
Colorado
Idaho
Texas
Alaska
Presbyterian Church
Bob Taylor's Latest Joke on a Memphis Train
Ex-Gov Bob Taylor tells a joke during a Memphis appearance as a railway conductor encounters two distressed women passengers. One mourner travels to Cincinnati to cremate her husband, the fifth in the journey, while a younger woman laments never having a husband and the rival claim of another woman.
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Sleve
Bob Taylor
Memphis
Ohio River
Cincinnatti
Cuban postmasters face fraud probes after $1200 shortfall
Director General Rathbone reports two Cuban postmasters detected for frauds on the Post Office Department totaling about 1200 dollars. One at Alquizar hid a 639.99 shortage, led to arrest and insurance demand. the other at Jucaro drew four hundred dollar and one eighty dollar money orders with a false name. An island wide money order office investigation follows with 19 of 276 offices under American acting postmasters and average salaries around 1400 dollars.
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Cuba
Rathbone
Ffice Department
Alquizar
Havana
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Jucaro
Cienfuegos
Ele
Postoffice Department
Island of
Santiago
Guantanamo
Matanzas
Trinidad
Puerto Principe
One Day Cure Claim For Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails. The genuine product bears L 6 B Q on each tablet.
Lucern culture boosts southern farms with alfalfa urging
U A Jordan notes lucerne or alfalfa thrives with soil prep and deep cultivation. It yields 6 to 16 tons per acre yearly, tolerates 30-year stands, and needs lime and potash. Sow late February to March or September, use light rolling, and harvest leaves-first hay for best nutrition.
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Georgia
Lucera
Traveling for Fun or Profit in Rail Leadership
The Omaha World-Herald argues railroad presidents are not enjoying leisure travel but managing trifles and profits. It asserts that successful leaders monitor every accident and earnings detail, and the image of smooth traveling palaces masks a heavy duty, not leisure.
Spain's Greatest Need Seeks Health Cure Says Oliva
R P Oliva of Barcelona spends winters in Aiken and credits Electric Bitters as Americas greatest blood and nerve remedy. He claims the medicine cures liver and kidney trouble purifies the blood strengthens the stomach and restores vigor. Sold by J E Carry & Co., Druggists.
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R. P. Oliva
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
America
All
J. E. Carry & Co
Draggists
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