Sterling Lehtbach Civil Service Retirement Act Passed
Congress approves the Sterling Lehtbach civil service retirement act after a long senate fight. The act sets 70 as the retirement age for classified civil service with 65 for mechanics and postal workers and 62 for railway clerks under conditions. Annuities range from 180 to 720 dollars annually with 2.5 percent salary contributions by employees and government funding to cover the rest.
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Ongress
Sterling
Civil Service Commission
Commissioner of Pensions
Senate reorg cuts standing committees from seventy two to thirty two
The Knox resolution aligns a major Senate reform reducing standing committees from 72 to 32 for the next Congress with ten major panels pared in size. Expenditures panels consolidated into a seven member committee on executive departments while principal committees remain named, jurisdiction unchanged.
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Philander ©. Knox
Pennsylvania
Knox
Senate
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Commerce
Foreign Relations
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
A survey of women’s roles across fields from factories in Japan to New York evening school cooking classes. Notable mentions include Clara Sears Taylor as a district rent commissioner member appointed by Wilson, Lady Geddes as a newly married American girl, and Ruth Eleanor Smith representing New York in Antwerp Olympic swimming. Memorial trees at Illinois U after wartime losses and civic betterment leadership in Montgomery Alabama underscore women’s public impact. Consuelo Flowerton of New York headlines a record program.
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The
District of Columbia Rent Commission
Clara Sears Taylor
Wilson
Ruth and
Eleanor Smith
New York
Antwerp
Belgium
Slaughter of Celestials in Early Idaho History
Excerpts from The Story of Idaho recount the May 1866 Battle Creek massacre where 100 to 150 Chinese laborers were killed, mutilated, and left unburied along a six mile road. The piece covers subsequent raids on ranches near Toonville, stock losses, and ongoing clashes as volunteers under Captain Jennings engage the Sioux.
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Boize
Battle Creek
Chinanten
Hin
Sobners
Chinen
Toonville
Reynolds Erect
Gascott
Wiis Rane
Ruby City
War Nagle Mountain
Chico
Owyhee
J. Jennings
Boulder Creek
Thos. B. Carson
Wilcox
Jordan Creek
Safeguarding Baby Health in Summer Months
Dr Leonard Hirshberg warns parents that infant deaths peak in warm months and negligence rather than ignorance causes result. He urges mothers to keep babies on breastfeeding and proper diet, get rest, avoid risky foods, and seek medical care for persistent issues.
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Leonard Kees Hirshberg
Johns Hopkins University
United States Public Health Service
Pravent
World of News Byteed Briefs on Sports and Society
Items note charity program sales exceeding ten thousand, Wellesley students aiding grounds work to fund college costs. England's 18 year old tennis prodigy Miss Colyer defeats Miss Pyers and eyes Mile. Lenglen next. London nursemaids import Chinese girls as caretakers amid staff shortages. Mile, Karsavina star in new London play The Truth About the Russian Dancer. Portia Club in Philadelphia forms women lawyers group. Cecil Leitch retains British golf title with powerful stroke and longest drive.
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Cecil Leitch
England
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Pocatello
Idaho
Daily Tribune
Tribune
the Tribune Co., Ltd
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the Doctor
Brother
Herald
Caruso
Mary Pickford
Moore
Gompers
Sam
Ile
West
California
Yeaman
Idaho Walls Register
Chicago
Edwards
New Jersey
Japan
Geddes
W. A. Rows
Livingston, 8. C
Tiny Kenneth Johnston
Board of Health
Madame Germaine Dulac
Bessie Agnes Dwyer
Philippines
University of Illinois
Montgomery
Alabama
Joseph Breevard Jones
Stout
Consuelo Flowerton
Wilden Pays
the Tribune
K& Q
Bog
Tieddons
Begin
Toiay
Steeeey
Hirshberg
L. K. Hirehberg
Ofre
Wellesley College
Miss B. Colyer
Miss Pyers
Mile
Lenglen
France
London
Karsavina
James Bagg
Portia Club
Philadelphia
Temple University Law School
Hamilton Beach
R. E. Sullivan
Vie Tribune Office
Tribune Ofc
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