Chicago Civil Service Police Force Turns to Athlete Police
Chicago police fire and stationary engineers use a standing eligible list with hundreds of names. The civil service system under Maj. Boudet forms the famed beauty squad of officers. Examinations test physical strength lungs and bones plus nerve and heart health, while Westlake notes stage fright can hamper performance.
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Chicago Police, Fire and Stationary Engineers
Shippey
Horan
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Body
Chicago
Beauty Squad
Maj. Boudet
Pittsburg
United States
Chicago Force
Elton Lower
H. D. Fargo
M. L. McKinley
Examiner Westlake
Observer
Westlake
Chicago Evening Post
Civil Service
Fire Department
First Illinois Infantry
First Regiment
Boudet
Record of Civil War Regiment Still Has 237 Living Members
A veteran notes the thirty-ninth annual reunion inviting 237 surviving members from a regiment raised in New England. He recounts muster dates from 1861 to 1865, total enlistments, casualties, and the pride of a unit that drew men from across the state. This living cadre, mainly older than 60, reflects on duty, discipline, and enduring camaraderie.
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New England
Pigeon Feeding Draws Crowds in Madison Square
A New Yorker describes the growing pigeon feeding scene near Twenty Seventh Street and Madison Avenue. Pigeons swarm for oats and crumbs, with a man from a nearby stable feeding them from various body parts. The phenomenon is becoming a notable free sight in the city.
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Madison Square
St. Marks
Venice
Twenty-seventh Street
Madison Avenue
Garden Tower
N. Y
Dinner guest recalls Samoa shoe polishing for English traveler
A bootblack recalls Lloyd Osborne and Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa. He details an English visitor's rigid formality and his insistence on polished shoes, despite primitive living. The narrator, moved by the belief in divine arrangement, polishes the shoes himself to ensure satisfaction.
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Lloyd Osborne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Osborne
Life Motto Inspires Daily Balance of Pleasure and Duty
A reflective note cites Life stating that lobster and champagne for supper symbolize high jinks, while sawdust and near coffee for breakfast embody hygiene, asserting true living lies between these extremes. The quote elevates moderate, meaningful daily habits over excess.
Violin Practice Frustration Ends With A Snap
A persistent amateur mutters that learning violin is no snap and as he stumbles over sheet music the E string suddenly snaps.
Salsify Wild and Cultivated Across Regions
The plant occurs in wild form in Greece Dalmatia Italy and Algeria. Historical note cites Oliver de Serres stating cultivation in southern France since the sixteenth century.
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Greece
Dalmatia
Italy
Algeria
Oliver de Serres
France
Markets Report Across Cities With Grains and Livestock Prices
New York values show on call money at 1h percent and mercantile paper at 4 1/2 percent. Grain and livestock markets list No 2 red wheat at 1.09 a bushel, corn 77 for No 2, oats 62 52 0 c, and lambs around 4.50 to 6.35. Regional quotes from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh cite assorted wheat, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, hay, cattle, sheep, and hog prices with steady to firm trends.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Timothy Bae
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Lantaretes
Willard W.garrison
IIMS
R. Li
Alice
Mr. Jenkins
George
Lippincott’s
Toledo
East Buffalo
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