Meat Contractors Seek Full Investigation of Navy Meat Contract
Norfolk meat suppliers Eastwood and Jordan request a full inquiry into charges of bad meat to the navy. They say 62,000 pounds were delivered to Franklin, Kentucky, Kearsarge, Louisiana, and torpedo flotilla ships with no prior complaints, aside from a Franklin order misread. They urge public disclosure of charges to permit defense and deny conspiracy claims while noting paymasters’ role in disposal of unsatisfactory stock. Secretary Bonaparte and the President seek full facts amid potential forthcoming disclosures.
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Eastwood & Jordan
Norfolk
Navy
Franklin
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Bonaparte
Naval
Il la
Nis
Harris
Begamarte
New York
Pay Corps
Law of 180 Revived to Weed Out Inefficient Clerks
The article reports renewed enforcement of a 180-year-old law requiring department heads to annually report staff numbers and salaries below efficiency standards. It notes cabinet attention, Keep Commission input, and hints at a coming black list and potential separations from public service. It also covers unrelated items on a school garden crop lesson, a clerical transfer to Buffalo, and a train fatality in Lanham Maryland ending with a telegram about a body shipment to Connecticut.
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Committee On Appropriations
Keep Commission
Congress
Huber
North Carolina Denounces Salisbury Mob Brutality in Aug Nine Post
Raleigh letter from U Harris condemns the Salisbury mob for brutal crime decades ago. He notes North Carolina’s past strength against lawlessness and calls for justice, protection of citizens, and upholding the law, with widespread public condemnation from towns statewide.
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North Carolina
Salisbury
Carolina
Salisbuy
United States
March of Progress
Glenn
U. Harris
Raleigh
Fire Escape Law Progress Stalls Despite Inspections
Inquiries rise as only two inspectors handle enforcement of the new fire escape law enacted late May and effective July. About 90 percent of the roughly 300 buildings slated for inspection will require new fire escapes to meet the statute. Inspections on Pennsylvania Avenue begin at the Capitol foot and continue to Twenty second Street, with owners able to request checks on other blocks.
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East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Co
Firemen's Insurance
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania
Louisiana Avenues
Northwest
Washington B. C
Brothers, Jr
C B Wriggins
White
Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest Telephone Main
Firs Department
Ashford
Capitol
Twenty-second Street
HiHe
Bowlamy Permits And Plans From The Potomac Electric
Building Inspector Ashford reports permits issued or requested for Thirteenth and D streets NW and 4210 K Street NW including a PEPCO substation, a brick parish house addition, and an estimated total cost near 1 608. The document cites architects and builders such as A B Mutlett Co and Charles Denham. A jittery poem fragment from the Atlanta Constitution accompanies the page.
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Charles 4 Denham
Equal Pay for Equal Work Sparks Clerks Debate
A government clerk argues that Secretary Shay's order ending time-based promotions in favor of merit will strip committees of promotion power. He contends chiefs and bureau heads can fairly report clerks' relative value, while warning against relying on committees. He insists many inequities arise from seniority, urging direct executive action.
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Shay
Drulzell
Shar
Buresua
Prhate
Alsewhee
Typhoid Record Improves in District Health Office
Health office records show a weekly drop in typhoid cases with seven four new infections. Health Officer Woodward notes signs the outbreak may be checked soon while total cases since January reach 119 and people under treatment number 262 versus 192 a year ago.
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Humber
Woodward
Old Roman apartments mock modern 'up to date' schemes
A scholarly observer ponders ancient Rome and insulae as he wanders an ornate building under erosion. He notes insulae high rents, crowding, and the Roman law limiting height, while praising Roman concrete and pedestals as enduring feats despite decay. The piece contrasts ancient insulae with today’s apartment houses and ends with a nod to Rome’s lasting concrete legacy.
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Insulae
Islands
Insulars
New York
Irving
Augustus
Rome
Campus Martius
Sephruus Severus
Circus Maximus
Arald Homan
Neas
Suffragists Sanguine Over Oregon Vote Result
In Oregon during the current election 36,900 votes favored an amendment giving women suffrage, with nine counties approving and Multnomah County showing strong support despite a statewide defeat. Advocates cite gains since 1900 and note about 16,000 voters did not express a preference.
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Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Multnomah
Portland
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