Gossip Over McLean Retirement Sparks Navy Action
Rear Admiral Thomas McLean reaches retirement on October 2 while gossip swirls about possible continued service. War Department criminalizes ill treatment of deserters and tightens medical discharge boards. Navy shifts to new uniform overhauls, turbine trials, and cost accounting plans as officers face promotions and retirements.
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Thomas McLean
Woald of Iuspecting End Survey
Hthele
Actioa
Mfulitars
Aantry
Prey Sant
Van
Brederine Wosthiey Toneth
Mall
Engineers
van Hespitel Corps
Army
Siler Tong
West Point
Atchburgs Central
Valles Cromwell
Jedensborg
Bort
Montgamen Bach
West Guard
Pnard
At Pass
Neham
Chi
War Department
United States
Marine Corps
Cuba
Army of Cuban Pacification
Navy
Hospital Corps of the
Shenaiyard
Boston
Charles Coward
Navy Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounty
Army Orders for Maj Henry D Gorder in York City medical depot duties
Maj Henry D Gorder is assigned to York City for medical supply depot duties. Upon completion he will proceed to Jefferson Barracks Missouri Cape Joba ROA and other stations, relieving Lieut Ferdinand Beheoitter, with various quartermaster and ordnance assignments to inspect arsenals and report to the recruit depot commanding officer. Await orders from active service.
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Henry D. Gorder
York City
Si Lonte
Axiuhy
Medica Wup
Ferdinand Beheoitter
Xinfitel Corps
Bln
Propit
Jefferson Barracka
Cape Joba Roa
Hawoay
Maphijeetta
Cattin
Siti Lowel
Maaron Omelal Tole
Ober H. Role
Misachusetta Cotton Mill
Lowell
Mes
Winiker P Piate
Ordnance Department
Fort Fipsecraps
Cal
Orders to Naval Officers Reach West Coast Duty Shifts
Fragmented dispatch lists numerous naval officers assigned or detached to commands and stations including California Puget Sound Virginia Navy Yard and recruiting posts. Several promotions retirements and transfers noted with dates and duties across the Atlantic Pacific theaters. Frequent ship and station names appear, reflecting broad movement of personnel and vessels.
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Wot” Mayo
California
Cottman
Puget
Wash
Nery Department
Ington
Comte
Tc Gale
Leutenant
Jextop
Ueutenant
Lune
Wata
Wright
Vaivuloa
Atlantic
Virginia Enrix
Dodge
Ransferrat
Oweera
Auugual
Surg
Air Peck
Marine
Alan Ban
Francisco del Burg
J A Murphy
Merise
New York
Wi Nannie
Navy
St Cauls Mp
PA Bure
C Griese
JM Briley
Lodgeroom Gossip and Veterans Meetings At National Encampment
A series of notices records gatherings of the Daughters of Veterans and the Knights of the Modern Maccabees with the Lone of Veterans during the national encampment week. Daughters hosted an informal reception at the Arlington Hotel to honor the Luna of Veterans and auxiliary leaders. New tents formed at Yellow Church and Cypress Camp No 7 Woodmen of the World reported initiations, elections, and a successful Chesapeake Beach excursion.
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Liten Spence
Massey
Wary Frenshaw
Exerathe Committee
Lone of Veterans
Maj
Campbell Chan
Daughters of Veterans
Che Daughters Wi
Luna of Veterans
Ariingon
E F Warner
Titncoin
Wo Thennan
Cushing
Charles Sidman
Bihe
Hautman
M Bricker
Mes A. Scott
Mainhan
Cypress
Woodmen of the World
Forest
Twentieth Street Northwest
Belmont
Lewis J A Fletcher
Conner
Matons
T. C Broderick
A L Hughes
West Virginia
Chesapeake Beach
Dogs in Turkey and Paris Cat Exchange Tales
A fragmentary, old-fashioned note describes Turkish kindness to dogs in Istanbul with mothers and puppies sheltered in improvised boxes and baker treats for dogs. It also mentions Baluchistan wolves and a superstition linking rabies to decaying birds, plus a Paris cat exchange behind a wine shop with a range of cats and a tale of perfidy among shoppers and cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisago Roweao
Snimary
Baluch
Baluchjatan
Q PF
Tate
Ingla
Paris
Bourse Aux Chats
Ecrupic
Collectible U K Paper Currency Notes Show Old Banking Era
Charles E Howe preserves a remarkable collection of early American banknotes and checks illustrating banking history. The items include colonial era bills from New Jersey, the United States Bank notes, and various state and local bank issues, with notes on size changes and engravings reflecting 18th and 19th century practices. The collection features jokes on Thomas Jefferson and notes from Georgetown, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other centers, dating from 1770s to 1890s, highlighting paper quality, countersignatures, and the shift toward larger denominations.
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MacVeagh
Republic
Amaller Sxs
Charles EB Howe
American Security and Trust Company
Amerles
New Jersey
Ilove
Bank of the Lnited
United States Bank
Savannah
United Water Bank
Eiver
Jefferson Jig Trang
Paterson
Jesses
Thomas Jefferson
Monticelig
Farmers Bank of Richmond
Lynchburg
van Tne
New York
City Bank of
Rew
Maryland
Baltimore
Mechanice Bank OF
Merchants Bank of
Salem
Bank of the State of Georgia
Farmers and Merchants Bank ‘of
Philadelphia
Commercal Bank of
Ly Ie Bank of
Middletown
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Otrain
G W
Tryon Bynks
Potomac Hyer Bank
Georgetown
Brownsville
Hank
Omaha
Nebi
Guckron
United Rtates Bank
Howe
Farmers Bank of Osklant
Bank of Washington
Willam R Thompson
Washington
Columbia Bank
R Stow
G C Kinx
Cahier
Bullionick of
Nalional Bank of
Fragmented Bank Notes and Antique Specimens in One Collection
A haphazard set of items includes a 132 instrument note on Nicholson and Hore, a Bank of Pennsylvania draft payable to Ny lod, and a peculiar certificate from the Bank of Maryland. The collection also features a Moravian essay on Charles Carroll and a vivid tale of a Rubber-Neck Wagon at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church with a loud megaphone sermon.
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Golleg
Nat
Board of Inspection and Survey
Board On Construction
Thera
Offver
Commodore Tease
K Reaves
Board of Inspection Land Survey
Nicholson & Hore
G Burroughs
Bank of Peutsvivena
M. Howe
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Bank of Maivland
Philadelphia
Hal Charles Carroll
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
America
John Hall
Batchat
Hall
Mission Chureles
Roads of Morocco Travel Note Through Stampered Trails
Fragmented travelogue describes Moroccan roads from Tangier to Larache and along the seashore via Alcazar. It notes caravans crossing rivers with limited fords, months best for travel, climate, and the ruggedness of routes from Fez toward Vella and the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savara
Larache
Vella
Ruane
Fez
Poison in the Middle Ages Reveals Causes of Sudden Deaths
A historical speculated study traces mysterious mid centuries poisonings to medical malpractices and wartime killings. It notes early poisoners used crude methods across Europe, with Italy and Germany seeing notable cases during the fifteenth century mediated by court figures and medical aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Middie Agen
Borgias
Kagand
Tria
Germany
Garney
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Mapention Board
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Leonard
Loveting
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Adjutant Generals Department
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Taft Hag
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Subsistence
Miltary Academy
West Pont
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Masa
Elmer W Hubbard
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Herman C Schumm
Lorillery
Maj Blanton Winship
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Way Wien
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Devin
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Medical Corps
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Bureau of Steam Engineering
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Sageland
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Welhal Nai Delphi
Glouceeter
Tacoma Et Golan
Juscla
el Femja City Supply
Monalisyn
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Tannibal Toca Newsoil News
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Wraite
Netport
Campton
Hoga Juslin
Mere Taland
Celltorin Sin Wolverine Hum Bay Gig
Fort Huron
Mich
Alezander
Hongkong
Turud Sound
Yella Church
Val
English
Latham
W IT Lewis
Turkey
U.K
Charles E. Howe
Old Salem
Horn
the Tailor
Morocco
Muracao
Natl Bank Bedg
Fifth Ave
Lorp & Thomas
Chicaco Trade Building
Wabash Ave
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