Civil Service Reform Shines in Roosevelts Era
In Washington the Civil Service Commission gains praise as officials like Gen Black and Mr Cooley oversee rising examinations and better relations with departments. Southern applicants grow hopeful as the service gains popularity, while Cortelyou and Ahwah push purge of political spoils.
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Commission Ia
Gen, Black
Mr. Cooley
Ohio
Indiana
Black
Cooley
South
Gen Black
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Alford W. Cooley
Civil Service
Thia
Commission
Cortelyou
Theodora Roosevelt
Goot
Greene
Kentucky
Wood
Cortelveu
Ahaw
Customs
Internal Revenue
Roosevelt
Air Service
Willing to Wed a Senator Widow’s Courteous Offer Referred
A Kansas widow with two children and a farm sent a marriage proposal to a prominent widower Senator. The secretary replied that matrimonial matters have become a public duty, and the offer was referred to the Civil Service Bureau for consideration. The letter notes that marriage remains a personal matter but now carries public implications.
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Kansas
Civil Service Bureau
Congress
Blank
Civil Service Reform Talk and Odd Matrimonial Idea
Mr Conley discusses civil service reforms in narrowing focus to thirteen districts with local board supervision. He notes the commission’s efforts to improve a 150000-employee system and hints at extending control to matrimonial matters and even a mock proposal to test the wife of Senator Blank in civil service terms. The piece also references a patent cure claim for catarrh and a testimonial from Shamokin.
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Conley
Aa St
United States
Roosevelt
Forestry Bureau
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Senator Blank
Civ Service Commission
Kaneas
Hard Men to Dodge Thieves on Trains and Depots
A reporter details railroad detective networks protecting travelers and property. Washington depots host multiple plainclothes officers. descriptions and photos circulate to track suspects. Southern Railway, Pennsylvania, Erie, New York Central, and Baltimore and Ohio maintain private police forces safeguarding passengers and cargo, with cross state authority and rapid communications.
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Hesiquarters
Chep
Washington
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Mary
John
Depot
California
Europe
Los Angeles
Despitatia
Southern Railway
Southern
New York
Philadelphia
J. W Connelly
Floridaine
Florida Road
Mobile
New Orleans
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scotland ‘Yard
Pennsylvania Rail
Erie
Brie
Ie ‘Rie
Chicago
E Paties
New York Co
Central
Sts
Baltimore
Ohio
Hartford
Scribbled Notes From Country Maidens and Egg Shell Letters
A humorous anecdote about rustic egg shells carrying amorous notes in diners across the Midwest. A husband’s wife confounds him with fake names, a waiter’s collusion, and a twist ending reveals the eggs were actually ordinary, unromantic. The piece shifts to a vignette about fly charmers, detailing a summer western occupation using a large fan to trap flies for a traveling client base.
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Middle West
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Rockies
Wild West
Jane Smith
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