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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1905

Page

14

Keepers of Government Rosters P

An overview of civil service appointments across U S government departments, detailing the roles of appointment clerks in the State Treasury War Justice Post Office Navy Interior Agriculture Commerce and Labor and related offices It notes the growth of the civil service including overseas transfers to the Philippines Porto Rico and Panama and highlights several key figures and their career paths within these offices.

Id Iim Philippines Porto Rico Panama Fesa Arias Senate Alwive Department of State Bureau of Appointments Wrhirka Ray Dean Bishutsinments Twrtrent Mosher State Department Rhmint Jon Whih United States Hague Department of Auate Prince Henry of Jos Meoonda Chieags Univerity Stephen John D Rockefeller Kiewo Washington Hs Carras Eeners Marine Hospital Service Ass McSerethy Treasury Henry F IBS Offe Ilius Falk SD Farmy Nebr Rh Awe Ant Igim David J HM Francis Biocals Troism The Dears Treasury Department Charls Lyman Customs Service Lyman Ia Connecticut Enston War Department No Department Globe William D Searle Department Petersburg New York Civil Service Commission Department of Justice J Harwood Graves Willam A. Day Knox Graves Charles City Post Office Department Post-office Department Government Service William B Nicholson Hhe Nicholson Postoffice Department Payne Philadelphia Navy Department Navy Yards B F Peters Civil Service Pension Office Land Office Geological Survey Reclamation Service Indian Bureau Interior Department John W Hoescombe Pension Bureau Hoe la Porte Ind United States Bureau of Education Holcombe Harvard University Club Michigan Wisconsin Miwaukee Watertown State Senate Board of Supervisors Bennett Episcopal Church Episcopal Department of Commerce and Labor Jee W Leedley Secretary of Commerce and Labor Teadley Columbian Medical School New Yorker Webster State’ Normal and Training School Ganeseo Young Men's Christian Association

Babies in glass cases at Lewis and Clark Exposition

At the Portland Lewis and Clark Exposition a special incubator building will display infant incubators. Berlin and Paris specialists supervise care with Dr M A Councy and Dr Schenkein directing. Frail preterm babies are nourished via nasal feeding, monitored daily, and kept at 9.5 to 10.5 degrees.

Portland Pacific West Berlin Paris M A Councy Schenkein America

Profit in mad woman plan swindled mail for marriage

Special correspondence from Washington Fort Lincoln reports a deranged widow believing the state hospital her castle. She used a Denver matrimonial bureau ad to ensnare suitors, collecting photos and gifts while receiving over 1000 letters in two months. A post office inspector issued a fraud order to halt the scheme.

Washington Fort Lincoln Denver

A Counter Instant

A rustic narrator notes how Lester’s recent public acts and hobbies have improved spirits. He mentions Greek study, hair growth, tariff debates, mandolin playing, and a new farming method while quipping about government and the solar system in a humorous village cameo.

Mossbacker Bartower Lester

Old Lady Boss of Philippines Dominates Negros Elite

Special correspondence from Manila describes Miss K L B, a New York teacher at Bilay Silay City, as the only white in a 25,000 population town, supervising a large school with Filipino assistants and night classes. It portrays the Ming Lee family matriarch, Senora Ming Lee, an 80-year-old grand dame and keen pan ging gambler who rules with power, hospitality, and eccentric habits in a Manila-style estate with carriages, slaves, looms, and four pianos.

Washington Post Manila Philippine Archipelago New York Bilay Island of Negros Miez B Silay Bagria Mies B Islands Miss B Ming Lee Ming Les China Washington Victoria Aenora Toffo Gr

Restless stairs and silent corridors of the old estate

The senor waits by the grand stairway sewing a patch on the master’s trousers. He signals visitors to keep quiet as he slides between stairs to escort them to a brass office while the ex governor, a fan of Americans, may be roused at midnight for access. Johnny answers a flood question with rain.

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