Presidents Enter Diverse Careers After White House
New York reports how former presidents pursued varied paths after leaving office. Hoover exits March 4 to pursue numerous avenues while Washington and Monroe previously avoided politics or public life, with Adams, Johnson, Taft, Roosevelt, Grant, Cleveland, Hayes, Coolidge and others taking law, business, writing, insurance, or public roles.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
White House
George Washington
James Monroe
Virginia
John Quincy Adams
Congress
Plymouth County
Mass
Andrew Johnson
William Howard Taft
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Millard Fillmore
Bull Moose
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Outlook
Gen. A. S. Grant
America
Mark Twain
Grover Cleveland
New York City
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ninteenth
Ohio
Loyal Legion
A Newspaperman's Qualifications
A Mineral Wells opinion outlines what a young man must master to enter the newspaper field. endurance and patience, audience awareness, skill in writing to amuse or move readers, calm under pressure, persuasive yet respectful conduct, problem solving with limited time, and the ability to produce concise copy and strong headlines.
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Mineral Wells Index
Battle over corporate medicine in Chicago faces costs surge
Chicago fights over mass production medicine as private practitioners clash with corporate centers. A four floor facility with 300 doctors offers low fee care, while reformers push group practice and insurance backed payment. Debate pits corporate efficiency against individual practitioners amid rising annual sickness costs of about 3 billion dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago Medical Society
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Utah
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
Michael Davis
Rosenwald Fund
R. G. Leland
Bureau of Medical Economics
American Medical Association
Morris Fishbein
The
Medical Association Journal
Davis
Threading Lamp Filaments Through Diamonds
A 19th century bulletin explains diamond drilling for lamp filaments. French Trevoux artisans hand drill tiny conical holes in rough diamonds to create dies for tungsten filaments, enabling three watt lamp wires to be drawn and etched for final sizing.
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Wastinghouse Company
Trevoux
France
Saone
Lyon
Needle drilling precision in the early 20th century
A Literary Digest excerpt describes a tiny diamond dust coated drill bit operating at two weeks straight, 24 hours a day. The piece notes the diameter between three and four ten-thousandths of an inch and continuous oil application at the drilling site.
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Literary Digest
Girl Wins 1800 for Loss of Hair
A San Angelo jury awarded 15 year old Viola Billsop $1800 against Dr. D L Hess for baldness attributed to X ray treatment the defense had blamed on scalp disease The verdict finds the X ray therapy caused the loss rather than the disease and approved partial damages toward the claim of 20000
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San Angelo
Viola Billsop
D. L. Hess
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Calvin Coolidge
John S. Kerr Nursery CO
Sherman, Texas
Houston
Progressive Farmer
Dixie Poultry Journal
Country Home
the Farm Journal
Fcothere Aaricehuries
Dean’s
Torres Straits Islands
East Indies
Fly River
New Guinea
Whitewright
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