The Spanish American, 1908-09-19
The front page of 1908-09-19. 408 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.
Front page text
408 wordsEach block below is one column or story as the page set it. This is microfilm of 1900s newsprint, so the reading carries mistakes; nothing has been corrected, because correcting a name invents one. Blocks that read as noise rather than language were dropped whole.
ior injury received in line of duty., Efficiency of army medicine corps in increased - creased increased by additional officers and crea creation - tion creation of reserved medical corps. Increasing army pay, officer appro appro-ximately - ximately appro-ximately Í500 a year and enlisted men about fourty per cent increase, apply apply-ing - ing apply-ing to both retired and active list. Increasing navy pay, officers and enlisted men practically and equalized with army. Enlisted, force increased ,000 men. Restrictions on land of the five
exposition. Prohibiting desecration and improp er use of the flag. Appropriation of $29.222,000 for Panama canal. Anarchistic and seditieus publications and intoxicants and cocaine excluded from the mails. Sixty-two laws authorizing con construction - struction construction of bridges over navagabl e streams. Nine laws affecting Federal courts, judicial districts, etc. Twenty-five laws affecting public lands, making special grants, etc. ' One hundred and fifty-two public laws were enacted. There were 2,300 invalid pension acts
ments of States and Commerce and Labor, adjoining Treasurer and White House grounds. National monetary commission ere ated to devise a sound monetary sys system - tem system for the government. , Two new battleships, at the cost of $6,000,000 each, exclusive of armor and armament; ten torpedo boat destroy destroyers, - ers, destroyers, three steam colliers and eight . snbmarines. , ' . Consular service reorganized, abol abolishing, - ishing, abolishing, unnecessary counsilshiu and
civilized tribes removed, adding; $150,000,000 to taxable property of Ok Oklahoma. - lahoma. Oklahoma. Numerous additional lights, light lighthouses - houses lighthouses and buoys. Granting 3,000 pensions to deserving veterans of the civil and Spanish wars. Creation of commission and appro appropriation - priation appropriation of $1,500,000 for representa representation - tion representation of the United States at the Tokio
, 0n September 20th the girls Indus Industrial - trial Industrial School will be reopened. All girls over six are cordially invited to be in regular attendance, also all ladies who are interested in this work. Hours from 3 to 5. Mrs. J. Floersheim, Pres. Get ready for tht cold winter months. A full line of Comforts and Blankets at Floersheim's.
meranroaapump station at Solano this week. . . A camping party - which left here about six weeks ago consisting of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilson and child-, ren and Mr. John Schneider, returned home Wednesday from Taos, where they report having spent a very pleas pleasant - ant pleasant time. ' "
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