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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 1984,

Miss Ida L. Woolworth.

Miss Ida L. Woolworth has applied to the Federal Civil Service Commission for appointment as Postmaster of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Division of the Postal Service, and many believe she will be named. Miss Woolworth is a graduate of the Brooklyn Law School, class of -1905, and was the first woman named to the staff of the New York State Corporation Counsel's office. She has had much legal experience and has been an ardent worker for woman's suffrage for many years.

John R. Freeman, of Providence

R. I, was awarded the gold medal of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers for "eminent services to engineering and manu- facturing in fire prevention and preservation of property." Mr. Freeman's efforts in the develop- ment of a system of rules and inspection have, the society's announcement stated, saved mil- lions of dollars in industry.

Hiram alolverson:

United States Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, has definitely announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the Presidency this year on progressive lines.

Bivatumo

Mary Bevan, shown above, did not have to be pretty to get herself before the public. Her face is her fortune. She was heralded and exhibited by the late P. T. Barnum as "The World's Ugliest Woman." She was photographed as she sailed for Europe, after a protracted tour" of America.

THANKSGIVING 1923.

Getting Ready.

Count Romasores. AVE,

Amelila Gall

Amelita Galli-Curci, coloratura soprano of the Chicago Opera Company, has severed her con- nection with that organization. While her contract will hold her By a royal decree promulgated there this season she will not re- in Madrid, Count Romanoacs,new it. Disagreement over the President of the Senate and opera in which she was to make fonner Premier, has been relieved her 1923 debut caused the breach. of the post. His removal was ordered by Dictator Primo Rivera, following his assertion that, under the Constitution, the Cortes must be convoked within go days after the dissolution of the old Cortes,

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among more than intrepid naval flyers who volun- teered for the expedition, Lieuten- ant Ralph E. Davidson, U. S. N., has been selected to participate in the flight across the North Pole, which is to be attempted by Captain Raold Amundsen, famous Arctic explorer.

David

Largest America

The largest American flag in the world has been hung in Detroit, Mich. It is 90 by 150 feet and covers the entire front of the Hudson Building in that city.

M.Kinley birthplace.

Above is pictured the little home in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio in which William McKinley, martyred President of the United States, was born in 1843. The simple homestead is a shrine dear to the hearts of Americans and is being carefully preserved.

HUH?

Do you experience diffical-

ty when reading at night?

If so you should consult

an eye specialist. Then

Eugene V. Debs.

Eugene V. Debs, national leader of the Socialist Party, and long a chief of the radical element in America, is dangerously ill of a heart ailment at his home in Terre Haute, Ind.

SAY! WHAT KIND OF A JOINT IS

THIS? HERE'S A.COLLAR IN

MY SOUP!

riley Baldw

George

Premier Stanley Baldwin, former Premiers H H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, both Liberals, but implacable enemies since Lloyd George, forced Asquith, out of the Prime Minister's post in 1916, have reconciled their differcuces and joined forces, under Asquith.

BRINGING

HEY YOU!

COME HERE-WAITER:

WHAT'S THE IDEA OF THIS CUFF IN MY TEA-POI ?.

FATHER.

UP

REALLY?

WELL WHAT

ISIT?

·Harry Greb and Gene Tunneyi ma

Harry Greb, of Pittsburgh, and Gene Tunney, of New York, matched to fight a 15-round decision fight for the American light heavyweight championship. The battle took place in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on the night of December 10, with Tex Rickard as promoter.

I THINK THIS IS AN OUTRAGE ' THE ICE CREAM

HAS A NECK TIE

IN IT-

SAY: IS THERE ANYBODY MISSIN”

IN THIS JOINT?

reading by lamplight will be

a pleasure, not an infiction,

Your sight is also protected.. CHINESE OPTIC AL CO.

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EXPART-OPTOMETRISTS

AND OPTICIANS 17 Queen's Bead Centeal.":"

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