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From: "Inez H. Moyle" <>
Subject: [Newspaper] Red Bluff Daily News
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:32:17 -0700


Red Bluff Daily News
Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
August 24, 1900


"Uncle Sam" wants some young men in his navy and has sent out notices
stating his wants, one of which is posted at the post office. It reads as
follows:

Landsmen wanted immediately on board of the U.S. Receiving Ship Independence
at Vallejo, California, for a course of instruction for the U.S. Navy. The
term of enlistment if four years, with wages $16. per month with rations.
An outfit of clothing worth $45. is supplied. Applicants must be American
citizens and from eighteen to twenty-five years of age and sound physically.


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Inez Moyle

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