sentences:  A year following his graduation in 1883, Loomis became a reporter for the "New York Tribune" and later assumed a campaign press relations position.He returned to Ohio to serve as state librarian for two years (from 1885 to 1887).It was during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison that Loomis first entered government service as consul at Saint-Étienne, and at Grenoble, France, until 1893.