Postmaster Wiseell Shifts on Postal Reform and Rates
The Wiseell report urges restoring Post Office to solid footing, halting experimental services and expanding already free routes. It warns against postal telegraph, analyzes second class and periodical abuses, and cites revenue deficits and recommended year 1805 figures.
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Bhawns
Eltiea
Che
Brat Keronuy
Secretary of the Treasury
Gays
Reonowy
el Sell
Pension Appeals Work Review Shows Large Backlog
A report to Secretary Ball by Assistant Secretary Reynolds details pension appeal backlogs. It notes 10 000 cases considered and 5 847 paid pending further legal decisions. Subcommittee proposals set pension funds at 140 million for pensions, 400 thousand for surgeons fees, 450 thousand for agency staff, and 11 570 miscellaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gueeetary Ball
Vensley
Asdatapt
Deterlor
Job M. Reynolds
Seerney Smith
Oftice
Troynaldy
Agu
Inu
Pension Larenu
Tha
Loehren
Lochren
Vlerk
Ianeous
Sugar Bounty Fight Reaches Court in New Jersey Case
Attorney J Puirchild Murray files three suits in New Jersey claiming sugar growers are owed bounties under a federal act granting a half cent per pound for sugar. Companies named include Chino Valley Beet Sugar, Norfolk Beet Sugar, and Oxford Sugar. The dispute centers on whether the government can withhold about $11 million in payments.
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United States
Saterday
J. Puirchild Murray
New
Multiple incidents reported in scattered notes across towns
Brief items recount fires robberies and deaths across Marion, Brookside, Garrotten, Bloomfield, Swayzee, Bel Ain, Lansling, Delaware and other locales. Topics include a $125,000 loss, a public instruction veteran death, moonshine violence, arrests turned fatal, robberies, fires, shipwrecks, and calls for rights and railway improvements.
Horrors of Armenian Persecution Against Christians in Turkey
A narrative laments Turkish cruelty toward Armenians, detailing sackings, looting, forced displacements, and legal abuses under Ottoman rule. It portrays church leaders like Mgr. Krioian and cites foreign inaction by England as failing to protect Christian communities amid widespread violence.
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Cigter Thales Kaiti
Armenia
Asti Minor
Armania
Noah
Mount
Ararat
Armenio
Ak Greeey Ae Aly
Moses Wanen Hoy
Ant
Soliman
Dluce
Zoroaxter
Perala
Mgr. Krioian
Lin
Etchmindsin
Erivan
England
Chriladana
Turkey
Secretary Herbert Seeks Naval Expansion in Report
Secretary Herbert urges Congress to authorize three large battleships about 10,000 tons each at up to 4 million dollars each and twelve torpedo boats averaging 170000 dollars. He notes five ships added to the fleet, with speeds above 21 knots in some cases including Marblehead Columbian Olympia Montgomery and Minneapolis. He also highlights a major shift in naval policy.
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Herbert Ja
Herbert
Congress
Hin Ast
Marblehead
Columbian
Olympia
Montgomery
Minnepoli
Armenian history and mistreatment under Turkish rule
The text recounts Armenian origins and ancient empire, notes continuous subjection for 3,000 years under various powers, and details atrocities under Turkish rule including church desecration and public violence. It cites Armenian perseverance in faith and notes modern military and naval budget considerations and calls for navy personnel relief and cost projections.
Bandit chase and confessions fill grim items across states
Telegraphic reports note deputies in flight near Tahlequah as a bandit escaped after a hard clash. A murder confession surfaces from Ohio regarding alleged killer Charles Kart. Political moves loom as Sayers aims to prepare two appropriation bills for Congress. Train robbery attempt near Bragg Station is foiled by an engineer. Minnesota opponents claim enough votes to block Washburn's renomination. Western passenger groups discuss forming associations to cover territory. San Francisco strike conspiracy defense efforts face adverse rulings. Hungarian cabinet crisis averted by an emperor promise. A child from Oden dies in a dress fire while Davis McCord’s daughter suffers fatal burns. Two boys in Pa. struck by a passing train on Lehigh Valley tracks. Stanford interests foreclose on Dr. Sthiman’s estate property.
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Cirexs
Jim French
Tahlequah
Charles Kart
Vaulding
Ohio
Sayers
Congress
Bragg Station
Washburn
Minnesota
Western Passenger
Belals
San Francisco
Cleveland
Crisix
Davis McCord
Oden
Washlington, Ltd
Harry
Eugene Sanders
Mauch
Cghank
Lehigh Valley
Stanford Eatai
Bb. Sthiman
Seunter Stanford
Farmers Urged to Move Beyond Wheat as Main Export
The Secretary of Agriculture reviews foreign markets and notes beef and pork exports rise while wheat declines. Britain bought large sums of American breadstuffs and provisions in 1803, with Australia as a rival. barley and corn show steadier demand. The report calls for export diversification and possible foreign inspection costs sharing.
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Dovanti
Secretary of Agriculture
Tee Tauke
Ite
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Australia
Marston
United States
Snd
Russia
Argentina
Australian
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Agajat
Royal Baking Powder touted as superior and purer
An old government study endorses Royal Baking Powder for greater leavening power and purity compared with other cream of tartar powders. It claims 45 percent more gas per ounce than the average, insuring safer, healthier food, while other brands show impurities up to 10 percent.
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United States
Nuéa
Ohio State Food Commissioner
Defects in British War Ships Reported
The English naval amateurs point to defects in warships including steam steering failures due to light construction. They claim Crescent class cruisers burn coal slowly at nineteen tons per hour, needing two days of continuous loading to refuel their thirty ton bunkers.
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Sei
San Francissa Argonaut
Desmons Can’t Be Cured By Local Applications
An 19th century medical advertisement asserts deafness results from catarrh and claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure can restore hearing. It promises a $100 reward for a cure and offers free circulars, listing F. R. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and druggists selling the remedy for 75 cents.
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Norman
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drogtare
Lord Knows Who Caught Them Fish in Maine Revival
In a Maine town revival jointly held by two churches, the final speech claimed nearly all converts joined one pastor's fold. The next Sunday the other minister addressed the small group, saying the Lord knows who caught them, implying differing views on conversion.
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Maine
Black Hina Excursion Offers Reduced Northern Plans
The notice promotes excursions to Northern Nebraska and Central Wyoming with cheap round trips via Sioux City on December 4 and 8. It directs readers to City Ticket Office for details and lists agent addresses. Also mentions Southern excursions to Mississippi Tennessee and Louisiana with several dates and contacts. An item notes Gen Anson G. McCook's political bid for secretary of the US Senate.
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Nebraska
Black Oils
Wyoming
Sioux City
Security Bank
Union Depot
Second
U. C. CuExer
General Arent Stour City
Iowa
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisigna
Pebrery
C. Crexnet
Gentral
Northwastern Line
Syrup of Figs and other remedies in old advisories
The passage promotes Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as a preferred laxative for children. It also mentions Ripans Tabules for stomach and liver complaints and cites various personalities and distant political notes unrelated to health. The text reflects era advertising and miscellany then.
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Hina
Californis Fig Byrup Co
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Postofficas Department
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Joe” Eldrad
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