Postal Service Reorganization Aims to Centralize Control
Bearded plans reveal consolidation under the postmaster general to oversee appointments, rural delivery, mail transport, and finances. The move folds divisions of appointments, bands and unions, city delivery, and money handling into a unified bureau. Changes include abolishing the file and security division and shifting staff to the chief clerk.
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Ado Washington
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Cortelyou
Aesistant
Centire
Pontal Service
Portminster
Iin
Rey
Glying
Carrera
Surnas de Haya
Aedion
Portal Nonce
Ork
Ausiguet
Yurenus
Two Philadelphia Fires Cause Major City Losses
Two fires started about the same time early Tuesday in Philadelphia causing estimated total losses of 100000. The William Butler Company warehouse on Arch Street suffered about 46000 damage. Moments later fire crews moved to Broad and Callowhill Streets where the Joy Morris wheel works and Ford and Fending pipe works were heavily damaged, with combined losses around 54000 and the overall claim listed at 100000.
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Philadelphia
Paz
William Butler Company
Erocera
Arch Street
Ular
Broadow Callowhill Streets
VS. Joy Morris Car Wheel Works
Ford and Fending Pipe Works
Avere i Hames
Bloodshed in Vladivostok triggers widespread panic
Fragmented dispatch reports killings and looting in Vladivostok after a Russian reform wave. Foreigners flee to ships while public buildings and stores are pillaged. Also noted are scattered rumors of an assassination plot against Cuba’s Interior Secretary and chaotic stock market quotes.
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Vladivostok
Art Petersburg
Russia
Lins
Yeniseiik
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Gen
Andrade
Havana
Cuba
Lous City
Sioux City
Butcher Steers
Industrial labor unrest and immigrant demand in early America
The piece discusses the entry of labor into industrial work across the United States, arguing that many workers prefer steady factory jobs over less predictable farming and domestic roles. It notes labor shortages in farming, building trades, and domestic service, with wages and conditions shaping choices and prompting firms to offer bonuses and higher wages to attract workers. It cites shortages from New York to the Northwest and calls attention to evolving employment patterns and urbanization pressures.
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United ‘States
Utien Globe
Europe
Ameria
Atlantic
Pacific
Stainton
Uestore
Juens- Breas Winder
Great Northwest
New York State
Department of Agriculture
Yaya
Empire State
Santa
Ant
Kenyon student bound on rails slain on bridge
Coroner Scarborough verdict says Kenyon College student Swart L Pierson was tied hand and foot when killed by a locomotive on a Gambier Ohio railroad bridge during a Delta Kappa Epsilon initiation on Oct 28. Grand jury will review, fraternity leaders dispute coroner’s findings, urging justice. President Pierce says Pierson was not tied.
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Kenyon College
Swart L. Pierson
Gambier
Ohio
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Scarborough
Lroeteuter Stillwell
Senart L. Plersot
D. IK
Senanes grid colleges and education notes from era
A garbled 19th century school report mentions changes in school calendars from ten to nine months, retirement of a Jersey City principal after 57 years, War Department permission to write a biography of Cerantuty, and historic notes on university leadership and education. References include the College of the City of New York, Oliversolleze Michigan, and Harvard.
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George KK
Ehond Meak
Grover Ulevehual
Iees
Liberty Size Attracts Attention In New York Gossip
A garbled excerpt discusses Liberty, nicknamed a great girl for her size, with remarks from a visitor who studied her and noted her “gigantic figure.” The text, filled with odd spellings and stray phrases, includes lines about eyesight and a whimsy exchange at a dairy booking, ending with Yonkers Sting.
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New York
Borgten Herald
Wlater
Aml
Liverty
Hyatunder
Yonkers
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured Rheumatism Says Catherine Devine
Catherine Devine of Stenucento Kentucky relates a long Rheumatism battle of four years. After trying many remedies she took Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports a dramatic improvement and regained health after decades of pain.
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Dodd
Catherine Devine
Pecan Cultivation in Texas Promises High Returns
The St Louis Post Dispatch urges west Texas pecan planting, arguing vast suitable acreage could yield billions. Expert estimates Texas could support about 320 million acres with half a billion trees, producing billions in annual income, while wild pecans cover about 600 square miles yielding millions in state value. Also includes unrelated aphorisms and lamp wick tips.
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Texas
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
H. OA. Hathert
Gratitude Note Highlights Postum Coffee Drink Use
A Texas reader extols Postum Coffee substitute for family health benefits from infant to elder. She credits Postum with easing a lifelong bladder migraine and states her relatives, including a 1 year old, prefer it over traditional coffee. The letter promotes Postum as superior to the old brew and mentions Bull Creek Michigan as the company's address.
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Postum
Ida
Boridug
Vostum Co
Creek
Wallville
Village Rivals tug at Love and Money in Milorly Hall
Margaret Grantley governs her late father’s house while Roy chafes at a forbidden courtship with Kitten Faybourne. Roy’s jealousy, Margaret’s fear of ruin, and plans to marry wealth collide as Roy risks moral lines and family reputation. Roy’s confession looms as the chapter ends with Kitten’s longing and May’s scheming father.
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Milorly Hall
Greas
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Vaiatrass
Hannah
Bauach
Roy
Miss Grantley
Margeret Grantley
Jet
Margeret
May
Kitten Faybourne
Stey
Margaret
Amile
Travis
Ely
Ale
Monk
Felicia
Aly
Mellela
Roy Grantley
Sid Wirren
Kitten
Keziah
Grantley
Ludiferrace
Fie
Witten
Rey
Margaret Wit
Panto
Dilestorinte
Ray
Jos
Kaos
Gregory
Garden of Eden Followers Spur Social Curiosity
A Washington Star correspondent reports on a community of “Garden of Eden” followers allied with a cult-like group led by a figure called Ife. They travel in winter warmth toward Lake Como, drawing attention for their fashion, wealth, and rumored vegetarian diet. The piece paints a vivid, if speculative, portrait of this group’s health, beliefs, and allure amidst European observers.
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Washington Star
Com
Pheyell
Geal Cernig
Europe
Etrango Gitte for Kip My Let Page.sh in Borgo France
Fragmented OCR text describes a Frenchman connected to an anarchist case involving the removal of animal skins and a controversial display. Names and events are garbled but imply a legal or social scandal in Paris area with references to victims and inhibited privacy.
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France
Paris
Spain
le Page
Ila
Lyit
Pire
Hla
Alfonsu
Thea Kine
Not a Trace Left Bhaumatiam Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills
A testimonial claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cured rheumatism in two years of pain. Mr T B Wagar of Watertown New York reports gradual relief after four boxes, with his wife and daughter also endorsing the remedy for stomach issues and female weakness. The ad promotes Pink Pills as a safe general medicine with guaranteed purity free from opium and harmful drugs, priced 60 cents per box or two dollars fifty cents for a larger supply.
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Willian
T. B. Wagar
No. 79
Academy
Atreat
Watertown
N.Y
Whogor
Wilftusm
Mra. Atwood
Gill _atroot
Williams
Dr. Willians
Pr. Williania Medicine Co
Schenectady
Biographical Scrawl Emerges From Publisher Request
Fragmentary historical note details a writer’s struggle to craft a public identity. The passage mentions discoveries about a writer named Myrtle Reed and hints at the creation of a pseudonym. Disjointed lines reference a session with a publisher and a streaming of memories from a Knickerbocker Press transcript.
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Alice
Myrtle Reed
Sen
Knickerbocker Press
Hostun
Womans Health Advice Sparks Hope Amid Hospital Crowding
A historic column extols Mrs Pinkham and her plant remedy as a cure for ovarian and womb disorders. It cites widespread operations avoided through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, featuring a testimonial from Miss Luella Adams of Seattle and urging readers to seek the remedy for hysteria headaches and nervous exhaustion.
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Luella Adama
Colonnade
Suattis
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Iiukiinsiy
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Timar
al Anul
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Adonis
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Fred Wovicd
Lyan
Moan
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