Burleson Details U S Postal Service Expansion and War Era Costs
Postmaster general Burleson releases figures showing 1918 postal revenues of 888 million with expenditures of 824 million, including 44.5 million in war revenue from higher postal charges. He notes air mail tests and rural parcel trucks, calls for civil service selection of postmasters, and outlines wartime mail delays and censorship efforts affecting soldiers in France. The report highlights increased mail volume, war-driven government mail use, 1,228 branch offices at camps, and thousands of postal workers leaving for war-related duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Cially
Department
France
Army
United States
Post Office Department
Wress
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy after years of pain
Key West Florida story of Mrs Camus who suffered five years from back pain and irregularities and found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The item promotes the medicine and invites others to write for advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts. Also notes a postal service workforce report and savings deposits details.
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Key West
Fla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Camus
Caroline St
Florida
Seventeen Indictments Returned in Charleston Grand Jury
Seven teen indictments were returned by the United States district court grand jury in Charleston West Virginia. The charges include violations of the Reed amendment illegal entry into interstate shipments failures to register draft age youths illicit distilling and violations of anti narcotic laws with multiple cases under each category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
United States District Court Grand Jury
Oing
Nervousness on the Decline in Phosphated Iron Cure
An old advertising piece extols Phosphated Tron as a cure for nervous exhaustion caused by overwork and worry. It claims strong nerve restoration, improved appearance, and renewed energy, promoting ironized capsules available at Goody Koontz Drug and leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodykoontz
Never In History Has Country Been So Well Policed
The attorney general reports wartime policing reached unprecedented levels with internment camps for some enemies, mass German registrations, and hundreds of thousands investigated for draft evasion and questionnaire failures. He urges reforms in judicial processes and discusses anti trust and wartime enforcement, touting civil Tribunals over military tribunals and proposing federal warrants, retirement ages, and stricter laws to curb corporate and threatening actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Secret Service
American Protective League
Gregory
Secret Services
United States
Lost promissory notes in transit between Huntington and Bluefield
Notice warns that two negotiable promissory notes for 6250 each dated September 27, 1918, payable at American Banking & Trust Company Huntington, were lost in the mails. Duplicates issued. notes hold no value. December 3, 1918. W. H. Walters.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. H. Walters
Philip L. Baird
American Banking & Trust Company
C C Opposed to Restoration of Old Conditions
The report states the railroad commission has cooperated with government management while retaining authority to review rates. Valuation work proceeds with little war interference, safety work is shared, and educational efforts continue. The commission aims for uniform rate classifications and undertakes further rate and practice investigations.
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Railroad Administration
Commissoion
Alarm for Mundale Steamship Fire Cleared
New York reports a Munson Line steamship Mundale was believed on fire at sea after wireless calls were picked up by a passing ship. Later reports from the line’s offices said the vessel was safe and the alarm was dispelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Munson Line
Mundale
Shine
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ATL
Alvin Silverware
Hawkes
Isadore Colhen
Princeton Avenue
Thornton Co. Co
Postal Savings Bank
C. C
VERGE
Brunswick
Bluefield Furniture
Telegraph
Aaron’s
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