First Step Toward U S Mail Service in 1872
A historical look at postal origins from ancient Persia through Roman and Peruvian systems to early American routes. The piece notes Esther references, the term post office, and the 1872 New York to Boston monthly post route as the first official American postal link, highlighting the enduring growth of mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Demeings
American Postal Service
Gyrus
Ahasuerus
South American
Prescott
Ustaauaae
Tnea
Love+lace
New York
Boston
America
San Francisco
St. Louis
Pacific Railroad
Tipton
Crown
Congress
Alaska
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Globe
Equator
Weing
Civil Service Commission
Coollege
Pocahonta Alierta
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated
Virginia
New Broadway
Pole
Robton
Mass
Board of
Tada Bldatin
Hs Boar
Vie Wincinnaty
Traction Hulaing
Atland
Maine
Pocahgtan Wharf
Mouiton
Omar Eld
Wist
Pocahontas Huilding
New Bedford
Pocahontas Wharf
Hillman Street
Atlantic
Red Tidewater
Lambert's Point
Bewell’a Point
Norfolk
Newport Ewe
City Pleza
Great Lakes
Sandusky
Ohio
Threds
London
Moxey, Sayon & CO
Popular Frock and the Pony Express Era
A rust colored frock with ecru crepe de chine and button trim is described, followed by a brisk historical sketch of overland mail. It traces early routes through colonies, pony express starting 1860, and the shift to telegraph and rail. It notes rates, delays, and the growth of the postal service, ending with reflections on communication's bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Panama
Pony Express
St. Joseph
San Francisco
Calif
Far West
Mark Twain
Pacific Telegraph Company
Trans-Continental Railway
West Bagan
Enatain
America
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
Pacific Coast
Real bargains on six room homes in multiple streets
Today's Best Buys presents six room heated homes on Highland Hal B age Poplar Wries Balsam Hale and other streets. Prices range from 4 000 to 19 600 with terms including cash down payments from 1 000 to 9 209 and monthly payments. Listings include hot water heat hardwood floors and close in locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue
Hal Bage
Poplar Street
Balsam Street
Hale
Rogers Street
Tenma
Iles Street
Lee Street
Penn-Mar Avenue
Penn-Mar Avene
Union Street
North Glorcer Street
Man's Age of Alibi Stunts in Film Mae Murray Turbulence
New York date line reports a public defense of moral lapse blaming women, citing Eve and Circe. The piece discusses a motion picture version crafted for Mae Murray as a contemporary siren causing animal impulses without transformation, featuring a stern doctor and theatrical posturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eve
Circe
Blasco Ibanez
Mae Murray
Murray
Circe Brunner in Mae Murray Film of Opulent Vice
Mae Murray plays Circe Brunner in a Metro film where a modern Ulysses rival seduces and ruins, then seeks reform through a stern doctor. The tale unfolds with bacchanals, betrayals, a lost diary revealing true nature, and a healing ending. Ricketts Gerard Haines and Leonard direct this period drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Ulysses
Circe
Mae Murray
Doctor
Circe Brunner
van Martyn
Robert Z. Leonard
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Murray
Ricketts
Charles Gerard
William Haines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Postal Service
Persia
Jesus Christ
Bluefield
Bluefield Trust Co
Eat
Cinginnat Nabua
Ncinnati
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Cinginnati
Columbus
Olus
masFor Welch
Gary
Norton
W. J. Wiley
Tekst
Blucheld
W. Vo
W.va
Piet National
Bankside
Washington, D. C
Holder Newt Shes
Arearin
Stanley
Sede
Fire Bell
Slapper
Otey Walker
Mea Terme Inc
Ramsing
American, Finance Company
Lamb
Bradmann Building
Virginia Realty Loan Co
L. H. Layne
Tt. W. Dion
Father Adam
THE
Bluefield National Bank
Buverrevup,w.va
Irving Ross
Eng
Cecil Hopton
First National Bank
Bluefield, W. Va
Janac T. Alann
James Fiwood Jones
Thomas F. Farrell
McBride
H. R. Hawthorns
L. Alexander
Salon
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
Pocahontan
Pall
Tidewater
Pocahontay Fuel Company Incorporated
Ta Ag
Simaten Mende
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
Broadway
N. Y
Watkins, Scott
A. B.C
Westen Union
Livbor's
Freckles
Osors
Thayer
Keei
Wasait
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