Taft Reforms Postal Service Aims at Penny Postage
Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock reports the Taft administration has erased the departmental deficit and expanded service. Reforms include 3,744 new post offices 186 cities with carrier delivery 2 516 rural routes totaling 60 679 miles and over 8 000 more clerks. A cost based postage readjustment aims for a 1 cent letter rate and village free delivery potential.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
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Postal Service Expansion and Reforms Under Taft Era
The passage describes higher average salaries for rural carriers clerks and city letter carriers, reducing deficits as the postal service expands. It notes the 1910 act creating the postal savings system with deposits projected at 50 million and extension plans to 40,000 fourth class offices. It highlights anti fraud actions, numerous indictments, and efforts to improve efficiency like fast freight shipment and parcel post expansion.
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Tepublican
Taft
Post Office Department
Taft Defeats Railroads to Block Freight Rate Hike
President Taft used firm action to halt a nationwide railroad rate increase. He backed a new law shifting proof of rate reasonableness to railroads and pressured carriers to delay increases until the act was in force. The move protected shippers and the public, marking a quiet but broad achievement.
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Anyle
Iesa
Dumboer
Chicago
Linda
Samate Parr
Taft
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
America's Foremost Lady Composer Henrietta Blanke Belcher
The piece profiles Henrietta Blanke Belcher as a leading American songwriter for Jerome H. Remick & Co. noting her Polaire Waltzes popularity and the success of Love Dreams and My Only One with praise for both words and music. It includes a humorous wedding anecdote about a rattled bridegroom and a clergyman.
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Jerome’ H. Remick & Co
Polaire
London
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad Promotes Quick Relief
An old advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve safe for boys and girls, promising speedy relief from pimples boils scratches sprains bruises burns and cuts, calling it uniquely effective for piles and available for 26 cents at N F Clayton’s.
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N. F. Clayton’s
Electric Bitters Promised To Restore Health After Grip
Advert says the Danger After Grip lies in a run down system with weakness nervousness and poor appetite. It touts Electric Bitters as a tonic blood purifier and regulator of stomach liver and kidneys claiming thousands have been wonderfully strengthened and restored to health after grip. Sold for 50 cents by N F Clayton with satisfaction guaranteed.
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N. F. Clayton
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