Patents Office May Be Self-Sustaining Banner Year Hinted
Washington report notes the U S patent office operates largely on fees and sales with record daily receipts on April 9 1914 and first quarter totals near 566 000. Commissioner Ewing aims to curb delaying tactics by attorneys and may publish old applications or seek new legislation to speed up patent processing.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Thomas Ewing
Ewing
Patent Office
Uncle Sam
Commissioner of Patents
Source of forest fires shows lightning as major cause
An exhaustive inquiry places lightning just after railroads as a source of forest fires. Forest officers say increased fire care by railroads and the public makes lightning the leading single cause, with dry lightning storms in southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico demanding peak firefighting strength until rains arrive.
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California
Arizona
New Mexico
Forest Service
Post Office Employes Count Across United States
The post office department reports 219910 employees in U S post offices. The total excludes department-wide staff. Breakdown: 58021 postmasters across classes, 116415 clerks and assistant postmasters, 1954 watchmen messengers laborers, and 45474 city letter carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Post Office Department
Burleson
Postal Service Antecedes U S Government by One Year
A historical note recalls that Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general 138 years ago, while the United States postal service predates the government by a year. It cites a Maryland editor Goddard who ran a private mail service before the colonists asserted control.
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Benjamin Franklin
America
United States
Maryland
Goddard
Maryland Journal-Post
Dead World War II era tree at Walter Reed marks Civil War signal site
A long dead yellow poplar near Walter Reed hospital is described as a Civil War landmark. Confederate soldiers under General Jubal Early used it as a signal point and possibly a shooting perch during the 1864 attack on Washington. A tablet on the trunk notes its role.
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Jubal Early
Washington
Georgia Avenue
Walter Reed Hospital
Fort Massachusetts
Fort Stevens
Early
Army Post
Army Nurse Corps
Western Canada's Prospects for 1914
The writer reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta that crop conditions are excellent with spring wheat well above ground by May 10. Farming shifts toward mixed farming with cattle hogs and sheep rising, alfalfa fodder expanding, new settlers from eastern states and Western Canada drawing in investors. Panama Expo travelers can view prairie woodland and mountains via three coastal rail routes CP CN and GTP.
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Wiiter
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Central
Canadian West
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
America
What day was I born on says Little Della
Thoughtful scene from Harper's Magazine where a child asks her mother the day of her birth and learns it was Wednesday. The mother replies it is her day at home, revealing a playful nursery moment about family and days.
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Della
Harper's Magazine
New Modern Dancing Expert Endorses Allen's FootShake
A New York City instructor lauds Allen's FootShake antiseptic powder for long hours on her feet. She reports feet stay cool, friction reduced, and aching feet prevented, recommending it to her pupils.
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New York City
Allen
E Fletcher Hallamore Rample
Olmsted
le Bos,n.y
Seek Fortune of Archduke John Salvator Estate Revisited
Leopold Woelfling, ex archduke and current advocate, leads Hapsburg efforts to locate Archduke John Salvator’s vanished fortune. The estate, allegedly near 10 million dollars at disappearance, could have grown with interest. Emperor Francis Joseph set 1917 as settling year, but success remains doubtful.
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Geneva
John Orth
John Salvator
Austria
House of Hapsburg
Leopold Woelfling
Woelfling
Maria Ritter
Francis Joseph
Ludmila Strubel
St. Margaret
Miss Antique Engagement Mentioned in Conversation
A fragment notes a character named Miss Antique being engaged and raises a side question about hypnotism, reflecting a conversational moment without further detail.
Fragments From a Humorous Victorian Conversation
Readable scraps show a playful exchange about health and fashion with lines about jumping toothache and a quirky doctor. The passage hints at social attitudes toward comfort versus style and medical quackery of the era.
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Uncle Sam's Patent Office
Post Office
Western
Canada’s
H. P
Haynes
Elwood Haynes
Baynes
Haynes Automobile Company
Main Street
Kokomo
Indiana
Haynes Car
Broadway
Johnson Motor Car Co., Inc
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh-Haynes Automobile Co
Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Ates
Haynes Automobile CO
Main St
Ind
John Orth” Sald
Samuel Pitcher
Donna
Bears
THE
Centaur Company
the Centaur Company
Nat York
Coty
Tye
Dr. Peers
Ady
Europe
William Percy
England
Ottawa
Crawford
E. Genesee St
Syracuse, N
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
DaKald Ave
Brooklyn
F Society Products CO. P.O
Box 57
Station G
Stevens
G. Spalding & Bros
W.N. Y. New York
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