Cyrus Founded Postal System Traced by Jamestown Postmaster
Dr. R. A. Bolton spoke in San Francisco before the National League of Postmasters tracing the origin of postal systems from Cyrus the Great to Rome and China. The talk covered early American mail, colonial laws, and Franklin’s rise as postmaster general, noting Paul Revere rode his regular route.
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North Dakota
Paul Revere
Ride
Jamestown
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Cyrus the Elder
Persia
R. A. Bolton
San Francisco
National League of Postmasters
Cyrus
Augustus
Charlemagne
France
Housetowns
University of Paria
Chipa
Marco Polo
America
General Court of
Massachusetts
Virginia
Atlantic
New York
Boston
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
England
Continental Congress
Maine
Georgia
Constitutional Post Office
Germany Faces Labor Strain As Wages Surge Across Sectors
The article reports high wage demands in Berlin with manual labor earning about 100 marks per hour and eight hour days yielding 9 600 to 81 200 marks monthly. Shoemakers, cabinet makers, and editors see steep scale rises while journalists face job losses. Theater managers warn closures as stage staff seek 24 000 marks monthly after raising actors' pay to 22 000 marks.
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Berlin
Germany
Ita Nature
Crater Housed Vast Animal Refuge in Africa
Sir Charles Ross bought the Ngoro Ngoro crater in Tanganyika a vast volcanic basin home to an estimated 75 000 animals. Scientists hope to find living species once known only from bone remains as exploration of the untouched Eden begins in a region ringed by multiple volcanoes and a historic shooter's quieting of hunting.
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World
London
Africa
Charles Ross
Balnagowan
Ngoro Ngoro
Crater
Cratera
Crateria
Bible rescued from fire ruins of Middletown Masonic Temple
A Bible presented to the Middletown lodge in June 1818 by Martin Hoffman was recovered from the debris after the Masonic Temple fire. The Bible had been protected by rubble as crews salvaged remains of the partly destroyed temple weeks earlier.
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Middletown
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Masonic Temple
Martin Hoffman
Pineapple Leaf Lace From Philippine Women
The article highlights lace made by women in the Philippines using strong silky fibers from pineapples. It notes the craft as among the finest in the world and emphasizes the skilled labor of local women.
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Philipping Islands
Indiana eduation body urged to create schoolhouse planning division
The Indiana education survey commission recommends a division of schoolhouse planning to safeguard more than 7.6 million dollars yearly on permanent school improvements. It would cost about 10 thousand dollars annually and the panel will report to the next legislature.
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Indianapolis
State Department of Education
Education Survey Commission
Indiana
Laporte
Russell Lingard
Bellis
England
Richmond
Vincennes
Wabash River
Main Street
Knox County War Mothers
Charles B. O’donnell
Elijah McFarland
B. B. Griffith
Elwood
Indiana General Service Company
Madison Superior Court
Fred C. Gause
William Hayman
Evanaville
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Hartsville
Hawcreek Township
Taylorsville
J. P. Trigg
Middletown
W. H. Senour
Brookville
John W. Spindler
Grabill
Delphi
Deer Creek
Shelbyville
Edward Rader
Manilla
Rush
Shelby
Rader
Thomas J. Mull
Evansville
Owensboro
Henderson
Carm
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Princeton
Rockport
Tri-State
The
Moose
Order
Vigilance Committee
Laporte Ministerial Association
Michael A. Loche
Columbus Herald
Ray Henderson
Locke
Indiana Belt Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Kokomo
Howard County Farmers’ Association
Petersburg
Anderson
Mounds Park
Anderson Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
McCray
Union Traction Company
Lagrange
Lagrange County
Davidson & Stout
Akron
Ind
B. Kauffman
Warren
Dunker
Twitchell & Borrows
Orland
State Department of Public Instruction
Robert K. Devericks
Benjamin J. Burris
Fred Ellerman
H Ellerman
Jeffersonville
Clark
Ella B. Bennett
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Marion
Bennett
Edinburg
Arthur A. Backman
Madison County
Charles B. Smith
Masonic Order
Marton
Huntington
Wabash
Muncie
Alexandria
Montpelier
Portland
Peru
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Bedford
Sherman Hill
Thomas J. Hill
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Lawrence
Warsaw
John Woggoman
John B. Watson
Hartford City
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Congress
Senator Sorghum
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Etna
Hoosier News
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