Rural free delivery growth and future expansion
The last annual report by A W Machen highlights the rapid growth of rural free delivery in the United States. From modest beginnings with 165 routes and 60,000 dollars, funding now reaches 7 million dollars with 1,140 routes, serving 7 million people over 275,000 miles. Projections show 40,000 carriers and about 24,000,000 dollars gross annual cost, with continued requests for funds to extend service to 2,500 routes by January and beyond.
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A. W. Machen
Austeran Lea
Congress
Qheatardy
Carriera
Hhis Anual
Cnt
Machen
Diestianle
Philadelphia Press
Smith
United States
One Minute Cold Wave Prevention Ad
A brief weather warning notes sudden temperature shifts may threaten health at home. It promotes keeping a bottle of One Minute Cold Cure by Moore to prevent hoarseness cough and lung troubles.
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Moore
Increase in Maine school fund shows strong growth
The Maine school fund and mill tax have risen markedly from 1880 to 1900 01, funded by savings banks tax and rising state valuation. Despite more money per scholar the total number of pupils aged four to twenty one declined slightly, underscoring shifting demographics even as funding expands.
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Maine
Tso ST
Justifien
Elizworth Markets Update From Wepweavar
December 24 1002 reports wholesale and retail prices for grains and produce at Elizworth Markets in Wepweavar. It lists bushel weights for potatoes apples and peas, notes price trends higher for bread and flour, mentions specific items like haddock and oats, and cites weather aiding coal deliveries.
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Liverpool
Stannard Wright
Sint of Carn
Fragmented Tale of a Lost Wanderer in a Dying Town
A garbled OCR fragment depicts a restless man named in scattered forms wandering a bleak setting. References to a bear, beasts, a river, and nightly revels hint at hardship, crime, and a mysterious disappearance along a worn path to a ruined foundry and distant tunnels.
Oldest Canton woman dies at 101 in Maine county
In the week’s notices from Kittery to Caribou, Mrs Hannan Cutis of Canton dies aged 101, the oldest in Oxford County. Maine patents issued include exhaust for locomotives and a combined eraser and calendaring device. Bowdoin’s 1902 03 catalog reports 275 students and 101 instructors in college and medical school. Mrs Mary Chapin of Monson dies at 95 after eighty years there. The Bath yard launches the six masted schooner Addie M. Lawrence, christened by Mix Lawrence. Joseph Francis of Indian Island pleads guilty to keeping a sporting camp without a license, pays license for three years. A Portland jury convicts Daniel H Pooler of drawing an improper pension. Chief Justice presents Sheriff McKaden with an ice cream set. McFadden retires Jan 1 after six years. External patent medicines and rheumatism cure ad ends.
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Hannan Cutis
Canton
Oxford County
Maine
F. Robinson
Bangor
P. W. Edwards
Portland
Bowdoin College
Tait
Mary Chapin
Pareen, Chapin
Monon
Mra Chapin
Monson
Arthur W. Chapin
Addie M. Lawrence
Bath
Percy & Small
Mixx Lawrence
Fairfield
E. J. Lawrence
Privcipal
Coart
Joseph Francis
Indian Island
Debsconeng
Ncense
Francis
Malachusetts
United State District Court
Daniel H. Pooler
Palmyra
wMstalk
United States
Daniel R Hodgdon
Tia
Ball
Augusta
Winwell
Supreme Judicial Court
Andrew L. McKaden
McFadden
McFedden
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Ok Pont
Moody Nook
Bayside
Edward L. Drummey
Ohet
Lamotne
Frank
Gray
North Ellsworth
Kennethe Jovenat
Doodley
Berlin
Atlanta Journal
Kidder—Skloner
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Elisworth Markets
Wepweavar
Gantry
Agatnar
Haddoor
Fionan Fiaddie
Lin Porte
Dorarly
Sinates
Sean
Wien
Thuay
Withre
Kittery
Caribou
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Franklin Road
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North Hancock, ME
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Chicago
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Cox
Boston
Mass
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Frank Fitts
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Ellsworth
J. A. Thompson
Barrows Crocker Pen CO
Tr. & Vt
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Nee Winery
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