Fort Wayne Post Office Refits Boosts Service And Space
Work on the Fort Wayne post office, led by Postmaster Robert B. Hanna, adds beauty and greatly improves mail handling. A $16,000 rearrangement inside avoids a costly new building, connecting money orders and registry to the work room and saving carrier time.
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Uncle Sam
Robert B. Hanna
Fort Wayre
Gilbert
Beveridge
Hemenway
Ter Hanna
Treasury Department
Hanna
Washington
Money Order
Registry
Kettler
Allen County
Court House
Fort Wayne Postmaster Hanna Drives City Postal Upgrades
Fort Wayne Postmaster Hanna leads major postal improvements including night deliveries at outer sub stations new interior arrangements and expanded routes. He pushed rural free delivery growth, created an information window and oversaw service gains benefiting 31 additional families and over 247 000 weekly mail items.
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Hanna
Fort Wayne
Swinney Park
Justices of the Peace
Congress
New York City
A. Tota Rt
Fort Waynes
Fred W. Lepper
Cleveland
United States Treasury Department
Mn Lepper
Department
Fort Wayne Postal Service Advances Highlighted
A report notes remarkable progress by the Fort Wayne Post Office over several years. Officials commend the service for efficiency and improved mail handling, with insights into how modern practices boosted performance and public satisfaction.
Men from Ohio Offer to Sell Bodies to Indiana University
Two men from Ohio told Register Cravens they would sell their bodies for 50 dollars each and mark them Property of Indiana University, asking to be commissioned to procure bodies for the medical department. Cravens explained state law forbids body purchase and that hospitals county farms and jails supply unclaimed corpses. The men, 20 and 25, traveled through Indiana towns seeking work and claimed starvation.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana Univerity
John W. Cravens
State University
Ohio
Cravens
Indiana University
Indiana
Knights of Labor Oppose Expansion of Boycott Powers
In Washington on November 14 the Knights of Labor adopted a resolution opposing any congressional measure that would let labor organizations apply the boycott at will. The group quarrels with the American Federation of Labor over Sherman Act exemptions for labor, arguing changes would favor trusts and threaten small competitors.
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Washington
Congress
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Marshall outlines two policy recommendations for Indiana
Indianapolis November 14 Governor elect Thomas R Marshall outlined two major recommendations for his coming message to the general assembly He urged a salary basis for all state officers and for lawmakers to fix salaries based on service rather than politics He also called for a uniform bookkeeping system and annual checks to ensure expenditures are legitimate and economical Marshall noted he would discuss other measures later and his wife was left to choose a house in Indianapolis He predicted many appointive positions will require qualified timber from which to select appointees.
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
General Assembly
Marshall
Quote on party leadership and best men for office
A political remark endorses selecting the very best men to hold offices as the key to aiding the party. The speaker argues there is no other viable method to strengthen party prospects and unity.
Mine Disaster at Radbod Mine in Germany
Rescue teams in Westphalia fail to renew efforts to reach 360 miners entombed after a fire damp explosion. Authorities report 27 injured brought to hospital and 30 more bodies recovered as crews seal shafts and galleries to choke the fire.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Germany
Canadian champ Murphy loses to Missoula wrestler Tebearge
In Missoula, Murphy holder of the Canadian middleweight title, was defeated by local wrestler Tebearge in a catch as catch can bout. Murphy won the first fall in eleven minutes but suffered a severe wrist injury. Tebearge then won the second and third falls in short order.
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Missoula
Mont
al Murphy
Canada
Joe Tebearge
Murphy
Tebeorge
Bartonville Cottages Use Light Therapy for Insane Patients
Two new Bartonville cottages at Illinois hospital cost 109000 and house eight solariums for phototherapy. Superintendent Zeller presides over dedication on Thanksgiving Day. Rooms include ruby violet amber andopal. red soothes despondent patients while blue calms violent ones. Each cottage holds 150 patients and aims to advance light treatment.
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Peoria
Ill
Illinois Hospital For the Insane
Bartonville
Zeller
Denmark
Munich
Durbin Seen as Possible Next Chairman of Indiana GOP
Indianapolis reports former Governor Winfield T. Durbin may succeed James P. Goodrich as chairman of the Republican state committee. Durbin is viewed as the most viable leadership option, with no current nominee and a push to reorganize the party after the recent Democratic victory.
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Indianapolis
Winfield T. Durbin
James P. Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Goodrich
Durbin
Col
Indiana
Rich
Harriman Daughter Builds 100 Dollar School House
Miss Mary Harriman daughter of E H Harriman begins a small educational project on the Arden estate in Orange county Middletown N Y The 16 by 20 foot tar paper roofed structure will cost 100 and educate laborers’ children on the estate Earlier reports spoke of a larger trade school funded for poor youths in Orange county but current plans show only the 100 building under construction by Miss Harriman
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Middletown
N. Y
Mary
Harriman
Arden
Orange
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