Postmaster Bissell’s plan to cut costs and raise receipts
Report on the year ended June 8 1894 shows a $9,243,935 deficiency as Bissell urges tax reform and service reforms. He calls for self sustaining second class rates, ending postal telegraph experiments, expanding delivery where due, and reclassifying railway mail service while keeping newspapers exempt from new rates. He warns against political entanglement and favors a nonpolitical postal administration.
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Bissell
Post Office Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Bissel
Booka
Hogue
Bixwell
Congress
Great Britain
Itv
Bissett
Thaliy Transacuiena
Taney
Ander Liana
Thaliy
Cee Ith
Tom
Postmadher Gener
Civil Airvice
Postoffice Department
Work of the Pension Appeals Board in 1804 Report
John M. Reynolds reports to Secretary Smith on the Board of Pension Appeals for the year ending June 30, 1804. He states 4,005 appeals were pending upon taking charge, 7,547 new appeals added, and 10,000 cases finally ruled. Arrears mainly involve claims under further investigation and legal questions. Subcommittee approves pension appropriations: pensions 140 million, surgeons fees 800 thousand, clerk hire 450 thousand, miscellaneous 151,570.
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Smith
Board of Pension Appeals
Elsims
Pension Bureau
Tlonse On
Lochren
Sugar Growers Sue for Sugar Bounty After McKinley Repeal
The Sugar Growers challenge the U S Treasury refusal to pay bounty on 1904 sugar. Three New Jersey and New York beet sugar firms seek about 14 million dollars, claiming a government contract under the bounty law existed and crops were planted in expectation of payments. The suits aim for an easy hearing then a final federal ruling.
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United States
Treasury Department
J. Fairchild Murray
Atttorney
New York
Court of Dlaius
Chino Valley Beet Sugar Company
New Jersey
Nest
Norfolk Beet Sugar Company
Oxford Beet Sugar Company
Congress
Territories
United States Court
Fires Destroy Dwellings in Swayzee and Kansas City
A series of disasters and events reported include seven houses burned in Swayzee Indiana due to a defective flue causing one fatality and injuries, a block destroyed in Kansas City, and extensive fire damage across multiple incidents. The piece notes stock market activity on Chicago exchanges, immigration shifts per the Prohibition Bureau, and a Postmaster General recommendation for free delivery extension and improved transportation and highway classification.
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Swayzee
Pyd
Kaunsas
Aastatton Bort Apthur
Stump
Burea
Zanesville
Ohio
A Chapter on Lies and a Barber’s Lost Opportunity
A Washington letter recounts a barber, a lie to Vice President Henry Wilson, and a missed Senate foreman job. The tale weaves moral reflection on truth, happiness, and lasting regret from a colorfully told personal confession in a leading hotel.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Wilson
Welock
Campbell
Tie
Henry
A Life Wrecked by a Lie in the Post Office
A personal reminiscence frames a life ruined by a single falsehood told in youth. A former clerk recalls losing a once in lifetime chance and a silent, lifelong attraction to a married man, now a prominent financier. The woman reflects on truth, sorrow, and memories of younger days.
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Post Office
Tle Bun
An Old Politician's Experience
An elder statesman recalls a failed congressional bid driven by strategic misdirection. He describes retirement, later intent to run, and a confrontation with a rival who released a sworn denial, ending his political hopes and shaping his view on honesty in public life.
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Congress
Washington
Tie
Jie
A Vicious Liar's Just Reward
An aged ex congressman recounts a career episode where a newspaper correspondent’s critique of a bill led to personal letters and a backlash. He describes a chain of responses from the congressmen and newspaper owner, ending with editorial attacks that ended his public life.
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Congress
Washington
Ste
Thad
Tred
The Soldier's Pocket Bible Facsimile Published in London
Eliot Stork of London published a facsimile titled The Soldier's Pocket Bible. The work replicates a Cromwell era soldier's edition once thought to be a Field printing from 158. George Livermore of Cambridge and New Orleans Picayune is credited with the discovery.
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Edimiunia
Cromwell
Roundheads
British Museum
United States
Eliot Stork
London
Army of the Commonwealth
John Field
George Livermore
Cambridge
Mase
New Orleans
Picayune
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nervous women
Society women fatigue from rapid social rounds and nerves, seeking relief. The ad claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a powerful uterine tonic that builds up invig orates and cures nervous exhaustion caused by female complaints. It warns against celery compounds and nervines that only sleep the nerves.
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Pierce
Female Strength Restored After Dr Pierce’s Remedy
Mrs William Hoover of Bellville Richland Co Ohio writes of years of female weakness and invalid status. She consulted three doctors with no relief. After using eight bottles of Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription she recovered fully and can stand and work again for her family of five.
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William Hoover
Bellville, Richland Co
Ohio
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