How to Tell Parcel Post Charges In Zone Tables
Parcel post rates are explained by zone and weight with a simple rule. Zone 1 and 2 add four to the weight digits. Zone 3 doubles the weight then adds four. Zone 4 multiplies by four and adds three. Zone 5 multiplies by two and adds two. Zone 66 multiplies by eight and adds one. Zone 7 multiplies by ten and adds one. Zone 8 multiplies by twelve. The system covers parcels up to twenty pounds and was devised by a Chicago post office clerk.
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Zone No
Zone No. 66
Chicago Post Office
Celts and the discovery of soap origins
The London Mail suggests soap originated with Celts from the word sebon and posits early wanderers may have used wood fires to create lye from mineral salts in burned fibers. It speculates a nomadic splash of rain and a caldron spill could form soap with grease, aided by a curious cleaner.
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London Mail
Chateaubriand a Lover of Cats
The London Times quotes Chateaubriand praising cats as independent and aloof. It notes that many famous men, including Cardinal Richelieu and Victor Hugo, loved cats and that the French writer admired feline indifference and solitary nature. He even hoped long companionship with cats would endow him with some of their traits.
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Chateaubriand
Cardinal Richelieu
Victor Hugo
London
Pasteur's Gift to Society
The Bulletin of the National Geographic Society notes Pasteur cut death rates in civilized nations from about 30 to 2000 per thousand to 15 per thousand. If applied to half the earth, this would avert roughly 12,000,000 untimely deaths yearly and prevent over 25,000,000 illnesses, bringing health and happiness to about 20,000,000 homes.
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Pasteur
Bulletin of
National Geographic Society
County Agent Movement Invites Rural Joiners
To all interested in the County Agent movement who have not yet been asked to join. Spring delays and poor roads hinder personal interviews by township committeemen. The canvass nears its close as Farmers Institute efforts aim for Palo Alto county benefit. Call or visit your township committeeman to enroll and support this forward movement.
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Farmers Institute
Palo Alto County
County Agent Committee Named by Palo Alto Farmers Institute
Jone's encouragment and sub scription is desired. The Commutemen are as fol lows: Independence Township, Lud wig Johnson, Vernon Township, Harry Ferguson and C. J. Stillman, Walnut Township, E. J. Newhall and C. K. Pierson, Lost Island Township, Andrew Suss and T. W. Hermanson, Highland Township, H. E. Barringer and Wm Geelan, Emmetsburg Township, W. A. Fife and James Sherlock. Freedom Township, Bert Salv in and L. Canham. Fairfield Township, Edwin Anderson and Herman Norland, TH. M. Helgen, Chairman. Ee. B. Soper, Jry., Secretary County Agent Committee Palo Alto Farmers Institute.
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Jone
Independence Township
Ludwig Johnson
Vernon Township
Harry Ferguson
C. J. Stillman
Walnut Township
E. J. Newhall
C. K. Pierson
Lost Island
Andrew Suss
T. W. Hermanson
Highland Township
H. E. Barringer
Wm. Geelan
Emmetsburg
W. A. Fife
James Sherlock
Freedom Township
Bert Salvin
L. Canham
Fairfield Township
Edwin Anderson
Herman Norland
TH. M. Helgen
Ee. B. Soper, Jry
Palo Alto Farmers Institute
Local residents travel. fires and politics noted
Ed Arnette and Frank Weir with John Smith travel to Emmetsburg while Mayor Schurmann returns from Fort Dodge and T D Collins handles Emmetsburg business. A stove fire harms Miss Hanna Mott in Estherville with about 100 damage. Denny Mack's wife dies in Cedar Rapids. Bidders attend school building contract letting. J J Hand seeks sheriff nomination with no opposition. Robert A Blair of Des Moines is arrested for drunkenness. A mausoleum near Fort Madison sparks town talk amid river erosion and old legends. the Times offers wary caution about sensational reports. The piece critiques sensational crime tales and urges practical focus on local issues and character.
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Schriner
Emmetsburg
Hanna Mott
Estherville
Credit House
Times
Fort Madison
Iowa
Chummer
Pittsburg
Kan
Joplin
Bessie
Mather
John Wesley
Marshalltown Times Republican
Des Moines Girl Recovers After Slavery Escape
A Des Moines girl, described as a sophomore, escapes white slavery and returns home after a week. The tale, sourced from a Joplin paper, notes she lived under an assumed name during her brief absence.
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Des Moines
Joplin
The Pessimist Dog Howls at the Moon
A verse about a dog that sits in the midnight chill and howls at the moon, its singing off key as bricks are dodged and hours pass. The poem critiques pessimists who yell when nothing is wrong, disturbing sleep and sowing disturbance.
Why Do Boys Quit School In Higher Grades
The piece notes long seen gaps in public school attendance by boys in higher grades. It explains boys leave to take clerk jobs, thinking study is wasted while peers stay. In fact, staying and gaining thorough schooling improves future chances, reversing the common belief about leaving early.
Education lays a foundation for future achievement
Education lays a foundation that surely, other things being equal, enables him to surpass his classmate who left school three or four years earlier.
A Husband's Confession Yesteryear Note on Mirandy
A humorous fragment from Judge magazine about Mirandy's emancipation and voting, contrasting domestic competence with suffrage talk. It then shifts to classified notices listing farm stock for sale, a house with barn for rent, and corn prices, with contact details in Emmetsburg and Palo Alto County.
Has Nothing On Us Wealth and burdens of fortune in contrast
A critical editorial contrasts wealthy magnates with ordinary readers claiming a man growing wealth to sixty million still faces endless troubles and long hours. It argues common folk enjoy comfort without rent concerns, while the rich face threats, legal worries, and sleepless nights amid scarcity of leisure.
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Metropolitan
Turkey
War supply order to Imperial Canneries of Montreal
Canada supplies beef stew tins for the British army in a massive contract worth about 91 million dollars. The 600 million one pound cans require 300 million pounds beef, 150 million pounds rice, and other ingredients with rice beans onions carrots and water.
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Canada
Imperial Canneries Company
Montreal
Imperial Canneries Forms To Handle Big Contract
The company was incorporated recently to manage the contract and has purchased a Toronto canning factory where the majority of the work will be conducted. It will process carrots and onions and handle several hundred thousand gallons of water involved in the project.
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Imperial Canneries Company
Toronto
Hopes and Hogs in Ringsted and Local Socials
Lippold delivered hogs in Ringsted on Friday. Jay Libereal and family visited the Lil lard home over Sunday. Mrs Wheeler visited the Eilis home Tuesday. Lewis Olds and family visited the John Zoehler home Sunday. Wheeler and Crumline were Graettinger callers Tuesday. A road drag marked the first sign of spring Tuesday. Dale Peterson, gravely ill with pneumonia, is improving. Mortenson had a sick horse last week. Wahldrick couple attended a party at the Blake home Tuesday evening. Jaden called at the Oxenford home last week. The Box social at Kelly schoolhouse last Friday raised $10 with a fine program.
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Hoping
North Vernon Lewis Lippold
Ringsted
Jay Libereal
Lillard
Martin Mortenson
H. E. Wahldrick
Blake
J. Jaden
Oxenford
Kelly School
Local Spring Work and Visits Noted Across Community
Several residents report spring field activity in the locality. Mrs. Fred Hurlbert returns from a visit in Lee. Emma Luhman and Emma Briggs family members spend Sunday at home. Sundalls and Wolf family members visit friends and relatives. Willie Herke, Katie and Lucy Lammers travel to Terris with others. Lucy stays to work for a sister. Arthur Anderson with Mary Briggs and Ana Anderson visit Frank Briggs. Henry Egasaw regains mobility. Ben Lammer visits his brother Henry. Ed Anderson hosts a sister Anna for a visit.
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Jack Creek
Fred Hurlbert
Lee
Tiss Emma Luhman
Lawerace Sundall
Lawren Wolf
Jake Leduc
Willie Herke
Katie
Lucy Lammers
Terris
Wille
Willie
Lucy
Arthur Anderson
Mary Briggs
Ana Anderson
Frank Briggs
Henery Egasaw
Ben Lammer
Henry Lammer
Ed Anderson
Anna
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Whistler
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Society For
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Mayor Schurmann
Fort Dodge
T. D. Collins
Frank Weir
John Smith
Denny Mack
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Hand
Graettinger
Mr. Hand
Robert A. Blair
National Prohibitor
Mirandy
W. Lee Maxwell
Gale
Poland
China
B. Elsenbast
Graetlinger
Cood
Tinquire
Fr. B. Merriman Graettinger
National Biscuit Co
Foot Hills
Bolstad
Grachtinger, Iowa
Windsor Hotel
A. C. Kelly
Optometrist
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Baldwin, Hamilton and
Howard
the Music Store
Mike Weinholzer
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