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Titanic Mail Loss and Era of Rapid Ocean Travel
Reports estimate 7 million letters lost from 3423 mail sacks aboard the Titanic as rapid Atlantic crossings shrink to four days. The article notes Marconi’s wireless compass and a new irrigation project in Montana, while reflecting on envy, Indian census data, and political figures.
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Titanic
Oes
Erwin Paur
Leipsic University
Mississippi
Cairo
Congress
Job
America
Cullom
Illinois
Fea
Houses of
Supreme Court
Ohio
England
Canada
Mexico
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
France
Europe
William Marconi
New York
Marconi
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Montana
St. Mary's Lakes
St. Mary's
Hudson Bay
Milk River
State Board of Health
Ilinois
Wiley
Senate Finance, Committee