Stamps and Postage Distances Revealed in Figures
The article discusses vast stamp production and distances traveled by mail in 1898. It uses imaginative comparisons, noting totals like 1.98 billion stamps printed and an annual per capita postage spend by state residents. It also cites special delivery stamps and mileage traveled by messengers, with state disparities in per capita postage costs.
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Biel
Meernt
Wits Uber
New York
Eliz
Wey
Europe
Bombay
United States
Everest
Husalayas
Postance Department
Massachusetts
Colorado
Connecticut
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Washington Star
Castoria and explosives and new paper roof tile notes
Snippets describe a rumored Austrian smokeless powder as safe as gunpowder and a heat resistant ductor, plus a Zurich inventor marketing Papyrus tile made from purified paper pulp for roofs and doors. Also notes William Schrader purchasing Vienna bakery, Mrs Woods maintaining bread sales and a 25 cent Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets offer with refund.
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Fr. Gehre
Zurich
William Schrader
Vienna
Laura Woods
Philadelphia Street
Schrader
World War Era Dispatches and Local Notices in Fragment
Fragmented report notes the burning at West Virginia University Morgantown and military mobilization hints. Mentions Dewey’s flag, Olympia, and naval power, plus Ohio legal cases, political resignations, and a medicinals ad remark from Promise City.
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West Virginia University
Morgantown
McKees
Ugk
Pittisbarge Harbor
Arbor Vill
Alger
Pennsylvania
Ested Lowe
Manila
Duceh
Nine Inley
Hiz
Iain Gridley
Olympia
Eusien Worth E. Ca
Distressing Stomach Disease Cure Ad from Hetrick Bros
An advertisement touts a South American Nervine Tonic claiming permanent relief from stomach weakness and indigestion. It asserts rapid, reliable cures and lists Hetrick Bros. druggists in Indiana Pa as sellers. Also notes special excursion rates for National Educational Association meeting travel in July 1899 via OC M and St P Railway from Williamsport, Pa.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
John R. Pott
William St
Williamsport
Improved machinery boosts durability in doors and porches
A woodwork business touts mortise and tenon replacement by hardwood dowels for stronger doors, claiming no standard US sizes used. They guarantee every door, promote porch construction this spring, and offer a wide stock of pine, poplar, hemlock flooring, oak, and North Carolina pine ceiling with on demand door and window frames.
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North Carolina
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