New York Post Office Handles Vast Mail Volumes
The General Post Office in New York acts as a global mail clearing house with 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. volumes of about 450,000 letters daily and 1,051,196,606 pieces in mailing in a year. It employs 659 staff for outgoing mail, and the year saw large mail transfers and rising deliveries despite past scandals, with emphasis on purity of food and reform among city pushcart dealers and lost property.
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New York
General Post Office
Europe
East
United States
New York Post Office
Australia
San Francisco
Antipodes
Brooklyn
Richmond
Chicago
Constipation Cure Promises Permanent Relief Via Free Coupon
An advertisement claims to cure chronic constipation without pills or drugs. It promises lasting relief and invites readers to mail a free coupon to learn the method and cure themselves at home.
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T.H. Midgley
Midgley Block
Klamazoo, Mich
Spring Signals on New York Canal Fleets
Spring arrives as canal boats head up the Hudson and toward Troy where tugs are replaced by horses and mules for freight to the west. In winter, villages of 300 small craft sheltered by Brooklyn bays housed entire families, now vanished, marking navigation opening on the lakes and canals. Longacre.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Hudson
Troy
Golden West
Brooklyn
Great Lakes
Longacre
Entente Cordiale Report Binds Spain and Britain
Madrid reports a near alliance between Spain and Britain after talks between King Alfonso and King Edward. The entente would allow British use of Spanish ports, mutual defense, and joint naval support. Spain plans to spend 386000000 on a naval build up including six battleships six cruisers and 12 destroyers with port improvements at Cadiz and Cartagena.
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London
Madrid
Edward
Alfonso
Spain
Cartegena
England
Germany
Morocco
Great Britain
Cadiz
Obernburg Lovers Split After Mother-in-Law Row
New York dispatch tells of Joe Moser and Barbara Rutz who dated 15 years in the Sullivan county hamlet of Obernburg. They split after Barbara would not live with Moser's mother and he balked at the arrangement, prompting a public bill dispute over money spent on rides, fairs, and courtship.
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New York
Obernburg
Joe Moser
Barbara Rutz
Joseph Moser
Barbara
Obernburger
Joe
Barby
Moser
Rutz
North Branch
Callcoon Depot
Roscoe Review
Joe’ Moser
Sone
Deckelmann
Jax
Rufus Tompkins
Gill
Joe "Moser
Secon
Sbarbara
Jacob
Peters
John Deckelmann
Be Sure You Get What You Ask For Cascarets Ad and Courtship Tale
A long note markets Cascarets with heavy sales claims and endorsements. An Obernburg anecdote describes Joe Moser courting stories, a $71.75 bill, and public humor about paying for courting deeds and a mother in law. The piece mixes advertisement and a local reaction to the marriage tale.
107-Year-Old Perry County Democrat Seeks Land Patent
Frankfort Kentucky April 23 Isaac Baker of Perry County writes to John Thomas who runs the register of lands office claiming to be 107 years old born in 13290 and noting he has voted Democratic all his life. He asks for a copy of the patent for the land where he lives and says he can still walk 20 miles daily.
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Thomas
Office of Register of Lands
Isaac Baker
Perry County
Baker
Speedy and Permanent Cure for Baby Eczema
A mother reports her six month old baby recovered from eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes prior failed treatments, cost of $1.25 for a cake and two boxes, and recommends the remedies to other mothers. The testimonial is dated March 30, 1906 from New York.
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C.F. Kara
East 65Th Street
New York
For Sore Hands Soak and Treat with Cuticura Ointment
An old advertisement prescribes soaking sore hands in hot creamy Cuticura soap lather, drying, and applying Cuticura Ointment. For severe cases use old linen with ointment applied overnight, or a light bandage. The campaign promises complete external treatment for infants to adults.
Electric needs in Smyrna and Asia Minor
United States consul L. Harris reports in Smyrna that the city of nearly 400,000 lacks electric railway, electric light, or telephone. He notes many Asia Minor towns from 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants offer concessions for electric light and traction and criticizes American firms for passing up these opportunities.
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L. Harris
United States
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Portrait Commission For Prince Augustus Wilhelm
Mrs Ruth Jewett Burgess wife of John W Burgess a Roosevelt professor at the University of Berlin will paint a portrait of Prince Augustus Wilhelm fourth son of Emperor Wilhelm Germany. A native of Montpelier Vermont she has studied in Europe for ten years and her past portraits have brought her into contact with the German imperial family.
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Ruth Jewett Burgess
John W. Burgerss
Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Pny
Prince Augustus Wilhelm
Emperor Wilhelm
Germany
Burgess
Montpelier
Europe
Emperor Wi
Germs
Salt
Religion in China Drives Quiet Revival Efforts
Kang Yu Wei, former prime minister and reform leader, a studious figure on Oriental religions and Christianity, advocates a religious revival in China. He emphasizes personal spiritual renewal rather than directing or influencing it through policy.
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Tes
China
Kang Yu Wei
Short Walking Skirts Prompt Fashion Debate
The article notes Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and the president's wife wearing short walking skirts and argues that all women may adopt the fashion. It observes Indianapolis women embracing the style as the walking skirt appears to shorten over time.
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Nicholas Longworth
United States
Indianapolis
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