Indiana Delegates Rally For Parcels Post Reform
Indiana news reports a Washington hearing on the parcels post drawing delegates from Farmers Union, National Grange, American Agricultural Society and Farmers Congress. They urge universal access, arguing the post office should serve all Americans equally, with service to distant rural areas and protections against high rates, nationwide express options, and insurance for mailed goods.
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Washington
House Committee On Post Offices
Farmers’ Organization
Farmers Union
National Grange
The
American Agricultural Society
Farmers Congress
Post Office Department
Everyman's Express Company
Postoffice Department
Loud
California
House
Weeks
Massachusetts
Congress
Express Company
American Express Company
English Post
American Express
New York
Bennet
Postoffice Express
United States
Postoffice
Railroads Ask Gut In Tax Assessment
The B and O South Western railroad seeks reduced assessments from the state board of tax commissioners due to poor business. J Griffith, tax agent, proposed 20000 for two miles as fairer than 24000. A Q Pickens, solicitor for Pennsylvania lines, cited higher supply costs and wages as reasons for a cut, but asked for no specific figure.
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Western Railroad Company
Tuesaday
State Board of Tax
Burglars Take $150 Plumes From Millinery Store
Burglars entered Miss Wernie Waller millinery at 1728 E Tenth St Monday night stealing valuable plumes valued at 150 dollars. They entered by a rear window and tore plumes from hats. Two men were seen on a porch at 1516 B Tenth St last night, then vanished.
Insurgent Move Blocks Attempt To Get $65 000
Washington reports Senator Lodge abandons effort to take 65000 from contingency fund for a statistics study by a special committee. Democrats and insurgents accuse it of aiding campaign aims. Peres and Stone denounce the probe as political, while Hale notes material may aid campaigns. The probe continues without the appropriation, with a new inquiry into police methods in large cities.
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E Late Men Lodge
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Mir
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Peres
Mississippi
Senate
Stone
Missouri
Massachusetts
Hale
Herburn
Idaho
E- Hee
William Saylor
Jane Adams
Atlantic Cay
Walsh Pardon Petition Questioned by Justice Dept
Washington April 26 the Justice Department will communicate with John R Walsh now in Leavenworth to determine if petition signers accurately reflect his wishes before any pardon action is taken on his case the report states
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Washington
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Department of Justice
Arbor Day printing boards debate beauty in Indiana book
The state printing board discussed Arbor Day publishing focusing on esthetic printing, paper, and illustrations. Indiana contemplates a formal approach while Wisconsin showcases artistic spreads. Ohio and Oklahoma examples shape the Michigan plan. The debate weighs cost versus beauty as education prompts a final booklet decision.
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State Printing Board
Indiana
Department of Public Education
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Caler
Department of Education
Births Rule London as Population Surges
London data shows over 600000 houses with 402976 inhabited homes. Fifteen Londoners are born every four minutes and nine die each hour, with births exceeding deaths by 55000 in the last year. The metropolitan district consumes 400732 tons of meat and 241187 tons of fish annually, signaling Britons as heavy meat eaters. The inquiry notes 142000 paupers, 24000 lunatics, 350 blind, and 2057 deaf and dumb. Rates amount to 75000000, with debt above 550000000.
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London
New York
County Council
Eftr
John H Miller Dies After Baltimore Belt Line Work
John Henry Miller, 67, once a Pittsburg capitalist, died suddenly of heart disease in a Baltimore hotel while previously moving to Baltimore 25 years ago to direct the Belt Line tunnel project for the Baltimore and Ohio. His remains will be buried in Pittsburg. He helped found the Pittsburg Telegraph, later merged into the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Pittsburg
John Henry Miller
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The
Chronicle
Irish Nationalists Convene in Commons for Election Preparations
A profonte meeting of the Irish nationwide party was held in the commons today with Joseph N. Redmond presiding. The main issue was organizing in anticipation of the approaching general election. Fifty seven nationalists attended the gathering in London.
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London
Commons
Joseph N. Redmond
F 'Ifty
Boy 6 Hurts Leg in Buggy Wheel Accident
Nate Coffman aged 6, son of Sam Coffman, suffered a badly mangled leg when his leg got caught in a buggy wheel while he rode to school. The incident occurred Monday in Shelbyville Indiana.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Nate Coffman
Sam Coffman
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