Letter Boxes In the Heights
A report describes letter boxes in the Alps at about 10 000 feet for four daily collections and several receptacles between 6000 and 7000 feet elevation for mail.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
6
A report describes letter boxes in the Alps at about 10 000 feet for four daily collections and several receptacles between 6000 and 7000 feet elevation for mail.
Clarence Hiner and family visited A Beeson and family Sunday. Harris Coleman and Geo Quillin were callers. Cassie Conard of Nevada visits grandparents Geo Ree and wife. Jessie and Don Lucas visited Harve Lucas. Friends gathered to help Fred Cather clear wreckage from the wind storm Sutur.
Old household remedy marketing cites camphor and camphorated oil for rheumatism and pneumonia. Pryor Taylor's ointment blends camphor eucalyptus oil and other ingredients in petrolatum, advertised as superior for external use. Available from Mrs Anns Spald or by mail, price 50 cents. Pittsburg, Kansas.
A jumble of community notices from Carthage and nearby towns reports visits by Mrs Rolle and others, jury reports, church preaching by Rev Keys, an election of officers for a Ladies Aid, and farm updates. Names include Howard Matthews, Mrs Warner, Mrs Gresham, and Miss Carter, with mentions of incubators active, a storm, and early frog concerts.
The local column notes flu patients recovering with no deaths, three pneumonia cases in the Hunt family, and various social items. A severe Saturday cyclone caused extensive damage near Diamond including destruction to Jake Byers’ barn and Sam Appleby’s home, plus damage to W. St. Parr’s barn and Fred Cather’s properties. Widespread rain delayed sowing. residents wish for no further storms this summer.
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