Cancelled stamps and post office plans in 1900s study
A dated industrial and postal dispatch describes cancelled stamp use and new cancellation marks at Moline and other offices. It notes printers, postmasters, and factories adopting automated cancellation to speed distribution of matter, with broader reaction from officials and newspapers on the reform. It mentions Manila hemp tied to Philippine possessions and Deering twine use in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Snem
Mellné Journal
Vestmanter Mekintey Selte
Ricelves
McKinley
Tha Schver
United States
Moline
Acton
Philadelphia
Tigg
Manila
Philippine Islands
Gratitude Letter Crediting Vegetable Compound Aid
A reader from Devine Texas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for relieving nine years of prolapsed uterus symptoms after confinement. The writer credits the remedies with easier labor and improved health allowing full work resumed. A second testimonial notes strength after using the same remedies and liver pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Povenas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mza Ep. Ee
Devine
Tex
Lydia
Pinkhham
The Siege Witnesses Morissot and Sauvage Fate
In a January episode during a siege, Frenchmen Morissot and Sauvage from Colombes are captured by German troops after fleeing a village. They are executed by firing squad, their bodies bound and dumped into a river. The Prussian officers and soldiers mock and desecrate their corpses as a sentry scene unfolds, while the narrative shifts to unrelated vignettes and oddities.
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TSO Morissot
Inule
Benllya
Foxew
Cecile
M. Sauvage
Colombes
Ant
M. Suuvaipe
Notre Dame de Loretie
Buck Zloty
Xida
Huy
Dumwilly
Eland
dMlcer
Pruxaian
Hans Agate
Phiuk
Loton
Morissot
Dielscl
Morviscot
Aulil
Liseni
Valerie and Beauregard Lead Walk Up Frightful Hill
Valerie agrees to a hill walk with Beauregard and Westbrook amid romantic tensions and rivalries. A staged ascent unfolds with Valerie and Max Beauregard racing ahead while Lord Westbrook and Mrs. Dudley observe, tensions flare, and the pair test limits on a cliff path.
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Ong
Wenttvrack
Dudley
Mervyn's Hill
Valerie
Nansenke
Mika Torbert
Amy
Dallas
Angela
Max. Dudley
Max Beaurepard
Lord Westbrook
Lilias Duilley
Elinorean
Colonel Beaneouard
Angina Dugnyette
Vaterle
Max
Hind Farieniisoi
Molin
Len
Baney
Lelewin
Max Beauréxard
Ord Westbrook
al- Awad Golonal Bouiregard
Fea Dudfey
Ancient Pullman Berth Story From the 60s Rail Seat
A Pittard Dispatch reminiscence recalls Pullman car berths aboard the Alton line in the 1860s. Passengers paid 50 cents for half a berth with space tight enough for a sleeping Abraham Lincoln to fit in. The anecdote blends humor with a glimpse of early rail travel culture and fares.
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Pullman
Gar A
Anyi
Chicazo
Alton
Jorge M
Chicago
Ian
George M. Pullman
Algug
George Pullnan
Ted
Imad
Abraham Lincoln
Pittarg Dispatch
Train fare deceit and detective watchers on streetcar lines
A long wobbling paragraph alleges conductors dodge fares, tracked by streetcar inspectors and detectives who ride lines, report each fare, and fire workers found not honest. It cites Washington DC and New York papers, noting widespread vigilant oversight and the dangers of errors or bribes in fare collection.
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United States
Umber
Loket
Pete Warblag
oNier
Dany
Washington
Avery
Washington Post
Wien
Anna
New York
Mali
Chonte
Doe
Wolfe
Cupid
Kitty Wolfe
Mr. Choute
Toweller
MTDC
New Vale City
Towa
Chumeen's Aid Society
Tin Vais Gnici
Ellege
Snervive Tin SO Co Aineer
Nine
Boverine
Lonettary
Origin of the Match Inventors Spurs Hungarian Young Scientist
Testimony from a college friend suggests the Hungarian inventor Jnnoa Irinyl, then 19 in 1845 at Vienna’s polytechnic, first conceived matches by rubbing phosphorus with glue emulsion and brown lead peroxide. He allegedly sold the invention to a merchant named Romer for about £700.
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Romar
Preschol
Imipyince
Stillviu
Jnnoa
Irinyl
Polytwehnig School
Vienna
Molwjuer
Aubat
Tolloge
Big Toons
Trinyt
Tie
Werchant
Romer
Do Not Grasp at the Shadow and Lose the Substance
Many people are shadows of their former selves due to neglect of health. Ue blow, the fountain of We, the actual substance bee that pure by regular use of Hood's Sarsaparilla and robust health will be the result. Be sure to get only Hood's, because rel
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Tne Duchebe
Valerie
Nanally
Oni
Wardly
Valerie Ali Mltozethyer
Max Henamerant
Othurwisa
Hin Wang
Maves
Ani
Athillingly
Laghien
Chen
Valeri
Tepsiles
Joncheon
Wil
Ibas
Valeria
Max Rose
Dallas
Amy Limwood
Troni
Vsaid Daly Elnor
Authatti
Colonel Beaure
Bard
Nis Mlator-Iicldwy
Sala
Aix
Westbrook
Valuero
Max Deauregard
Hood
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Ane Mathilie Eteee
Mra
Mutuilde Kienton Dasipham
Jake
Merritte
Markuna
Tneciini
Lea Praetos
Yeni
Chakra Infanti
dyKenlory
Dreanhiiha
Cotton
Ohio
Mr. Topsides
Pete Heat
Ieee
Mga. Net
Lee R
Arkaven
Tom Frank Ti Stanton
Sauvage
Marunis
Tovissot
Fiano
Mont Valchon
Morisset
Suuvage
Lajuk Uwe
Bowes
Mount
Odd Fay Nol Jong Aga
Scarborough
Gabes
London
Relmou
Sory
Jock
Inncaster
England
Hania Plecca
Steve Melon
Christopher
Hannibal Creo
Thair
Morida Times Union
Asbarkdn
Florida
Watora
Palm
Amazon
Ioe
Dustley
Tony
Beauregard
Dudtey
Béauty
Auisa Morbert
Valerio
Renura
Gard
Wesbrook
Rother
Coe
Hillipath
Anthony
Boauregard Miles
Berry Monte
Toni Westbrook
Wisake
Beaurogaed
Tyasu
Mira
Eversii
Neauregard
Lincoln
Aptitiee
P. PB
Cy Mita
Cirlowa Custon
America
Washington Evening Star
York
Jena
Ladson
Suialler
Ailen
Allen
Mae
Jack Veo
Allen 8
Olowted
Teds
N.Y
James
Hall
Billy
Pigo
Anos Kelner
Clintry Valles
Nav
N. Fe Weekly
Dr. J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Buckingham
Nesta
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven
Conn
Sulte
People's Bank Block
Denver
Huron
Doer
Awaken
Sioux City Printing CO
Warrington ‘Pines
Wilehein
Fort Greens
Iman
Sioux Cidy Pvg
Deering
Malta
Deering Harvester CO
Sapolio
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