Christmas rush at Chicago postoffice sets new records
Chicago December reports show postal operations surged as the post office handles 750000 Christmas packages in the registry division alone. The rush began last week with a 28 percent rise from last year, prompting 200 extra registry clerks and mobilizing 5985 employees to meet the holiday demand.
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Chica
Post Office
Postal Service
Peter Newton
United States Civil Service Examiners
Uncle Sam
Instant Breath Freshening Charcoal Lozenges Ad
An old ad touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for bad breath from indigestion smoking and drinking claiming charcoal purifies stomach digestion and blood and leaves a fresh breath. It offers a free sample by mail to F A Stuart Co at 200 Stuart Bldg Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Investment Need to Expand Internal Commerce
The source states that current internal commerce requires an additional investment of 8 billion dollars to proceed. It emphasizes a large funding need without detailing specific projects or timelines. The figure highlights the scale of capital required for expansion.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed By Le Raysville Merchant
O S Woolever, a noted Le Raysville merchant, declares Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago and heals every sore, wound, burn or abrasion. Sold for 25 cents at O T Bruwart’s drug store.
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O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Bucklen
O. T. Bruwart
Chaplain Jesse Cole Faces Immorality Charge in Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa December 14 The Rev Jesse Cole chaplain of the Iowa Soldiers home in Marshalltown has been placed on trial before a committee of the northwest Iowa conference of the Methodist church for immoral conduct the charge being brought by discharged soldiers of the home Cole declares he will prove his innocence
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Marshalltown
Jesse Cole
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Northwest Iowa
Poor Boys Are Best Scholars at Yale
Dean Henry Wright of Yale reports five year records showing poor scholarship links to cheap dormitories while most secret society members come from rich dormitories. The study notes that residents of elegant dormitories are becoming worse scholars, even as few from cheap dorms join secret societies.
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Chicago
Hoctaw
New Haven
Conn
Henry Wright
Yale
Wright
Peterson Back After Embezzlement Plea and Sentence
Raymond Peterson of Stockholm Wisconsin, a rural mail carrier, pleaded guilty before Judge Sanborn in Madison to embezzling seventeen dollars from money order funds. He was sentenced to six months in the La Crosse county jail, with time served since last September counted in the sentence.
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Raymond Peterson
Stockholm
Wis
Peterson
Sanborn
Madison
la Crosse County
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