Postmaster General Hitchcock Defends Efficiency Reforms
The article lauds Hitchcock for transforming the Post Office into a self supporting, efficient agency. It cites cutting costs, consolidating methods, and new plans like parcel post and postal savings banks. It condemns a proposed $4000 salary for legislators as robbery and urges defeat of any such measure.
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Hitch‘cock
Postal Savings Bank
Parcel Post
Hitchcock
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Keokuk
Indiana
Riley Day Honors James Whitcomb Riley in Anderson
James Whitcomb Riley received an impressive welcome on Riley day during Anderson Indiana industrial exhibition week. A fifty-woman committee hosted him at the Grand Hotel while hundreds of schoolchildren filled the streets with flowers and song.
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Seleing
James Whitcomb Riley
Anderson
Ind
Riley
Madein-Anderson
C. B. McCulloch
Meredith Nicholson
Pendleton
Mr. Riley
Grand Hotel
Illinois Legislature Faces Anti Pass Measures in Springfield
The Lincoln News Herald criticizes Illinois legislators for corruption and inefficacy while condemning anti pass proposals. It argues exemptions for lawmakers and their families would reward elites and protect them from railroad and steamship competition, illustrating the ongoing foolishness in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilnois
Lincoln News Herald
Iinois
Springfield
Symptons
Democratic tax shift marks first clear reform in Illinois
The text argues a 65 cent state tax replaces 35 cents as the first tangible result of Democratic economy and reform in Illinois. It defends the shift against Republican inheritances and notes the prior Deneen administration ran a surplus on 35 cents, while Democrats criticize surpluses as wasteful and vow stricter economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Deneen
Limit of Gasoline Supply Reached
Alarm rises in Washington as experts warn gasoline production may soon fail to meet demand from growing autos boats and airships. The piece highlights electric power from distant waters kerosene motor progress in Europe and new oil fields and steam motor advances as potential shifts in energy usage.
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Washington
Scientis
Europe
Atlantic
Gressman
Congress
Hy Aail
The Old Home Paper and the Country Weekly Voice
A Kansas newspaper essay notes how the country weekly serves as a memory book for communities. It chronicles births marriages droughts and daily life through local names and small town scenes, published every Saturday at three cents a week.
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Kansas
Osborne
Country Weekly
Bill Sike
Jim Jumper
Sam Slow
Walla
The Worth of a Local Paper in Small Town Life
A reflective piece on the role of the country newspaper in shaping sentiment and memory. It compares readers with a lover who seeks extra copies after a story but distraught when the editor exposes harsh truths. The passage notes the paper’s quiet power to connect town memories to a wider world.
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Aman
Laughing with You The Record Herald Promotes Clean Humor
The Chicago Record-Herald features daily humor and lively departments. S. E. Kiser Jones's Daily Magazine and George Fitch West Pocket Essays provide jokes, stories, and cartoons for all ages. Clean humor, popular fun, and wholesome entertainment define the paper.
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Chicago Record-Herald
S. E. Kiser
Jones
George Fitch
Record-Herald
Sunday
The
Sewell Ford
Shorty
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement in Toledo
State of Ohio Toledo shows Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co promising one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. Notary public A W Gleason swore to the document December 6. Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure works through blood and mucous membranes and urges readers to send for testimonials. Fold by all druggists and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Tes
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney Tienes
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. W._GLEASON
Fr. J Cheney & CO
Old Men For Action And Counsel In The Age Of Weston
An essay notes Greek adage old men for counsel and young for war fits modern life. Edward Payson Weston at 75 begins another long tramp from New York to Minnesota, aiming about twenty five miles daily for sixty days. The piece argues many elderly can perform strenuous work and value wisdom from age while youth should still act.
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Edward ‘Payson Weston
Weston
New York
Minn Lis
Bread on Water Prep Sparks Reporters Hunt Before Game
Before the game fans seek press access as they cast hopes like bread upon the water. Reporters are sought to cover the event.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Postoffice
United States
Union
Gov. Dunne
Ilinois
Ulinola Legislatura
the County Paper
Mr. Farmer
de Laval
Cole Bros
Rae
Jserney
Clarksville
West Bind
Marshall, Jr
Jersey Wilkes
Bartholomew Wilkes
George Wilkes
Vany Day
Clark County
Dorthy
Buckner
Marshall
Earl, Wabash
Clarkeville
Ayer
Hepone
Gers Kolie
Stanmeden
St. Louis
Keifer Drug Co
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