How Uncle Sam Makes His 7 Percent Postage Stamps
A detailed, period account by Joseph Halph, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, outlines stamp production including daily output of 40 million stamps for 60,000 post offices, the steel engraving process, security measures, pulp and paper sourcing from North Carolina, and the shift to a rotary press promising major cost savings.
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Joseph &. Halph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
U.S. Press Association
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Noc
Fach
Jacob Perkins
Imauve Zac
North Carolina
Mit
Hamilton
Ohio
Bureau
Cenk
Benjamin R. Stickney
Birthday party turns into a jolly school run joke
A west side family hosts a birthday for a young girl and a boy proposes playing school with him as the janitor. The piece then shifts to a humorous anecdote about a banker friend tricking a house party guest into returning to the Soo Line train at 1:45 AM and arriving at two, with the banker surprising the group with a prank and a suitcase in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Ruth
Banker
Indigestion Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An ad notes digestion improves with simple foods eaten slowly regular meals and Vinol a cod liver and iron tonic. Mrs H J Smith of Thomasville Georgia reports relief after using Vinol and praises improved digestion and energy. The seller guarantees money back if Vinol fails and adds a salve for itching from Sexton’s Prescription Store in Marshfield Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinci
H. J. Smith
Thomasville
Sexton
Storf, Marshfield
Wis
Goats Clear Wisconsin Brush Profitably
Former Assemblyman T. M. Thomas of Ladysmith tested goats for land clearing. On 30 acres with dense brush he stocked two goats per acre for a season and found the Angora goats paid for winter feed, increasing in numbers like sheep. Surplus goats sold at South St. Paul stock yards for 4.50 per head. locals say Angora flesh is palatable, between deer and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
T. M. Thomas
Ladysmith
Thomas
South St. Paul
Dakota settlers seek relief from land payments
Hundreds of Cheyenne Standing Rock settlers in South Dakota petitioned Congress through Senator Sterling for relief from further land payments. Four years of drought and poor crops threaten ruin and possible loss of homestead rights unless relief is granted. The case will be taken up by the public lands committee. Wisconsin reports better crops and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
South Dakota
National Congress
Senator Sterling
Public Lands Committee
St. Paul Dispatch
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ahead in Flax Production Leads US
Wisconsin heads the nation in flax acre production and double cropping across most states, according to the latest government data. The report highlights Wisconsin's dominant role in national flax output and farming practices.
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United States
Wisconsin flax yield surpasses competitor and U S average
Wisconsin reports an average flax yield of 14 bushels per acre, about 50 percent above the nearest rival and nearly double the U S average. For many years Wisconsin has led in flax per acre yields.
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Wisconsin
United States
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Sam
Murcat
the Times
Ptt
Occu Oecupation
Sexton’s
Marshfield State Bank
State Depository
Marshfield, Wisconsin
J.C. Dyer
Go. Lowell, Share
Babbitts
Babbitt
B. T. Babbitt
P.O. Box
Ciry
Junc
Tita Br F. Homphreya
Etrill
Haophreyar Homeopathic Medicine Company
William Street
New York City
Tobavoitia
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