Mrs Patti Collins Santa Claus of the Post Office
Mrs Patti Lyle Collins head of the Opening and Unmallable Division of the Post Office Department is known as Mrs Santa Claus for her work with letters to Santa. She reads thousands of children’s notes, returns feasible ones, and mails gifts. Her scientific role as official graphical expert helps ensure ninety percent of mail bears decipherable addresses. She is a linguist with deep study and vast memory aiding her mail routing work.
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Postoffies Department
Washington
Sila
Santa Claus
Patti Lyle Collins
Postoffico
Leiters
Tnele Sam
Mrs. Colts
Mrs. Santa Claus
Collins
Letter decipherer helps locate wayward mail in Washington
Mrs Collinge, a Washington woman, deciphers illegible and foreign addressed letters in a postal division. Her skill identifies nations and languages to locate recipients, forwarding through post offices and businesses, including Italian workers at Cambria Iron Works. She even resolved a Greek addressed envelope to reach a student, showcasing a rare talent in routing misaddressed mail.
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Iitelligible
Yanac Lech" l
Collins
University of Virginia
Washington
Perna de Maya
Fuerte Galen Colo
Maya
Fort Garlach
Colorado
Benty Clary Evans Once Served in Congress
Benty Clary Evans, formerly consul general in London, held a period of service in the U.S. Congress, highlighting his political career and public service.
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Benty Clary Evans
London
Congress
Political Taxation and Proposed Campaign Finance Reform
A discussion of proposed federal rules on political contributions by corporations and life insurers. The piece notes past controversies around the Cockran Corrupt Practices bill and argues for scrutiny of corporate campaign funding, including the morality of officers using trust funds and the potential need for a law limiting such contributions.
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House of Representatives
Seakte Pod
Third House
Equitable Life and Mutual Insurance Companies
Mo* York
Gillette
The
Mutant Life Insurance Company
Congress
Gourke Cockran
New York
District Court of the United States
Sod
John A. Medull
New York Lie Insurance Company
Bir
Moses
Foote’s Farrago Memorized Lines Test Applicants
The comedian Poste Foote, in his youth, used a memory test for young applicants. He handed lines to be repeated correctly within ten minutes, then judged them for trial. The devised verses referenced playful absurdities and figures such as the Pieninnies Jobe lilies Gargulles Panjandrum Wile around urton, and the game “catch a5 catch tan.”
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Foote
Farrago
Poste
Panjandrum
Trilles Tops Popularity Ahead of Most Novels
The popularity of Trilles for a time exceeded that of any novel published, with the notable exception of Quele Tom's Cain.
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Cain
NEW PONTOON BRIDGES SOLVE ARMY CROSSING PROBLEM
The United States Engineers Corps has devised portable pontoon bridges to quickly cross small streams and large rivers during marches and battles. This innovation promises rapid river crossing without weeks of bridge construction, enabling faster deployment of troops and equipment.
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United States Engineers’ Corps
United States Engineer Battalion
White House Christmas Dinner With Roosevelt Family
The article describes how President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt host a substantial Christmas dinner at the White House with traditional dishes, noting the president carves the turkey himself and that the meal emphasizes family reunion and hospitality. It discusses wartime pontoon boats and naval engineering as context, but centers on the holiday feast as a yearly institution and the mixture of official guests, relatives, and personal friends.
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Ture Key
White House
Roosevelt
Annera
Meyer
Millionaires Preserve Wild Animals Worldwide
Wealthy individuals fund parks and private zoos to save dwindling species. Big game preserves flourish in Europe and Asia, with the Duke of Bedford creating a notable collection at Woburn Park featuring waterbuck, gazelle, antelope, and deer varieties.
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Europe
Asia
Prence
Germany
England
Duke of Bedford
Woburn Park
Rastus and the rake and hoe joke exchanged in dialect
A dialect filled dialogue features Marster and Rastus chasing a rake and hoe in a comical exchange. The ape is referenced via a double question about missing tools. The line ends with a boast of handling details and protecting interests.
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Rastus
Rake
Merster
Ape
Marster
Marater
Time to Move in a Mood of Longing and Constraint
A reflective verse fragment expresses desire to be elsewhere and avoid the present. The speaker laments not being where they wish to be and notes they cannot reach the place they could be. The lines reveal inner tension between current state and imagined freedom.
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Uncle Sam
MRS Greetings
Hapa Pomilay
Ag, Adi Nn
Mia
She Tan
Coline
Tennessee
Col. Sandford
Major Saunders
Knoxville
Harris
Josiah Patterson
Senator Harris
Geoundrets
Jay
Aries
W. M. Crane Company
Broadway Room
New York, NF
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