Wipe Out the Deficit: Murdock at Fort Worth Postal Union
Congressman Victor Murdock urged postal clerks at a national convention in Fort Worth to end the deficit by reforming railway mail pay and second class matter charges. He traced the service’s financial history, praised McLean and Barry, and urged targeted changes to Augusta Maine and Philadelphia publishers to restore a surplus and improve pay and conditions.
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Association of Railway Mail Clerks
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Cosmopolitan
Electric currents said to slow aging aging via arterial health
New York physician Dr. Samuel G. Tracy in the New York Medical Times advocates using high frequency electric stimulation to delay aging. He claims half an hour with a Hyfrex cell lowers blood pressure, improves circulation, aids digestion, and supports tissue repair while urging diet control and hygiene for the elderly. He also warns against tea coffee and alcohol and promotes fresh air and regular walking for seniors.
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New York
Samuel G. Tracy
New York City
New York Medical Times
Tracy
Br. Tracy
The Traveler and the Warrant in Tudor London
A young loner travels from Stratford toward London in February 1555. In St Albans he confronts a bailiff over suspicions of heresy while guarding two sealed letters, one a warrant to arrest the Duchess of Suffolk. He feigns authority with a wand to escape danger and secures safe passage with gifts to the innkeeper.
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Seou
Queen Mary
Rogers
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London
Gloucester
Coton End
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Barbican
Stephen Winton
Sir Maurice Berkeley
St. Mary Overy’s
Southwark
Maurice Gerkeley
Katherine Willoughby de Eresby
Mistress Clarence
Gardiner
Petronfila
Stratford
Hal
Towcester
Stephen Gardiner
Henry
Sirrah
Sandars
Coventry
Jack-a
Bishop Bonner
Spain
Bishop Burner
Not a Popular Wish: London clergyman’s fundraising plea
From Pearson's Weekly a London clergyman travels to a provincial town to beg support for his work. A meeting ends with a generous £50 pledge and the crowd hums with resolve until an undertaker’s presence changes the mood.
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Corn Doctor With Brass Band Keeps Weather Guessing
A city man asks about the forecast and the old farmer explains a corn doctor with a brass band destroyed all county barometers. The punchline notes they can’t tell when it will rain because instruments were removed.
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