Origin of Mail Car System by St Joseph Postmaster
William A. Davis, postmaster of St Joseph from 1855 to 1861, devised and launched the railway mail car system distributing mails in transit. He obtained Washington authority, outfitted Hannibal & St Joseph line cars with pigeon holes, candles for light, and conducted the first runs to Palmyra before handing off to an assistant. Old railroad workers recall the first mail cars and Davis’s pioneering service.
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William A. Davis
St. Joseph
United States
Mississippi River
Hannibal
Independence
Overland Mail
Mr. Davis
Washington
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Railway
Zinja
Richmond
Davis
Palmyra
Railway Mail Service Inauguration Led By Davis
The text chronicles the first Hannibal to St. Joseph mail run that accelerated distribution and spurred wider use of rail cars for mail. It credits William A. Davis as inventor, noting his birth in Kentucky in 1809 and rise to a special agent directing the originated branch of the service.
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Hannibal
St. Joseph
Davis
William A. Davis
Barren County
Kentucky
Geese Stage Rebellion Delays Halle Opera
At Halle, during Humperdinck’s Konigskinder, real geese in use rebel when an understudy fills in for the ill goose maid. The birds threaten the singer and the conductor halts the performance until wood chopper and broom maker appear to calm them.
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Halle
Humperdinck
Berlin
Halle Opera House
Cattle Guard on Railways Demonstrated as Safe
An illustrated feature explains a new cattle guard device for railways. A tilting platform between the rails tips up when a cow steps on it, causing the animal to abandon the track rather than continue across. The mechanism aims to prevent cattle strays and reduce accidents.
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Chicago
George Stephenson
Sauerkraut Longevity Talk At Y M C A
The Rev. Earl Flynn of Berkeley urged strict diet and exercise in a health talk at a Y M C A. He claimed 80 is overweight for walking and recommended two meals daily with 12 hours sleep. He praised sauerkraut as longevity food and urged ministers to sweat twice weekly.
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Cincinnati
Earl Flynn
Berkeley
Cal
Flynn
No Blasphemy In Japan Says Prof Chamberlain
In his Things Japanese Prof B H Chamberlain notes the Japanese vocabulary is richly growing yet lacking in abuse terms. He remarks that the language affords no means of cursing or swearing and suggests this is a curious cultural contrast.
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Japan
Teveler
B. H. Chamberlain
An Extraordinary Family of the Brokeleigh Line
The text notes that Lord Brokeleigh stems from an extraordinary family yet has no eminent statesman or great soldier among its members. It adds there is no record of anyone from the Brokeleigh house marrying a chorus figure.
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Brokeleigh
Coryphee
The Exact Spot Rocky Mountains Riddle
A classroom quip features a student named Robert answering a geography lesson with wit. The exchange centers on locating the Rocky Mountains within the geography text, underscoring a humorous school moment.
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Robert
Rocky Mountains
Puck
Pay Out Much Money
British imports of carbons for electric lights total nearly fifty million pounds annually, highlighting the heavy expenditure on lighting supplies.
Unusual Occupations in Census Report Revealed
The census explains diverse jobs in the United States including a Kansas City man bottling smoke and New Jersey women profiting from bullfrog legs and petunia seeds. It notes experts tasting teas coffees and drugged foods to judge quality and danger.
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Washington
United States
Kansas City
New Jersey
California
Himslf
Whittler
Dock Walloper
Tonger
Teaser
Scabbler
Unusual Occupations Noted in Washington Listings
The piece observes a surge in unique jobs in Washington where many work for the government. It highlights Henry Hendley at the National Museum as official portrait bust maker for a Native American feature gallery and mentions I. B. Millner as an expert papier-mâché modeler of past and present objects.
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Ing
Washington
National Museum
Henry Hendley
Redskins
I. B. Millner
Diamonds Found in Canada Declared Genuine by Survey
R W Brock director of the Canadian geological survey reports diamonds found in peridotite rock on Olivine mountain near Tulameen river British Columbia. Samples analyzed in Ottawa showed insoluble crystal fragments proven to be diamonds but all stones are very small no larger than a pinhead. Further search might yield larger stones though unlikely to be commercially important.
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New York
Canada
R. W. Brock
Canadian Geological Survey
Brock
Olivine Mountain
Tulameen River
British Columbia
Charles Camsell
Ottawa
Fisherman’s Catgut From Silkworms A Venetian Craft
The article explains catgut for fishing comes from silkworms raised near Torre Annunziata under Vesuvius and processed in Procida. Caterpillars are killed before cocoon spinning, silk glands removed and pickled, then threads drawn by skilled workers, mostly women, yielding lengths from a foot to nearly twenty inches.
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Procida
Bay of
Naples
Torre Annunziata
Vesuvius
One In 275 to Insane in New York City
Dr Albert W Ferris, head of the state lunacy commission, reports one in 275 New Yorkers is insane. State hospitals hold 32000 patients with 11000 in private care. New admissions to state asylums run about 150 weekly and annual care costs reach about 200 dollars per patient.
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New York
New York City
Albert W. Ferris
State Lunacy Commission
New York School of Philanthropy
Noted Inns to Go in New York City
Two famous Manhattan hotels the Hoffman House and the Gilsey House will close immediately. The Gilsey House will be converted to business use. Both hotels boast registers that include many national figures of prominence.
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New York
New York City
Hoffman
Gilsey
Quail Law Evasion via Stuffed Rabbits Warned
In Topeka Kansas hunters are stuffing cleaned rabbit hides with quail and shipping them out of state to dodge the quail shooting law. State game warden Prof L L Dyche says proof has been obtained and warrants will likely be sworn out for the violators.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
L. L. Dyche
Vacuum cleaners praised to remove fleas from dogs
A Chicago electrical man asserts vacuum cleaners are the most effective method to separate dogs from fleas. Old techniques fall short, but modern devices offer strong results in flea control for dog fanciers.
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Chicago
Distant Histories Lost If Objects Vanish
If representations of objects deeds and men beyond our sight were erased most of the globe and its history would vanish from our material senses leaving only a fragment of what we know.
Largest valve installed at Niagara Falls power plant
One of the world s largest valves now sits in a Canadian side plant near Niagara Falls. Weighing nine tons it serves one of three 12 000 horsepower turbines. It stands thirty feet high with a nine foot opening. an automobile was driven through the opening before installation. It withstands over 550 000 pounds of pressure and is operated by a fifteen horsepower motor with low gearing.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Baren Island Anticosti Sale Marks New Chapter
The barren island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, once owned by Joliet and later bought in 1896 from a British syndicate by Henri Menter for 160000 dollars, is set to expand its history. A Quebec mill will export pulp wood this season, boosting M Ménier’s investment with 30000 cords expected.
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Boston
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sieur Joliet
Henri Menter
Anticosti
M. Menier
Youthful dealer inks frost fish to mimic trout sold as fresh
In South Norwalk Connecticut a young inventor sold several hundred pounds of frost fish to housekeepers as trout. The fish were painted with red ink to disguise their true identity. Frost fish cost under eight cents a pound but fetched 25 to 35 cents per pound as trout.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Ely to Be Aviation Instructor for California Militia
The National Guard of California has arranged for Eugene Ely to serve as instructor for the aviation squad. The move marks the first aviation squad organized by a militia corps.
Youth and Happiness Maximized for a Daily Gift
The passage urges making youth the brightest period by filling the day with pleasures and sunshine since sorrows come soon. It cautions guardians to watch the recipient to prevent developing selfishness from favors and sacrifices given.
Queensland's Sheep Queen E Jonette Buys Two More Stations
Queensland's Sheep Queen E Jonette operates about ten sheep stations and shears over one million sheep. At Kynuna station shearing 200 thousand sheep, she has just purchased two additional stations.
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Queensland
E. Jonette
Kynuna
London Standard
Ends the Discussion and the Bachelor Tax Question
The New York Telegram reports a cheeky resolve as a shrieked line ends debate on marriage and paying a bachelor tax. The remark signals public frustration with tax policies affecting single men and women.
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New York Telegram
Farming Annoyance Echoes Abe Martin Saying
A rural witticism attributes a farmer’s tough task to sharing the road with a touring car. The quip mirrors Abe Martin’s well known humor about farming life and practical patience on country routes.
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Abe Martin
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Geese
Rev. Flynn
Edwin Howell
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
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Department of Agriculture
Isaak Walton
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Menier
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