Complex U S Federal Budget Details 1927 and Post Office Costs
The article outlines how Congress funds the U S government, detailing 1925 1927 fiscal figures including receipts of 4 379 740 162 expenditures 4 129 234 923 and a 250 505 228 surplus It breaks down post office payrolls rural route scope air mail service and line items for war navy interior and agriculture departments with various enforcement and infrastructure costs.
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United States
Congress
Post Office Department
Fiserd
Postal Service
Postal
Post Office
New York
San Francisco
War Department
Philippine Scouts
Medical Department
Air Service
United States Military Academy
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Navy
Rine Corps
Interior Department
Bureau of Pensions
Bureau of Education
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
National Prohibition Enforcement
Customs Service
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Aee
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Coast Guard
Secret Service
Public Health Service
Mint and Assay
Queen Anne funded first free library in America 1696
The first free circulating library in America was sponsored by Queen Anne in 1696 with 800 pounds from her funds. William III aided, the Annapolis library began with 1000 volumes in a brick building on State House Hill and served royal colony families. Dr. Thomas Bray conceived the idea, aiming to aid clergy and missionaries.
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America
Queen Anne
Willigam TJ
England
State Hoouse Hill
Annapolis
Royal Colony
Thomas Bray
London
Maryland
Bray
Dorsed
Flies 815 Miles an Hour Description by Dr Town
A fly traveling 815 miles per hour is described by Dr. Charles Town- in a strain of research noting remarkable insect speed and potential implications for understanding fly locomotion and aerodynamics.
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Charles Town
The Cephenemyla Fly Insect Entry
The insect is known technically as Cephenemyla and is one of the lesser known flies. It flies so fast that it would be impossible to capture one while in flight. In appearance the fly resembles a leanly built bumblebee.
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Scientific American
Cephenemyla
Time Brings Changes and Youth Self View Quoted
A Washington Star quotation contrasts youth and maturity, noting that a man’s self view in youth shapes a billboard of his future, while his later performance remains a separate matter.
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Tunkins
Washington Star
Baseball Notes and Player Moves Across Leagues
Baseball notes cover umpire costs, equipment changes, and player movements. Highlights include New York Yankees practice gear, Bobby Jones arithmetic, and William Baby Doll Jacobson’s 1922 three-base hits.
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William
Baby Doll) Jacobson
St. Louis Browns
Diverse Sports Views Highlight 1920s Athletic Scene
A collage of sport notes cites amateur golf, croquet, polo fields in California, and a Michigan left hand golf tournament. It mentions manager Jeff Dickson promoting boxing in Paris, Helen Wills’s reserved stance, and rising figures like Johnnie Brown and Edward L. Casey. The Morris family longevity in horse racing is noted with current patriarch John A. Morris.
Robinson Makes Star of Herman in Brooklyn Armchair
Uncle Robbie Robinson shapes veterans and misfit players into pennant contenders. Herman, once hard to coach, becomes a leading hitter and confident star under Robbie’s patient management. He rose from years with Detroit and Boston to stardom at 23, with Robbie guiding his temper and improving his form.
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Robinson
Brooklyn
Cornell Dropping Organized Cheering for Baseball and Outdoor Track
Cornell managers of the baseball and track teams have advised ending organized cheering at their future games. The measure, not an official student council act, follows a Pennsylvanian meet described as poor for cheering. The ban applies only to baseball and outdoor track. football basketball wrestling indoor track remain unchanged.
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Cornell
W. W. Buckley
Pennsylvania
Yankee Braxton Claims Fadeaway Pitch Mastery
Garland Braxton of the New York Yankees says he has mastered the fadeaway delivery once made famous by Christy Mathewson and plans to use it in the American League. He credits three years of practice behind the barn on his father’s farm with his brother catching him.
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Alexander Heinemann
New Orleans Lelicans
FE. Garland Braxton
New York Yankees
Christopher Mathewson
Braxton
Johnson Aims to Win Eighteen Games This Season
Manager Harris predicts Walter Johnson will win 18 games this year. Johnson defers to the manager although he is a veteran pitcher with 20 years in the game.
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Johnson
Walter Johnson
Harris
Walter
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