Postage Pioneers Abroad A Glimpse of World Mail Service
The article surveys global mail delivery methods from Russia to Formosa and the Andes. It highlights techniques such as envelope slitting and reassembly, sled and camel caravans, zaptiehs guarding routes, and hardy postmen risking brigands, weather, and sheer altitude for distant dispatches.
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Turkey
Aleppo
Karaman
Zaptiehs
Tarantas
Formosa
Isle of
Ch’fen li Ma
India
Andes
Mount
Elbruz
Asiatic
Russia
Buffalo Post
Kamchatka
Lake Baikal
Peary
Farm cares and poultry tips for healthier flocks
Agricultural notes emphasize sanitation, feeding, and stock care. Topics include milk safety, alfalfa profitability, hay and grain mixes, poultry housing upgrades, manure management, and disease prevention with lime sulfur, charcoal, and proper nesting. The article urges soil humus, careful breeding, and roosting provisions.
Turtle’s Longevity Noted by Monongahela Family
Frank Benter, son of Peter Benter, found a five inch turtle near his Monongahela home with Henry Ballantine Benter’s name and birth date June 3 1804 carved on its shell. Pressley Benter recalled the creature seen on the farm three times since the carving by his great great grandfather 109 years ago.
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Frank Benter
Peter Benter
Monongahela
Henry Ballantine Benter
Benter
Pressley Benter
Ita
No Bargain in a Snide Parlor Exchange
A terse exchange mocks Terwilliger as shiftless and aims at his pursuit of a wealthy wife. A judge condemns the notion that money can secure a marriage, noting women with funds can easily shop around and barter.
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Terwilliger
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H. VanWatta
F. M. Maddon
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Indiana
Jeremiah Edwards
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Mr. Merchant
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