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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
3
Wandering Fireman Collects 3500 Badges Nationwide
Willie Williams known as the wandering fireman travels the country in full regalia collecting police and fire department badges. After 69 months on the road he has gathered over 3,500 badges from 22,000 cities and towns. He plans to complete the national hunt in about ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Ashley Williams
Williams
San Francisco
Fire Department
Typewriter stamps mark early Ugandan postal history
A typewriter produced stamps in 1895 for the Uganda district within the British colony, the first district stamps recorded. The design bore Uganda at the bottom and VW.96. R. across the top, with a central value mark reflecting the year and Victoria Regina. The note then shifts to a broad estimate of the U S wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uganda
Kenya
Victoria Regina
Dentist recreates Damascus sword legend in metalwork show
Canton Ohio dentist Dr. W. Stuart Carnes told Worcester Mass chapter of the National Society for Metals how a Nubian slave ritual tempered a Damascus blade. He displayed a modern tempering method, tested hardness with steel and hair shaving, and compared heat to the rising sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
W. Stuart Carnes
Canton
Ohio
Worcester
Mass
National Society For Metals
Carnes
Dr. Carnes
Sir Rowland Hill and the Penny Post Stamp Controversy
The article recalls Sir Rowland Hill the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp of 1840. He faced praise and sharp criticism before adoption. A London paper derided his plan as visionary and impractical saying people would prepay stamps or pay a penny per letter and that the scheme ignored human habits and passions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Hill
London
Hill
Former spouses reunite after 38 years of silence
Tom and Jenny London Jackson of Dyersburg Tennessee separated 38 years ago vowing never to speak again. Both remarried and endured more losses before a religious conversion prompted Jenny to break silence. Four days later they remarried. he is 68 and she 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Jenny London Jackson
Dyersburg
Tenn
Stamp Interest in U S Continues Unabated
The piece asserts that stamp collecting remains strong worldwide and in the United States despite fears of excess stamp issuance. It traces philately from 1840 to today, notes the appeal of stamps and meter collecting, and argues temporary setbacks will be minor while interest endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Stewart
U. S. Stamps Praised by British Editor
Stamp Collecting, a leading British publication, lauds U S postage stamps as the finest in the world. Douglas Armstrong notes American stamps excel artistically historically and in engraving precision, reflecting early steel engraving and the burin craft by top engravers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Douglas Armstrong
Post Office Department
America
Stamp collecting chronicles craft and national heritage
American issues and the tradition of fine craftsmanship have passed through generations. Research by American students reveals how philately uncovered engravings, retouches, and plate varieties in the early U S stamps, with methods now used worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philately
Eagle Snags Pig Then Falls. Citizen Shoots Eagle
A seven foot winged eagle captured a 40 pound pig feeding by the Suwanee river near Fargo Georgia. The eagle lifted off slowly with its heavy meal and Hardy Johnson shot the eagle. The pig died from the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suwanee River
Fargo
Georgia
Hardy Johnson
First Woman on U S Stamp Martha Wahsington
The first woman to appear on United States postage was Martha Wahsington, pictured on an 8 cent stamp in 1902 03 and on a 4 cent issue in 1922 23. The tarsier of the East Indies has suction cups on its toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wahsington
United States
East Indies
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