Congressmen Attack Postmaster General
Washington February 12. Nearly a hundred House members attack the Post Office Department over its rural free delivery reforms and perceived mail delays. Congress plans fireworks over economy as rural routes face overhaul and funding shifts.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
House
Congress
Burleson
Peepul
Post Office
Washington
House Postoffice Committee
Two Deaths Reported in Boerne Texas
Boerne Texas February 12 two local deaths are reported. George S Waterman died February 7 leaving a wife and two sons along with a sister Mrs Charles Perrin and a brother John. Adolph Horg died February 9 of blood poison. born 1864 in Boerne he ran a windmill business and is survived by his wife and five grown children.
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Boerne
Tex
George S. Waterman
Charles Perrin
John
Fern Camp
Adolph Horg
Horg
Eagle Pass Protest Over Coal Rates Urges Relief
The Eagle Pass Commercial Club and local institutions protest a rate change on coal from five dollars switching charge to fifty five cents per ton. They argue the higher rate harms the city and industries and seek relief from the Texas Railway Commission. A Commercial Club meeting at 3 p.m. Monday will discuss the issue with J. R. Christian of Sunset Lines invited to attend.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Railroad Commission of Texas
Eagle Pass Commercial Club
Cc. F. Carson
Commercial Club
J. R. Christian
Sunset Lines
Elk Restocking Plan Aims to Save Surplus Elk
Dall DeWeese of Canyon City Colorado proposes federal action to relocate Yellowstone Park elk to former habitats nationwide. Plan No 1 would fund transport and establish a nationwide network of cooperative state and local game bodies with Elks and sports clubs guiding placement. Plan No 2 would extend a southern Wyoming game preserve for winter grazing.
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Dall DeWeese
Canyon City
Colo
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Ellowstone Park
Wyoming
Texas
DeWeese
Mr. DeWeese
Yellowstone Park
Jackson Hole
Brotherhood Order of Elks
Sports
Congress
Camp Fire Club of
Chicago
Neal Brown
Wausau
Wis
Plover
Wolf Rivers
Elkin Park
W. H. Osgood
Washington, D. C
Yellowstone National Park
Osgood
Emerson Hough
G. E. Osgood
Boone and Crockett Club
New York
Aide to Funston to Receive New Cavalry Aide
Captain Fitzhugh Lee, a senior Third Cavalry officer, is named aide to Major General Frederick Funston commander of the Southern Department. He may start about March 1, joining Captain Sterling Price A. as the second aide with Funston expected to have three aides-de-camp. Lee, famed for horsemanship and San Francisco mounted events, returns from the Philippines after almost two years. He descends from the Lees of Virginia, related to General Fitzhugh Lee and General Robert E. Lee.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Third Cavalry
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
Funston
W. G. Ball
Sterling Price A
San Francisco
Philippines
Captin Lee
Lees
Virginia
Kmobert BE
Lee
Eastern protectionists adopt prompt suggestions for law
The remarks describe suggestions taken up by eastern game protectionists leading to effective territorial laws. A responder pledges favorable support, then the applicant notes his assembling experience in a large motor car factory, indicating readiness for work and practical know how.
English Patient Case of German Measles Joke
A humorous courtroom exchange highlights a patient asking a doctor about illness. The judge quips about a long family history in Warwickshire, adding a playful note to the medical pun about German measles.
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Tryain
Arwickshire
Witty dialogue clips from early 20th century humor pages
A collection of comic exchanges featuring Bo the valet a glass eye wooden leg and wax arm by Life Boston Transcript and Columbia Jester cartoons. The snippets mix playful banter about commandments candy singing Alice and household antics with quick punchlines.
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Hershey
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Swan
Peoples
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Alice Musical
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Willie
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