New Postal Regulation on Return Postage for Insured Parcels
The Postal Bulletin announces a new rule effective August 1 1925 requiring senders of insured and collect-on-delivery mail to guarantee return or forwarding postage. Postmasters will erase conflicting instructions and firms must adapt labels Wrappers and envelopes to carry the guaranty. Abandoned parcels, hold times up to 30 days, and notice procedures are outlined for undeliverable parcels.
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W. Irving Glover
Futor
C. O. DD
Autos Oust Camels on Syrian Desert Routes
American automobiles are replacing camels as the main transport across Syrian deserts. Consul Gregg Fuller in Teheran reports cars now regularly travel routes from Aleppo to Bagdad to Beirut and Damascus, marking a shift in regional mobility.
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International News Service
Washington
Department of Commerce
Gregg Fuller
Teheran
Persia
Aleppo
Bagdad
Beirut
Damascus
Fuller
Postage rules for insured and C O D parcels and returns
Postal regulations describe handling when return or forwarding postage is unpaid on insured or C O D parcels. If the sender refuses payment, the parcel is sent to the usual dead parcel post office with a facts statement and a report of nonpayment. International insured mail follows special conventions with prepaid options. W Irving Glover.
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United States
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
W. Irving Glover
Kosciusko Rifle Team Defeats Pima Pistol Club
The Kosciusko County Rifle team beat the Pima Pistol Club of Tucson by 75 points. The local team scored 1 094 out of 1 200, with the match shot in their home cities and the result exchanged by telegraph.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
Pima Pistol Club
Tucson
Ariz
Fulton County Farmers Seen More Prosperous in 1925 Assessments
Fulton county officials report farmers are more prosperous this year as fewer protests were filed with the county board of review over 1925 assessments. All protests were amicably adjusted in Rochester Indiana.
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International News Service
Rochester
Ind
Fulton County
County Board of Review
Major bass fishing ban on Lake Winona until July
Fishermen on Lake Winona near Warsaw will suspend bass fishing until about July 1 to protect nesting young after a fungus outbreak decimated the population. Dr Will Scott of Indiana University notes the illness ran its course and urges minimal fishing during nesting to aid recovery.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Winona
Warsaw
Uut
State Conservation Department
Conservation Department
George N. Mannfeld
Fisheries and Game
Will Scott
Indiana University
Scott
State Department
Canada reiterates claim to land north of Canada
In a note to the United States the Canadian government reiterates its claim to all land lying between northern Canada and the north pole. The note relates to the MacMillan expedition with Canada offering aid but opposing U S land claims. The State Department denied the note as a protest and indicated the U S may not need to reply.
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Washington
United States
Canada
North Pole
MacMillan
Canadian
State Department
Klansmen Parade Permitted Ahead of National Convention
Washington reports police granted a permit for a monster parade on August 8 by the Wo Klux Klan with 200000 to 250000 expected participants. Participants must not wear masks, though they may dress as they please, tying the event to the Order’s national convention.
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Washington
Wo Klux Klan
Wholesale prices ease in May year over year rise
Wholesale prices edged down slightly in May from April levels yet remained 5.4 percent higher than May last year, the Labor Department reported.
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Washington
Department of Labor
First CMTC applicant found for 1928 at Fort Hayes
The Pitth Corps Area reviews its first 1928 Citizens Military Training Camp application at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio. A fourteen year old West Virginia boy seeks enrollment three seats ahead of eligibility and may set a precedent for early applications as War Department allocations face limits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Citizens
Fort Hayes
West Virginia
General Washington Army
War Department
Fifth Corps
Fear Lynch Attempt Sparks National Guard Deployment
Nashville Tennessee June 18 fear an attempt would be made to lynch John Henry Wallace a negro accused of murdering Everett Hedgecoth prompted a detachment of National Guardsmen to Muffeesboro Wednesday The troops were ordered by Governor Austen Peay at the request of Williamson county officials and the county judge attorney general and sheriff conducted the trial today
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Nashville
Tenn
John Henry Wallace
Everett Hedgecoth
National
Muffeesboro
Austen Peay
Williamson County
Who Is Mule's Owner in Indiana Court Clash
In Wabash Indiana on June 18 a dispute over a 10 year old mule valued at $50 pits Orpha Allen as plaintiff against Justice J H Sayre and Constable Frank Moore as defendants. The mule's ownership will be settled in the court of Ellis Bloomer after a recent public auction story.
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Wabash
Ind
Orpha Allen
Justice of the Peace
J. H. Sayre
Frank Moore
Ellis Bloomer
New Police Chief in Plymouth Named Reynolds
Plymouth Indiana June 18 Dr C V Reynolds was appointed night chief of the local police department He is a longtime race horseman and has served as starter at state fair races and other Indiana tracks
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International News Service
Plymouth
Ind
C. V. Reynolds
Indiana
Regular taxi service to Pauleys Cabin
Regular taxi service operates to Pauleys Cabin with phone contact 333 for scheduling and information.
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Pauley's
Library Notes Vacation Reading Picks and New Titles
Vacation time and library tips highlight new books and a long list of titles. Highlights include Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Caste and Outcast, Motor Camping, The Pilgrimage of Henry James, Edith Wharton, Sara Shriner's Selections, Magic in the Making, The Wind and The Rain, Not Under the Law, Lucky in Love, Slousebout on the Styx, Mayfair, The Constant Nymph, A Midsummer Mystery, Last Hope Ranch, and juvenile titles like Russ Farrell Airman and Bob Thorpe Sky-fighter in It aly.
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Emily Dickinson
Mukerti
India
America
Verguson
Henry James
Edith Wharton
Lovett
Sara Shriner
Minnigerode
Times of
Washington and
Jefferson
Vietian
Lutz
Onions
Styx
Bangs
Mayfair
Anson
Kennedy
Gerould
Last Hope Ranch
Seltzer
Russ Farrell
Burtis
Fylemand
Abbott
Blue Pearl
Seoville
Jack
Chinnell
Bob Thorpe
Italy
Bishop
Marshall county families plan Florida extended stay next fall
Twenty Marshall county families announced plans to return to Florida for an extended winter season next fall. They expect warmer climate and an interesting trip while keeping travel costs close to their current coal bills at home.
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Plymouth
Ind
Marshall County
Florida
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Sandals
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