Beebe Plain Post Office Straddles Canada U S Border
Beebe Plain Vermont hosts a double post office split by the Canada United States line with a ten foot lobby. Mail bound for the Canadian side travels long routes including Boston & Maine and Sherbrooke before returning, a 24 hour journey covering hundreds of miles in a quirk of postal rule.
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Beebe Plain
North America
Canada
George H. House
Vermont
United States
Boston & Maine Railroad
Junction
White River
Sherbrooke
P. Q
Bear in Pine Creek Spring Brings Trout Victory to Fisherman
Harvey Splan spied a black bear fishing a pool near Spring Run in Cammal Pennsylvania. The bear seized two large trout then fled as Splan scared it away. He recovered the fish and left the scene with his preserved lunch bundle.
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Cammal
Pine Creek
Harvey Splan
Spring Run
Splan
Solan
Brain
Onions and Strawberries in Diet Theories Revealed
A quirky piece outlines a “Creed of Chicago Vegetarian” praising onions for negative breath and cautions strawberries and peaches for certain types. Doctor Drews warns fermentation causes disease, favoring salads with cabbage lettuce carrots sweet potatoes honey and ground nut over. A Kitchener memo notes an Australian defense college and an 80,000 troop estimate. A carload of babies was sent from New York to New Orleans for adoption.
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George J Drews
A. D
West Point
London
Australia
Lord Kitchener
Commonwealth
New York
New Orleans
New York manager aims to stage plays on ships at sea
A New York manager proposes producing plays aboard large liners in mid ocean to avoid critics, claiming a method to keep hostile reviews away and bring theater directly to transatlantic audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mid Ocean
Tale of the Comet and the streetwise theft tale
A writer relays a fanciful tale of two men who lure Charles Gorrel to Grant Park with talk of Halley’s comet. Gorrel is bludgeoned and relieved of money and valuables as he recounts a dream of millions of comets. Police search for the alleged con men behind the ruse.
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Charles Gorrel
East
Chicago Avenue
Gorrel
Grant Park
Mr. Halley
Halley
Mr. Gorrel
Mr. Gorrél
Scientist Claims Women Remain Savage Compared to Men
Dr Max Baff of Clark College Worcester argues psychologically women have stagnated or regressed since civilization. He cites female adornment color taste hair styles and facial painting as signs of savagery and urges radical remedies to civilize women including cutting hair and wearing less clothing.
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Oston
Max Bart
Clark College
Worcester
American Medical Association
Hhis Savage
Baff
No Mosquitoes In Jersey This Year Declared
New Jersey state entomologist William Smith told Jersey City Mayor Wittpen that he found no mosquito larvae in Hudson county swamps and marshes after oil treatments. Health boards in Hudson and Bergen counties have used lethal oil to curb breeding, but experts note mosquitoes breed after leaving their watery birthplaces.
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York
New Jersey
William 8. Smith
Jersey City
Wittpen
Hudson County
Boards of Health of
Hudson
Bergen
Hen Spotty Adapts Laying Size to Pigeons
A Plymouth Rock hen named Spotty in Morris Park observes pigeons from a coop and begins laying tiny eggs, about the size of a pigeon egg. The owner, Charlies N. Wheelwright, vows action if Spotty fails to return to normal size. A farmer notes feeding hens fine dust as a potential factor.
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York
Charlies N. Wheelwright
Morris Park
L. 1
Spotty
Plymouth Rock
Gootty
Mr. Wheelwright
Bille
Frank J. Dedrich
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Monaco
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Big Black Bear
Angler
Old Whipper
Wilds
Pennsylvania
Creed of
Chicago
Caves of Diseases
Crooks
Jersey
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