Free postal delivery linked to better roads in Michigan drive
A Tribune summary notes War Department disclosures on British Petrel gunboat designs and urges Congress to authorize free postal delivery where durable roads exist. The piece links road construction to postal reform, cites Postmaster General Wanamaker, and urges Michigan action to promote meal road improvements and equal rural mail service.
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Congress
Telford
United States
Wanamaker
Michigan
Road Commission
Winans
Tribune
Early Mississippi Days and River Battles Feature in 1805 Tale
The piece recounts a Missouri headwaters voyage by the steamer Silver Lake No. 4 in June 1805. Mate Nash warns of moccasin tracks as Indians attack, shelling and arrows threaten the crew, and the ship retreats downriver under fire. Also included are brief anecdotes on Dickens onlookers, rattlesnake dentistry, a Kurdish text on Judgment Day, potato yield experiments, and a story of a repaired portrait given to a charitable institution.
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Nash
Silver Lake
Missouri
Cannon Ball River
Fort Rice
Detroit
Silver Lake No. 4
Wwe
Pane
Wil. Anvanes
Gram
Asdros Wallute & CO
Forttaud
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Constance
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Charles Dickens
Hotel Pantall
Wil Murphy
Ray
Hell
Paradise
Oma
Woolen Mill
Express
Alma Woolen Mill
THE
ALMA
Price
WV. A. Bradley
Riverdale, Mich
Smith & Glass
Low Ag
Narsergren
vAdivonta
Wirelers
B. VanDenBergh
Mich
Cleveland
Newark
Nerey
Lange
Porter
Golden-Rod Publishing Co
Chicago
Ilinois
Golden-Rod
Golden Rod Publishing Co
Jou
Anta Hon P—s Laws
Terfealt
Ubautey
Mmimner
Dearborn St
Remianle
Asia
Jolln T, Peters
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