Denver Post Office Postmasters Clash Over Healthier Office
Postmaster Paul J. Spurs of Denver led a humorous yet firm critique at the convention of first class postmasters. He urged fewer invalids at the Denver office, comparing it to a hospital, and was elected fourth vice president of the association. A resolution seeks a postal note for sums under $1, with the next meeting set for Erie, Pennsylvania in October 1907.
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St. Louis
Denver
Lyall
Sours
Erie
Pennsylvania
Hill's New Seaport at St James Planned on Gray's Bay
Tacoma reports James J. Hill directs both the Northern Pacific and Great Northern to build a new ocean port at Gray's Bay on the Columbia River, sixteen miles inside the river mouth. The plan includes extending the North Bank railroad from Vancouver to St James and a northward line to Willapa Harbor and Gray's Harbor. Hill's port aims to outpace Portland and Astoria in ocean trade, with land purchased at Gray's Bay and a city laid out soon. The name St James reflects Hill's own first name, James.
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Tacoma
Wash
James J. Hin Han
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
St. Janes
Columbia River
Gray's Bay
Columbian Mouth
North Bank Railroad
North Bank
Vancouver
St. James
Washington
Willapa Harbor
Gray's Harbor
Portland
Astoria
Grays Bay
Han
Oregon
Hayh
Hill
James
Smelting Firm to Modernize Colorado Zinc Mines Boom
The American Smelting and Refining Company will install magnetic separating plants and double Pueblo zinc plant capacity, boosting Colorado zinc mining. The project cost is massive, aims to raise ore prices by about six dollars per ton, and could make Colorado a central global zinc supplier, with job gains across northern districts.
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Colorado
American Smelting and
Pueblo
United State
Incores
Leadville
San Juan
Ttue
Europe
United States Zinc Company
Guegentorms
Hae
Denver
Inbar
Teadville
San Jian
Washington tents sold for Richmond charity bid
Miss Mary Lee, daughter of Gen Robert E Lee, plans selling two tents used by George Washington in the Revolution to fund the Richmond Confederate Women's Home. She seeks about ten thousand dollars, hoping Independence Hall in Philadelphia houses one or both, near Liberty Bell relics.
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Confederate Women’s Home
Richmond
Mary Lee
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
Washington
Gen. Lee
Arlington
National Museum
Misa Lee
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Miss Lee
Misa le
George Washington Parke Curtis
Mount Vernon
West
New York
Pennsylvania
Not Excusable Insanity Defense Case Quip Reported
A courtroom quip critiques a prisoner's alleged insanity. One lawyer questions the defendant’s mental state while another labels the behavior as criminal idiocy after describing a rowboat rocked with women and children aboard. The exchange frames the case proceedings.
That Man May Seem Uneducated Yet Earns a Living
A remark notes that a man, though viewed as uneducated, earns a good income from his pen. Another says he is funloving and raises pigs, illustrating a vivid perception of work and character in a local scene.
Putnam Faceless Dyes Showcasing Bright Colors With Ease
A jumble of ad copy and odd statements describes Putnam faceless dyes promising bright colors with minimal effort. It also makes offbeat remarks about friendship, a soothing balm, and a Chinese official's daily schedule as part of a broader, irregular newspaper fragment.
Cure of Severe Itching by Cuticura Remedies
In July I suffered intense itching all over my body and scalp with hair loss. After trying baths and treatments, a friend suggested Cuticura. four weeks of hot baths and Cuticura Ointment healed me completely and stopped hair loss. D. B. Blankenship, 319 N. Del, St., Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 27, 1905.
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D. B. Blankenship
N. del, St
Indianapolis
Ind
Pennies for a College and Union Education Aid
The Fortnightly Review notes that British trade unions began not for education yet now devote effort to workers’ higher learning. About 100000 engineers have since three penny levies funded Ruskin College at Oxford, producing over £300 annually and supporting six engineers for a year’s course. Other unions and societies, including the London Society of Compositors and various miners’ unions, contribute substantial sums to the college.
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Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Ruskin College
Oxford
London Society of Compositors
Lanarkshire Mineral County Union
Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers
Derbyshire Miners
Durham Miners
Modern Steamer Serves Galilee Shores
The Sea of Galilee, also called Lake Gennesaret and the Sea of Tiberias, famed for Christ miracles, is profaned by a new steamer that will ferry passengers to nearby villages along its shores.
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Sea of Galilee
Lake of
Gennesaret
Palestine
Sea of Tiberias
Christ
N. Y. World
Chesbbrough Mbg. CO
State Street
New York City
Looking Backward
A reflection from Mancos Times-Tribune inviting readers to ponder past mistakes and humorous missteps, urging no shame in memory as a communal nudge to laugh at one’s youthful follies.
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Mancos
Dangerous Either Way in a City Chronicle
The article cites a statistician from Louisville who concludes that life is dangerous in light of U S homicide rates and the risks of death tied to broken commandments, framing the paradox with a Courier Journal context.
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United States
Louieville
Durability of Timber in Dry Conditions Noted
A snippet notes timber durability when kept absolutely dry, stating wood in the roof of Westminster Hall is more than 450 years old.
Altar Society in Brooklyn Comprising Eight Policemen
An old Brooklyn altar society of eight policemen pools monthly funds to cover lights and perpetual adoration fees. The piece notes a man should study himself rather than waste time probing neighbors.
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Brooklyn
Defiance Starch Promotion and Evangelist Meeting Tour
Defiance Starch offers improved economy and efficiency, promising better results in less time. Evangelists Torrey and Alexander are booked for winter meetings in Nashville Omaha Winnipeg Buffalo Pittsburg and Montreal.
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Torrey and
Alexander
Nashville
Omaha
Winnipeg
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Montreal
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Hill's New Seaport
Great
the Columbia
Bmelter Company
Hero
Putnam
Hart
Jacobs Oil
China
Privy Council
War Department
Board of Punishment
Foreign Office
DODDS
Gastoria
Looting Hehe Eee
Tte
Stinson Bowes
Cate
Bears
Defiance
Defiance Starch Company
Nebraska
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