Postwar Post Office Reforms Cut Expenditures Significantly
Postwar efficiency drive targets civil service costs and postal outlays. Officials report savings estimated at about 69 million dollars this year, with total reductions from wartime spending to be about 155 million. Comparisons show office receipts and transactions grew during the war as staffing rose, including military and substitute services and overtime, prompting a need to trim balances now.
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Quek
Carefu
Gettysburg stone house linked to General Lee to become museum
Neva Gettysburg July 28 report notes theedge of town contains Lee’s headquarters near the battle site. The stone house has been bought by William Daley, once a meeting point for Lee. He slept there then observed progress from the seminary cupola. Also in view is the small white house where John Doores, an aged citizen hero, was carried wounded.
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My International Neva
Gettysburg
Lee
Wm. Daley
Iittle
John Dores
Maryland farms and livestock by breed高
From a census report viewed in Washington, Maryland has 47,906 farms and an equal number of farmers. Purebred stock totals: horses 31,000, cattle 9588, sheep 1092, swine 16800. Counts by breeders: 223 purebred horses, 2146 purebred cattle, 127 purebred sheep, 1294 purebred swine. Percentages show 0.6% horses, 34% cattle, 1.1% sheep, 29% swine of each total on farms.
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Senne Bureau
Ockpge Park
Maryland
Ceneus Bureau
Washington
River Thames tolls and Zionist plan cited in mixed reports
Fragmented July dispatches describe a claimed World Zionist project in Palestine to develop a Jewish nation, with mentions of Dr Ben Mosnohn and a river harvest of engines. Another brief item reports two locals in a bathing accident on the Oljo River, one pair of trousers found with 40 and 8 items, the other missing.
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Detroit
Zlonist Organization
Palestine
Ben Mosnohn
Jato
Dies Asia Ae
Ohic. Inc
Isso Pu
Oljo
Met
Dave
Tron Courtship Ends In Jailhouse Hopeful Romance
Jul 24 Chicago dispatch tells of Marlo Tamborne and her efforts to win a pardon for Joe Housk, serving 14 years for the murder of a police officer. Maria visits Joliet penitentiary weekly with pies and treats, insisting she will wait for Joe, aided by her mother and Joe’s dying mother’s request. Joe returns briefly free of a guard, then back to prison. both are 24.
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Enterprins
Chicago
Marlo Tamborne
Jos Gousk
Mar Ia
Lroy
Joliet Penitentiary
Couola
Nelgubots
Maria
Marie
Joe
Abe
Joe'a Wythur
Jog Housk
Fisherman Hunts Turtles and Owls In Creek Catch
Martina Ferry reports from Ohio on July 28 that Witkan Morgan, camping at Cab tina Creek, baited two large hooks with meat to catch turtles. After reeling in the line, he prepared to cut the catch. By morning two large owls were found impaled on the lines, caught while nibbling at the bait.
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International
Martina Ferry
Ohio
Martins Ferry Storm Sparks Unlikely Dog Show Reaction
A July storm in Martins Ferry Ohio caused wires to tear down and a coach dog watched as a fineman restored the lines. The dog sat, yelped, and startled the crowd with its behavior, while observers noted the incident and the involuntary sparks.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
John Fohns
Fineman
Lost diamond pin resurfaces via Herald Mail ad
In a small world episode, Binks mislaid a diamond stick-pin soon after arrival. The pin slipped from his lapel and lay on pavement in front of his office building, stepped on by workers and passersby. An architect across the hall found it and later returned it to Binks after seeing his lost ad.
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Binks
Bink
Ttn
Sinka
Nia
Herald-Mail
Fairplay Flops Mervest Event and Local Congregations
Local notes recount Fairplay missteps at the Mervest gathering and August noting Rev. McKipley Colwan of Farmington Del visiting Brownsville for Bible school. Families—Culmen, Payre, Moats, Stouffer, Long, and others—hosted gatherings, traveled, or received visits, with many attendees named while Wooldridge area social life is sketched and a late line cites award receipts for evening packaging staff.
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Reid
Mamor Cherch
McKipley Colwan
Farmington
Del
Rome
Walter Coffman
Navi
Brownsville
D. Culfmen
Wilbur Jennings
Co.man
M. B. Culkem
Victor Cuflen
St State Ganatorium
Myrtle Moats
Dolhas
A. B. Payre
Ed, Stotemyer
Misa Lizsie Adame
Beaver ‘Creek
Frank Adams
Bunketown
Edgar Remssburg
Near
Sharpsburg
Emory Kretser
Ladies Aid Society
Bakersville
John Stouffer
Dagar Stouffer
H. C. More
Myers
Prank Bhowman
Splebnan
Fred Long
Hageretown
McClell
Ian Long
George Long
Mre
Stockalager
Bunday
Jule Moaste
Georg Rowland
Lee
Lydia
Local notices from Wmville and surrounding area
Community items list a changed event date for a ceremony at Imac Long home and a Bible school picnic moved to Mollett's Grove on August 18. Also noted are social visits, property purchases in Hagerstown, relatives visiting Dayton and Virginia, and residents traveling or resting with families in Washington and Meplersle.
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Imac Long
Christian Bible School
T‘ Mollett's Grove
Bou
Funke Tows
Dayton
Walter Shank
Wilsons
M. L. Santen
Fairplay
Russell Dick
David Coloningham
Meplersle
Preaton Martin
Mre
Nes! Davis
Policeman's Widow Awarded Under Georgia Workmen's Comp
In Savannah the Georgia Supreme Court decision holds policeman Barlow was an employee, not a public officer, so the City of Savannah must pay widow Mildred D. Harlow $2100 under the Workmen's Compensation law. Emily Lee plans to appeal the ruling through the courts.
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Oly International
Savannah
Supreme Court of Georlgim
H. M. Stanley
Barlow
City of
Mildred D. Harlow
Emily Lee
Judge Barry on Barns
A municipal court arraigned Bon Markenon after a raid on his house. The judge ruled that whiskey, even when claimed for sacramental use, was not fit for religious pur pose and fined Markenon 109 dollars plus costs.
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Barry
International New Columbas
Ohio
Bon Markenon
Boors
Dones
Jorge Barry
Markyson
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Ledger July 27
Readable fragments from a 19th century livestock market report list Calves Veal Beef Hog and Wool quotes. Entries mention pounds prices for cattle, hogs and sheep with references to quality and stock conditions across categories and regions.
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Battimore
Pennsylvania
Conductor Electrocuted in Railway Wire Mishap
Captain W C Haynes a well known conductor on the Norfolk and Welburn Railway was electrocuted at Glide Springs near Bristol Tennessee while attaching a portable telephone to a dog wire mistaking it for the telephone line He was trying to reach the Roanoke dispatcher at the time of the accident July 28.
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Bristol, Tenn
W. CD. Haynes
Norfolk and Welburn Railway
Glide Springs
Haynes
Roanoka
Woman Avoids Surgery After Pinkham Remedy
A Star North Carolina reader reports four years of illness with two doctors recommending an operation. After seven months of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound the woman regained health and can work. The testimonial urges other women to try the remedy despite prior surgery considerations.
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Star
N. C
Kfy
Epcla
Primitive Baptist
Pinkham
Day After Day Citizens Endorse Dreco In Strong Terms
Prominent local citizens repeatedly state strong open endorsements for Dreco the herb remedy. Statements praise relief from constipation gastritis nervousness weak kidneys sluggish liver headaches catarrh and rheumatism and claim Dreco delivers grand relief from these ailments.
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Dreco
Local Farmer Praises Dreso Remedy for Health Boost
Mr. Chas B Beaner of Frederick Maryland reports strong relief after using Dreso claiming it banished illness, restored sleep and appetite, and let him resume work. He describes Dreso as quick acting and made from fruit juice and plant extracts.
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Chas
B. Beaner
Winchester Gt
Frederick, Md
Dresa
To Every Sufferer Advise To Seek Dreco Treatment
A plea urges readers to visit a nearby drug store and begin the Dreco treatment immediately. It warns that continued suffering follows repeated notices about where to obtain relief and promises almost instant relief.
Prec for My Father Hoaxes Health Claims in Rural Ad
An old advertisement-style piece claims Prec cures stomach trouble and constipation, citing a 36 year old Cumberland man as sample. It portrays Drero’s remedies as restoring vital organs and easing backache and fatigue, urging readers to trust the product and its alleged benefits.
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Boifman
Cuimberland
Sapont
Pesbo
St Murockm
Heshada
Breog
Bagkache
Patty
Ais Haba
Drdeo
Mikett
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