Postal ruling tightens second class mail for overdue subscriptions
The article explains the federal rule that weekly papers lose second class status when a subscription is one year in arrears, paying postage at one cent per four ounces. It cites inspectors hunting delinquent lists, a Missouri publisher forced to suspend, and Des Moines editor Fay of Lyons and Jefferson Bee facing summons to prove up paid subscriptions.
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Post Office Department
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Phat
Postoffice Department
Missouri
Des Moines
Fay
Lyons
Iowa
Washington City
The
Bee
Jefferson
Good Roads Coming Advocates push for a national road program
The piece argues good roads are essential for economic growth and social progress, highlighting benefits from farm land value to faster commerce. It urges a nonpartisan, well funded system that delivers real value per dollar, calling roads the backbone of civilization and prosperity.
Subscribers face bee postage rule enforcement
The article discusses government interference in postage regulations and the impact on small publishers. It notes the dilemma of cutting off long-time patrons who pay late and emphasizes that delinquent subscribers risk removal from the list after a year in arrears, with warnings printed at the top and sides of the page.
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Uncle Sam
Buy Local First Encouraged By Community Help Note
An Ohio paper urges residents to shop local dealers before ordering from out-of-town firms. Compare catalog prices, ask local merchants to match offers, and keep earnings in the community. The piece ends with a jab at critics predicting a summerless season.
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Ohio
What’s the matter with Kansas eyed for Iowa message
A fragment notes a political tease about Kansas as a template for Iowa. The text hints at national sentiment in the union and mentions population concerns, with a cryptic reference to redistribution or reform themes.
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Washington
Union
Kansas
Lowa
Marriage License Market in Madison County Booms
The hot spell fails to cool demand as couples seek licenses amid a lively market. Advertisers push well crafted notices, signaling steady business as vendors promote their services from city center to distant shores.
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Madison County
Belt that reverses aging visited by Jarvis Township cousin
A writer from Jarvis Township reports on a claimed invention from Paris a belt that allegedly reverses aging for wearers. It would keep people young until sixty then reverse to youth, causing fathers and sons to reverse ages, altering family dynamics and schooling, with social chaos and comic potential.
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Jarvis Township
Paris
New York World
Chicago American
Darling
Fragments Of Ads And Anecdotes On Words And Wives
A compilation of mispunctuated advertisements and humorous sentences shows how misplaced commas and wording change meaning. It includes Wanted notices for rooms and workers a man to speak German a cow by an old lady and odd sentences about a dog a boy and a piano. A tale of Bill Jones a tall eccentric judge shot in the leg and a neighbor asking about a shooting linked to a doctor comment. Also Steve Long’s blunt humor about hunting and a bachelor’s quip on weddings.
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Smith & Brown
New York
Bill Jones
South Carolina
Jule
Best Hour of Life From Great Deeds or New Discovery
J R Pitt of Rocky Mount North Carolina credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing his worst cold after one bottle. He praises it as the surest remedy for diseased lungs hemorrhages grippe asthma hay fever and throat or lung trouble. Trial bottle free and guaranteed by Kings ton.
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J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mt
N. C
Dr. King
Kimgston
Mississippi Blatter for Sale by German Sunday Paper
Daniel Peterman, agent, offers 47 old Mississippi Blatter newspapers from a German Sunday paper, listed for sale via The Call.
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Mississippi
Daniel Peterman
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