Why and Wherefore of Post Office ruling on arrears
The Call explains the new Post Office Department rule effective January 1 1908 that weekly newspapers with subscriptions more than a year in arrears cannot be counted in the legitimate list or mailed at the regular second class rate. Subscribers must pay arrears this week or subscriptions will terminate with the current issue. The paper emphasizes strict compliance to retain second class privileges and notes many readers have already paid, while urging remaining delinquents to settle.
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Tur Call
Post Office Department
Post Office Department F
Uncle Sam
A Barbaric Custom Opens Caskets at Funerals
An editorial criticizes the practice of opening caskets at church funerals as barbaric. It calls for laws and church undertaker cooperation to end the custom, labeling it a relic of dark ages and a ghoulish spectacle that harms the living and disrespects the deceased. It urges ministers and undertakers to lead public rejection.
Washington Letter on Navy Row and Taft Tour
A Washington Letter reports the Navy Department line and staff clash centered on Admiral Brownson and Surgeon General Rixey, plus his resignation and ongoing battle over medical command aboard the Relief. It notes Taft’s likely aggressive campaign, with touring plans from December 30 in Boston, through New England and the West, possibly resigning to avoid war department entanglements. Also covered is the Carnegie Institution magnetic Pacific survey aboard the Gallitee, and buoyant November exports totaling 204 million dollars, with Europe remaining a key market.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Brownsville
Washington
Navy Department
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Relief
Navy
Rixey
Admiral Brownson
Joint Board of Coast Defenses
Army
Taft
Supreme Court
Charles Taft
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Merchants’ Club
Boston
New England
Far West
War Department
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Pacific Ocean
New South Wales
Pacific
Hydrographic Office
Bureau of Statistics
Europe
Opportunity, My Lad Poem About Keeping in the Race
A poem extols perseverance, urging the reader to stay in the effort and not chase fleeting chances. It says luck arrives only when consistently working on a plan. The piece warns that opportunity may pass if one quits or deserts the task. It emphasizes steady effort over distractions.
Dr King s New Discovery praised in Em pire ad
C O Eldridge of Empire Ga extols Dr Kings New Discovery as best remedy for coughs colds croup and throat lung troubles, noting seven years use and quick cures for his croup prone children. Also promotes DeWitt s Kidney and Bladder Pills for backache and bladder issues and recalls a New Year s vow to quit tobacco.
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S. Kingston's
DeWitt
S. Kingston
Thirty Years Ago This Week in Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin January 3 1878 Jesse Padon moved to Texas. The new year began with heavy snow and a temperance wave spreading through the county drawing local interest. Edwardsville signed 120 on the temperance roll. Rev J W Primm wed Miss Laura L Cook at Judge Irwin’s Edwardsville home. Catholic readiness to build a Troy area church prompts site search and rapid plans. Liebler Meisinger Schwarz lead the church project committee.
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Jesse Padon
Texas
Edwardsville
J. W. Primm
Laura L. Cook
John G. Irwin
J. H. Mize
Troy
Blackjack
Brookside
Messrs. Liebler, Meisinger and Schwarz
Uncle by With Progress Poem by Byron Williams 1907
A dog chases a railroad train and is killed as progress advances. The poem warns ignorant curs to beware of progress driven by brain and brawn, which unstoppable roars down the track.
Declined poet vows to never send lines again
A penniless poet denounces editors after repeated rejection. He claims editors’ offices are corrupt and parshality. He asserts his poems would sell if he had money, and vows to spurn presses until fame forces him to write for them.
Pleasing the Widows in Oakley and Kansas City
A brisk glimpse of town life notes Col. P. R. VanFrank visiting Oakley and Kansas City where a widow smiles at Broadway and Frederick. The column contrasts romance with cautionary advice on wealth and overwork from Tom Charles, warning money seekers of long hours and ruined health, noting social fallout and family strife after death.
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P. R. VanFrank
Kansas City
Broadway
Frederick
Walter Wellman Named Manager at Northern Telephone
Walter Wellman is appointed manager of the Northern Telephone Company following M. Co. Eames resignation. The article clarifies this Wellman should not be confused with the Walter Wellman who declined a north pole balloon expedition.
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Walter Wellman
Northern Telephone Company
M. Co
Strayed coal black poll calf from Doniphan red barn
From a red barn in Doniphan, Wednesday of last week, one eight week old coal black poll calf has strayed. Finder should notify Adolph Heintz McHenry Times.
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Doniphan
Adolph Heintz
McHenry
Ours Seeks Potatoes Donation For Crop Help
A brief plea from Ours in Hght Kinkaid Ky Union asking readers to donate potatoes to support their failing crop season. The notice emphasizes gratitude and urges community assistance to sustain the local harvest.
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She Troy
Market-Street-By-The-Square
W. Jarvis
Minois
Troy Weexkey
Onder
Kinloch
Byron Williams
Tom Charles
H. F. Kueker & Son
A. Heddergott
Kingston
Foleyshoney
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