Postage Rates From United States to Foreign Nations
The United States and Binglend join the Universal Postal Union to standardize rates. Letters to foreign countries carry five cents per half ounce, while a three cent rate applies to the American continents and to Boain and Spanish possessions. Great Britain maintains a three cent rate for most of the British Empire.
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United States
Binglend
Universal Postal Union
Boain
Great Britain
Train Angers Elephant Near Komipala Uganda
An elephant blocked a train near Komipala in Uganda causing the engine to halt and the elephant to move off the track. The engineer blew the whistle repeatedly as the train slowed, the elephant fled, and two guards or porters fell or crouched on the footpath and tender in fright. The incident reached Kampala as the train neared the capital.
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Komipala Ugaede
Tuli
Areman
Kampala
Norway's Small Navy and Its Coast Defense Role
A read fragment notes Norway maintains a small coast defense navy with about 200 officers and men drawn from the merchant marine. It emphasizes noncombatant aims and economic welfare, with participation in only one major conflict, the Napoleonic wars.
Radium Recovered After Hospital Dressings Misplacement
Radium needles totaling eight milligrams were found after a British hospital discarded used dressings. The waste went to an incinerator, ashes scattered on a roadway, then recovered with a Glasgow Muller counter. The rays from radium are highly energetic and can produce a detectable clicking signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the Americas Medical Association
Cluder
Washington official hails new agriculture push amid surpluses
Washington Secretary of Agriculture Wallice announces expansion of a national program to reduce surpluses and boost food distribution. The plan forecasts crop yields and aims to widen farm aid, with forecasts for cotton and wheat in the coming season. A broad rollout is anticipated this August.
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Washington
Social Security
Californias
Rey Frank Buck
Joseph Martin
Wallice
Shaw
Ross
Vitlas
Neys Pe Saints
Rowe
Agistr
Heya Wallice
St US
Sewing pattern notes and price for Ruth Wyeth Smith articles
An article describes sewing room activity and a decorative pattern project. It notes drapery use for formality, discusses pattern dimensions for a valance, and explains assembly steps with fabric folds, pleats, and snaps. The piece mentions a price of 125 cents and a mailing address in Chicago for ordering, tied to Ruth Wyeth Spears.
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Jeep
Rakhte
Fragmented OCR summary item from historical page
The readable text fragment shows garbled notes about a person or event with names and places unreadable. It includes stray letters and partial words that suggest a newspaper blurb but lacks coherent facts, dates, or clear entities to identify a specific incident.
Household Questions from a Faded Page
A fragmented survey of domestic topics and chores appears in a garbled OCR passage. It mentions cleaning, gardening, hands work, and daily tasks with unclear names and stray phrases. The text reads like scattered notes rather than a coherent article or instruction.
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Postal Union
Train
Elephant
Plandome
Salt le Lake
Balio Reno
Nevada
Bannock
Pocatello
Diegk Frese Temple
Complatels
Henwenn
Gahana
Lake City
Bait Lake
Trusses
Fersia Instrumenta
Acepitel Expones
Jane
Ygporters
Btockingw
Phrdcisne Buoply Company
Bouth
Balt Lake City
Utsh
Bk-Caves
Broadway Balt Labs
fo_ wintmunens
Rcubaga
Balt Lake
Utah
Doulder
Boulder Dam
Peat Office
Dow
Mack Trucks Factory
May Bo Maln
Salt Laks City
Wasateh
Truckers
Dodge Up Ton
Newrly
Tomy Fon
Cab
Amal
Terma Lyman Motor CO
KODAK
Mail
Anderson Photo Company
Fatal Wehed
Rexburg
Idaho
Photo Kraft Economy Film Service
Fea Ponty Wapcom
Schramm Johnson Drugs
Photo Kraft Bow
Hat Bakeity Toot
Salt Lake City
Gsur
Salt Lake
Norway
Great Balt Lake
Batiung
Marcelino Beg
Skinnay Knoles
Orah Meg
Jimmy Walsh
OLD Mile Club
Colon
Lagoon
Jerry Jones
Tagoon Orchestra
Consult
Acousticon Institute
South Beate Bernet Balt Lobe City Mail
San Francisco
Grand Hotel
Taylor St
Beth
Ambassador
South Fifth East Street
Apts
Welte
Lake
Joseph F
Afl
Supreme Court
Congress
Pepe Boyd
Tatarias
Peru
Pilin
Senate
Albert W Barkley
John Taber
Taber
Roosevelt
Luropi
C Reides
Adbert Forster Ha
Mrorweiths
Eyedepper
Becretary
Wailace UC
ASEAN
Alex
Alex Hurd
Sun Valley
New York
Quaker State
Ady
Ruth Wyeth
Eabor
Johor
Tata
Rath Fe
Naipesa
Amenca
Favorite
Cereal
Lye
Iriae
Drass
Rhea
Rothuir
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