Parcel Post Introduces Eight Zone Unit System
New New Year parcel post law allows mailing merchandise up to eleven pounds and six feet girth with sender delivery to post office. Eight zones map local to Alaska and Hawaii with rates from one cent per ounce and up to five cents per first pound, plus a scale system and guidebooks for clerks. Restrictions include intoxicants explosives live animals firearms and disease germs.
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United States
Post Office
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Nun
Smatk& His
Parcel Post
Zone Based Parcel Post Rates From Chicago Explained
The article details a zone system for parcel post rates starting January 1, using circular zones centered on each post office. It describes radius-based zones from 50 to 180 miles with escalating rates for the first and additional pounds, and notes the entire U S is divided into zones including distant territories. It emphasizes avoiding county or township units for practical calculation.
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New York City
Post Office Department
Buffalo
Chicago
Philippines
Island
Edna Marshall Stars In The Price At The Graham Tonight
The brilliant actress Edna Marshall appears at the Graham Theatre tonight in George Broadhurst’s The Price. The Hudson Theatre in New York recently concluded a successful run, praised for its box office draw and stage artistry. Curtain at 8 15 with prices ranging from 25 to 150 cents.
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the Price
Graham
Edna Marshall
George Broadhurst
Henry B. Harris
Hudson Theatre
New York
Frederick Thompson Presents Brewster's Millions at Graham Jane
Frederick Thompson brings a New York cast to Graham Jane for a dramatized Brewster's Millions adaptation. Monty Brewster, played by Walter Allen, must spend one million in a year without secrecy or endowment while pursuing his goal amid stormy yacht scenes and stagecraft. Catherine Con Griff stars as the heroine with other well known names in supporting roles.
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Frederick Thompson
Brewster
George Barr McCutcheon
Graham Jane
Mr. McCutcheon
Winchell Smith
Byron Ongley
New York
Montgomery Brewster
Monty
Walter Allen
Catherine Congriff
Mimic
Doctor warns on colds and remedies urge Foley’s Honey and Tar
Dr. Wm. Sadler author of The Cause and Cure of Colds urges seriousness for lingering colds. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is promoted as a reliable household medicine for coughs and colds effective for children and adults. Take it at early signs to avert danger and speed recovery. No opiate drugs claimed. Lemmon’s Pharmacy ad.
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Wm. Sadler
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Parcels Post Beginnings Jan 1 1913
Postmaster J M Lytle announces the new parcels post law takes effect January 1 1913 affecting all fourth class mail merchandise. Merchants must use parcels post stamps ranging 1 cent to 75 cents as ordinary postage stamps will not be accepted.
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J. M. Lytle
Post
Post Office
Kossuth County Split Proposed To Create Swea City County
Des Moines reports residents urge dividing Kossuth County to create Swea City County with Swea City as temporary seat. The plan would yield 100 counties, shift seats among Bancroft Burt Geried and others, and require legislative action to proceed.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Francis
Spirit Lake
Kossuth County
Algona
Hebron
Springfield
Grant
Tagle
Swen
Harrison
Swea City
Bancroft
Burt
Geried
Rock Island
Northwestern
Home Talent Minstrel Program Published For This Week
The home tent minstrel schedule lists opening acts led by Robert E. Lee with Frank Shearer and Carl Hedges, a closing Dixie by Edgington, then Part Two features saxophone duet Reister and Wagner, a Black and White Quartet, a Pinnologue by Prof. W. K. Snyder, and a medicine man farce by Steck and Dempsey. Pianist Mary Hunter performs, with a full chorus and an array of soloists and end men.
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Dr. Edgington
Dixie
Edgington
Reister
Wagner
Little Hove Bees
Helen Morton
Miss Brindley
Miss Wilson
Schenefelt
Miss Richer
Miss Alberson
Miss Hebner
Sherman
Sage
Stewart
Hedges
W. K. Snyder
Farce
Steck
Rich
Livingston
Dempsey
Shearer
Brookhart
Dewey
Henry Berdo
Kenneth Carris
Donald Anderson
Everette Shenefelt
Ed Coffman
Howard Anderson
Howard Mo
McClaughry pushes isolation approach for reform
Warden C McClaughry urges an isolation house at Anamosa reformatory in a biennial report received by the state board of control. He outlines a $28 plan to replace the old solitary system, arguing modern isolation building better disciplines than bread and water diets and prisoner condemnations.
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Anamosa Reformatory
C. Co. McClaughry
State Board of Control
Oes McClaughry
Mer
Nis
Anamosa
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Claire Dewey
John Stewart
McClaughry
Saniani
Jofin
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W. Dempsey
Agi
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Chester
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Graham Opera House
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Manity Brewster
Geo. Barr MecCutcheon
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