Airships as Mail Carriers Move to Modernize Post
Postmaster General Hitchcock urges Congress to fund experiments in mail transport by aeroplane and broader parcels post pilots. Proposals include $50,000 for rural and city parcels post trials, $50,000 for railway and steamboat routes, $50,000 for time saving devices, and $10,000 for inventor rewards. Total requested appropriation rises to about $260.96 million for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Hitchcock
Alaska
Postmaster General
Congress
Post Office Department
House
Senate
Postal
MAIL BOXES FOR PASSENGERS AT RAILWAY STATIONS
Postmaster General Hitchcock orders free delivery cities to install street letter boxes at all road stations. Boxes to be placed on platforms near center, painted bright for visibility. On double tracks a box on each platform. city carriers will collect at regular intervals for same first class service.
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Hitchcock
Hitchcott
al Oad
Estimates for the Navy in 1912 Budget
Secretary Meyer completes the Navy estimates for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1912. The request totals about 125 million dollars, near the prior year. He plans to draft the annual report and recommends constructing two dreadnoughts of about 28 000 tons displacement.
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Meyer
Greater Arena to Replace Garden in New York
New York will build a 13 story exhibition complex on Forty sixth to Forty eighth streets and Park to Lexington avenues to replace Madison Square Garden. The project cost about 2.5 million with Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange funding a million and a 50 year lease to the exchange at 300 thousand to 400 thousand annually. The arena will match Garden size with 3 688 orchestra seats 91 boxes and 46 seats in 91 boxes and total seating of 8 622 on the main floor plus upper lofts and space for 4 500 more for conventions bringing capacity near 13 000. The plan includes a mezzanine 150 box stalls horse shows aquatic tank and removable floors for trade shows and a ballroom.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Forty-sixth
Forty-eighth Streets
Park and
Lexington Avenues
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange
New York Central
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Exchange
James T. Slyde
Bankers Plan Panama Inspection Trip After New Orleans Meet
New York bankers attending the American Bankers association convention in New Orleans from November 20 to 24 will tour the Panama Canal area afterward. About 400 travelers, many with wives, will ride five all steel trains with mahogany interiors over the New York Central. Four steamships are chartered for the New Orleans Panama return trip. F O Watts of Nashville will host the bankers in New Orleans, and a special Panama railroad train is arranged for the party.
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New Orleans
Canal
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Panama Canal
Panama
New York Central
Nashville
F. O. Watts
Panama Railroad
New Jefferson Davis Born as Colorado Baby Heir
The first great grandson of Jefferson Davis was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Hayes Davis in Denver. The child was named after his great-grandfather and later renamed Jefferson Davis in a legalization act by the Colorado legislature. His father is the son of Winnie Davis Hayes and J A Hayes, a Colorado Springs banker. His mother, Dora De Witt, comes from Broadmoore. The infant stands to inherit a substantial fortune.
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Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Hayes Davis
Denver
Sle
Winnie Davis Hayes
J. A. Hayes
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Davis
Dora de Witt
Theodore de Witt
Broadmoore
Inscriptions by Dr Eliot for Washington post office
Ex-President Charles W Eliot of Harvard wrote inscriptions approved by Secretary MacVeagh for the new Washington city post office. East pavilion reads Carrier of news and knowledge, instrument of trade and commerce, promoter of mutual acquaintance among men and nations, and hence of peace and good will. West pavilion reads Carrier of love and sympathy, messenger of friendship, consoler of the lonely, bond of the scattered family, enlarger of the common life.
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New City
Washington
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Miss Cleveland Enrolled at Shipley School Bryn Mawr
Marion Cleveland daughter of the late Grover Cleveland is enrolled at Shipley school Bryn Mawr. She will complete the full course at the school and her college plans after term end remain undecided by her mother. She was born at Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts during her father's second term.
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Shipley School
Bryn Mawr
Marion Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Cleveland
Buzcard’s Bay
Mass
White House
Washington National Bank Named Local Postal Savings Depository
The Washington National Bank of this city is designated by the government as the local Postal Savings depository. The postmaster may deposit postal savings accumulations here, with deposits limited to the bank's paid in capital plus half its surplus, and in proportion to each bank’s capital and surplus.
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Washington National Bank
Postal Savings Depository
Act of Congress
Postal Savings
The Toymaker's Dream at Graham A Bright Musical Comedy
The Toymaker's Dream at Graham is a bright tuneful musical about an old toy maker his son and a milliner. The old man’s wish for the doll to life sets off a magical swap with the milliner via a Mephisto impersonation. Curtain at 8 15 pm with prices 25 35 50 75 cents refunds if not satisfied.
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Graham
Mephisto
Richmond Man Dead Amid Heart Disease Verdict
Thomas Cox aged 66 was found dead in his bed one mile north of Richmond. County coroner Dr. G W Hay ruled organic heart disease caused by rheumatism as the cause, no inquest held. Born Newport township Johnson county he married Josephine Derris in 1866 and left eleven children, all living nearby except one son in Emmetsburg Iowa.
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Thomas Cox
Richmond
G. W. Hay
Mr. Cox
Newport Township
Johnson County
Josephine Derris
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Vision at the tree spurs Prussian police action
On October 24 fifty years ago crowds gathered at a hillside in Upper Silesia after a boy claimed a vision of the virgin appeared in a hollow tree. Police faced a large crowd and decided to destroy the tree to quell the disturbance.
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Upper Silesia
Monument of glory unveiled in St Petersburg
Twenty five years ago today a czar and czarina unveiled a monument of glory in St. Petersburg honoring those who died in the Russo Turkish War of 1876 77.
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Czar
Czarina
St. Petersburg
Mildred production coming to Graham theatre
Mary J Holmes novel Mildred is dramatized for the stage with Ida Weston Rae in the title role. The only dramatization of this delightful story plays one night only at the Graham theatre on Oct. 27, drawing attention from regular theatre goers and skeptics alike.
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Mary J.holmes
Mildred
Ida Weston Rae
Graham Theatre
Exasperating ads taint Graham Toymaker’s Dream night
A reader laments marketing traps in sensational stories and notes a soap firm pays its ad agent ten thousand dollars yearly while a patent medicine firm spends even more. The message also mentions the Toymaker’s Dream production at Graham on Wednesday night.
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Toymaker
Bucklen Arnica Salve Claims Supreme Healing Report
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the perfect remedy for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands sprains and piles. Available for 25 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon’s
Curing Catarrh and Electric Bitters Endorsements
An old patent medicine advertisement boasts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a total cure with a $100 reward for failures, plus a testimonial section praising Electric Bitters by Mrs. W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire as a remedy for stomach and kidney trouble. The ads urge purchase from local druggists and mention Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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W. W. Gould
Pittsfield
N. H
Lemmon’'s
To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box bears E W GROVE S signature and costs 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Zemo and Zemo Soap Promoted for Skin Ailments
The McElhinney Drug Co promotes ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP as quick cures for pimples blackheads eczema dandruff insect bites and itching. They claim one bottle and one cake may cure minor cases and that users will feel like a new person. Available from leading druggists nationwide including Washington.
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McElhinney Drug Co
Zemo
America
Washington
Chickering Brothers Piano Agency Secured
We announce the Chickering Brothers piano agency is secured for public release. The announcement confirms the agency arrangement and invites interest in the available instruments and services.
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The
Fine Chickering Brothers
Fine Chickering Bros. Piano Now On Display
We proudly add this high grade Chickering Bros. piano to our Washington County stock. These pianos come direct from the factory at fixed prices and lower total cost than ordinary pianos. The four major makes in our line are Chickering Steinway Emerson Kurtzman with emphasis on Chickering Bros. on the North Side Jewelry Store, G. W. Hobson.
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Chicago
Washington Co. and Vicinity
Chickering Bros
Chickering
Boston
American Piano Co
Erude
Steinway, Emerson, Kurtzman
Bros
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Greater Arena
Garden
DR. Eliot
New Postoffice
Cleveland
IS Postal Savings Depository
Local Depository
Children’s Union
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Chickering Brothers
North Side
Jewelry. Store
G. W. Hobson
Cole
Renee
Geo. W. Stewart
Washington, Iowa
Cola
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