Great Postal Savings Reduce Post Office Deficit in 1910
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports a remarkable fiscal year 1910 deficit reduction for the Post Office Department. Savings in handling mails across branches, including rural delivery and railway mail service, cut overall costs by about 6.13 million dollars, with further reductions in transportation and administration.
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Hitchcock
Nxcal
Cpetires
R Avines Aga
Donedt
Star Route
Servie
Mise Yan Ore Transportation
Masi
Neary Care Call Wity
Taibsay Transportation
Mn Avurvarn
Ranway
Army to Decide On Soldier Comforts and Uniforms
The General Staff and the Quartermaster General's Department discuss reforms for soldier comfort. Debates cover pea jackets versus long overcoats, sweaters, slippers for barracks rest, and a neckerchief for dusty roads, with emphasis on reducing foot soreness while controlling costs.
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General Staff
Quartermaster’s Department
Ia Ata
Quartermaster Generals Department
Infantry Committee
Army to maintain eighty seven thousand men budget
The army's enlisted strength for the current fiscal year is fixed at 87 000 men under Maj. Gen Leonard Wood chief of staff and approved by President Taft The plan aims to fund soldiers and materials while trimming other areas The new head of staff seeks a leaner efficient army ready for business and willing to sacrifice elsewhere to reach it
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Leonard Wood
Taft
Wood
Hhe
Armored Cruiser Squadron Concludes Virginia Beach Drills
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Aug 7 The armored cruiser squadron formed by North Carolina Montana and Tennessee finished a week of target practice off Virginia Beach The North Carolina returns to Hampton Roads this afternoon while Montana and Tennessee arrive tomorrow They will then prepare for a Mediterranean cruise with the battleship fleet in the fall.
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Virginia Beach
Washington Post
Norfolk
North Carolina
Montana
Tennessee
Hampton Roads
Fulton Renal Compound Shows Strong Recovery Rates
Brady era medical notice outlines Bright's Disease recovery estimates under Fulton s Renal Compound. Best results occur when treatment begins early, with higher success for patients given 30 to 60 days of life and nearly nine in ten responding at onset. Contact Henry Evans in Washington or Fulton in San Francisco for literature and correspondence.
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Bright
Criser
Fulton
Washington
Henry Evans
J Fulton
Battery St
San Francisco
Conditions in coal fields retard foreign assimilation in western Pennsylvania
The immigration commission reports harsh conditions in western Pennsylvania bituminous coal fields. More than 7 percent of miners are foreign born, many illiterate and unable to speak English. Housing is dominated by company ownership with limited sales, company stores deduct wages, and earnings per family average about $1,000 annually. Overcrowding and disrupted family life result from wage ledgers and housing arrangements.
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Pennsylvania
Immigration Commission
Dillingham
Vermont
Census total in October United States population nears 90 million
The thirteenth census count is expected to show about 90,000,000 people by mid October with official figures to be released in stages over the next two months. Hand counting remains primary for population totals while machines assist in race and sex classifications. fraud investigations have begun in two cities, including Great Falls Montana.
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United States
Wid
Great Falls
Mont
Durand
Wireless Station Glosed as Willard Office Dismantled
After over a year in operation the United Wireless Telegraph station atop the New Willard has been dismantled with no stated reason. Operator Samuel A. Copp led the removal of gear to ship to United Wireless in New York as reports link the move to ongoing stock fraud troubles in New York. The Willard site, opened before Taft's inauguration, provided crucial dispatches during the blizzard and inaugural events, while the Western Building office's status remains unclear.
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United Wireless
New Willard
Wilson
New York
Samuel A. Copp
Washington
United Wireless Office
Taft
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Germany Prosperity Expands Says Marshall Field Manager
Special to The Washington Post Chicago Aug 7 John G Shedd head of Marshall Field & Co returned from Europe praising Germanys commercial and industrial growth He noted Berlin as Europe s finest city and said Germanys export trade rises yearly while retail mercantile business in Chicago and New York is notably progressive and strong
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Marshall
Washington Post
Chicago
Germany
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
Europe
Berlin
New York
New Electric Line Planned From Chambersburg to Mercersburg
In Hagerstown on August 7 a plan emerges for an electric railway named the Chambersburg and Western linking Chambersburg to Mercersburg with a St Thomas Edenville branch. Promoter Dr. R W Ramsey reports $12 000 stock sold in St Thomas area while Mercersburg backers pledge $50 000 in bonds. Local figures L L Springer John H Pomeroy M K Burgner John F Gelwicks and David Greenawalt back Edenville branch interests as Chambersburg residents commit $90 000 for the project.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Mercersburg
St. Thomas
Edenville
L.L. Springer
John H. Pomeroy
M. K .Burgner
John F. Gelwicks
David Greenawalt
St Thomas
Baltimore
Chicago
Cincinnati
ST “Louis
Nish Piptarurg
Cleveland
Columbur
Wheeling
Frederick
Thunday Vols
Ker
St Nw
Pennsyla Ttn
Newinton
Tiehetake
Main
Information Bureau
Wain
Chesapeake Beach Railway
Chesapeake Beach
District Line
Aim
New York Avenue
Stein
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Uaesath
Lmecyetlor
Cme
Aumuma
Savannah GA
JacketHe
Port Tampa
Wavanah
Knights
Havana
Coschos
OUR
Palonetto
Scenera
Whareston SC
Wilmington
Courier
York
Warahineton
Norfolk and Western Railway
Washington
Uiun
Oomom
Eurtees
Ureet
Rand
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Informat
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Kennuedy
Putinin Serperé
Cinethnath Wainche
Louisville
Harfattes
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Savannah
Jacksons
Saukpans
Sleeter
Adante
Daly Seal
Frederickburg
Leive Union Station
Frederickeurg
Milford
Market Moves and Human Factors Drive 1906 Stock Swings
New York figures hint at a market price surge driven not only by earnings and trade data but by bold individual conduct. The piece traces in depth how bullish enthusiasm, reckless speculation, and bank immunity led to extremes, followed by panic and a long recovery. It notes bank cleanups, higher wages, tariff anxieties, and cautious post panic readjustments across railroads, manufacturing, and agriculture, with continued slow progress as the economy balances personal impulses and policy.
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Washington Post
New York
Atlantic
United States Steel
Pearagon-Farquhar
Harriman
Chicago
Sven Berare
Record tariff period sees record imports to June 1910
Imports under the Payne tariff bill from August 1 1909 to June 30 1910 set records in iron ore wood pulp and related materials. Iron ore totals approached six billion pounds while wood pulp rose to 791 million pounds. Wool cotton salt and fibers were slightly down from the prior year but still above the five year average. Post want ads are free in classified columns.
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Bureau of Statistics
Economy and markets amid living costs and tariff concerns
The piece argues that reducing extravagance and waste will ease the cost of living and offset readjustment pains. Stocks and bonds appear cheap while liquidation accelerates, with railroads maintaining maintenance despite limited improvements. Tariff fears worry experts but are not seen as causing serious economic harm from recent political events in Iowa and Kansas.
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Washington
Towa
Kansas
WIRE PRODUCTS IN DEMAND INDEPENDENT MILLS LEAD
Readjustment of the iron industry continues with keen competition and price irregularities. Independent mills in the central West secured large orders for steel pipe and 76 miles for Texas, 35 miles for Ohio fuel. July brought record wire product orders for American Steel and Wire Company with 7.4 tons per day and 4,500 tons daily specs.
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New York
Wall Street
Central West
Texas
Ohio Fuel Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Rall Mills
Carnegie Steel Company
London Market Strengthens as Global Stocks Firm
London market gains on stronger U S money conditions and fewer new securities. Paris trades cautious after July liquidation with gold mines and Rio Tinto active. Berlin reports higher American securities than New York as speculators return and demand for mining shares rises.
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Washington Post
London
United States
Bank of England
Paris
New York
Rio Tinto
Berlin
New York Stock Exchange
One Food Per Meal Slow Eating Aids Sleep
A reader with irritability and insomnia reports better sleep after eating one food at a time and chewing slowly. Many resist persevering, misreading early improvements as harm. Changes in symptoms may reflect the body adjusting to a healthier diet and restored digestion and elimination function.
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Traelft
Convicted on Girls Charge in Virginia Court
Hay Haislip, a young white man, found guilty of criminal assault by a circuit court jury. The verdict, delivered yesterday, carries a recommended eight year penitentiary sentence. The victim, Ruth Robison, year old daughter of Albert Robison, resided at Wilerslie, the home of Capt. R Hancock in southern Albemarle.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Hay EB. Haislip
Ruth
Albert Robison
Wilerslie
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