Causes and figures from Hitchcock on postal losses
Postmaster General Hitchcock released figures showing a historic postal deficit for the fiscal year, with second class mail and rural delivery the main burden. Publications including magazines and newspapers produced minimal revenue while costs ran high, prompting calls for economy alongside efficiency. The report also advocates postal savings banks and a postal money order style check system to reduce coin use and expand rural services.
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Hitchcock
Domentic Wal
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Vath
Carter
Jin
Tesant
Loss to Free Thought Secular League Honors Captain Crosby
The Secular League of Washington honors the memory of Captain Francis Wilkan Crosby, with tributes from members including Clepton and Brookshire of Indiana. The meeting at Pythian Temple featured a formal presentation to league secretary Johnny Bradley and remarks on the life of Jesus.
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Francis Wilkans
Mo Surston
Hos Clepton
Pythian Temple
Aftrinaen
Janeis Willan
Washin
Wo Brookshire
Indiana
Leagues
Jonny Bradley
Wiver
Wim
Motion pictures unfold at Columbia Theater in varied locales
Large audience last night enjoyed Lyrian Browne's motion pictures showing North American scenes. The program featured contrasts in clothing from fur clad Eskimos to nearly naked jungle tribes and included aeroplane race scenes, Versailles fountains, English newspaper offices, and Nice carnival imagery.
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Lyrian H Browe
Tex
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North America
Versailles Range
Reatest
England
Nice
Troops Block Lynch Mob After Greenville Murder Charge
Gesow Ocoor Fuller charged with murdering J E Liddell a prominent real estate dealer was rushed to the State penitentiary after crowds threatened lynching. Jos Barker held as accomplice was moved to Laurens jail. Fuller arrested following a judged confession to contractor W O Stover, with Blythe Rifles guarding the jail until Fuller was placed in an automobile and sent to Spartanburg then Columbia.
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Ocoor Fuller
J E Liddell
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Laurens
Fuller
W O Stover
Blythe
Spartanburg
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Overlander Courage Guards Wild Cattle Trek Across Storms
A dramatic portrait of the Australian cattle overlander guiding mobs thousands of miles to markets. Amid wild thunderclouds and night watches, riders head off stampedes with skill, horsemanship, and teamwork, preventing slaughter and securing the herd’s safe passage.
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Queensland
Overland
Jeeng
Benos
Pease
Gunther
Dngland
Australia
Sehroh
Spain Eyes New Concordat With Vatican Amid Reform Push
Madrid reports the government plans to reopen talks with the Vatican to revise the 1851 concordat. Foreign Minister Benor Ceballero says changes focus on liberty of conscience education and the control of religious orders. The government will pursue harmony with the Spanish constitution in a liberal spirit.
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Taft Debates Federal Incorporation Act Amid Standard Oil Decision
President Taft and Congressional leaders weigh delaying a federal incorporation measure until the Supreme Court rules on the Standard Oil dissolution case. Advisers fear early action could aid opponents, while Taft favors prompt consideration to curb perceived corporate misuses under the Sherman Act. Experts anticipate a protracted fight and prefer awaiting the court’s ruling before proceeding.
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Crue
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Phey
Cannaal
Statehood Prospects for Anzone and New Mexco Discussed
The article outlines cautious support for limiting statehood legislation to enabling conventions in New Mexico and Arizona. Presidents Taft and Congressional leaders favor careful constitution drafting with voter approval, ensuring public lands and resources are protected. If conventions draft acceptable constitutions, statehood may proceed and two new states join the Union within a year after Congress adjourns.
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Congresa
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Jaffa the ancient port of Jerusalem and its oranges
Jaffa, the seaport linked to Solomon and Tyre, is described as an ancient, bustling gateway to Jerusalem. The piece surveys its history from Crusades to Napoleon, notes the famed orange groves and modern convents, and contrasts the lively coastal town with the poverty around Jerusalem, inviting readers to the Holy Land journey onward to the Plain of Skaton.
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California
Palestine
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Lmon
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Simon the Tanner
Mapoleon
Holy Land
Israel
Onsy
Jepusatem
St. George
England
Acrussiem
Bitdr
Bit Fir
Bar Chophebar
Hadrien
Jae
Story of Joan of Arc and Her Miraculous Rise
The Maid of Orleans rises from a humble Domremy peasant to led France against English domination. Ignorant of books, Joan hears voices, wins a committee’s verdict of purity, leads 3000 troops to lift Orleans, crowns Charles VII at Rheims, and is captured, condemned as a witch, and burned at Rouen in May 1431, aged about twenty.
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New York American
Orleans
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Engusa
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Basieges
Gompiegne
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Rouen
JOHA th GIVES GOLD PIECES
A clipped report notes Radway men receiving five dollars and Pocantico Hills School paying ten dollars in gold pieces to teachers and staff. It mentions a snowstorm covering Rockefeller’s golf course and a pending departure of American minister to Belgium Wilton from Brussels with new minister Charles Paga Beye expected.
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Brusssle
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Charles Paga Beye
Leorismat
New Fors Dec 2 Smuggling Ring Forms Anti Smuggle Pact
A Malden Lane district association of wholesale firms forms to cooperate with federal authorities in tracing smugglers including honest dealers and returning tourists The group plans committees and actions to curb gem smuggling diamonds valued at 7100 appear to yield 10000 in tariff evasion per sale and a 20 percent duty on pearls Officials call for better records of shipments from London and Cape of Good Hope to cut illicit gem movements amid global distribution hubs.
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Cape of Good Hope
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Amaterium
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Paris
Waltham Watch Co. Guarantees Only Through Jeweler Purchases
The Waltham Watch Company offers its broad guarantee only on watches bought from regular jewelers, not from general stores, as the policy limits coverage to verified authorized sellers. This ensures authenticity and adherence to official warranties.
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Waltham Watch Company
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