Pay For Idle Card Clerks' Lives Implyin
In Michigan a 100 mile mail route sees the government pay 58 percent of operation costs for two mail trains. The article traces postal service expenses, car maintenance, and compensation trends, noting idle railway post office cars paid via lines and the shift in opinions of Shallenberger about mail pay versus express rates. It also cites railway margins, reserve cars, and safety concerns for postal clerks.
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Michigan
Shallenberger
Ira E. Bennett
Ponti- le
Seville
Mich
United States
Pontiac
Telys
Post Office Department
Irwin
Sper «Nt
House Committee On
Cypress
Puse Atice
Washington
Fennaslania
New York Central
Burlington
Southern
Post-office Department
New York
Grant
Railway Mail Service
Shalienberger
Nec
Finney
Lyne
Minley
Mr. Shallenberger
Finley
Mr Shallenberger
Tne
Snapp
Tillman
Government printers switch to short steam toot to save energy
The Government Printing Office will replace a 30 second whistle with a brief toot to signal 4200 employees. The change aims to cut steam waste while maintaining orderly start and stop times for day and night shifts. Statisticians estimate potential savings from this modernization.
Hobo Steals Food From Tucker Home Pantry
A tired vagrant entered 45 New Jersey Avenue Southeast and took Sunday dinner and other pantry items. He carried away five dozen eggs four pounds sugar a half gallon wine a gallon of preserves half a ham and oatmeal in two nearby baskets. Police seek identity and origin of the visitor in this lingering mystery.
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Thomas W. Tucker
New Jersey Avenue
Billy Patterson
Rheumatism Cure Claim Promoted by Blood Tonic
An advertisement claims rheumatism persists despite lotions or liniments and asserts the acid condition of the blood is the cause. It promotes Hdod's Sarsa parila as a remedy said to have cured thousands.
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Hdod
Patent Attorney Dies in Hotel After Quoting Final Words
H Everett Ellis a 48 year old patent attorney residing with the Watsons in Washington fell dead in an American House room at 638 Pennsylvania Avenue around 8 pm while talking with carpenter William Hackett. Police suspect self-inflicted death. autopsy to determine cause. Hackett held as witness. Ellis had been drinking for over a week and prayed for strength to stop.
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Avenue Hotel
William Hackett
H. Everett Ellis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ellis
Washington
Watson
Mr. Watson
Post
Hackett
No. 6
Death of John B Stetson in Florida Winter Home
John B Stetson, famed hat magnate of Philadelphia, died at his Deland Florida winter home after apoplexy. He fell ill while in Florida and passed away with his wife present. Born 1830 in Orange New Jersey, he built a vast hat business and founded Stetson University in Deland. He leaves a widow, two sons, and a married daughter.
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Deland
Fla
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Gillen
Stetson
University
Auditoriun
John B Stetson
Thiy City
Jie
Mr. Stetson
Fourth Street
Montgomery
John B Stetson University
Venezuelan charge denies Brazil role in Pan American talks
Veloz Goiticoa, the Venezuelan envoy Wuffaires, says he did not participate in choosing Brazil as host for the next Pan American conference. He emphatically denies the vote claim. He will not comment on a new ambassador to Washington without government advice.
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Veloz Goiticoa
Wuffaires
Caracas
Curacao
Brazil
Washington
Velez Golticoa
Evening dress rule at Waldorf-Astoria sparks uproar
New York travelers condemn the Waldorf-Astoria head waiter for denying two well known guests in plain clothes a dining room table. Debate spreads to Washington as lawyers and hotelmen weigh legality and propriety of dress restrictions in public dining rooms.
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New York
Washington
New Willard
Waldorf-Astoria, Jr
Dinmer
Waldorf-Astoria
H. de Courcey Torres
Frederick O. Beach
Europe
Delmonica’s
Sherry’s
Free America
Washington Girl's Fate: Burned Woman Identified as Bonnie Howard
The body of Bonnie Howard of Washington DC was identified in Pittsburgh as the 25-year-old woman who died after a fire at 432 Third Avenue. Four prior close calls with open fireplaces, and police suspicion she set the blaze, are noted amid details of her life and death.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Homeopathic
Bonnie’ Howard
Washington, DC
Third Avenue
F. J. Silber
Baltimore
Miss Howard
Washington
Gist Street
Third Avenue House
Bessie Howard
Beach is Reported Killed in Railroad Accident
John F. Beach a government inspector of building construction from Lorton Valley Virginia was reported killed in a railroad accident yesterday. Beach had been convicted of assault with intent to kill for shooting Ernest Gichner at the Marine Barracks on September 9 1905. His trial had begun the previous week before Justice Gould and ended with a guilty verdict. A bond of 2600 was posted and he was released on bail pending sentence.
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Alexandria
John F. Beach
Lorton Valley
Beach
Ernest Gichner
Marine Barracks
Justice Gould
Gugner
Gould
Aged Uncle Seeks Cure For Gastric Juice Indigestion
An elderly African American man arrives at Emergency Hospital on Fifteenth Street and Ohio Avenue claiming to have gastric juice in his stomach. He asks a white-clad surgeon for a remedy to stop indigestion he calls “ Indejection.” The tale highlights the hospital staff’s puzzled reaction to a self diagnosed case and a doctor’s prescription follows.
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Fifteenth Street
Ohio Avenue
Darkey
Saengerbund Concert Delights Hearers With Six Acts
The Saengerbund staged its sixth concert last night featuring seven numbers with performers Lillian M. Lewis, Mrs. William T. Reed, Mrs. Frank Byram, and Messrs Herndon Morwell, Harry Factor, Roland Roderick, Richard Brauner, and Albert Lepper. Henry Kander conducted and accompanied at the piano, delivering notable backing to the ensemble. The amusing Barber in Love from the previous show drew laughs, especially Adolph Levi's comic rendering of a lovesick barber customer.
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Lillian M. Lewis
William T. Reed
Frank Byram
Herndon Morwell
Harry Factor
Roland Roderick
Richard Brauner
Albert Lepper
Henry Kander
Barber
Adolph Levi
Surprised Doctor Illustrating the Effect of Food
Mrs H of Racine Wisconsin describes a two year stomach illness eased by Grape-Nuts food. She could not eat conventional foods but after starting small portions daily she recovered and could eat anything. Her nerves also improved with Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee. The story invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Racine
Wis
Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Police nab a peeper in northwest city
Louis Ridgeway aged eighteen of 3232 Brightwood avenue northwest was arrested by Patrolman M Poland for a late night peeping act at the Melrose flats 1243 Clifton street northwest. Women on Clifton street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets had reported nightly window peeping for weeks. Husbands and brothers failed to catch him until police nabbed him in the act. He will appear in court this morning.
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Louis Ridgeway
Brightwood Avenue
Melrose Flats
Clifton Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Wes
Divorce Congress Opens In New Willard Headquarters
Delegates from nearly all states except South Carolina Mississippi and Nevada assemble in Washington to urge Congress to enact a uniform divorce law. Gov Pennypacker welcomes the group as sessions run daily from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 30 pm to 5 30 pm with a ceremony to meet the President.
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Congress
New Willard
Washington
Macfarland
Gov Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Gov. Pennypacker
Keystone
Gov, Pennypacker
Union
South Carolina
Mississippi
Nevada
Glennon
Missouri
United States
Burnham
New Hampshire
E. W Huffeut
Cornell Law School
Washington Gladden
Ono
W. H. Hare
South Dakota
Gaillor
Tennessee
Hugh T. Miller
Indiana
George E. Gardner
Boston University
James M. Kirwin
St. Mary's Cathedral
Galveston
Tex
George Sutherland
Utah
Fanny Leake Cummina
J. A. van Orsdel
Wyoming
Weather conditions and forecast from Washington weather bureau
Weather summary from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau notes warmer conditions in most areas with rain and snow due in the northwestern states and Midwest. Storm warnings posted at Washington and Oregon stations. Local readings show temperatures ranging from mid 30s to low 40s with humidity around 83 percent and rainfall figures partially listed.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
North Dakota
Minnesota
Upper Lake Region
West Gulf States
North Pacific
Central West
Lake Region
Miasivelopi
Atletic
Gulf
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
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Bonnie” Howard
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Divorce Congress Today
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