Careless mailing causes vast dead letter losses in 1924
The Association of North American Directory Publishers notes post office data showing 21 million letters and 63 006 parcels reached the dead letter office in 1924 due to inadequate addresses. Blank envelopes totaled 100 000, with 92 000 dollars paid for return postage and 67 000 in cash removed. Directory service was used for 200 million letters, at great cost, urging better mail practices during National Better Mailing Weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of North American Directory
Post Office Department
Washington
They Simply Won’t Let This Ford Car Remain with Owner
A Waterloo cab company Ford coupe, bought in 1924, has vanished for the third time since mid July 1922. The car has a history of thefts, including recoveries in a ditch near Owatonna and later in Boston, with the owner now urging sheriff’s help as more calls flood the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Top Cab Company
Richard H. Young
Cab J Company
HT. T. Wagner
Young
Owatonna
Minn
H. W.lloyd
Boston
Mass
B. A. Leighton
Lloyd
Waterloo
LT Am
Sheriff's Office
Tme
Hearing Today for Man Charged with Beating Up Youth
Ernest J. Johnson, proprietor of automobile parking grounds between the baseball and Electric parks, faces charges of assault and battery in municipal court today before Judge John A. Gwynne. The case stems from a Sept 30, 1924 beating of 16 year old Orville Bryant after a mass meeting at the ball park, with Bryant seeking $1,000 damages in his father's name, L. T. Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest J. Johnson
Orville Bryant
John A. Gwynne
Johnson
Young Bryant
Phillip la Follette
Ball Park
L. T. Bryant
Aftermath of Assault on Orville Reveals Lingering Illness
The report describes continued berating and striking of Orville after he fell, noting the boy endured weeks of illness with severe headaches and his school work suffered due to head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville
Man Claims Punishment Caused His Nervous Condition
A witness asserts that the man’s present nervous condition stems from the punishment endured, describing the effect as a lingering mental strain. The claim shapes the defense’s argument on the defendant’s state of mind during the incident.
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Waterloo Army Store
Men’s Athletic Union
Amy
Goodyear Well
Army Foot
Nature
S.S.S
SSS. S
Wees
Union Pacific
Denver
Colorado Springs
Ee Pueblo
Rocky Mountain National
Estes) Park
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Cedar City
Utah
Utah National Parks
Zion National Park
Cedar
Zion
Rocky Mountain National Parks
West
Portland
San Francisco
Ogden
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Pacific Northwest
California
D. M. Shrenk
Union Pacific System
Equitable
Locust
Des Moines
Iowa
Coway
The
Pacific
Northwest
Alaska
Meni Stakante
Dewdad
Iowa Securities Company
Fifth Street
Menominee, Mich
N Factory
Orillia, Cem
Furniture &Baby Carriages
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Lloyd Loom
Lloyd-Loom
Hall-Ekfest CO
Bridge Street
A. Leath & Co
Court House
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