Postmasters Learn New Deals Under New Postal Rules
Washington notes postmasters face a wave of changes from the Thirty Third Congress. Added charges will apply for mail to restricted addresses, money orders cashed at different offices, and a $1 migratory bird stamp for hunting licenses. A new air mail rate and NRA compliance duties add to duties. Post offices act as information hubs while guarding veteran pension checks and updating director addresses.
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Washington
Seventy Third Congress
Uncle Sam
John Smith
Post Office Department
Department
Veterans’ Bureau
Roosevelt Receives About 4000 Letters Daily
Franklin D. Roosevelt, then president, is reported to receive roughly four thousand letters and telegrams each day as part of his public correspondence and routine duties.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Ten Billion Dollars May Be Spent
Washington reports that in the current fiscal year the government can spend nearly 10 billion dollars and stay within President Roosevelt s estimates for relief and recovery. The 1934 peacetime outlay reached 7.105 billion with a 3.989 billion deficit and public debt at 27.058 billion, while the administration forecasts for the two-year period rising toward 17.0 billion dollars with large emergency allocations and a small routine budget.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Reas
German police dog travels 157 miles to Laredo home
A German police dog, missing for thirteen months, trekked 157 miles from Corpus Christi to Laredo to reunite with Mrs. Rutherford. The dog, once owned by banker J. C. Bluntzer, showed fatigue but recovered quickly after the long journey.
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Laredo
A. R. Rutherford
Rutherford
J.C. Bluntzer
Corpus Christi
Bluntzer
Copper near surface guides mineral hunt in Africa
Beed and copper near the ground surface aid ore exploration as airplanes are used in Africa to locate deposits. A wallpaper from 1807 in Willie Blount’s Clarksville Tennessee home remains intact and in good condition.
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Beed&se
Africa
Willie Blount
Clarksville
Tenn
Why Do We Close Our Eyes to Light and Truth
A short sermon urges self-examination on sin and the habits that dull hearing and sight. It questions personal motives, notes universal imperfection, and contrasts living by light with chasing worldly distractions.
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Isaiah
Jesus
Echo
Kingdom of Heaven
Tubes in cellophane will have no rings
Boston reports ship model maker Robert I. Innis has patented a waterproof cellophane lining for bathtubs. The lining is inside the tub and can be loosened from within by a rip cord after use to prevent rings and domestic discord.
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Boston
Robert I. Innis
Long Wharf
Garner Receives $7660 Official Car From Senate Gift
The Vice President now travels in an official car paid for by taxpayers after a Senate vote. The 20 foot long, 165 horsepower limousine is billed as the world’s longest and most luxurious with a concealed radio and telephone. Retail value listed at $7,660, designed for speed near 100 mph.
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Garner
Four Hundred of America
Senate
Pathfinder
Hunters Bag About 3000 Deer Each Year In Country
The note claims hunters bag around 3000 deer annually in the country and spend an average of about twenty dollars per hunt.
Economic and social facts from historic data
This passage lists varied statistics on farming loans, travel distances, the 1871 Chicago fire, auto registration fees, gasoline taxes, wealth shifts, prize money for Primo Carnera, car ownership ratios in Germany and the U S, global car ownership distribution, and Alaska export totals relative to the U S purchase price.
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Federal Farm Credit Administration
Chicago
O’leary
NBA
Primo Carnera
Germany
United States
Bayer Aspirin Price Reduction Ad
The notice proclaims Bayer Aspirin priced at 15c for 12 tablets 25c for 24 tablets and reduced 100 tablet bottles across the United States. It urges customers to insist on the Bayer brand by name and notes doctors advise it as heart friendly and safe for pain relief.
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United States
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Black Forest
Matt
Bow-Wright Pharmacy
John Garner
Alaska
Frank D. Layman
Whitewright, Texas
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Crary
BAYER
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