Postmasters urged to settle debts or retire from service
Postmasters nationwide face pressure to clear contracted debts or resign from the public arena. The Postmaster General warns the department will not shelter officials who incur debts on official means and then fail to justify payment. Plus a religious quotation from Rev. W. G. Partridge of Pittsburg praising Jesus as the Great Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
W. G. Partridge
Pittsburg
Pacific Cable Links United States to China and Japan
After years of effort, the Commercial Pacific Cable Company secures landing rights in Japan and China for a direct American cable to the Far East. Initiatives began with John W Mackay, gained a private unsubsidized path under American control, with President McKinley backing the project in 1899. The line now extends from Honolulu and the Philippines to China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Japan
John W. Mackay
M. Takahira
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Far Eoat
John W.mackay
Congress
McKinley
Far East
Senate
House of Representatives
Clarence H. Mackay
Commercial Cable Company
Honolulu
Philippines
Irrigation Transforms Desert Lands Across the West
The article details vast arid regions in Colorado Nevada Arizona New Mexico Utah and California being revived by irrigation. It notes 75 percent of Colorado lands depend on artificial water supply and outlines irrigated farm sizes and acreages across regions and states. It highlights the Rio Pecos and Poudre river valleys as evidence of lush cultivation replacing sagebrush and cactus with fruit and grain.
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America
United States
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Rio Pecas
Indiana
Illinois
New York
South Platte Valley
Wyoming
Utah
California
Europe
Teething remedy ads and moral musings in local column
A jumble of ad blurbs and short moral essays includes a teething remedy claim for mothers praising Mrs Winslow’s, a note on contentment via nature, religious musings by Rev T B Potterton and Rev L D Blackwar, plus a piece on conservative spirit by Bishop Crafton and reflections on love and virtue by Rev M W Stryker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Crafton
Fond du Lac
Wis
Catarrh Cure Claims Deafness Is Reversed
A dubious 19th century advert promises to cure deafness via a catarrh treatment sold by a Toledo firm. It asserts nine of ten cases cured and offers a one hundred dollar reward, urging readers to “Head for rr J. its Thee & CO.” in Toledo.
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Rr J
Thee & CO
Toledo
World's Highest Tower to Rise in New York City
A bold plan unfolds for a 1250 foot cylindrical tower named The Weber Tower designed by Carl Weber. It promises a 1100 foot public roof garden, eight elevators, a weather observatory, offices, a theater, museum, and a fully staffed public space with shops, a restaurant, and extensive panoramic views over New York and beyond within a year of starting work.
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New York
Weber
Carl Weber
Manhattan
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Washington Monument
Park Row
St. Paul
Europe
Ulm Cathedral
Philadelphia
United States Weather Observatory
Sud
Atlantic Ocean
Hudson River
Voices on Prayer Pride and Grace from Faith Leaders
A regional prayer column presents brief quotes from Rev L M Zimmerman Rev B P Lee Rev J W Cooper and Rev W R Huntington. Topics include prayer in daily life pride caution about worldly respectability grace and the value of character in spiritual life.
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Manx E
College OF Our Lady OF Lourdes
Brother Superior
P. O. Box
South Park
Wash
R. L. Beatty
Grattle
ALL Grocers
Tower CO
Boston
Tower Camadiar Co,, Limited
Toronto
CAMA
Pillsbury Webbers Flour Mills Co
Monsees
Mien
Pacific
Great
Americana
T. B. Potterton
Universalist
Brooklyn
Kline
R. H. Kilne, Ltd
Arch St
Rev. L
D. Blackwar
Williamsburg
N. Y
Wrean
Emer
Idea
Olmstead
Lstoy
M. W. Stryker
Methodist
Clinton, N
Man
Atchison, Kan
Globe
Alonso
SR S RS
Gotham
Bears
Fac Simile Signature of
Ypornis
Rev
L. M. Zimmerman
Lutheran
Baltimore
B. P. Lee
Episcopalian
Los Angeles
Cal
J. W. Cooper
Congregationalist
New York City
W. R. Huntington
S.S. S
SWIFT
Atlanta
Joan W. Forpm
Wheeling
W. Va
C. B. Williams
Western Avenue
Sassrooms
O. B. Williams
Western Ave
Seatie
Northwest
NEW Case Gang
Seattle
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