Uncle Sam's Busy Postmen Around the World
New York Sun profiles the global reach of the U S postal service. It describes fastest trains ships and animals delivering mail from Alaska to the Cape of Good Hope detailing post offices employes routes budgets and the Arctic mail run via Yukon river and Behring Sea ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Alaska
Siberia
Africa
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Mediterranean Sea
China
Philippines
India
Turkestan
Europe
Point Barrow
Sam
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Uncle Sam
New Zealand
Canada
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Switzerland
Asia
British India
Japan
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Norway
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
Greece
Independent Republic of the Congo
Congo
Middle Atlantic
Behring Sea
Seattle
Washington
Behring
Arctic Circle
Yukon
North Pole
New York Sun
Pension reform and wartime pensions debate in the South
The piece argues pensions for Confederate veterans are too costly and poorly distributed. It urges trimming former allowances, rewarding only those with life-changing injuries or wartime widows, and ending benefits for the able or destitute. It asserts elections no longer hinge on veterans and calls for reform. It also includes a diary-like account from Rev Philip Daloria about Custer and Appearing Elk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Easy Street
Abbeville
Custer
Philip Daloria
Flora
Council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
Appearing Elk
Mr. Daloria
Elk
Philadelphia Dispatch
The Mystery of Graslov by Ashley Towne
Frances Gordon and Prince Neslerov clash over Vladimir Paulpoff and a Siberian misadventure. Frances shoots Neslerov to free Vladimir as Denton seeks help from the governor and gears up for a perilous journey to the Obi amid a vengeful crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystery OF
Graslov
Ashley Towne
Nesterov
Frances Gordon
Frances
Vladimir Paulpoff
Neslerov
Vladimir
Ben
Vladimir Old Paulpoff
Paulpoffs
Siberia
Gordon
Jack Denton
Obi
Denton
Tomsk
Jack
Moscow
Papa
Vladimir Pavulpoff
the Obi
Vasblov
Perm
Paulpoff
Nesterovy
Drosky
Russia
Neslerovy
New Orleans Poem Mocks Boston On Crop Forecasts
A satirical piece from a New Orleans column mocks Boston based on Liverpool estimator Buston’s diary predicting 11,200,000 bales. It parodies conflicting crop forecasts, laments drought fears, and imagines southern buyers migrating while praising the Southern Railway’s immigration drive and cotton prospects. It cites regional movement and notes land prices and western farmers seeking southern farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Boston
Liverpool
South
Dangerous Honey Types Warn of Ill Effects
An old note explains honey from parsley, hemlock, and green fly can harm people. Parsley honey may upset the stomach, hemlock honey can poison and even kill, while green fly honey leaves a bitter taste and dread. Bees store honey for themselves. humans face risks from unsuitable nectar.
Settlers for the South Progress After Years of Work
M W Richards of the Southern Railway discusses long term immigration to the south. He notes seed sowing over years yielding harvest as capital and settlers grow, changing northern prejudice and boosting farm land values. The west’s prosperity spurred interest in southern opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Washington
Saluda River
Virginia
Richards
West
Southern Railway Company
Industrial and Immigration Bureau
South
M. W. Richards
Mr. Richards
Carolinas
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
John Doe
Super standard life risk class urged for insurers
Abroad efforts seek a new class of insurance risk labeled super standard. Proponents argue teetotalers with clean family history and good health deserve reduced rates, while standard and sub standard categories already exist. The piece cites studies and physicians noting abstainers recover better from illness and injuries.
Whisky price rise in Kentucky affects families
The Kentucky whisky price climbs 25 cents per gallon. An exchange argues the raise reduces consumption by women and children while men may drink less, reflecting household budget strain in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Anderson Intelligencer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charis B. Etherington
Bales
Moon
Buston
Mr. Price
Www
C. G
New York Evening Post
Molineux
New York
Katherine Adams
Cornish
Adams
Roland B. Molineux
Baltimore Sun
John H. Baker
Federal Court
Evansville
Edward Murphy
Owensboro
Rockport
Murphy
Indianapolis News
Brooklyn Eagle
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