Word: postals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Borah. At present he is not booming himself. But a California supporter started a chain postal card boom: "Link by link and vote by vote it will carry him to the White House!" And Mr. Borah commented: "Fruitless endeavor!" Meanwhile he is at work in Washington, apparently considering the possibilities of a visit to Russia, or a return home to fight for the direct primary in Idaho. Johnson. Where Mr. Harding is for the World Court, and Senator Borah takes the middle ground, Hiram Johnson leads the extreme opposition- " high priest of all the irreconcilables." Since Borah left the reactionaries...
Will H. Hays: "I passed my physical and mental examinations and was commissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Adjutant General's Department of the Officers' Reserve Corps. This was done so that in case of war I should become head of the army postal service...
...Only One Postal Ballot...
This year there will be only one postal ballot for election of Overseers. Additional nominations may be made up to April 1 by certificate signed by at least 200 graduates eligible to vote. According to the present rules, holders of the degree of Master of Arts and of honorary degrees are entitled to vote immediately upon receiving their degrees; holders of all other degrees are entitled to vote at the fifth annual election after they have received their degrees. The names of any candidates thus nominated will appear on the official ballot with those of the fifteen candidates named above...
Meantime the Postal Service continues to grow. Back in the days of the stage coach and "real romance" a couple of mail sacks would bring a week's delivery to Chicago or Louisville. Today a million and a half letters are mailed every hour and the government sells fourteen billion stamps a year...