Word: posts
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...Woods was graduated from Harvard in 1892 and then spent a year at the University of Berlin. Upon his return he devoted himself to post-graduate work in chemistry in the University. After teaching at Groton School for a short while, he undertook newspaper work in New York. At present Mr. Woods is a deputy commissioner of police in that city and has been put in charge of the detective work...
After being graduated from Harvard in 1892, Mr. Woods spent a year at the University of Berlin and then returned to this University for post-graduate work in chemistry. Soon thereafter, he undertook newspaper work. He is now a deputy commissioner of police in New York City, in charge of the detective forces...
...Aldrich, Einstein, Potter, McManus, A. J. Post, H. R. Gilbert, Griffin...
...Meyer first described the growth of the post office department from the time of Benjamin Franklin, when it contained 45 offices, to its present vast expense with 63,000 offices in ever part of the country. The expenses in 1907 were $178,000,000.00 and they are increasing each year. The rural postal system was first established in 1896 and has increased immensely in the last ten years. Due to this, the vast bulk of the people have become better informed on daily topics...
...Meyer then turned to his special subject, by stating that we should have a parcel post system in the United States. We must now pay more to send a package from New York to Boston than to ship it to Europe; whereas four pounds is the limit weight for this country, packages weighing eleven pounds can be sent to Europe. If this system were brought up-to-date, it would be of immense value to the farmer, who could order all his goods by mail and thus save time and expense...