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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1924)
GETS CREDIT FOR INVENTION IN 1810 Clerk Was First to Devise Boxes in Post Office. Washington.—Thomas Brown, a clerk in the Richmond (Va.) post office In 1810, has been given official credit ter having Invented the “post office bo*." While there are no Post Office de partment records to show that Brown was the first to make and put the post office box In use, there is nothing on file to disprove the claim made for him by his great-granddaughter, Miss Mary D. Lewis of Tallahassee, Fla. Postmaster General New, therefore, has replied to a letter from Miss Lewis presenting the claim by stating he is ready to give Brown the benefit of tha doubt and acknowledge him as the in ventor. Brown’s memoirs, published some time after his death, fully set forth the circumstances leading to the invention. He wrote: **I was the Inventor or planner of post office boxes. These were times of embargo, nonintercourse, etc., nnd. of course, speculation was rife. The first news was important and therefore there was always a great rush to the post office as soon as the mall came In, for letters. “The universal plan was to hand out letters from a round pane of glass from the front window. I have seen the whole street blocked by people waiting their turn to get to the window to usk for letters." Brown was asked to devise a plan to remedy the situation. He did so by fitting a partition across a large room, filling It with pigeonholes covered at one end with glass with each hole numbered in front nnd bearing the name of the box-holder at the open end. About 400 boxes were quickly engaged at 50 cents for each three months. Brown’s plan is still utilized in post offices throughout the smaller citiea and towns of the country. Aged Woman to Fight for Unsettled Estate Camden. N. J.—The myth of a $1, 000,000,000 estate remaining unsettled In New York was revived by the an nouncement by Miss Irene Powers, elghty-two years old, of Camden, that she Intended to try to obtain a por tion of the land supposed to have been , left by Annek£ Jans Bogardus. She said that she still hoped to share In the property, which comprises 62 acres between Broadway and the Hudson river, and Includes the sites of the YVootworth building. Trinity church and other structures. Although she has knowledge of tha many futile attempts of this kind In the past. Miss Powers insists that she will pass her remaining years seeking to obtain millions which she declares are hers by right of Inheritance. Anneke Jans Bogardus inherited tha property from her first husband, Roe Iof Jans, who bought It In 1636. Sha was supposed to have left the prop erty under a 99-year lease to its oc cupants, with the understanding that It would revert to her heirs when tha j period expired. Actually, the prop- j erty was transferred to the governor i of the province, and later presented to Trinity church by Queen Anne. On this flimsy evidence thousands of descendants of Anneke Jans have j made attempts to acquire riches. Tha j claim was outlawed by the New York j State Court of Appeals In 1856. and again In 1881. Swindlers have re- j peatedly capitalized the story by lur- i Ing supposed heirs Into schemes for recovering the estate. — Standing Room Only Put* “Pep” in the Turk Constantinople.—The new prefect of Constantinople, Emine Bey, to instil the spirit of "hustle” Into the prefec ture officials, has given orders that no chairs be allowed In any office except the chairs occupied by the official* themselves. This Is intended to discourage the Inveterate habit of Turkish officials of comfortably installing their business visitors, treating them to coffee, and gossiping interminably without getting down to business. Change Names at Will Riga.—A recent decree of the cen- i trsl soviet authorities grants every Russian citizen over eighteen year* the right to change ^lis family name and his first name as often as be pleases, with full legal validity, simply by notifying the registrar of the community. ]: First Mail Plane Motor to Museum | ] [ Washington.—The engine used 8 j | in a Blerlot monoplane to carry 2 the first aerial mall In tbe United 8 ; | States has been presented to the 2 | Smithsonian Institution by Earl g ] Ovlngton, a Santa Barbara 2 (Cal.) aviator, wao. In 1911, was g sworn In as the first aerial post- 8 1 man. 2 The official document, bearing 8 tbe signature of Postmaster Gen- 2 eral Hitchcock and Chief In- 5 spector Morgan of New York 2 also will be presented to the In- g stttutlon. together with u sain- 2 pie of mall carried on the first g trip and a photograph of the 2 plane. 2 | WHOH9HOHCHCKI<HSHCKKHMHKH»<KKKHKKKI Film 1-254,000 of Inch i Thick Is Manufactured Washington.—Probably the thinnest aalluloid him ever produced have bssa made by the bureau of standards They are so thin that 254.000 of them can be packed in n apace an inch thick. They wars mads by dissolving the laid in amylacetate and dropping Usn on a clean water surface, the acetate ts evaporate. The will as* tha dims In X-aay SIGHT OF CHILDREN IS BEING NEGLECTED Small Percentage Receive* Tests, Say* Survey. New York.—Only 4,227,702 of the 24.000. 000 school children in the United States received eye tests In 1923. ac cording to a preliminary report Issued by the Eye Sight Conservation Coun cil of America embodying the Initial findings of a nationwide survey of eye conservation In education and indus try. The survey, which covers gbe re sults of testing the eyes of more than 10.000. 000 students extending over a period of 16 years, discloses, it is as serted. that the eyesight of children In the public schools throughout the nation is being neglected. “The eyesight of children in the public schools throughout the United States is not being given proper atten tion," says the report. "Even simple tpsts to detect the most evident cases of defective vision are not made gen erally. A very low percentage oMhe total enrollment receives eyesight tests of any kind. In the schools where tests are made there are wide differ ences in the results obtained. This Indicates that in many schools the tests are made very superficially and that a uniform procedure is not ob served In making the tests.” Cause of Retardation. John J. Tigert, United States com missioner of education, and a member of the board of councillors of the Eye Sight Conservation Council, says that defective vision is believed to contribute toward retardation. Com menting on the disclosure of the sur vey, which, he points out, should tend to develop an important field of edu cation which has been too long neg lected. Commissioner Tigert declares: “The establishment of a conscious ness of the need of attacking physical defects among our school children as a part of our educational program can scarcely be over emphasized. This is peculiarly true with reference to eye sight, because defective vision inter feres more with educational progress than any other defect of sensation. "Experience has clearly established that tests for defective vision may be carried out advantageously by the teachers. It is important to empha size that suitable provisions are not now made for training teachers, school nurses and health Inspectors In the methods of making tests. The council Is doing a splendid thing In helping to secure such provision.” The data from which the council’s report was prepared was gathered from widely different sources. Includ ing reports of state departments of education and state hoards of health since 1907, covering 6,600,000 eye exam inations, and municipal reports since 1907 covering 3,500,000 examinations. The most recent statistics were ob tained through data obtained from public schools of 247 cities. Few Receive Teste. “Only a small number of school chil dren receive periodic eyesight tests at regular intervals," continues the council’s report. The council has verified this statement In two ways. : first by a summary of replies from state officials and second by a sum mary of replies from city school su perintendents. Simple visual acuity tests reveal that 25 per cent of the school children In the United States have manifest de fects of vision and symptoms of eye strain. More thorough examinations indicate that over 50 per cent of school children have eye defect of sufficient degree to warrant correction. There Is no uniform method for testing eye sight, says the report. Eye tests as made in the public schools are merely tests for keenness of vision and reveal but a portion of eye errors, according to the council, which says that especially In children a large proportion of eye defects are hidden, and while the child Is con tending with the defect, his keenness of vision Is not affected. Gold Prospectors Cause Excitement in Rhodesia Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.— ! Gold prospecting Is very active 1 throughout Rhodesia and so keen are j the prospectors In pegging out claims that eight of them slept throughout the freezing cold one night on the site of a dead miner’s forfeited gold claim, known as Mick’s Luck, near Essex Vale, at one time the home of the fa mous explorer F. C. Selous. As soon as It was daylight there was a wild stampede among the men to erect the customary notices. Motor 1 cars had arrived for two of the com peting amateurs, who apparently | thought that first registration of a ! claim at the mines office In Bulawaye established a prior right to It. These two men had a furious race to Bula wayo, covering the distance of 30 miles over the rough veldt road in 4t minutes. Wealthy Man Creates New Town in Ulstei Belfast.—Newtownkelly is the name of a new town which has sprung from the venture of Sir Samuel Kelly wealthy mine owner, and which Is said to be the greatest commercial under taklDg ever attempted single handed In Ireland. He has successfully prospected foi coal, sunk two deep shafts, constructed overhead equipment and laid eight railway sidings. Colliers which ht brought from Cumberland and Scotland Uva In the new town. Turtle, Dated 1884, Is Found Twice by Man Afoorefleld, W. Va.—Zack Reel found a land turtle on the Woerner place near Keaael on which was carved the name of “Joaepb F. Woerner.” and the date. "May U, 1884.” Woerner Is living with hie daughter, Mra. Edward Smith, at present. The same turtle waa found by Reel once before about 100 yarda from where It was dlacovered this tUna Works as Lumberjack to Earn College Tuition !_ __ | Here’s a girl of courage uuii orig inality. Probably the only girl lum berjack in the world. She spends the summer months booming logs on Moosehead lake, Klnto. Maine, to earn money for her college tuition. She is shown here keeping her balance on logs, a very difficult task for men, and unheard of for girls. Miss iluth C. Apgar of Easton, Pa., is shown on the Job. ___ New Material Lessens Building Cost in Russia Moscow.—Russia's scarcity of liv ■ ing accommodations and the high cost of building material have forced the soviet authorities to experiment In the construction of what are termed “ther molite" houses, the invention of a Russian engineer named Peter Galak hoff. A thermolite house has the conven : tlonal framework of wood, but a ; liquid material of heavy consistency j (thermolite), composed of sawdust, straw and common tree leaves, mixed with lime, plaster and antiseptic so lution, is interposed between the outer and inner boards. When this mixture becomes hard, the house is rendered moisture-proof, resists decay, and is Impervious to certain insects. With a coating of special paint containing the same In gredients as “thermolite,” the house Is also rendered fireproof. Houses of this type, according to the Inventor, can be erected for 25 per cent less than the ordinary house und can be completed within less than six weeks. I Radio Replaces Pastor 2 on Island Off Sweden 2 Stockholm.—A radio loud- X speaker has taken the place of 5 a minister for the first time In X Sweden on the Island of Otoe v In the Stockholm Archipelago. X The congregation, after hav- 9 ing taken part in the service 5 broadcast from Stockholm, was 2 enthusiastic In its praises of 5 the new scheme, since the Island, 2 especially in the winter time. 5 often cannot be reached by min- X isters. owing to bad navigation 5 conditions. X rvo<vcw->o<H>CHJOOCH>t>0-D<KH>CHKHKKJ GONZELL WHITE AND HER BAND They will be at the Gayety twice daily, week starting Sunday matinee, in conjunc tion with the big musical show, “Runnin’ Wild’’. This is their final engagement prior to a two years’ booking abroad. «*« A Our beautiful, modern funeral home provides every convenience and A A our experience qualifies us to render the service demanded when loved A ones are called by death. y I . Jones & Co., Undertakers f | 24th and Grant Sts. Webster 1100 V ED. F. MOREARTY Attorney at Law 700 Peters Trust Building NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICA TION To James Maya Non-P“sident De fendant: You are hereby notified fiat Theo docia L. Mayo, your wife and the plaintiff herein, filed her petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, on the 26th day of May, 1924, to obtain an absolute decree of divorce from you on the grounds of wilful desertion for mre than two years last past, and for non-support. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 27th day of September, 1924. THKODOCIA L. MAYO. 4t-8-29-24 Texas has two colored postmist resses. In each 1,000 colored persons be tween 5 and 20 years of age, 540, as compared with 670 whites, attend school. Of the 1,855 colored school teachers in Tennessee, 1,497 are females. FOR RENT—Furnished room. 1534 North Twentieth street. WEbster 0634.—2t-9-5-2t. Are you self-conscious about the impression you make on people? PERSONAL appearance has a lot to do with the way you feel. Clothes count, of course. But still there is one thing so many people overlook—something that at once brands them as either fastidious or careless—the trrth. Notice today how you, yourself, watch another person’s teeth when he or she is talking. If the teeth are not well kept they at once become a liability. Littmrim T—lk PmtU elmma twtk s turn way. At last ear chemists have discovered^ Polishing ingrodiem that really cleans with out scratching the enamel—a difficult problem finally solved. A large tub#* of Listerine Tooth Paste is only 25 cents; at your drug gist’s. —Lambert Pharmacol Co., Saint Louis, V. 5. 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