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.
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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
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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.
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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
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GONZELL WHITE AND HER BAND
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tion with the big musical show, “Runnin’ Wild’’. This is their final engagement prior
to a two years’ booking abroad.
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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.
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Clothes count, of course. But still
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Notice today how you, yourself,
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Littmrim T—lk PmtU elmma twtk s turn
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A large tub#* of Listerine Tooth
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