Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-02


munlties, perhaps some items from
the Postal Guide will be found inter
exiting. When the federation OF the
world'%townrd which we seem to be
lslowly moving becomes an accom-.
plished fact, II may be possible to
have n board which shall control such
matters for all nations, Int until that
Ftine there Will probably be Just as
much confusion and trouble from re.
petition Of names us there has been
In the past.
In January 1907. there were in the
United Stntes, including Alaska and
our insuar possessions, Gi1O3 post
offices, located In about 2,SSS coun.
tries and running In alphabetical Sc.
qnence from Aaron, Ind, to Zwolle,
La. In 1901 there We're 76,045 post
offices. but since then many have been
discontinued on account of the rural
free delivery service.
10 PENNSYLVANIA belongs tlle dis
tlnctlon OF having more postoffices
Than any other state in the Union,
namely, 4,l02 It might he thought
mat New York, with her 2S56 Off
COS, would claim second place upon
the list. but she is outranked by Vir.
ginin, With BOSS, and Kentucky, with
3,0O2, Texas with 2,7G7, coming fifth.
Twenty-Five states have more than
1000 postoffices, and none has less
than 100. Delaware having 1877 and
Rhode Island 132. The District OF
Columbia takes place at the foot of
The column, 1t being credited with only
one postoffice. Alaska has 1t9, Ha-
wall %, Porto Rico 80, and Guam and
Samoa and 2, respectively.
Very fow of the larger cities I'm the
United States can boust of exclusive
names. There are In different parts
of the country 20 Washingtons, 81
Gievelands. "a Springflelds, IL Allan.
tas Is Allnnys, IL Bostons, 10 Den,
vers, 2 Baltimpres, st. Louis, 5 Gin.
cinnatis, 10 Buffalos. 3 Chicagos and
2 New Yorks. but only one New Or
leans and\ only one San Francisco.
The names OF many of the states have
also been appropriated by smaller
communities. There nre . Ohios, none
OF them In that commonwealth; 9 Ida
hos, G Oregons, / Alaska, Callfor-
Mas, an Arizona. La; Vermont, Mo-;
Indiana, Pa; Louisiana, Mo-; New
York, Texas; Maine, Mimi, and many
others.
Nor have the older cities ana coun.
tries across the sea failed OF remem-
brance In the new world. Paris has
10 namesakes, London IL, Elinburg
o, Berlin ~, while'the classic age has
given us IS Romes, 10 Athens, IL Co.
rinths and MS many Alexandrias.
There are % Hollands, 2 Swit2er.
lands, Chinas, 2 Janans, 3 Russias.
Ia Denmarks, England and Italy.
nois has South America, Mississip.
pi TN Australia and IN Africa, while
Worlds, Va, and Cosmos, Okla; rs.
pire to still wider fields.
The names of the great men of Our
republic are not only perpetuated In
the nurseries of the nation. but are
enduringly embodied in her geogra
phlcal nomenclature. There is no
President of the United States who
has not been remembered by loyal
hearts in some section OF the Union.
Our first executive can claim 20 most.
OFFICES In as many states. Lincoln has
q, several of them soith of Mason
and Dixon's line; Grant has 90 def.
ferson "a, Madison q, Monroe 25, Gar
field 20. Adams H. Seventeen offices
bear the name of Roosevelt, and other
heroes of the Spanish war share also
IN this tribute. Fifteen postoffices
are named for Dewey, 8 for Schley,
9 for Sampson. Funston and Bryan
can each claim five. Two states
have improved upon tho ordinary
method of using a great mans name
ny having Horace, Greeley county,
Neh,, and Horace, Greeley county,
Kan, while Texas, with true western
unconventionality. has Ben Wheeler
ana Ben Franklin and New York hon,
ors In Tilly Foster heroine other
wise unknown to fame.
An invidious distinction has been
made in using the names OF, tho
months for postofflces; only five are
thus distinguished. May is the prime
favorite, appearing IL times; March
occurs times, June July and April
once; the rest are ignored. Monday
ms three nnmesakes, Llt the other
days of the week are so unpopular
ns to have none, though Pennsylvania
has Sabbath Rest and Washington
a Friday Harbor, There are three
Winters and one Spring. but no Sum.
mer and no Autumn, Pennsylvania
going SO far, however, as to have Au.
tumn Leaves. Christmas is honored
In Florida, Maine and Arizona: New
Year in Montana
Many of the names found In the
Postal Guide are presumably descrip-
tive OF the communities which have
adopted them. Some are frankly eu-
logistic, others quite as frankly depre-
oiatory. Certainly alright, ILL.,, and
the towns in Kentucky, Mississippi
and South Carolina which have taken
the name o. X. must have n belief
In their own merits. while Fashion.
Ca. and tho Texas town of Dressy
evidently do not mean TO be classed
with Dowdy, Ga, or the ritilitarian