The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-01
TODAY IN HISTORY
Our First Postcards.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER I. 1910.

Our fiTSI HoStCdT
October WAS so called from being the
eighth month of the year according TO
the old Alban or Latin calendar, and
was. by our ancestors, styled "Wyn
Monath,' or the wine month. In alu-
sion To this epithct. an old writer re-
marks, and albeit they had not an
ciently wines made in Germany, yet in
this month had they them from divers
countries adjoining" October was also
teriyllith. from tho approach of winter
with the fun moon OF the month.
In some OF the ancient Saxon calen-
dars. this month is alcgorizcd by the
rgure of a husbandman carrying "A sack
on his shoulders and sowing corn. in
aliusion TO the practice OF sowing the
winter grain, which takes place in Oc-
toDcr. In other old almanacs. the sport
OF hawking has been adopted as en-
oIcmatloal OF this, the last month of
autumn.
iria on October l, 1863. The idea had
ocen suggested. but not adopted. at the
nfth German postal congress In 1865.
It's adoption in Austria appcars TO he
due to an article published in 1863 by
Prof. Emanuel Hermann OF Vienna who
IS sometimes called the inventor OF the
postcard.
In 1870 postcards were issued by the
North German Postal union. Bavaria.
england and Switzerland. The German
cards were printed without the impres.
sion OF a stamp until 1872. Al the Post al
congress which met at Berne in 1873,
and a. which twenty-five countries were
represented. the international postcard
OF me value Of ten pfenniss, twelve and
half contimcs one penny or Two
cents, was adopted
The postcard soon became popular, and
its use extended 10 ether countries. Post
cards arc now issued by twenty-five gov
ernments In great numbers, In Ger
many alone more than 5000 900 post
cards are used annually.
ne private picture postcard which
mas attained such amazing popularity
Wlthln the last decade, Is nearly as old
as the government postcard. 1t Is also
OF German invention. and owes It's orl-
gin 10 the Franco Prussian war On
July l6. 1870. the first illustrated post
cara, bearing picture of n gunner. was
placed on sale by Schwartz. in Olden-
burg. The manufacture OF picture cards
was afferward taken up by Brandt In
Dresden. The Industry, which is now
carried on all over the world. has de-
reloped 10 gigantic Proportions.
The reply postcard was first issued in
1898, and FOR time was little used. but
or recent years they have become very
Postal cards. as we call them in the
United States postcards In Encland)
We're first authorized in this country on
June 8. 1872. but tho first issue amount
ing to 31,o9a,oOO. was not made until
June 80: 1873. During the first fiscal
year 9l,o7a.ooo were issued.
On October ], 1890, the Mckinley tariff
bill became a law. It is the birthday
oi Henry III. of England G200 Henry
st John, Viscourt Bollnebrooke. politi-
clan and writer G67s) Paul l. Of Rus
sl3 1I5D; John r, c; Muhlenberg. ''The
Fighting Parson" G7i6); James Law
renee. the naval hero, whose dying words
Don't give up the ship" are famous
tlISD, Rufus Choate, the eminent law
yer nI99). Edward Coote Pinlney. au-
thor and poet GS09), and Henry Clay
WORK, me composer CS32). II Is the
date of the death OF Pierre CornejIIe. The
French dramatist O6SD.