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Feb 19, 2017, 08:4202/19/17
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Pub-Quiz: Beam Me Up, Billy.

The years between 1870 and 1914 were known as the “The Great Binge”, a time when Absinthe was the drink of choice, opium was available by mail order, cocaine was an ingredient in anything from cough medicine to children’s soft drinks and a pharmaceutical company, Bayer, branded the name Heroin as a nonaddictive alternative to other opiates. 

Given all this, you might want to think a bit out of the box when asked: 


In the time leading up to the 1st World War, which organization in the U.S. provided transport for unaccompanied children at a sensationally low price?


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Feb 19, 2017, 18:2802/19/17
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 clinton fondation  if it existed then :p


Tonaya  the sarcastic

Feb 20, 2017, 10:1102/20/17
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Hmm...Coca-Cola? :)
Feb 20, 2017, 10:3102/20/17
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Alyona Kolomiitseva said:

Hmm...Coca-Cola? :)
Guess you missed the 1st clue :-). Coca Cola is not a U.S. Government agency; I'm sure they'd like to be and given the current orange-is-the-new-black administration .... ;-)
Feb 20, 2017, 13:0702/20/17
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C I A


Tonaya KGB 
Feb 21, 2017, 03:0302/21/17
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Diomedes said:


Tonaya said:


C I A

Sorry, the CIa was founded September 18, 1947 

(for early 1900s, see "Woodrow Wilson and the Mexican Revolution" at cia.gov)

i really dont like anything about usa government,that is why i always write with small letter everything i dont respect


Tonaya 

Feb 21, 2017, 14:0502/21/17
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Clue #2:

There were very strict rules regarding the children to be transported, but it was neither age, nor height, but weight: up to 50 lbs was allowed.

Feb 21, 2017, 17:5202/21/17
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usa army

Tonaya
Feb 22, 2017, 10:0602/22/17
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I wish I knew US history that well 

Maybe it was some health care agency? 

Feb 22, 2017, 11:2302/22/17
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Clue #3:

This U.S. govt. agency was not part of the military (sorry Tonaya) but its employees did (and do) wear uniforms and, at the time, were very well respected among the general population.

Feb 22, 2017, 15:1302/22/17
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Alyona Kolomiitseva said:


I wish I knew US history that well 

Maybe it was some health care agency? 

you can learn all about for 30 min,its short time,only 200+ years,pffff

my country is 5+ times older then usa ^^

Tonaya b.c. 
Feb 22, 2017, 15:1402/22/17
Feb 22, 2017, 15:15(edited)
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national guard ?


Tonaya

Feb 23, 2017, 20:2902/23/17
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Justice Department? 
Feb 25, 2017, 00:1302/25/17
Feb 25, 2017, 00:14(edited)
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YEY!!!!!!! i finally won on forum :D


Tonaya the winner 
Feb 27, 2017, 10:5002/27/17
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Congrats, Tonaya! :) 
Feb 24, 2017, 18:5302/24/17
Feb 25, 2017, 00:20(edited)
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Tonaya said:
if you believe to fox and cnn,i dont know what to tell you
I will readily believe them when the reporting goes against the grain of what they represent. :-).
Feb 24, 2017, 18:5202/24/17
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Tonaya said:


usa  post office :)

And the mighty

TONAYA

strikes again!


The answer is: U.S. Mail (or more precisely the Parcel Post which was founded 1913).


The parcel post regulations included the sending of “bug and bees” as well as other living 'critters' (although a “chick-fee” seems to be a myth) and prompted a number of persons to “mail” their children at a price far below that of train fare.


“With the advent of Parcel Post in 1913, some adults sent their children in the mails with postage affixed to clothing, the theory being that children were under the 50 lb. weight limit, and that it was a lot cheaper to mail them than to pay rail fares.” (Wikipedia)

“An Ohio couple named Jesse and Mathilda Beagle ‘mailed’ their 8-month-old son James to his grandmother, who lived just a few miles away in Batavia. According to Lynch, Baby James' “delivery” cost his parents only 15 cents in postage (although they did insure him for $50).” :-)

“On February 19, 1914, a four-year-old girl named Charlotte May Pierstorff was ‘mailed’ via train from her home in Grangeville, Idaho to her grandparents’ house about 73 miles away. Her story has become so legendary that it was even made into a children’s book, 'Mailing May'."

Source: Smithsonian

Note: Head of the U.S. Postal Service since February 1, 2015 is Postmaster General Ms. Megan Brennan.

Other sources:

Wikipedia - Parcel Mail in Popular Culture

Politifact – Mailing Your Noisy Children


Feb 24, 2017, 18:1502/24/17
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Diomedes said:

Tonaya said:


Diomedes said:


Tonaya said:


national guard ?

No, sorry, as indicated, not military (therefore no Coast Guard, no Sheriff's or Marshal's dept. no law enforcement of any kind either) but ...


Clue #4:

The members not only wear uniforms, the head of this U.S. govt. agency has the title of General (and since 2015 it's 'Madam General').


madam general?it is hilary clinton,clinton fondation,they do funny things with young children,you know,pizzagate and stuff....

so is it:

KKK ?


Tonaya


Is Pizzagate still making the rounds (?), even Fox debunked that one ... :-)


Clue #5 (the last one!!!)

This U.S. govt. agency not only specialized in transportation, it offers its services to all residents and even to persons outside the U.S. It is safe to say that every adult in the U.S. has used their services, most U.S. households more or less on a daily basis.



if you believe to fox and cnn,i dont know what to tell you
Feb 24, 2017, 18:1202/24/17
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usa  post office :)

Feb 24, 2017, 17:3202/24/17
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Tonaya said:


Diomedes said:


Tonaya said:


national guard ?

No, sorry, as indicated, not military (therefore no Coast Guard, no Sheriff's or Marshal's dept. no law enforcement of any kind either) but ...


Clue #4:

The members not only wear uniforms, the head of this U.S. govt. agency has the title of General (and since 2015 it's 'Madam General').


madam general?it is hilary clinton,clinton fondation,they do funny things with young children,you know,pizzagate and stuff....

so is it:

KKK ?


Tonaya


Is Pizzagate still making the rounds (?), even Fox debunked that one ... :-)


Clue #5 (the last one!!!)

This U.S. govt. agency not only specialized in transportation, it offers its services to all residents and even to persons outside the U.S. It is safe to say that every adult in the U.S. has used their services, most U.S. households more or less on a daily basis.



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