ஆடம்ஸ் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from ஆடம்ஸ் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In ஆடம்ஸ் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் Today - Breaking & Trending Today

FreightWaves Classics: Railway Express Agency was THE express package delivery service


Express services began in the 1830s
Express service has been defined as the prompt and safe movement of parcels, money and goods at rates higher than standard freight rates.
Many historians credit William Harnden for starting the business category. In 1839 he began carrying express goods on regular trips between New York and Boston (even though a direct New York to Boston rail line was not yet in service). As business grew he formed Harnden’s First Express and even initiated shipments by steamboat.  
An advertisement for Harnden Express, the first express service. (Image: Alphabetilately.org)
In 1845, following Harnden’s death, the company was merged with Adams Express as a new business sector grew rapidly. Its growth was sparked by the ever-expanding railroads. Movement of freight, packages and people that once took days or weeks could now be accomplished in a fraction of the time. ....

New York , United States , Tal Perlman , Adam Burns , Williamg Fargo , Henryb Plant , William Harnden , Henry Wells , Woodrow Wilson , York Central Railroad , Commerce Commission , Us Postal Service , International Trucks , Wisconsin Historical Society , American Railway , Brotherhood Of Railway Airline Clerks , United States Railway Administration , Us Post Office , American Railway Express , Wells Fargo , Millican Pictorial History Museum , Illinois Central Railroad , Adams Company , American Railway Express Co Inc , Fargo Company , Southern Pacific Railroad Museum ,

The woman who helped protect Lincoln from the men who tried to kill him in 1861


The woman who helped protect Lincoln from the men who tried to kill him in 1861
Petula Dvorak
Because no one suspected that the beguiling woman mingling in Alabama social circles was a private eye hunting a master embezzler.
The secessionists flirting and gossiping with the lovely Mrs. Cherry at Baltimore galas didn t worry about tipping off the charming Southern belle to their assassination plot.
And while a city bristling with weapons, rumors, assassins, spies and officers anxiously waited for the heavily guarded President-elect Abraham Lincoln to pass through Baltimore on the way to his 1861 inauguration - and possibly straight into a trap - they ignored the young widow accompanying her unusually tall, invalid brother in a sleeping berth headed to Washington. ....

New York , United States , District Of Columbia , Independence Hall , Mary Todd Lincoln , Abraham Lincoln , Williamh Seward , Hill Lamon , John Wilkes Booth , Ward Hill Lamon , Normab Cuthbert , Waldo Porter Johnson , Allan Pinkerton , Kate Warne , Pinkerton National Detective Agency , Barnum City Hotel , New York Times , Huntington Library In Lincoln , Adams Express Company , President Elect Abraham Lincoln , National Detective Agency , Adams Express , Huntington Library , Baltimore Plot , City Hotel , Calvert Street Station ,