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Long Way Around Often Shortest In Post Office Efforts
Cedar Rapids postal staff explain complex star routes and air handling to save time delivering letters. The piece details dispatch and receipt times, star route connections to Minneapolis Chicago Des Moines and other cities, and how interurbans trains and air mail fit into daily mail flow.
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Post Office
Naomi Doebel
Ant
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Grand Junction
Twin Cities
St. Louis
Quik Rapids
Chicago
South Dakota
City
Omaha
North Western Railroad
Kansas City
Rock Island
Milwaukee Railroad
Chi Cago
Tinois Central
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar
Monticello
Dubuque
Springville
Anamasa
Cascade
Chicago-Chamberlain
Marquette
LaPorte City
Palo
Shellsburg
Vinton
Mount Auburn
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Tama
Atkins
Newhall
van Horne
Keystone
Elberon
Vining
Milwaukee
North Western
Des Moines
Town City
Ames
Iowa City
South
New Orleans
Miami