Post Office changes raise third and fourth class rates noted
New acts and USPS rulings redefine mail classifications and postage. Insurance policies, signed notes, drafts, and many documents shift to third class or letter rates, with specific exceptions for personal correspondence and monetary instruments. Architectural drawings, original paintings, glass items, and tobacco packages move to lower or fourth class rates, with safeguards and inspection rules in place.
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Post Office Department
Haretofort
Internal Revenue
Department
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Haunted Boston hotel ends in grim graveyard view
Soulpoor’s two lodging attempts at a Boston hotel end with grim views of graveyards under the window and across Granary Cemetery, driving the sensitive traveler to seek quieter quarters. The piece then shifts to a Worcester Spy recollection tracing yellow fever outbreaks from 1793 to 1870, noting epidemics in Philadelphia New York Mobile and Gulf towns and the long era of quarantines.
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Yellow fever outbreaks and contagion views on Governor's Island
The document notes a yellow fever outbreak from August 15 to October 26 on Governor's Island and in New York City with 159 cases and 52 deaths, mostly on the island. It discusses ideas on contagion, citing Dr. Janeway and others who see yellow fever as a living organism with migratory spreads beyond quarantines.
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Quasiquotes and Oddities From Early American Papers
A jumble of clipped quotes and anecdotes appears, including mock headlines and wry remarks from Boston Transcript Yonkers Gazette Picayune and Detroit Free Press. Items reference personalities like John Monigup and Jesse Pomeroy and recount odd incidents from Texas to Nevada with regional humor and moral musings.
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James
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Masssahhusetts State Prison
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Tricks of traveling sharpers prey on credulous farmers
An article warns farmers about traveling salesmen who lure them with high commissions to sign notes for machinery. The schemes include notes that can be split in two with one half worthless yet the other a debt, and chattel mortgage thefts on purchased buggies. Laws exist to shield the public, but farmers’ caution remains the best defense.
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