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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
2
The farmhouse of Bernard Felton on the Crosswicke to Allentown road, about alx miles from Bordentown, burned Monday night along with all household goods and $400 in money. Reported loss about $8,000 with the fire blamed on defective tile.
New Jersey postal figures show last year’s surplus revenue reaching 3202,208 74 with total receipts of 1. OL, including 1,820,778 52 from stamps and postal cards. Expenditures totaled 1,160,089 with postmasters and clerks among major costs. 831 post offices operate in the state, growth of 24 offices, 30 new officers and 6 discontinued. Seventy three presidential class post offices supplied most revenue, and rural offices yielded little income. There were 2,928 miles of mail machines and 999 horse conveyances, plus 121,162 money orders totaling 425,998.73 and 79,919 postal notes totaling 141,814.72. A local anecdote notes De King’s New Discovery for chest ailments.
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