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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1912
Page
8
New Year’s day enforcement sets a 11 pound weight cap and six foot combined length for mail, with parcels requiring sender delivery to the post office. Postmaster General stresses packages must be taken to the post office by the sender, not via drugstore stations, and will be delivered by wagon to the destination.
Describes parcel post zones and weighing at post offices. Explains how mail to Buffalo is routed, local zone basics, and the new guide book. Covers restrictions on items, packing eggs, and fragile goods. Highlights advantages for farmers selling produce directly and potential impact on express services.
The map explains the zone system to govern parcel post rates starting January 1. It divides the country into blocks of half degree latitude by longitude, defines zones by concentric circles from post office centers, and sets first and additional pound rates from 1 to 12 zones, with distant areas like the Philippines and Alaska included.
Bly George Birdwood, an aged officer of the Legion of Manor and former anatomy professor, offers views on reaching old age. His maxims urge ignoring health obsessions, embracing life, and avoiding strict dietary tables, with emphasis on two meals of eggs bread and butter daily.
Russia’s secret police pursue producers of counterfeit notes spread in Russia and abroad. Four men including a commercial drummer, a wholesaleman, and two others were captured with forging stock valued near a quarter of a million rubles. Interrogations yielded little about the forgery factory, while two suspected accomplices were traced in France.
The article reports on Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott amid the Antarctic race. It notes Scott's ship Terra Nova leaving Christchurch for Cape Evans to relieve the base, and Amundsen planning a six month United States visit before returning to operation on the Fram. Amundsen praises his dog teams, reflects on the polar journey, and contrasts Arctic and Antarctic exploration.
A mid-December ad promotes an improved fireless cooker at $5.00 with substore price $2.75, praised by Mrs. Fothergill, plus enamel kettles and metal canister sets. The page lists ribbons, lingerie, lawn fabrics, and confections, with storewide holiday offers and deals throughout. Also notes a private sale of real estate by Administrator at a road locale near Saliburg, Pa.
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