Hitchcock Announces Parcel Post Regulations and Fees
Postmaster General Hitchcock approves the parcel post regulations, with pamphlets sent to distribution today. The system allows mailing farm and factory goods nationwide, sets zone-based rates up to 12 cents a pound, and imposes weight and size limits, along with strict packaging, hazardous item bans, and perishable handling rules.
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Hitchcock
Government
Postal Service
United States
Treatment and rules for undeliverable parcels
Post rules cover handling undeliverable perishables, damaged or improperly packed parcels, and shipments with unpaid postage. It details destruction, charitable distribution, forwarding, insurable value limits, receipts, and postage collection procedures, plus labeling, sender identification, and use of distinctive parcel post stamps.
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Parcel Post
Drunk Man Trades Shoes for Whisky as He Wanders to Buffalo
A penniless man named George Wilson from Buffalo, New York arrived in town seeking whisky. He traded his shoes for 25 cents to buy more drinks, was found in a back room, then escorted to a hotel and sent toward the city limits. The incident ends with a reflection on the drink habit.
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Abobo
George Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
Wilson
Little Stone
North Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uranse
Maps and Guides
Postoffice Department
North Western Line
California
Los Angeles
Florida
New Orleans
San Antonio
Galveston
Nausau
Havana
Panama
New York
C. E. Strouts
Marshfield, Wis
G. H. Macrae
St. Paul, Minn
HOBO
St. Paint
G. R. Gustafson
Jeweler
F. L. Zweck, Jeweler
Puerner Creamery Co
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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