The Curio File at the Chicago Post Office
The article notes the Chicago postmaster handles a flood of private letters marked Personal and Confidential. It describes humorous and tragic requests from citizens, including marriage prospects, job ads, and distressed relatives, and laments the volume of intimate mail the post office must contend with.
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Conscience Finds Two Stamps Returned by Correspondent
A correspondent sent two stamps to replace two she had taken from a letter that passed through the mails and escaped the cancelling machine, then used a second time. Milton Marks.
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The Conductor Fatty and the Counterfeit Ten Dollar Note
A Washington street car conductor nicknamed Fatty, liked by riders, tried to teach a fare-dodging passenger a lesson by swapping a ten dollar bill for pennies. He later discovered the note was counterfeit, prompting a correction from the cashier and a reckoning of the day’s trick.
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