Postmasters Warned to Improve Notices on Undeliverable Mail
Third Assistant Postmaster General W Irvin Glover urges postmasters to strictly follow Form 3578 for non delivery notices of second class publications. He cites publisher complaints of errors and stresses legible notices with precise reasons to allow accurate mailing lists and reduce postal handling costs.
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W. Irving Glover
Postal Bulletin
Marriage in the Eyes of Lovers and Widowers
Poetic reflection on marriage as a state cherished by lovers, recalled by widowers, sought by bachelors, and deeply understood by a mother of twelve children. The note points readers to The Advocate for printing details.
Advertising costs money but it sells goods
A true tale from Laporte illustrates how a hardware dealer who does not advertise charges 65 cents for a brass drawer handle while a rival with ads sells the same item for 20 cents. The piece argues that advertising lowers prices by boosting sales and questions merchants who claim they can undersell without advertising.
Old fashioned boy who hoes the garden before breakfast
A reflective line questions the fate of the traditional boy who rose early to tend the garden, imagining a bygone rural routine and its vanished daily chores.
The Highest Hill and Sunlight in the Same Line
A reflective meditation on endurance and perspective as the speaker notes the ever distant hill that tires us before we reach it and then argues against faulting the world we inhabit while acknowledging imperfections yet valuing the sun for what it is.
Sucker lists and wildcat stocks warn against losses
The Federal Trade Board estimates average investors lose five hundred million dollars yearly to get rich quick schemes. The piece urges avoiding “sucker” types and fake promotions, advising investment only in first-rate securities with national standing and listing Sugarman’s Indicator as a reference.
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Federal Trade Board
Sugarman
Young Leaders Through History and Their Early Ages
The article notes George Washington's Cabinet averaged under 40 with Hamilton at 32 and Knox at 39 among others. It contrasts youth with achievement by recalling Alexander the Great Buddha and Muhammad founding religions in their thirties and suggests a tradition of youthful drive in leadership.
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George Washington
Hamilton
Jefferson
Randolph
General Knox
Samuel Osgood
Alexander the Great
Buddha
Mohammed
the Nazarene
Big sale of women's silk hose cuts to a dollar twenty five
The Walsh Co Inc offers a limited sale on genuine silk hose in whites cordovans Russian tans and blacks. Regular price two dollars now one twenty five per pair from Wednesday to Friday.
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H. B. Turner
A. S. Kidd
The
Walsh Co., Inc
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