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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
3
Article explains the upcoming parcel post under law, detailing zones and 35 000 units, how Washington serves as center, and how Keokuk and other units share identical radius circles for rate calculations, with units about thirty miles square and multiple post offices per unit.
The article explains parcel post charges for four ounces or less at one cent per ounce, and heavier items at pound rates with fractions treated as full pounds. It notes zones from sending office, a 11 pound limit, and that long hauls may not beat express customers. It covers stamps, postmaster duties, and scales, plus legislative support and pilot offices.
A brief dialogue captures a street scene where a woman questions an elderly beggar at a back door and he responds with cautious humor about his beggar years not yet begun. The exchange emphasizes age, poverty, and social dynamics in terse, period speech.
Government permits parcels by mail with zone based rates, size limits, and rules for perishable goods, fragile items, powders, medicines, and live animals. It details packaging, labeling, insurance, forwarding, and penalties for improper packing or unmailable matter, with postage prepaid by parcel post stamps.
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