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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
8
The Postmaster General announces a standard national tariff for Nebraska toll calls effective 12:01 a.m. June 21 1919. It details station to station person to person appointment messenger and report charges with night rate reductions and collect call rules, plus illustrative examples and legal authority.
A citizen described as a nuisance abuses the town on street corners, urging residents to relocate. He criticizes merchants, lawyers, and editors, while a town response suggests kindness and choice of enterprise. Also notes hail insurance and ideal weather for crops. A new 24 by 60 lumber shed is being erected by Sack Lumber & Coal Co.
The two cent post cards and three cent stamped envelopes will be discarded after June 80 with sales ending. The three cent stamps remain valid for mail requiring more than two cents and will be exchangeable for other stamps or envelopes for one month after July 1. Omaha Bee notes the change as the country reverts to two cent letters and one cent cards.
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