Parcel post rates fixed as new system launches
Edward B. Clark explains the parcel post plan set to start, with a zone based rate structure from each post office center. The U S will divide the country into 30 mile units and draw zones, making rates depend on the sending unit and destination zone, not distance. The 11 pound limit may curb some uses, while higher weights could be allowed later.
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Edward B. Clark
United States
Congress
Httle
Washington
Keokuk
Erie
Atlanta
Parcel Post
Post Office
Brvwery
Hitchcock
Postoffice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
David J. Lewis
Maryland
William Sulzer
New York
Parcel Post Rules Set for Nationwide Mail of Farm Goods
The post office approves detailed parcel post regulations guiding what may be mailed, pricing by zone, and packaging rules. Perishable items, medicines, and manufactured goods receive specific packing and labeling requirements, with limits on weight and dimensions and rules for fragile or hazardous content.
Canada Week in Chicago showcases western Canadian farming prowess
A two week Canadian exhibit at Chicago’s Land Show and Live Stock Show highlighted wheat yields of 28 to 35 bushels per acre, oats 56 to 105, and flax 12 to 28. The display featured grain and grasses, vegetables, breads and dairy, with champions from Rosthern, Cardston, Lloydminster and British Columbia receiving praise. McGregor & Sons’ Glencarnock Victor cattle won the Live Stock Show steer championship amid a field of American entrants.
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Canada
Chicago
Central
Roche
Interior of
United States
Western
W. ‘J. White
Ottawa
Amer
Marquis
Rosthern
AL Holmes
Cardston
Lethbridge Dry Farming Congress
Wheeler
Hill & Sons
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
Colorado
Columbus
Ohio
British Columbia
New York
London
England
Glencarnock
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
McGregor & Sons
Victor
America
Brandon
Manitoba
McGregor
W.W. B. “Scott
Rates of Postage for Parcels Four Ounces or Less
Parcels up to four ounces are mailed at one cent per ounce or fraction. Parcels over four ounces use the pound rate, with any fraction of a pound charged as a full pound, per the accompanying table.
Economic wife helps hide smell of motor car
In a comical exchange, Treasure notes his wife Dubkins is the most economical woman, insisting she even uses the car’s exhaust odor for savings while Harkaway protests as ABH covers the exhaust with cheesecloth and stores furs to protect them from moths.
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Dubkins
Harkaway
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