Address the mail with street numbers for delivery
The Dead Letter Office recalls old times when vague addresses urged Ben Franklin to guess. Today the Post office urges adding number and street to ensure delivery, noting large cities and states once masked recipients.
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Ben Franklin
Ezekiel Smithers
Atlantic Coast
Ben
Zeke
Garret
John Smith
New York
N. Y
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Postoffice Department
Addressing Ambiguity: Spell Out State Names in Postal Addresses
Guidance emphasizes writing full state names in addresses to avoid confusion between similarly named places such as Trinidad California and Trinidad Colorado. Clear, unambiguous addresses improve mail accuracy and delivery reliability.
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Trinidad
California
Colorado
Government's biggest business quoted in Harding message
The passage notes President Harding's emphasis on government as business and shows postmasters viewed as managers of local branches of the world’s largest business in postal administration.
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Harding
Congress
Postal Improvement Week Seeks Rural Boost
A notice urges local residents to tidy post office fronts and rural letter boxes during POS TAL IMPROVEMENT WEEK from May 1 to May 6. It stresses neatness as a first impression to encourage return visits and potential benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Stranger
Humanizing the Postal Service
Postmaster General Hubert Work states there are no unimportant people or parts in the service. He emphasizes that postal duties are accommodations for neighbors and friends and should be viewed as a cooperative effort, not merely a hired service for an absentee employer.
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Hubert Work
Monopolies and Prices for Rare Sugars in Postwar Industry
The piece notes America’s rise in producing rare sugars once controlled by Germany, used in hospitals and bacteriological labs to detect typhoid and cholera. It lists high prices for dubcifus at 375 dollars per pound, mannose 140, xylose 120, inulin 80, aribinose 100, and raffinose 75, with origins from manna, corn cob, and dahlia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Social Climbers and a Queen of Court in Williston
In a Williston social circle, Mrs. Wharton and her daughter Isola win favor at a tea hosted by Mrs. Reprogle, provoking envy among rivals Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Varney. The event cements the Whartons’ place and signals a shift in local society dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Carter Holmes
Mrs. Varney
Williston
Whartons
Mrs. Daly
Itir Sala
Prices and visits fill local page notes
Local news records visits from Cicero Plymouth Wabash Warsaw and Galveston residents. Mr Aukerman comes from Plymouth to see family, while R B Ferree and kin visit Wabash friends. Yates travels to Elkhart for temporary work and Record office advertises typewriter ribbons and gift subscriptions.
Notice of Administration in Norman Tucker estate
William H. Kern appointed by Kosciusko Circuit Court Clerk Russell H. Butler as Administrator of the Norman Tucker estate. The estate is believed solvent. April 28, 1922.
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Russel H. Butler
Kosciusko Circuit
State of
Indiana
William H. Kern
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M. B. Knouse
Optometrist
Warsaw
L. T. Wilson
Mentone
William Gray Loebr
Buffalo
Warsaw, Ind
Bertram Shane
Claypool
Ira Leckrone
Silver Lake, Ind
Jefferson St
Silver Lake
Braude Packing House
Jesse F. Lynch
F. G. Fitch Optical Office
Widaman
Germany
Western Newspaper Union
Price’s
Chester Bashore
Cicero
Illinois
Paulus
Bashore
Silver Lake Tire and Battery
Mr. Aukerman
Plymouth
J. A. Snoberger
Elizabeth Hively
R. BE. Ferree
Edgar
Wabash
Jeck Burt
Noah Baker
James
Amiss
Robert Nelson
Rose Hill
Frank Tilly
Joe Kline
Galveston
Harry Winebrenner
Fred Lausure
Oliver, Remington, Fox and
Underwood
J. W. Yates
Elkhart
Mickie
Bizness Ferth
Caarle
Felief
National Medical] Institute
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Norman Tucker
Ermil
Brush & Hanson
Bouse & Bowen
J. C. Hay
Farmers Bank
F&f Hardware Co
Silver Lake, Indiana
Straus Brothers Company
THE
Ligonier, Indiana
Dr. Hess Poultry
Dr. Hess
H. P. Rager
the. Rexall Store
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