Story of Our Post Office: The Greatest Government Department in All Its PhasesA. M. Thayer & Company, 1892 - 1034 sider Postgeschichte ; Gesetzgebung ; Personal ; Postbetrieb ; Postbeförderung ; Bahnpost ; Internationale Beziehungen Post ; Briefmarken ; Philatelie ; Amerika ; USA. |
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... cent . The three years of this administration carried the revenue from 154 to over 195 million dollars , an increase of more than 26 per cent .; in other words , we main- tained the $ 24,000,000 gained by the last administration , and ...
... cent . The three years of this administration carried the revenue from 154 to over 195 million dollars , an increase of more than 26 per cent .; in other words , we main- tained the $ 24,000,000 gained by the last administration , and ...
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... cent .; while for the last three years the increase has been only 600,000 , or 9.6 per cent . That is to say , while there was an increase during the three years of fully 35 per cent . in the number of pieces of mail matter handled ...
... cent .; while for the last three years the increase has been only 600,000 , or 9.6 per cent . That is to say , while there was an increase during the three years of fully 35 per cent . in the number of pieces of mail matter handled ...
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... cent . in 1876 and five per cent . additional in 1878. Railroad companies cannot be compelled by the Department to carry the mails , but as a general rule they gladly avail themselves of the privilege when permitted . When a new ...
... cent . in 1876 and five per cent . additional in 1878. Railroad companies cannot be compelled by the Department to carry the mails , but as a general rule they gladly avail themselves of the privilege when permitted . When a new ...
Side 35
... cents and more to send letters to their destinations , where the charge is only the ordinary two - cent stamp . It is not simply the postage on the letter which travels a mile that the letter writer pays . It is the privilege of sending ...
... cents and more to send letters to their destinations , where the charge is only the ordinary two - cent stamp . It is not simply the postage on the letter which travels a mile that the letter writer pays . It is the privilege of sending ...
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... cent . , an increase in clerks of 69 per cent . , and an increase in pieces of mail handled of 148 per cent . The service has been for five years under a terrible strain . The danger lies not in the present , for the devotion and skill ...
... cent . , an increase in clerks of 69 per cent . , and an increase in pieces of mail handled of 148 per cent . The service has been for five years under a terrible strain . The danger lies not in the present , for the devotion and skill ...
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Side 1000 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Side 634 - All matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which, or any postal card upon which, any delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another...
Side 412 - It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry...
Side 534 - ... of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or containing any list of...
Side 584 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin...
Side 660 - I've labored long and hard for bread For honor and for riches, But on my corns too long you've tred You fine-haired sons of bitches. Let come what will, I'll try it on, My condition can't be worse, And if there's money in that box, 'Tis munny in my purse. —Black Bart, the Po8.
Side 534 - ... for the purchase of any ticket, tickets, or part thereof, or of any share or any chance in any such lottery or gift enterprise, shall be carried in the mail or delivered at or through any...
Side 584 - ... or by dealing or pretending to deal in what is commonly called "green articles," "green coin," "green goods," "bills," "paper goods,
Side 637 - shall be held to mean all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, national bank currency, coupons, United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn by or upon authorized officers of the United States...
Side 146 - An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce,' so long as such vessels shall in all respects comply with the provisions and requirements of said Act.