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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... hundred thousand trees and breathing easier in the shade of three or four hundred parks , big and little . He almost certainly wanders over to the White House , is taken through the parlors and the East Room , and formally , and with as ...
... hundred thousand trees and breathing easier in the shade of three or four hundred parks , big and little . He almost certainly wanders over to the White House , is taken through the parlors and the East Room , and formally , and with as ...
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... hundred and thirty thousand persons connected in one way and another with the Post Office Department , hundreds of thousands of persons using the mails extensively , and millions having remotely to do with the Post Office , find it of ...
... hundred and thirty thousand persons connected in one way and another with the Post Office Department , hundreds of thousands of persons using the mails extensively , and millions having remotely to do with the Post Office , find it of ...
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... hundred thousand post offices in the year 1900 , that will earn , perhaps , $ 100,000,000 annu- ally . A hundred years ago the post office carried but 2,000 pieces of mail per day . Now more than 8,000 letters and packages are dropped ...
... hundred thousand post offices in the year 1900 , that will earn , perhaps , $ 100,000,000 annu- ally . A hundred years ago the post office carried but 2,000 pieces of mail per day . Now more than 8,000 letters and packages are dropped ...
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... hundred thousand dollars , and all but $ 15,000 went back to improve the service . In the Western States all the ... hundreds of cases it costs fifty cents and more to send letters to their destinations , where the charge is only the ...
... hundred thousand dollars , and all but $ 15,000 went back to improve the service . In the Western States all the ... hundreds of cases it costs fifty cents and more to send letters to their destinations , where the charge is only the ...
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... hundred and twenty - eight miles for nothing ; the letter deadheaded back to Washington , same distance both ways ... hundreds of others , that in quence of objections raised by the British and Hong Kong postal departments , through ...
... hundred and twenty - eight miles for nothing ; the letter deadheaded back to Washington , same distance both ways ... hundreds of others , that in quence of objections raised by the British and Hong Kong postal departments , through ...
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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.