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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Side 32
... once a week service on a slow schedule ; after it was in opera- tion a petition , instigated by the contractor , would be presented asking for faster time ; the contractor would make affidavit that to perform service on the fast ...
... once a week service on a slow schedule ; after it was in opera- tion a petition , instigated by the contractor , would be presented asking for faster time ; the contractor would make affidavit that to perform service on the fast ...
Side 65
... once in earnest . A winding track of 146 miles . had to be ridden over in fifty minutes less than the new schedule time , and the new schedule time was lightning . The track lay at first along Ham's Fork . The valley was broad , the ...
... once in earnest . A winding track of 146 miles . had to be ridden over in fifty minutes less than the new schedule time , and the new schedule time was lightning . The track lay at first along Ham's Fork . The valley was broad , the ...
Side 66
... once more sped away to Los Angeles , 2,879 miles ; back again after a while , it went to the Dead Letter Office for the fifth time . But the Department was satisfied that it could yet call back the departed message to life , and sent it ...
... once more sped away to Los Angeles , 2,879 miles ; back again after a while , it went to the Dead Letter Office for the fifth time . But the Department was satisfied that it could yet call back the departed message to life , and sent it ...
Side 67
... Once a Philadelphian was anxious to see how long it would take a postal card to girdle the world and what would be the route taken . An international postal card was purchased , and mailed in that city , addressed to the sender at his ...
... Once a Philadelphian was anxious to see how long it would take a postal card to girdle the world and what would be the route taken . An international postal card was purchased , and mailed in that city , addressed to the sender at his ...
Side 85
... once wrote . " It seemed as if the moment the train started my senses left me . I was wild . Just before the train pulled out a man came up to the door and threw about fifty letters over the floor . I had to get down on my hands and ...
... once wrote . " It seemed as if the moment the train started my senses left me . I was wild . Just before the train pulled out a man came up to the door and threw about fifty letters over the floor . I had to get down on my hands and ...
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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.