The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-19
CHRISTMAS MAIL
SUB JECT TO DON'T
PosTMAsTEt GIVES HINTS ON
sENDINp PRESENTS.
Everything Will Be Done Well and
Promptly by Uncle Sam Boys Pro
viding The Patrons Of the Office OBJ
serve q Few Rules Get Busy Early.

7. =. Hughes, assistant postmaster,
has prepared the following list Of
g don It's which will materially assist
the public in sending Christmas pack
ages by mail: ia .s5s.
Don Il forget that many of the drug
stores in the residence districts are
postal stations where stamps and
money orders are sold, mail is weighed.
letters and spacka res are registered and
postal information given.
Don't do upsa parcel with such poor
wrapping paper or in such a f1imsy
manner that the wrapper may be easily
torn and separated from the contents.
DOM fail to- put your own name and
address, preceded by the word s FROM
on the upper left-hand corner Of every
piece of mail s G
Don It fail to give the full address,
street and number Cor box), town, city,
county and state of destination.
Don't mail parcel without previous.
ly weighing ut to- ascertain the amount
of postage required: Printed matter 1
cent an ounce; limit four pounds.
Don't place handkerchiefs, neckties,
or other articles Of merchandise in
packages Of printed matter, unless you
prefer to pay the higher rate of post
age on the whole. #E
Don It seal or wrap parcels in such
manner that their contents may not be
easily examined, unless you desire to
pay letter rates of postage. %
Don use and 2 cent stamps for
postage on heavy packages. Use the
larger denominations. It saves you
trouble in affixing them and saves time
and work in the postoffice.
Don It mail packages on the street
Iottor hoyoa 4boxr NOV, rocoI,
the postoffice. Package boxes are pro-
vided at convenient places with fire.
quent collections.
Don t use tags or labels exclusively
for addresses, as: they are liable to
become separated from the packages.
Address the wrappers also.
Don It hesitate to write any form Of
dedication or inscription such as "Mer-
y, Christmas, ''.sst Happy New Year.
NCompliment Of the season, - or any
writing Of that nature, of an imperson-
al character, with your name It is
especially, provided for in the postal
Don't fail, to register valuable letters
and packages. r. The government in
sures their safe deliverey and the ex-
ira cost is 8 cents. y.,< ~
Don't mail Sealed packages of mer-
chandise to Canada and Mexico. The
rates for (: unsealed packages to those
countries are the same as in the United
state, VIZ, one cent per ounce.
Don It mail parcels Of merchandise to
other foreign countries without making
special inquiry concerning the regula-
tions governing parcels post mail. Il,
Don't mail ,jewelry. and coins to for
eign countries. They are positively
prohibited from the mails. ,4=Ts5s ,
Don It forget to, mail parcels early.
- Don It expect the postoffice to be able
to: transmit ands deliver Christmas par
cells Within the; same: number of days or
hours as at other times. Allowance
Of from one 70 three &c days extra time
d Thru Registry Pouches.
Minneapolis will have thru registry
pouch connections with all the ;princif-
pal cities ana towns, which will greatly
expedite the transmission of registered
packages during the Christmas rush
This new arrangement is due to an or
der from tie nnStal dana rim ont no