Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-06
JOURNAL Is UNIQUE
DlMINUTivE PERIODICAL PUB
LIsHED AT WASHINGTON.
postal information" Has No Sub
seriptlon List and No Paid Ad-
vertisements, But u Is Widely
Circulated and Read.


1shed in Washington which modestly
lays no claim to having the largest
circulation in the city, or, in fact, to
any circulation at all. neither does
IL assert that as an advertising me-
dunn its columns will be found OF value
to our merchants, for no paid adver-
tisements are received, yet 1t goes
right on coming out every week and
doing business at the same. old stand.
The name of this unique and d.
minutiye periodical, as there are but
two or three like II in the United
States, is Postal Information, and it
sees the light every Saturday in the
city post office. Postal Information Is
scarcely year old. and though It's
exchange list can be counted on the
hand. and 1t has no. purchase price,
1t nevertheless is a thriving youngster
In the field OF Washington journalism,
and its managers are not worried over
the ever-present question OF bona
flde, guaranteed, paid circulation.
Some time ago a small appropria-
ton was obtained. and plant suffi-
GENTLY large to get out folio eight
and a half by eleven inches was In
stalled in the basement Of the regis
tration division of the city post office.
Every Saturday Postal Information
goes to press" being run OF on a
small electric motor press and set W
a day or so previously by ono of the
employees of the Office who under
stands the work. While some of Its
matter is standing" yet much Of II
is new weekly, and altogether II
presents a very smart and up-to-date
appearance.
I'VE have found this little paper Of
much service to the officers and EN-
ployes of the Washington city pos
Office and its stations, for whose bene
tit Postal Information is published,
said an official of the city post Office
1--WE run Off weekly about 15t
copies, distributing them among the
employees Of the Office where the!
may be Of ready access to all EN-
.ployes, and sending copies to the va
.rious stations throughout the city, thu
respective employees in these stations
being expected to read 1t weekly, a.
II may be used by the postmaster t.
convey certain notices and orders al
fecting the service in the city to thei
attention.
Washington is now one of the larg
.er post offices In the service, havin
incorporated the various towns within
the District in its jurisdiction. wit
ten named stations, half dozen o
SO lettered stations, Ga numbered SITS
tons, doing a business OF abou
81. 100000 annually and rankin
third in the per capita use OF tn
mails. It has regiment Of employe
numbering about 1900 In all.
VERY often the employees Of othe
post Offices wish to secure transfer t
the Washington city post Office, an
vice versa, and where these apple,
itions come to our notice We insel
paragraphs in Postal Information gi'
ing the name Of the clerk, the pos
office at which he or she may be st,
toned and the grade and salary. An
clerk who may be interested may the
address a communication to the pos
master. and frequently the exchang
ds effected. These requests for tran
fer to our office come from all owe
the country, and we have on file no
one from as far south as Portsmouth
Va, from Boston, Mass. on the mort
and Lincoln. Neb.. on the west.
"All offenses committed by and pc,
alties imposed upon employees for Il
fraction Of the. rules are also give
weekly, as they serve as reminder
to the entire force. as in the instance
of carriers being derelict in reportir
for duty or for failure to record tim
All recent fraud orders issued by Il
department against such concerns a,
weekly enumerated by name and a
dress, ETC.. and would-be money,
der purchasers and those who wou
send registered letters to such firm
are warned by the postal clerks. A
orders of the Postmaster General ar
his assistants which II Is desired
call to the attention OF our force a.
also published.
"A similar little folio of postal l
formation Is published in Philadt
phia. Pa. under the title Of the Pc
. Office News, and the New York Off,
, gets out another along the same lin,
= which is called the Official Circular
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