Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-11
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Paslaiics Authorities 10 Have
Their Annual Auction Next Week.
PRIZES AAD LEMONS N PLENTY
Some ereo. Bargains are Sometimes
Occurred And Then Again You Are
Liable 10 Purchase Worthless Ar
tiele-soms of the rhthaa sold.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. TO-
The annual government auction sale
OF articles which found their way
into tho dead letter office of the post
oflice department during the past
year VIII begin on Monday. Decem.
Der 1e. at 10 a. M, and continue
twice daily thereafter until 1866 un.
deliverable packages arc disposed or.
III YOU want to take chance Mt this
big lottery. drop around to tho auc.
uoneer's shop az 1926 Ninth street,
Washington. ID. c. You will havo tue
Diino chance an tho next fellow to
Eet 70 lemon''--or small fortune.
Everybody gets either ono or tho
other and eomo manage 10 get both
bsforp the sale clones.
In Il way II Is barrels of fun" and
yet there 10 always tnge OF sadness
about this groat annual snle or lot.
tory OF tho postmaster general. some
or the dead" packages arc very val.
nabio and tho bidding is spirited, Tn.
Gle Sam realizing several thousand
uoilars profit every year. But ono
cannot help thinking that all OF these
pachnSes might have been delivered
with few eNoeptions-.had proper
4 care been exercised. Many dlsap.
pointed relative or friend in distant
parts Of the country would find tho
loEg,looked.for gift among this big
4 coiieciion II lie could but have the
privilege OF careful look In.
Tho postmaster general, other OH
D clais OF the department, postmasters
& throughout tho country and postal
employees generally had much rather
deliver every one OF these packagea
than send them to the dead letter
ONCE. In some cases the addresses
had moved away ana the SENDER fall.
I'd TO indicate his own address In
other cases tho address was 80 care
lcssly written that clerks and car.
rlora could not dcciphcr It.. And so
az goes through the great accumulo.
ton of valuable packages-more or
less valuable.
Tho catalogue OF these articlcs
coyerp 2lS closely printed pagcs
ana cost the government IL
pretty penny, which. OF course will
~ tSp'Au iioui stnN prOcDpHS OF tho
tatc. Many thousands of these cata.
sioEues We're printed at the govern.
ment printing Office for distribution
10 prospective buyers. Tho auction.
GERS shop Is always very much of nm
attraction during these salcs. Sched.
use "a contains 5.9ol miscellaneous
asticlen--anything from flye.cent
8 handkerchief to fine silk dress.
Kitchen utensils, dining room flxtnres.
parnr ornaments. things for men.
women and children-everythln ono
could think OF and thousands more.
Bono numbers In the catalogue
contafn tho briefest possible descrip-
Ton iof. several articles. For Instance.
Fifty cigars. mems suspenders. silk
handkerchief, zephyr muller, wash
i c}oths. framed picture. When this
number Is reached on the program
y OF sale many n soft snap, since no
body would send bad cigars through
enc mails and the other things don't
Z matter much" Wolf the man who
reasons this way may pay a good
pFiceT5-cash on delivery IL the invari.
able rule--and find himself posscss.
81 OF flfty cheap "stogies' that some.
bod Ind mailed to friend as n Joke
along With few useful but ineypen.
siyeS little articles.
he contents OF some OF tho pack.