The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-04
VALUABLE POSTAL
INFORMATION.

]. S. Mckinley, Of Orient, Ohio,
president of the Ohio State League of
Postmasters, has prepared and is
sued the following information with
regard to the postal service and how
the people may help:
When you address your letters or
cards with a lead pencil see that the
address is plainly written. Most let
ters lost are improperly addressed;
you had better use a pen and ink.
When you address a letter see that
you spell the name of the town cor
rectly. Many postoflices have similar
names. Don't write Gin. for Cincin-
matt, or Col. for Columbus.
When you address a letter or card
leave room for the stamp and post
mark in the upper right hand corner.
Postmarks often blur your address.
Do not put writing in newspapers
II packages; if you do the matter be-
comes first-class mail and you must
pay letter postage-twO cents an
ounce, or you are liable to a fine of
$40.
Written or typewriter letters plac-
ed in unsealed envelopes are subject
to the same rate of postage as when
sealed-twO cents an ounce.
Post cards in transparent enTe-
lopes will 90 at the rate of one cent
if msealed, provided there is nothing
more tina nthe address of the one to
receive it and and the name of the
sender. Stamp must be placed on
envelope and not on card when en-
lclosed in transparent envelope.
| Post cards containing writing and
inclosed in transparent envelope,
whether sealed or unsealed, must
bear two-cent stamp and the stamp
must be placed on the envelope in
stead Of the card.
Send money by pOstollice money
order, for if it is sent in this manner,
if lost IL the mails the Post Office De-
partmcnt viii issue you another order
Send valuable papers or merchan-
disc by frst-class registered mail,
for the Post Office Department will
make good any loss in the mail not
Exceeding $25.
Patrons of postofice can get better
service by renting box. If YOU have
a box the postmaster's work is light
ened, and your mail is not handled or
looked over like it is III, the general
delivery. The Post Office Depart
ment makes great conveniences for
you, so do not hesitate to help in re-
turn.
When YOU mail letter or package
see that it is substantially done up.
The rapid handling Of the mails some
times destroys poor envelope or
covering of a package, and your mail
is thus lost.>
You should put your name and
postoflice on the package. and if not
delivered it will be returned to you,
but you will have to repay the post
age (unless it is first-class.)
When you move to another post
Office notify the postmaster from
your former postollice to forward
your mail and notify the publishers
of your papers that you nave chang
ed your postoffice.
Letters from the pension agency
can be delivered only to the person
to whom addressed or to some mem
Der of his or her family especially
authorized to receive the mail.
If you have friends visiting you,
have their mail sent in your care.
Use an ordinary size envelope and
have on it your return card; If it is
not delivered it will be returned to
you, and not go to the Dead Letter
Office, as thousands of letters do.
2 If you receive a letter bv mistake
and it is not yours, don't open it, but
return it promptly; and if you do
open write on envelope "opened by
mistake" and sign your name.