The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-05
VALUABLE POSTAL
INFORMATION.

j. 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
tiers lost are improperly addressed;
lyou had better use a pen and ink.
When you address a.letter see that
lyou spell the name Of the town cor
rectly. Many postofices have similar
names. Don't write Gin. for Cincin-
matt. or Col. for Columbus.
When You address 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
,r packages; if you do the matter be-
comes frst-class mail and you must
Ipay letter postage-two cents an
lounce, or you are liable to a fine of
I$10.
| Written or typewriter letters plac-
ed in unsealed envelopes are subject
to the same rate of postage as when
lsealed-two cents an ounce.
| Post cards In transparent enve-
Hopes VIII go at the rate of one cent
lie unsealed, 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-
Iclosed in transparent envelope.
| Post cards containing writing and
Enclosed in transparent envelope,
whether Sealed or unsealed, must
bear a two-cent stamp and the stamp
must be placed on the envelope in
lstead of the card.
Send money by postofice money
lorder, for if it is sent in this manner,
liz lost IL .he mails the Post Office De-
Ipartnncnt will issue you another order
| Send valuable papers or merchan-
disc by frst-class registered mall
flor the Post Office Department will
make good any loss in the mail not
Exceeding $25.
| Patrons of postoffice can get better
service by renting a box. If you have
a box the postmaster's work is light
ened, and your mail is not handled or
Hooked over like it is IL the general
delivery. The Post Office Depart
lment makes great eonveniences for
Iyou, 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 a poor envelope or
Towering of package, and your mail
lis thus lost.
| You should put your name and
IpostoYfice on the package, and if not
delivered it will be returned to you,
but you will have to repay the post
Iage (unless 1T IS first-class.)
| When you move to another post
office notify the postmaster from
lyour former postoffice to forward
lyour mail and notify the publishers
of your papers that you have chang
ed your postoffice.
Letters from the pension agency
can be delivered only to the person
to whom addressed or to some men,
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
Iyou, and not go to the Dead Letter
IOffice, as thousands of letters do.
If you receive a letter bv mistake
land it is not yours, don't open it, but
return it promptly; and if you do
lopen write on envelope "opened by
mistake" and sign your name.