Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
WEIGH THE. MAIL
BEFORE SENDING
POSTMASTER F. A. NiMOcks RE-
QUESTS PUBLIC TO ASSIST
DURING HOLIDAYS.
c L e Rk TN 10 B B 7
Man Will Be Stationed Outside Of
Office to Give Patrons Weight
OF Packages Before Dropping
In Repository.
ERIK IN LOB BY

Better register your mail from now
until the holidays are over and thus
save yourself and others little pos
sible grief. Not that the postal author
tiles are to become careless during the
heavy rush Of business with which the
mails have always been laden during
the Yuletide, but on the contrary that
they are making every effort possible
/ to avoid carelessness. This careless
ness is on the part Of the public as q
rule and its commission is SO easy to
happen that 1t rarely is noticed by the
average person. Notwithstanding the
| fact that the postoflce department has
| for years, insisted on the people when
using the mails to observe certain
rules that will not alone expedite de-
livery but insure safety as well, there
is continually happening cases where
mail goes astray. The failure of mail
to reach its destination is through the
fault OF the patrons of the postoffice to
regard the rules laid down. 1t is easy
to see how special measures have to
be taken to prepare for the holiday
rush. and for the coming Yuletide Post
master Nimocks has made certain re-
+! quests upon the public which will in
sure the best service for patrons that
is obtainable. The letter of Postmas-
| ter Nimocks follows:
Weigh Your Mall.
To patrons of the postoffice:
Last year during the holiday week,
this Office handled in the neighborhood
of twelve thousand packages, beside
the ordinary mail which Is very heavy
during the winter.
| m p1on,ypt If tho % 70 nf fha naf-
rons to have their packages properly
weighed and tied up before mailing
them, we had very few complaints OF
| lost packages from the holiday season
want to again ask those persons
who are sending packages this year to
be very careful to see that they are
well tied. weighed and properly rated
UP before being dropped in the post
ONCE. We expect to have a clerk
stationed in the lobby in the front Of
the office, to weigh out all packages,
so that the patrons will know just
what amount of postage is necessary.
| We do this for the reason that II a
package is dropped into the Office not
fully paid UP, we cannot even start it
toward It's destination, but must hold
it and write to the party addressed on
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the additional amount of postage
necessary to pay for its transportation.
We know you do not want the person
addressed to pay this. therefore, we
are notifying you in this way and are
also making arrangements to help
you in weighing out your packages.
We are going to extend to you every
courtesy possible in helping you and
we ask that you in turn be very care
full to see that all packages are
weighed and properly stamped before
dropping them into the postof1ce.
Where any package is worth in the
neighborhood of dollar or more, it
should by all means be registered, as
this insures it's delivery and in
IDENTITIES you in case Of a loss. There
is no way to trace an ordinary pack
age and your only safe course is to
register.
Respectfully,
Frank A. Nimocks, Postmaster,