Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-20

found in the mails, shall be withdrawing
and sent to the divisions of dead lett
ters: E|
Intoxicants, PoIsons and Inflammabiea
Materials. ls
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment1
ed or other intoxicating liquors Of any
Kind; poisons of every kind, and art1
tles and compositions containing poll
son, POISONOUS animals, insects and Ss
Feptiles; explosives of every kind In
Hammable materials (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gaso4ss
Zine, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, des
hatured alcohol, etc.,, Internal m1
chimes, and mechanical, chemical on
other devices or compositions which i
may ignite Of explode; disease germ1&
or scabs, and other natural or artid
cial articles, compositions or mates
rails of whatever kind which maj
kill, or in any wise injure another ID
damage the mail or other property. IN
Pistols, Animals and Birds. VI
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; live Cd
dead (and not stuffed) animals, BIRDS
or poultry, except as elsewhere prof.
vided; raw hides or pelts. guano, on
any article having a bad odor WIN
not be admitted to the mails. #SE
Treatment Of Unbelievable Parcela1
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible, but if such
matter can not be delivered and bel
comes offensive and injurious tds
health, postmasters may destroy it, o.
the Injurious or offensive pordon(
thereof. Il
Unbelievable perishable matte9
which In it's nature does not becom4
offensive or injurious to health may
be delivered by postmasters to tho
proper local municipal authority to b
distributed to hospitals, asylums 81
other charitable or reformatory inst1
tutions. If there is no such municipal
authority, the matter may be delfve1
ed; to any charitable institution or Oh
ganization making application there
for. II no application is made, >the
matter will be destroyed at the a.
piration of two weeks.
I Parcels Improperly Packed.
/ Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly II
dorsed or packed for safe shipment
When parcels on which the postagq
1s wholly unpaid or insufaciently pre-
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender IL unknown, notice Of
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the ded
cient postage collected from the 1
dressee by the carrier: If the 81
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the ~
vision Of Dead Letters.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which tn
postage is fully prepaid may be II
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to it's actual value, but not "a
exceed $50, on payment Of a fee
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
When a parcel is insured, the sem
der will be given receipt showing
the Office and date of mailing and
number of the parcel.
When a return receipt is desired by|
the sender of an insured parcel tho
postmaster at the mailing Office WIN
note the request on the margin o.
the insurance tag, and the postmaster
at the office Of address will obtain
from the addressee receipt and man
1t to the sender. L
The liability for indemnity shan
cease when delivery has been enecel
ed.
Forwarding Of Parcels. 1
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional|
postage at the rate which would b
chargeable if they were originally
mailed at the forwarding Office, N
which case the necessary stamps WIN
be affixed by the forwarding postmas
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for ma1li
Ing In such manner that the contentd
can be easily examined. A parcel win
. not be accepted for mailing unless j
bears the name and address of tho
sender preceded by the word From.
In addition to the name and address
of the sender, which is required, Il
will be permissible to write or print
on the covering Of parcel, or on q
tag or label attached to It, the Occur
patton of the sender, and to indicate
In small space by means Of markas
letters, numbers, names or other brte1
description, the character Of the par
eel, but ample space must be left %
the address side for the full address
In legible characters and for the No
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such a. merry Christmas.' please
do not open until Christmas" Happy
New Year." with best Wishes" ana
the like. may be placed on the cover
Ing of the parcel in such manner q
not to interfere With the address.
i, Distinctlxe Stamps.
~ The Inv requires that the postage
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