Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01

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Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
ditions.
Confectionery and seap.
Candies, confectionery, yeast cakes,
soap in hard cakes, etc., must be In
closed in boxes and so wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mall mat
ter.
Sealed original packages of proprt
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco,
pills, tablets, ETC., put Up In fixed
quantities by the manufacturer. and
not in themselves unavailable. will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, etc, and ar
ticles consisting wholly or in part of
glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
Unavailable Matter.
The following matter is declared IN
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, or
lascivious; articles intended for pre-
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matter otherwise mailable by law, the
outside cover or wrapper of which
bears and delineation or language Of
libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited in a post office or
found in the mails, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the divisions of dead let
tiers.
lntoxicants, PoIsons and Inflammsble
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment-
ed, or other intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisons OF every kind, and arti-
cles and compositions containing poi
son, POISONOUS animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives Of every kind; in
flammable materials (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gaso-
line, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, de-
natured alcohol, etc.,, internal ma
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite Of explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artit1-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails of whatever kind which may
kill, or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or reviewers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise: live or
dead (and not stuffed) animals, birds,
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro
vided; raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
Treatment of Unbelievable Parcels.
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible, but If such
matter can not be delivered and be-
comes offensive and injurious TO
health, postmasters may destroy 1t, or
the injurious or offensive Vortion
thereof.
Parcels improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
When parcels on which the postage
is wholly unpaid or insufhciently pre-
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown, notice of
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the def
cient postage collected from the ad-
dressee by the carrier. If the ad-
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the Di-
vision of Dead Letters
insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be in
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to its actual value, but not to
exceed $50, on payment of fee OF
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
Forwarding of Parcels.
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, In
which case the necessary stamps Will
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 mail
ing in such manner that the contents
can be easily examined. A parcel VIII
not be accepted for mailing unless IT
bears the name and address OF the
sender preceded by the word From. "
In addition to the name and address
of the sender, which is required, II
will be permissible to write or print
on the covering of parcel, or on
tag or label attached to 1t, the occu
patton of the sender, and to indicate
in small space by means of marks,
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character of the par
eel, but ample space must be left on
the address side for the full address
in legible characters and for the ne
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such as Merry Christmas" Please
do not open until Christmas, Happy
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