The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-30
Travellers
Notes
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BY Post c. Scribe

Nx&kN BY Fost c. Scribe
At high noon. Jan. 2, 1922, the new
city officials will be sworn into Office
under the leadership of member of
Post {. Mayorelect Handley has not
been idle during the weeks since his
election. He has been an interested
and studious visitor at all city offices,
renewing his knowledge Of city affairs
Martin Wisehart, chairman of the
state board of directors, and Charles
NJ. link, state secretary, were guests
at the t. p. A. annual dance Wednes-
day night. Did they meet that foreign
born native of Pittsburg, John Evans?
They did. And did President Niewoeh-
ner give them valuable information
, regarding secret society limitations?
He did. And did all the boys enjoy
the visit of these two state officers?
They did. The wife of Secretary link
| is really and truly T. P A lady, en-
thusiastic and loyal to the order, and
made many friends among the ladies of
! Post c.
| When the traveller mails an order
| to The House" does he realize that on
that day 100000 other letters have
been mailed in the United States? Has
that traveller been right sure that the
envelope is correctly addressed? There
are 100000 letters passed into the
postoftices of this country every day
that bear faulty addresses and delay
the delivery of the correctly written
envelopes just that much in handling
Does the shipping clerk realize that
every day there are 100000 packages
ahead of the parcel of prunes he is
consigning to the crossroads store
keeper and that a tough tag is re-
CURED for the jamming and pushing
! that can not be avoided in transit?
Does the crossroads storekeeper real
ize that the postoffice department rem
ders Santa Claus more assistance than
all other agencies combined, but at the
same time multiplies the congestion
many fold? He should think of these
| things before writing that hot letter
to THE House" heaping maledictions
on the traveller and Charlie Beck The
ordinary daily mail is of an aston
iishingly hugh volume, but when the
Christmas card mail is added with its
freak envelopes poorly tied packages,
lit becomes truly appalling. The real
wonder is that we have so little trou-
bic with our deliveries
That the inhabitants of the United
States are kindhearted is evidenced
by the amount of money spent for
greeting" cards. Last year $22 900, 900
went into Christmas cards. Add the
amounts spent for valentines, Mothers
Day, Easter, etc, swells the tital to
about S30,000,000. Yet we think we are
getting off easy when we mail a few
cards. and We are. It's a heap better
} than making more or less expensive
: presents that nobody really needs or
or wants.
The survivors of the class of 1895
. are limited to the following: Fllwood
e Morris and Isaac Z. Smith of Rich
} mond, John c. Duncan of Dayton
: Ohio. Beriah NJ. McCabe of Greenville
Ohio, and Frank S. Smith Of Hamil
ton Ohio.
\. Howard Rice, at present assistant
branch manager of the Internationa
, Harvester company at Parkersburg
w. Va, has made careful canvass O
: that state and his conclusions are tia
II the mountains of West Virgins
: over which he has occasion to travel
, could be ironed out fiat, they would
easily spread over the whole United
i, States and portion of Old Mexico
This might indicate that Howard ha:
his ups and downs. Mrs Rice is a
present visiting at her old home II
Kentucky and there is a possibilit,
/, that Richmond may be favored with
visit from both in the near future.
Il
The latest addition to Post c rosie
q is John E. Ulrich and he is also III,
. only one reported as having lost a ha
V at the I. p. A. dance. Can it be tina
= Marcus Hasty is TO have a competitor
n Twenty-three persons are injured b,
:. accident in the United States ever,
: minute. (Have you paid your dues :?
/ Every five minutes a person dies b,
t accident. (Have you paid your dues :?
t, Five times as many people are kille,
i or injured each year as die from nat
: ural causes. (Have you paid YOU