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Park Commissioners-Desmond FitzGerald, Charles S Sargent, George S Baldwin
Committee for Planting Trees-Ernest B Dane, chair- man; D Blakley Hoar, Emma G Cummings
Planning Board-Frederick L Olmstead, chairman; Walter H Kilbane, Michael J O'Hearn, Amos L Hathe- way, Leonard C Wason
Auditors-James W Barry, Chester T Burr, William J Love
Fence Viewrs-Arthur G Wood, Edward H Wiggin
Constables-Richard L Shedd, John E Griffin, Frank M
Fay, Charles L Hapgood, Michael J Fahey, Frank G Nesbitt
Field Drivers-Arthur G Wood, Myron D Fisher
Board of Selectmen-Edward A McEttrick, sec; Agnes
G Killon, stenographer; Frank M Rick
Pound Keeper-Myron D Fisher
Board of Health-Edward A McEttrick, sec; Francis
P Denny, agent bacteriologist and director of laboratory;
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Willard E Ward, agent for inspection of milk and provi- sions; Charles W Delano, inspector of animals; J Albert C Nyhen, asst bacteriologist; Michael Duffley, sanitary agent and inspector of plumbing; Thomas J Riley, sani- tary inspector; Horace K Boutwell, M D, dispensary physician, F C Allen, Walter E Wade, dental dispensary physicians; Ella J Jarvis, tuberculosis nurse; John D Minahan, tenement house inspector
Overseers of the Poor-Edward A McEttrick, sec; Mrs Mary B Perkins, matrons of Almshouse
Park Commissioners-Edward A McEttrick, sec; Ed- ward P Sheehan, supt
Water Commissioners -- Z R Forbes, clerk and water registrar; Fayette F Forbes, supt of water works Town Engineers-Henry A Varney,
Frederick A Leavitt, Ist asst; Chester J Wallace, 2nd asst; Ellen H Griffin, stenographer
Town Accountant-Albert P Briggs,
Superintendent of Streets and Sewers-Michael Dris- coll; Fred B Richardson and Stephen E Burke, assistants Superintendent of Wires and Lights and Gas Inspec- tion-Eugene N Davis; Max L Elliott, assistant Assessors-Herbert N Bates, chief clerk; Arthur Spooner, Margaret Lyons, clerks
Registrars of Voters-Jesse S Wiley, chairman; Harold Williams Jr, Joseph W Cook, Edward W Baker, town clerk sec ex-officio
Public Library-Louisa M Hooper, librarian
Forestry Department-Daniel G Lacy, supt; Helen M Rick, clerk
Building Commissioner-Ernest Lyon
Inspector of Plumbing-Michael Duffley
Assistant to Building Commissioner-Arthur Finnegan Examiners of Gas Fitters-Walter J Cusick, Ernest Lyon, Alfred G Sanborn
Walnut Hills Cemetery-Edward W Baker, clerk; Myron D Fisher, supt
Moth Inspector-Ernest B Dane
Measurer of Wood and Bark-Willard E Ward
Inspector of Petroleum-Willard E Ward
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Willard E Ward; Matthew F Mealey, William Coughlin, deputy sealers
Keeper of the Lock-up-Alonzo W Corey
Forest Warden-George H Johnson
Weigher of Hay-William F Foley Janitor of Town Hall-Thomas W Sparks
Gymnasium and Baths Committee-George S Baldwin, chairman; William F Foley, Payson Dana
Playground Commission-George S Baldwin, William F Foley, Payson Dana, Desmond FitzGerald, Arthur K Cushing
Board of Appeal-James F Jackson, chairman; Leonard C Wason, Michael D Mealey; Edward W Baker, clerk
MUNICIPAL COURT
Prospect corner Washington
Justice-Charles F Perkins
Associate Justices-Philip S Parker, Daniel A Rollins Clerk-Harold C Haskell Probation Officer-Ida M Parker
Court Officer-Richard L Shedd
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A Eleanor Dresser, kindergarteners; Charles G Johnson, janitor®
HIGH SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN Gorham av corner Tappan Annie B Winchester, Lillian B Hunter, teachers LAWRENCE Francis
J Harding Armstrong, principal; Rose D Bliss, Helen M Westgate, Josephine S Taylor, Rebekah Bruorton, Cora W Reed, C Gertrude Knox, teachers; Frank H Flanders, janitor
WILLIAM H LINCOLN Boylston near Walnut path
Francis T Hall, principal; Mary A Connor, Theresa G O'Rourke, Marion H Cook, Dorcas C Higgins, Alice S Morrison, Alice M Wing, Josephine Courtright, Mary A White, Madeline Beaman, Laura A Mulle, Rose E Ryan, Abbie F Hearn, Florence L Fairbanks, Oro D Hutchinson, Edith H Matthew, Grace E Bartlett, teachers; Harriet B Stodder, Susie H Nason, kindergarteners; Richard Kelle- her, janitor
LONGWOOD St Mary's corner Monmouth
Marion E Marsh, principal; Grace Eaton, Sarah M Keeler, teachers; Katherine Wentworth, kintergartener; John F Mahan janitor
NEWTON STREET Newton opposite Grove Linda B McAdam, teacher; William B Webber, janitor PARSONS Walter avenue
Grace H Manter, principal; Nellie L Moody, teacher; Lucy H Maxwell, Louise E Finney, Grace Kimball, Dorothy Holman, kindergarteners; John J Nyhen, janitor
PIERCE School and Prospect
Mary McSkimmon, principal; Maria E Gardner, Ada E Chevalier, Lena B Winter, M Alice Connor, Annie G Molley, Alice M Nelson, Alice L Reeve, Bertha V Cobb, Edna A Gault, Alice E Fraher, Maybelle E Knight, Ethel A Tillinghast, Ellen M Goodrich, Margaret E Malone, Jennie M Alden, Abby F Bosworth, Alice R Harper, Ellen P Low, Elizabeth E Joyce, teachers; Grace W Morrill, Alice M Wyman, kindergarteners; Justus E Austin, T F Costello, janitors; Willard E Cleaves, engineer
JOHN D RUNKLE Druce
Ellen S Baker, principal; Florence Barnard, Eleanor B Mitchell, Blanche E Henshaw, Maude L Schofield, Eliza- beth W Bean, Elsie R Coffin, Alice B Hazelton, Florence M Shirley, Grace E Murray, Marion E Weld, Ruth M Preston, teachers
SEWALL Cypress corner Franklin
Hattie F Paul, principal; L Margaret Amsden, Kather- ine Johnson, teachers; Alice H Shaw, Marion E Ross, kin- dergarteners; Richard Kelleher, janitor ROBERT C WINTHROP Brookline avenue corner Pearl (unoccupied) SPECIAL TEACHERS Director of Music-Samuel W Cole
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Instructor in Music-Edith H Snow
Director of Drawing-Mary C Thurston
Instructor in Drawing-Anne B Chamberlain
Director of Physical Training-Bessie L Barnes
Instructors in Physical Training-Norman W Fradd, Miriam A Tobey, Alice V Kennedy
Instructors in Manuel Training-Joseph E Owens, S Anna Woodbury, Caroline A Brooks
Instructors in Domestic Science-Mary E Ditson, Susie T Sprout
Director of Needlework-Anna M Schwind
Instructors in Needlework-Marion K Dormon, M Frances George, Annie G Burnham, Annie Egan School nurse-Ida 'M Lewis
Unassigned-C Frances Quille, Enid Merrill, Elsie V Robbins, Mary E S Raymond
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ST MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION Harvard corner Homer Sisters of Notre Dame, teachers 1
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Washington near School
Rev Leonard K Storrs, chairman; Walter Humphreys, sec; Henry W Lamb, treas; Daniel D Addison, D Blakely Hoar, Walter Humphreys, Henry W Lamb, Edward Stan- wood, Rev Leonard K Storrs, Desmond Fitzgerald, Carle- ton S Francis, Ralph A Stewart, Thomas F McManus, George F Babbitt and Robert Cushman, trustees; Louisa M Hooper, librarian; Etheldred Abbot, asst librarian; Mary R Davis, High school librarian; Ethel Kellow, chil- dren's librarian; Bertha E Davis, reference librarian; Helen M Claflin, cataloger; Lilla N Morse, Sabina R Gibbins, Alice W Clark, Blanche Ballou, Carrie E Morse, Susan H James, Alice M Hobson, Althea Currin, Susie MacDonald, Helen M Thayer, Elizabeth M Trumbull, assts; Charles H Robie, George R Johnson, Thomas Far- rell, janitors
The library is open from 8.30 a m to 9 m every secular day throughout the year except legal holidays; viz Wash- ington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Seven- teenth of June, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas; Sundays 2 to 9 p m
COOLIDGE CORNER BRANCH LIBRARY 299 Har- vard-Lilla N Morse, Branch librarian
Open daily except Saturdays from 1 to 9 p m; Saturdays from 8.30 to 9 p m; closed Sundays
BOYLSTON STATION, 782 Boylston; open daily and Sunday
CHESTNUT HILL STATION, 695 Hammond
SEWALL READING ROOM in Sewall School, Cy- press st; open Monday, Thursday and Saturday from 6.30 to 9.30
CHURCHES
ALL SAINTS' CHURCH (EPISCOPAL) Beacon cor Dean road-Rev Daniel D Addison, rector; N U Walker, clerk, John Q Adams, treas
THE BEACON UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 286 Har- clerk; Herbert R Chase, treas
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FIRST PARISH (UNITARIAN) Walnut cor Warren; organized October 26, 1917-Rev Abbot Peterson, pastor; Henry Ware, clerk and treas
SECOND UNITARIAN SOCIETY, Sewall av near Charles-Rev Thomas R Van Ness, pastor; A A Wordell, chairman prudential com; George E Winsor, sec; William L Kelt, treas
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Harvard corner Pierce-Rev William Wallace Iliffe, pastor; John R Jamieson, sec; John Patterson, treas
HARVARD CHURCH (CONGREGATIONAL) Har- vard corner Marion-Rev pastor; Fred B Rich- ardson, clerk; Hanson H Webster, treas
CONGREGATION KIHILLATH ISRAEL, 440 Har- vard-Julius P Selya, pres; Harry Brooks, sec; Morris Shlagar, treas
LEYDEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Beacon corner Clinton path-Rev Harris G Hale, pastor
THE BAPTIST CHURH in Brookline, Beacon corner Park; organized June 5 1828-Rev , pastor; J Harding Armstrong, clerk; Samuel Blanchard, treas
BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, Be- thany building corner Washington and School; Incorpor- ated May 16 1887
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR (Episcopal) Monmouth cor Carlton-Rev Reginald H Howe, DD, rector emeritus; Augustus Thorndike, PhilipS Parker, warden; George F Hussey, clerk; Frederic Cunningham, treas
ST MARY'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Park corner Vernon
CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM, junction Irv- ing and Allerton
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL, St Paul cor Aspinwall av- Rev William L Clark, rector; Arthur L Walker, clerk; Walter M Lincoln, treas
ST AIDAN'S CHURCH (Catholic) Pleasant cor Free- man-Rev John T Creagh, pastor; Rev Garrett J Condon, asst
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH (Catholic) Boylston cor Heath-Rev Thomas F McManus, pastor; Rev James F Cassidy, asst
ST MARY'S CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (Catholic) Linden place corner Harvard-Rev Michael T McManus, pastor; Rev Bernard S O'Kane, Rev Aloysius R Finn, assts
MASONIC
BETH-HORON LODGE A F & A M; Chartered Sept 1871-Frederick A Leavitt, W M; C A W Spencer, treas; Charles A Bowditch, sec; meet second Tuesday of each month except July and August at Masonic hall I Harvard
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
LOMIA LODGE NO 221; Instituted May 18, 1893- Benjamin Walker, Harry W Mosher, rec sec; N G Fred- erick, P Walker, V G; George Pree, fin sec; George Prince, treas; meet every Wdnesday evening at 8 School
BETHEL REBEKAH LODGE, NO 179-Mrs Harry N Mosher, rec sec; meet first and third Tuesdays of each month at 8 o'clock
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ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS
DIVISION NO 7-Edward Shaw, pres Charles Duffey, vice pres; David Lynch, rec sec; John Brennan, fin sec; Michael Jennings, treas; meet second Wednesday and fourth Sunday of each month at Lyceum hall
LADIES AUXILLIARY NO 22-Meet second Thurs- day and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Lyceum hall at 8 p m
BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS
BROOKLINE LODGE NO 886-William B Jackson, Albert P Briggs, sec; George W Delano, treas; meet first and third Mondays of each month at Gardner hall
MASS CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS
ST LAWRENCE COURT NO 61-John H King, chief ranger; Dr Timothy C Downs, V C R; M J Kelley, treas; T M Daley, fin sec; Daniel Frawley, rec sec; meet first and third Mondays of each month at Lyceum hall
AVE MARIA COURT NO 160-Mrs Margaret E O'Brien, C R; Lillian Curtin, vice C R; Mary Freeley, fin sec; meet first and third Tuesdays of each month at Ly- ceum hall
BROOKLINE COURT NO 208-Mary E Carroll, C R; Joseph G Carroll, rec sec; Patrick F Murphy, fin sec; Joseph H Tuohy, treas; meet first and third Tuesdays of each month at St Lawrence hall
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
BROOKLINE CHAPTER NO 112-Mrs Marion E Ba- ker, W M; Mrs Charlotte H Kidder, (North Easton) sec; Mrs Emma F P Jacobs, treas; meet fourth Tuesday of each month at Masonic hall I Harvard
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
CHARLES L CHANDLER POST 143; Instituted 1871 -William W O'Connell, adjt and O D; meet first and third Wednesday evenings of each month at G A R hall at Town hall
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS
CHARLES L CHANDLER CORPS 109; Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic-Mrs Emma A Henry, pres; Mrs Clara A Morrison, sec; Mrs Lucy L Turner, treas; meet first and third Tuesday aftenoons of each month at G A R Hall, Town Hall
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BROOKLINE COUNCIL NO 110-John H Moran, G K; Stephen E Ryan, recorder; Thomas F Costello, fin sec; Thomas F McMahon, treas; meet second and fourth Mondays of each month at Lyceum Hall, Village sq
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ASPINWALL LODGE NO 168-John P McQueen, C C Harry G Parker, KRS; H C Hutchins, M of E; meet second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Odd Fel- lows Hall, School st
ROYAL ARCANUM
SAGAMORE COUNCIL NO 181; Chartered Sept 1878- -meet second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Lyceum hall
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CLUBS, SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS, ETC
BOURNEWOOD HOSPITAL, end South- Dr Henry R Stedman, supt
BROOKLINE ANTI-SUFFRAGE SOCIETY -205 Walnut; Mrs Henry Preston White, pres; Mrs Arthur Williams Jr, treas
BROOKLINE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY- meet at Union building
BRROOKLINE CIVIC SOCIETY, 410 Washington
BROOKLINE BOARD OF TRADE-305 Washington; Gardner A . Whitney, pres; meet every except July and August at G A R Hall
BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB-Headquarters Brookline Public Library; Dr John B Brainerd, jres; Miss Maude Doolittle, sec; Mrs George W Kaan, cor sec; George W Kaan, M D, treas
BROOKLINE CARPENTERS' UNION LOCAL NO 438-meet every Monday evening at 178 Washington
BROOKLINE DAY NURSERY, 10 Walter av-Mrs Frederic Higginson, pres; Mrs George D Burrage, sec; Mrs Charles Sprague, teas
BROOKLINE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION -1318 Beacon
BROOKLINE FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASS'N-George H Johnson, pres; Thomas F Costello, vice pres; E Frank Proctor, sec; Fayette F Forbes, treas; meet third Monday of each month at Station A, 140 Washington
BROOKLINE FOOD CENTRE-214-216 Washington BROOKLINE FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Union build- ing, Walnut corner High; Organized 1886; Boy's Club. Girls' 'Club, Mothers' Club Thursday, Mrs Frederick B Percy, Hon pres; Philip S Parker, vice pes; C C Payson, sec; Albert P Briggs, treas; Mrs Elizabeth K Taft, exet sec; meet first Thursday of each month from Oct to June
BROOKLINE GYMNASIUM ATHLETIC ASS'N- board meet second Thursday of each month at Brookline Gymnasium. Annual meeting third Tuesday in January
BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY-Charles H Stearns, pres; Abbie M Dunbar, clerk; Edward W Baker, treas; meet third Wednesday of each month, October to May at Edward Devotion house
BROOKLINE HOSPITAL, Newton near Grove; for patients with Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles and Smallpox-Martha W Meek, supt
BROOKLINE MEDICAL CLUB-Frederick E Jones, M D, pres; Harold Bowditch, M D, sec and treas; ineet first Monday of each month at G A R hall
BROOKLINE PAINTERS' UNION NO 709-Meet first and third Wednesdays of each month at 178 Wash- ington
BROOKLINE POLICE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIA- TION-Allen Wilson, pres; Richard H Maloney, vice pres; Charles C Watterson, sec; Charles B M Knowles, treas; board of directors meet first Monday of each month at police station, Washington corner Prospect
BROOKLINE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE, 1353 Beacon and 5 Harvard sq-Mrs H P Briggs, pres; Mrs Franklin W Hobbs, vice pres; Mrs A H Bowditch, sec
BROOKLINE CATHOLIC CLUB-Walter J Cusick, pres; Thomas F Costello, fin sec; Thomas R Daley, rec sec; meet third Thursday of each month at 31a Harvard
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CHANNING SANITARIUM, 701 Boylston-Dr Wal- ter Channing, M D, supt
CHESTNUT HILL CLUB, 70 Middlesex rd
CHESTNUT HILL GOLF CLUB, Boylston street
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE REST HOME, 910 Boylston
COUNTRY CLUB, Clyde Park, Clyde-F M Ware, supt
DELTA UPSILON FRATERNITY, 1069 Beacon
FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, 80 Glen rd; or- ganized Oct 14, 1875; incorporated August 25, 1879-Geo Fearing, Jr, pres; Arthur Winslow, acting pres; Nathaniel J Walker, sec; Frederick Bradlee, treas
HOLY NAME SOCIETY-Michael J Kelley, pres; Thomas B McCaffery, sec; Aloysius Finn, spiritual direc- tor; meet first Sunday evening of each month in basement of St Mary's Catholic church
HOLYHOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION-James M Driscoll, supt; office, 587 Heath; Cardinal William H O'Connell, pres
LONGWOOD CRICKETT CLUB, 50 Middlesex rd NORMANDIE CLUB, 97 Winthrop rd
PHI BETA PI FRATERNITY, 227 Aspinwall av
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY, 1004 Beacon
PHI RHO SIGMA FRATERNITY, 227 Aspinwall av SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, 1067 Beacon
WALNUT HILLS CEMETERY, Grove near Newton -Myron D Fisher, supt
POST OFFICES
BROOKLINE STATION, I Harvard-Joseph F Eichorn, supt; George H Conley, asst supt; William J McGuire, John J Walsh, John E Fay, James J Condon, Carl J Youngren, John P Fleming, Leo M Cochrane, Felix Johnson and James J Treanor, clerks; Michael J Galla- gher, Michael Duffy, John H Riley, Michael J Nolan, JamesA Durning, Ashton E Butterfield, Patrick J- Finan, William P Golden, Charles H Haggerty, John T Carey, Dennis F Donlon, Mortimer Sullivan, Jr, Alfred A Hickey, Joseph A Doherty, Herbert R Sumner, Robert A Barry, Harry O Bernard, Max H Lieske, Owen Hillen Jr, George J O'Brien, Thomas J Dwyer, William J Landry, carriers; Joseph T A Greer, collectors
Letters delivered-7.30 and 10.45 a m and 2.45 p m; let- ters collected, 8.00 and 11.00 a m; 3.00, 5.30, 9.30 p m; Sundays, 8.30 p m; holidays, 6.30 and 9.30 p m
Office open week days, I a m to 9 p m; Sundays, 10 to II a m
Mails close Brookline for Boston-3.20, 6.50, 8.45 and 10.35 a m; 12.35 m; 2.50, 4.30, 6.05, 8.00, 9.30 and 10.30 p m; arrive 3.20, 6.10, 8.45, 9.50 and II.50 a m; 12.50, 2.10, 4.20, 5.50, 7.10, 9.55 and 12 p m; Sunday mail closes for Boston 8.10 a m; 9.55 p m
Holidays-Mails close 6.15, 9.00 a m; 5.50 and 9.30 p m; arrive 3.00, 6.10 and 9.00 a m; 5.50 and 5.55 p m
Open for Money Order and Registered Letters from 7.00 Ã m to 9.00 p m
P O SUB STATION NO 110, 127 Washington-Thomas E Burns, clerk in charge
COOLIDGE CORNER STATION, 1354 Beacon-
Gilbert F Manson, supt; Joseph P Power, asst supt;
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Charles F W Thomas, Joseph B Fenno, John A Kelley, Edward L Boyce, Martin P Kenney, William F Ward, George Dunleavy, R A Williams, William A Collins and Frank E Rogers, clerks; Patrick J Timmins, Robert W Finney, Michael J Healey, Thomas J O'Keefe, William H Parker Daniel P Donovan, J L Marmaud, William P Moran, James H Kelley, John J Finnerty, W H Carney, David Rockwood, Thomas B Clancy, Edmund J Farrell, Henry M Deeran, James S Curry, W H Wheeler, Thomas Connelly, Cornelius B Connors, John J Sullivan, C W White, John J Shea, John C Larkin, Michael J Dunleavy, James E Murley, John J Harrington, Joseph T A Greer, William F Colleran, J J Murphy and J J Buckley, carriers
Office open week days, 7.00 a m to 9.00 p m; Sundays, 10.00 to II.00 a m for box holders
Open for Money Orders and Registered Letters from 7 to 9 p m; Postal Savings, 8 a m to 8 p m
P O SUB STATION NO 58, 1953 Beacon-Arthur C Morey, clerk in charges
P O SUB STATION NO 8, 1703 Beacon-Ernest S Cooper, clerk in charge
CHESTNUT HILL STATION, I2 Middlesex rd (Newton)-John C Brennan, supt; John P Hurley and Maurice F P Hickey, clerks; George W Little, M Aloyisius Walsh, David J Gleason, Kieran T Kelley, Rix Andrews, John J Morrisey and Joseph M Bishop, carriers; office open week days 7.30 a m to 7.30 p m; holidays 7.30 to Io a m
P O SUB STATION NO 51, 807 Boylston
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RATES OF POSTAGE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
First class-Letters and all matter sealed so that it cannot be examined without breaking the seal. Postage 2 cents per ounce or fraction for United States (including Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Philippine Archipelago, Tutui- la and Canal Zone) Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Republic of Panama, also Shanghai. At least one rate '(2 cents) must be prepaid to insure forwarding except to Cuba and Republic of Pan- ama. Postal cards, United States, Cuba, Republic of Panama, Mexico and Canada, I cent. (War tax addi- tional as to constitutional laws of government)
Letters and postal cards are for- warded from one postoffice to another without additional postage. Other matter only on prepayment of addi- tional postage.
The use of hand stamps for per- sonal communications, as stamping a receipt or credit on a bill of accounts; price lists with prices in writing, and all matter produced by typewriting constitutes first class matter.
On Postal Cards the left third and on "Post Cards" the left half of the address side as well as the back may be written or printed on, and very thin sheets of paper may be attached to same if they completely adhere thereto.
Second Class-Newspapers and pe- riodicals issued as frequently as four times a year with a legitimate list of subscribers. Postage to other than subscribers, I cent for each four ounces.
Third class-Books (printed), cir- culars, labels, photographs, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets and M S copy accompanying the same, blank checks, drafts, insurance policies and other legal papers, handbills, posters, and ail matter of the same general two ounces or fraction; full prepay- ment of postage compulsory. Seeds. cuttings, roots, bulbs, etc., may be forwarded in the mails for the U. S. with postage prepaid at third class rate, but matter of this nature for Canada must be prepaid at fourth class rate. Date of issue, name of addressee and name of sender may be written on a circular or typographical errors corrected without subjecting it to letter postage. Reproduction from Hectograph, Papyrograph, Electric Pen or other similar process may be sent as third class if mailed at post- office and in lots of not less than 20 identical copies. The limit of
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weight, 4 pounds, except single vol- umes of books to which there is no limit of weight.
Fourth class. - "Parcel Post" - Farm and factory products, patterns, address tags, bill heads, letter heads, playing cards, blotting paper un- printed, merchandise, metals, and all other matter not included in the first, second and third classes. Postage 1' cent for each ounce or fraction on parcels weighing 4 ounces or less; on parcels weighing more than 4 ounces the weight is by the pound and varies according to the weight and the dis- tance to be conveyed. Parcel post stamps must be used in either case. Full prepayment compulsory. The limit of weight is 11 pounds. Limit of size 72 inches in length and girth combined. Tags or labels may be at- tached, marked or numbered for the purpose of description. Parcels must bear the name and address of the sender preceded by the word "from."
All mail matter of the third and fourth classes should be securely wrapped but admit of easy inspection. When matter of a lower class is en- closed with matter of a higher class. the whole package is subject to post- age at the higher rate.
Liquids (not vinous, spirituous, ar- dent or malt) and oils, not exceeding 12 ounces liquid measure, salves, ointments, and articles easily liquefi- able and not liable to explode or ig- nite spontaneously or by shock or jar; also ink-powder, pepper and wooden or papier-machier block or other powder not explosive or poison- ous may be forwarded in the Domes- tic mails when put up in glass bottles or vials strong enough to stand the shock of handling enclosed in a metal tube, not less than three-sixteenths of an inch thick, impervious to liq- uids, including oils, lined with a cush- ion of some absorbent material and fastened with a cover so adjusted to make the block or tube watertight or in tin or metal tubes fastened with a lid and placed securely in a wooden block or tube, or tube open only on one end, of same thickness and strenghth as above. On all such pack- ages the sender may write or print his name and address preceded by the word "From" and also the name of the article enclosed.
Unmailable-All packages contain- ing poisons, explosives, substances ex- haling bad odor, liquors (vinous, spir- ituous, ardent or malt), obscene mat- ter of any description, dunning no-
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tices on postal cards, and all articles which from their nature are liable to damage the mails or any person hand- ling them.
Canada-All packages of merchan- dise not exceeding 4 1bs. 6 oz. weight addressed to Canada, if presented for mailing in such form as to be capable of easy inspection, can be forwarded in the mails to the office of address if postage is fully prepaid at the rate applicable to the same in the Domestic mails. Sealed packages, other than letters in their usual and ordinary form, are not allowed to be despatched to Canada, even if postage is prepaid thereon at full letter rates.
Mexico-Matter addressed to Mex- ico is subject to same rules and con- ditions as if it were addressed for delivery in the United States, except that articles of merchandise not sent as bona fide trade samples, should be sent by parcels post. Sealed packages other than letters in their usual and ordinary form are not allowed to be despatched to Mexico even if postage is prepaid thereon at full letter rates.
Commercial papers for Canada and Mexico, 5 cents for first 10 oz. or less and I cent each additional 2 oz. or less. Limit of weight 4 pounds, 6 oz. and must be unsealed.
Special Delivery-A Special Stamp of the face value of 10 cents attached addition to the lawful postage of such article, entitles it to immediate de- livery within the carrier delivery limit of any Free Delivery Post Office and within one mile of any other Post Office in the United States. The law permits the delivery by mail of let- ters bearing only the Special Delivery Stamp, but the ordinary postage due will be collected of the addressee on delivery. Letters from foreign coun- tries bearing United States Special Delivery Stamps are entitled to Spe- cial Delivery. If Special Delivery fee is paid by means of ordinary postage stamps, articles must be marked "Spe- cial Delivery."
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