Directory of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing establishments, business, societies, etc., etc., in the towns of Waltham and Watertown 1923, Part 5

Author: W. A. Greenough
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: The Author
Number of Pages: 504


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66 8-Frank H. Putnam (R.), of Lowell


SENATORIAL DISTRICTS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY


First District-Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkington, Natick, Newton, Sherborn, Weston


Second District-Belmont and wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Cambridge


Third District-Somerville and ward 3, Cambridge


Fourth District-Everett, Malden, Melrose


Fifth District-Concord, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Marl- boro, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland


Sixth District-Arlington, Medford, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Woburn


Seventh District-Acton, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Boxbor- ough, Burlington, Carlisle, Littleton, Lowell, wards 5 and 9, North Reading, Reading, Tewskbury, Wilmington in Middlesex County and Lynn, ward 6, Lynnfield, Saugus in Essex County


Eighth District-Ashby, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, Pepperell, Shir - ley, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford


Norfolk and Suffolk District-Brookline in the County of Norfolk, wards 25 and 26 of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Watertown in the County of Middlesex


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


Speaker-Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston


Clerk-James W. Kimball, of Swampscott


Sergeant at Arms-Charles O. Holt, of Somerville


Chaplain-Rev. Donald B. Aldrich, of Cambridge


REPRESENTATIVES FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY Compensation, $1,500 for the session


District 1 Cambridge, wards 1, 2, 3-James H. Kelleher (D.) 2 Cambridge, wards 4, 5, 6, 7-Clarence P. Kidder (R.), Ralph R. Stratton (R.), James B. Casey (D.)


District 3 Cambridge, wards, 8, 9, 10, 11-Arthur F. Blan- chard (R.), Louis L. Green (R.), Albert Harri- son Hall (R.)


District 4 Newton-Bernard Early (R.), John C. Brimble- com (R.), Leverett Saltonstall (R.)


66 5 Waltham-Albert W. Bullock (R.), George G. Moyse (R.)


6 Natick-Jeremiah J. Healy (D.)


66 7 Framingham-Edward J. Carey (D.)


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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


District 8 Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Sherborn-James D. Stewart (R.), of Hopkinton


66 9 Marlborough-William H. Hannagan (D.)


10 Boxborough, Hudson, Maynard, Stow-Frederick P. Glazier (R.), of Hudson


66 11 Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Littleton, Tyngsborough, Westford-Fred L. Snow (R.), of Tyngsborough


12 Ashby, Ayer, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Shir- ley, Townsend-Robert H. J. Holden (R.), of Shirley


66 13 Concord, Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston- Benjamin Loring Young (R.), of Weston


14 Lowell, wards 1, 2, 9-Ower E. Brennen (D.), Charles H. Slowey (D.)


.. 15 Lowell, wards 3, 6, 7, 8-Henry Achin, Jr. (R.), Victor Francis Jewett (R.), Fred Oliver Lewis (R.)


16 Lowell, wards 4, 5-Thomas J. Corbett (D.)


17 Billerica, Burlington, Dracut, North Reading, Tewksbury, Wilmington-Edward N. Eames (R.), of Wilmington


18 Reading, Stoneham, Woburn-Gustave W. Ever- berg (R.), of Woburn- Lemuel W. Standish (R.) of Stoneham


19 Wakefield-Maynard E. S. Clemons (R.)


20 Everett-James B. Brown (R.), Joseph L. Lar- son (R.)


21 Malden-Elbridge G. Davis (R.), Burt Dewar (R.), George Louis Richards (R.)


66 22 Melrose-Charles H. Gilmore (R.)


" 23 Somerville, wards 1, 3, 4, 5-William J. Bell (R.), Francis W. K. Smith (R.), Walter H. Snow (R.)


66 24 Somerville, wards 2, 6, 7-Warren C. Daggett, (R.), Hiram N. Dearborn (R.), Wilbur F. Lewis (R.)


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66 25 Medford, ward 3, Winchester-Thomas R. Bate- man (R.), of Winchester


66 26 Medford, wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7-Richard D. Crockwell (R.), Lewis H. Peters (R.)


" 27 Arlington-Bert S. Currier (R.)


28 Belmont, Lexington-Joseph R. Cotton (R.), of Lexington


29 Watertown-P. Sarsfield Cunniff (D.)


MIDDLESEX COUNTY


Incorporated May 10, 1643. Population, 1920, 778,352 Shire towns-Cambridge (East), Lowell


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


(Have also jurisdiction over Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop in County of Suffolk)


Alfred L. Cutting, Weston, Chairman; Erson B. Barlow, Lowell; Walter C. Wardwell, Cambridge. Salaries, $3,000 each


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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-COUNTY OFFICERS


Associate Commissioners-John M. Keyes, Concord; Sher- man H. Fletcher, Westford


Times and places of meeting, at Cambridge, Tuesdays and Fridays, except in August and except first Tuesday of Sep- tember; at Lowell first Tuesday of September and third Mon- day of each month


REGISTERS OF DEEDS


South District-Thomas Leighton, Jr., Cambridge; salary, $7,054; elected by the people for a term of six years, term expires January, 1929. Assistant Register, Albert T. Guth- eim, Cambridge


North District-William C. Purcell, Lowell; salary, $3,400; elected by the people for a term of six years, term expires January, 1929


COUNTY TREASURER


Charles E. Hatfield, Newton. (Office, East Cambridge.) Salary, $4,100; elected by the people triennially; term expires January, 1925


COUNTY ENGINEER


Frank H. Kendall, Belmont. Salary, $4,500


SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES


Sheriff-John R. Fairbairn, Cambridge. (Office, East Cam- . bridge.) Salary, $4,600. Special Sheriff-Charles A. Eveleth, Lowell. Chief Deputy Sheriff-William R. Davis, salary, $2,824


DEPUTY SHERIFFS. (Appointed by the Sheriff.)


AYER-A. Paul Fillebrown


BELMONT-Arthur H. McLearn


BILLERICA-Martin Conway CAMBRIDGE-John F. Ford


AT CAMBRIDGE JAIL-George D. Ford, Alvah S. Baker


COCHITUATE-George W. Bishop


DRACUT-Lowell, George H. Stevens


EVERETT-Fred A. Beals FRAMINGHAM-William H. Walsh


HOLLISTON-William P. Kingsbury


LOWELL-Bernard F. Gately, Cornelius F. Sullivan


MARLBOROUGH-Albert J. Adams MEDFORD-Henry L. Walker MELROSE-Herbert C. Blackmer


NEWTON-Samuel W. Tucker


WALTHAM-James H. McKenna, George F. Leslie


Court Officers-William R. Davis, Cambridge; Frederick A. Rhoades, Malden; Geo. F. Stiles, Charles A. Eveleth, Lowell; Frederick T. Peabody, Melrose; Arthur H. Wiggin, Newton; J. Willard Jones, James R. Parry, Sonerville; George Nutt, Natick; Lyman H. Richards, Weston


Master of House of Correction and Keeper of the Jail, Cam- bridge-John R. Fairbairn, Cambridge


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COUNTY OFFICERS-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE


MASTERS IN CHANCERY


Belmont-Fred D. Pollard jr


Cambridge-Gilbert A. A. Pevey


Lowell-Haven G. Hill, Henry V. Charbonneau


Malden-Lloyd Makepeace


Somerville-Edwin P. Fitzgerald, David H. Fulton


Wakefield-Stanley A. Dearborn


Waltham-John J.Flynn Watertown-P. Sarsfield Cunniff


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE


Beal George R.


Harvey John L.


Bergin Michael


Hawley Francis B.


Blodgett Adelbert M.


Hinchey Francis K.


Bond Henry H.


Hines Francis R.


Broderick Patrick S.


Keniry Thomas F.


*Burke J Arthur


Leslie George F. Litchfield Gustavus E.


Butler M. Joseph


Ludden Charles M.


Carr Edward D.


McGowan William F,


Caswell Earl F.


Mackenzie George. C.


Coleman Martin J.


Milton George A.


Corbishley James J.


Mullen Emma E. (spec, com.)


Davis George P.


O'Donnell Charles J.


Dennen Hollis E.


Page Henry N.


Denniston Daniel C.


Perkins Dennis E.


Dickey Orland H. .


Powers Lavater W.


Dowd Alice L. (special com.)


Reade Charles L.


Dowd Patrick J.


Richardson Edward C.


Drury George P.


Roberts Dudley


Drury William H.


Robinson Frederick I.


Duane Patrick J.


Sanderson Robert H,


Duffy Thomas F.


Small Koran C.


Durgin Charles W.


Smith Raymond D.


Dutton Wallace S.


*Steele Richard


Flannery Thomas J.


Storer John H.


Flynn John Joseph


Thornburg Benjamin F.


French Harry L.


Varriale Vittorio


Fuller LeRoy O.


Viles Daniel F.


Gifford E Earle


Walters George F.


Graham William A.


Ward James F.


Hardy Edna M.


Williams Eben J.


*License to marry


MEDICAL EXAMINERS


George L. West, Newton; David C. Dow, Cambridge; Thomas B. Smith, Lowell; Henry J. Walcott, Concord; George A. Bancroft, Natick; Vernon C. Stewart, Woburn; Frank S. Bulkeley, Ayer; Roscoe D. Perley, Melrose; Norman ' M Hunter, Hudson; Thomas M. Durrell, Somerville


TRIAL JUSTICES FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY, HOPKINTON-Daniel J. Riley. MAYNARD-Fred E. Morris


Burns John J.


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COURTS


PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS


Frederick W. Dallinger, Cambridge; Charles A. Castle, Melrose; Edwin A. Stone, Somerville; W. Frederick Davis, jr., Woburn; Frederick H. Hilton, Framingham; Albert O. Hamel, Lowell


COURTS


UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT


Chief Justice of the Supreme Court-William Howard Taft, of Connecticut, appointed in 1921. (Fourth Circuit.)


Associate Justices from Massachusetts-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis D. Brandeis


U. S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS-FIRST CIRCUIT 399 Post-Office Building, Boston 1


Associate Justice-Oliver Wendell Holmes


Circuit Judges-Geo. H. Bingham, Charles F. Johnson, George W. Anderson


District Judges-George F. Morris, New Hampshire; Arthur L. Brown, Rhode Island; John A. Peters, Maine; James M. Morton, Jr., Elisha H. Brewster, James A. Lowell, Massachu- setts; Arthur F. Odlin, Porto Rico


Clerk-Arthur I. Charron


Marshall-William J. Keville


ANNUAL TERM-First Tuesday of October


SESSIONS FOR HEARING CASES-First Tuesdays of October and January and second Tuesday of April


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 311 and 312 Post-Office Building, Boston


District Judges-James M. Morton, Jr., Elisha H. Brewster, James A. Lowell


Attorney of the United States, for District of Massachusetts -Robert O. Harris


Special Assistant-Essex S. Abbott, Joseph V. Carroll, William J. White, Jr., Elihu S. Stone. Assistants-John V. Sullivan, John W. Schenck, Albert F. Welsh, Lawrence Curtis, 2d


Clerk-James S. Allen. Deputy Clerks-Frank H. Mason, John E. Gilman Jr., Mary E. Prendergast, Arthur M. Brown, Arthur D. Grandison, Wm. H. Parker, Jr.


United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts- William J. Keville


: Deputy Marshals-James A. Tighe, Chief; Thomas J. Pyne, Asa P. Barker, Christopher Ghiloni, Edward J. Leyden, Frank E. Hart, Everett S. Pevear, Cornelius F. Haley, James M. Cunningham, Ralph W. Gray, John J. Harvey, Ralph D. Sawin, Jeremiah F. Sullivan


Referee in Bankruptcy-Robert E. Goodwin, of Concord


TERMS OF THE COURT-March, the 3d, Tuesday; June the 4th Tuesday; Sept., the 2d Tuesday; Dec., the 1st Tuesday


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COURTS


SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS Pemberton Square, Boston


Chief Justice-Arthur P. Rugg, Worcester


Associate Justices-Henry K. Braley, of Boston; Charles A. DeCourcy, of Boston; John C. Crosby, of Pittsfield; Ed- ward P. Pierce, of Brookline; James B. Carroll, of Springfield; Charles F. Jenney, of Boston


Reporter of Decisions-Ethelbert V. Grabill, of Boston


Clerk of the Court for the Commonwealth-Walter F. Fred- erick, of Boston


TERMS OF THE COURT FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY


At Lowell, 3d Tuesday in April; at Cambridge, 3d Tuesday in Octobert


SUPERIOR COURT Pemberton Square, Boston


Chief Justice-Walter P. Hall


Associate Justices-Frederick Lawton, William C. Wait, John F. Brown, Henry A. King, George A. Sanderson, Robert F. Raymond, Marcus Morton, Franklin T. Hammond, Joseph F. Quinn, John D. Mclaughlin, Hugo A. Dubuque, Patrick M. Keating, Frederick W. Fosdick, Richard W. Irwin, Chris- topher T. Callahan, Philip J. O'Connell, James H. Sisk, Webs- ter Thayer, Nelson P. Brown, Louis S. Cox, Elias B. Bishop, George A. Flynn, Henry T. Lummus, Alonzo R. Weed, Wil- lian A. Burns, Stanley E. Qua, Joseph Walsh, Frederick J. Macleod, Winfred H. Whiting


District Attorney-Arthur K. Reading, Cambridge


First Assistant District Attorney-Gardner W. Pearson, Lowell


Assistant District Attorneys-Warren L. Bishop, Way- land; Louis E. Boutwell, Malden; Robert T. Bushnell, Newton; William Damiano, Cambridge;


Clerk of the Courts-Ralph N. Smith, Arlington. Salary, $6,600


Assistant Clerks-Roger H. Hurd, Winchester, salary, $4,290; Frederic L. Putnam, Melrose, John R. Mackinnon, Watertown; Frederick C. Bean, Woburn; Harriet L. Parker, Cambridge; Charles T. Hughes, Somerville; salary, $3,900 each


TERMS OF THE COURT FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY


For Civil Cases-At Cambridge, first and third Mondays in January, first Monday in April, first Monday in May, sec- ond Monday in September, first Monday in October. At Lowell, first Monday in April, third Monday in May, first Monday in October and second Monday in November


For Criminal Cases-At Cambridge, first Monday in every month, except July and August. At Lowell, first Monday in March and Tuesday after the Monday in September


PROBATE COURT


Judges of Probate and Insolvency-George F. Lawton, of Cambridge and John C. Leggat, of Lowell


Register of Probate and Insolvency-Frederick M. Esty, Framingham


Assistant Register-Charles N Harris, Winchester


Second Assistant Register-Nellie H. Philbrick, Cambridge Third Assistant Register-Loring P. Jordan, Wakefield


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COURTS -- POST OFFICE


TERMS OF THE PROBATE COURT


At Cambridge, daily from the second Monday of September to the fourth Tuesday of July except third Tuesdays in every month. At Lowell, on the third Tuesday of each month ex- cept August


LAND COURT 408 Court House, Boston


Established by the Acts of 1898 for the registration of Land Titles


Judge-Charles Thornton Davis


Associate Judge-Joseph J .. Corbet


Recorder-Clarence C. Smith. Appointed by the governor for a term of five years


Sittings of the Court at Boston, and by adjournment from time to time, at such other places as public convenience may require. Court is open every day except Sundays and legal holidays


MIDDLESEX LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION


Directors-Gilbert A. A. Pevey, Cambridge, Chairman; Pitt F. Drew, Newtonville; George L. Mayberry, Waltham; Frederick A. Fisher, Lowell; Warren H. Atwood, Ayer; Grace H. Parker, Cambridge, Treasurer and Librarian


WALTHAM POST OFFICE


(Branch Boston Postal District) 288-294 (old 134) Moody Street Office Hours-Daily except Sundays, from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M . !


Supt .- MARTIN T. CONNELLY Foreman-MARTIN J. HINES


CLERKS


Buckley John J. :


Lawless William A.


Claypole Arthur H.


Martin Joseph P.


Handrahan Daniel J.


Robertson George A.


Harris George B.


Ryan Joseph


Keyes George I. L.


Scottron Samuel J.


Kyte Thomas H.


Stankard Thomas J.


CARRIERS


Anderson Carl W. Beckwith George F.


Gould James W. Kohl John W.


Brown James


Mains William J.


Caughey Reuben H.


McCusker James F.


Caughey William A.


McGillivary Hugh


Collins Joseph B.


Minot Leonard J.


Concannon Patrick H.


Morgan Charles F. Mulhearn John F.


Dorr Oscar H.


ยท Noonan Patrick E.


Doyle Thomas H. Gardner John J. Getchel Harry M.


Smith John F. Wellington Edward N.


Whalen Michael J.


CONTRACT STATIONS


No. Location


Clerks in Charge


198 655 Main


199 693 (old 345) Moody


200 851 Main


Robert B. Johnson Lee L. Buckley - Richard S. Hood


Darling William W.


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RATES OF POSTAGE


RATES OF POSTAGE DOMESTIC.


Domestic Postage Rates apply to all States and Territories of the Union, to Can- ada, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, Mexico, Porto Rico, Tutuila, the Philippines, the Panama Canal Zone, the Republic of Panama, to U. S. Postal Agency at Shang- hai, China, to U. S. War Vessels stationed abroad, and to officers and men of the United States Navy in the United States Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.


All Mail Matter (except regular publications sent to subscribers), must be wholly or in part prepaid.


Letters, Postal Cards and "Post Cards," and all matter on which first class post- age is paid, may be forwarded from one post office to another without additional postage, but all other matter must have postage prepaid anew.


Mail Matter of all Classes may be Registered, except Parcel Post, which may be insured, fee, in addition to regular postage fully prepaid, 10 cents. Indem- nity for loss :- 1st class, not to exceed $50: 3d class, not to exceed $25.


First-Class Matter-Letters and Postal Cards.


Letters .- (To be sent beyond the office where deposited, or for any letter- carrier office or rural delivery). Letters and other matter wholly or in part in writing or type writing, and all matter sealed or closed against inspec- tion, for each ounce or fraction thereof, limit of weight, seventy pounds ..... .02


Drop or Local Letters deposited at any office for delivery to patrons receiving mail at the same office, either by carriers or by boxes, per ounce or fraction thereof .. .02


Special (or Immediate) Delivery Letters require a special stamp in addition to regular postage (ordinary stamps may be used, but the words Special Delivery must be written across the letter or package, but not across the stamps) ,10


Postal Cards and Private Mailing Cards (Post Cards) .... Cost each. .01


Reply Postal Cards. .02


Second-Class Matter-Newspapers and Periodicals. RATES FOR PUBLISHERS AND NEWS AGENTS.


All Newspapers and other Periodicals, one copy to each actual subscriber residing within the county where they are printed, wholly or in part, and published, except those deliverable at letter-carrier offices. Free Newspapers and Periodicals to subscribers, and sample copies, each pound or fraction ... Zone rate


Newspapers (except weeklies) and Periodicals not exceeding two ounces in weight, when deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by its carrier, prepaid by postage stamps affixed, each.


Periodicals over two ounces in weight, prepaid by postage stamps affixed ..


Weeklies, deliverable by carriers at letter-carrier offices, or rural delivery, for each pound or fraction.


RATES FOR THE PUBLIC.


Transient Newspapers and Periodicals, when posted by persons other than the publisher or news agent, for each four ounces or fraction. .01


Third-Class Matter -- Miscellaneous Printed Matter.


Pamphlets, Circulars, occasional publications, photographs, proof-sheets or corrected proofs, and manuscript copy accompanying the same, and all matter on paper or cardboard, books under eight ounces, in which the print- ing forms the principal use, and not exceeding four pounds in weight, for each two ounces or fraction .. .01


A Printed Circular may have the date, the name of the addressee and of the sender inserted in writing, and a simple dedication or inscription may be written on the fly-leaf or cover of a book or other article of printed matter.


Fourth-Class Matter-Parcel Post.


Fourth-Class Matter includes merchandise, farm and factory products, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants, books over eight ounces (including catalogues), miscellaneous printed matter weighing more than four pounds and all other mailable matter not now embraced in the First, Second or Third Class, not exceeding seventy pounds in weight, in first and second zones or fifty pounds in all other zones, nor greater in size than eighty-four inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal employee or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter, and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably re- quired for transportation and delivery.


Rate for Parcels weighing four ounces or less, except books, seeds, plants, etc., regardless of distance, for each ounce or fraction. .01


Parcels weighing eight ounces or less, containing books, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants, regardless of distance, for each two ounces or fraction .01


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RATES OF POSTAGE


Parcels weighing more than eight ounces, containing books, seeds, plants, etc., parcels of printed matter weighing more than four pounds, and all other parcels of fourth-class matter weighing more than four ounces, are mailable at pound rates varying in amount according to the distance to be conveyed, the country being divided into eight zones; the minimum being five cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and one cent for each additional two pounds or fraction of two pounds, and the maximum twelve cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and twelve cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound.


Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, etc .- The eighth zone rate of 12 cents for each pound or fraction thereof on all parcels, weighing more than 4 ounces (except books, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants weighing 8 ounces or less) applies (1) between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands; (2) between the United States and its postal agency at Shanghai, China; (3) be- tween any two points in Alaska and between any point in Alaska and any other point in the United States; (4) between the United States and the Canal Zone; (5) between the United States and the Philippine Islands; (6) between the United States and its naval vessels stationed in foreign waters; and (7) to matter not exceeding 4 pounds 6 ounces in weight, except books and other printed matter (to which the rate of 1 cent for each 2 ounces applies) mailed to Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the Republic of Panama. (Parcels weighing up to 11 pounds may be sent to Mexico and the Republic of Panama as foreign parcel post mail under the parcel post conventions with those countries).


Parcels must be prepared for mailing in such manner that the contents can be easily examined and all parcels must bear the name and address of the sender, preceded by the word "from."


Limit of Weight of fourth-class matter is 50 pounds for parcels mailed for delivery within the first and second zones, and 70 pounds for all other zones.


Limit of Size .- Parcel post matter may not exceed 84 inches in length and girth combined.


Place of Mailing .- Parcels weighin more ha four unces must be mailed at a post office, branch post office, named, numbered, or lettered station, or delivered to a rural or other carrier, duly authorized to receive such matter. Parcels weighing four ounces or less may be deposited in letter or package boxes.


Return Receipts for insured parcels may be obtained by indorsing the parcels "re- turn receipt desired."


Insurance Fee on parcels, actual value not exceeding $5, .03 .. not exceeding $25.


.05 Actual value not exceeding $50, .10. . not exceeding $100. .25


C O D Collections-The sender of a mailable parcel of 4th class matter on which the postage is fully prepaid may have the price of the article and the charges thereon collected from the addressee on payment of a fee of 10 cents in postage stamps affixed, provided the amount to be remitted does not exceed $50, and . on the payment of a fee of 25 cents in postage stamps affixed, provided the amount to be remitted does not exceed $100. Such a parcel will be insured against in- jury or loss, without additional charge, in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $50 when a 10 cent fee is paid, and $100 when a 25 cent fee is paid. This applies only from one money order office to another money order office.


Postage on All Matter of This Class must be prepaid. -


Postage Stamps .- Ordinary stamps are valid for postage and for insurance and col- lect on delivery fees on fourth-class mail.


United States Money Orders.


Money Orders, not exceeding $100 on one order, issued on payment of the following fees :-


For orders not exceeding $2.50 .. .03 Over $30 and not exceeding $40. .. .15


Over $2.50, and not exceeding $5 .... .05 Over $40 and not e ... ding $50 ... .18


Over $5, and not exceeding $10 ... .08 Over $50, and not exceeding $60 ... .20


Over $10, and not exceeding $20 ... .10 Over $60, and not exceeding $75 ... .25


Over $20, and not exceeding $30 ... .12 Over $75, and not exceeding $100 .. .30


FOREIGN.


Prepayment Optional, except for registered articles to all countries of the Postal Union; but on printed matter, commercial papers and samples, postage must be at least partially prepaid


Letters .- 5 cents for the first ounce, and 3 cents for each additional ounce or fraction thereof, to > ahama Islands, Barbados, Great Britain, Ire- land, Leeward Islands New Zealand, British Honduras, Dutch West Indies and Newfoundla d the rate is 3 cents per ounce or fraction. No limit of weight. For rates to Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Republic of Panama, see below.


Postal Cards .- 2 cents each. Reply Postal Cards .- 4 cents. Post Cards .- 2 cents.


Printed Matter .- 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction. Limit of weight, 4 lbs. 6 oz.


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RATES OF POSTAGE


Commercial Papers .- (Insurance Documents, Way Bills, etc.). The same as for printed matter but the lowest charge is 5 cents. Limit of weight, 4 lbs. 6 oz.


Samples of Merchandise .- The rate is the same as for printed matter, but the lowest charge is 2 cents. Limit of weight, 12 ounces.


To Canada, the postage and mit of weight for letters and printed matter, is the same as in the United States. On seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and all Parcel Post matter, limit of weight 4 lbs. 6 oz., the rate for each pound or frac- tion thereof is 12 cents. Parcel Post up to and including 4 oz., is 1 cent per oz. All matter must be fully prepaid, except letters, which must be prepaid at least 2 cents; and nothing may be sealed except a letter in its usual and ordinary form-


To Cuba and Republic of Panama, mail matter of all classes is subject to domes- tic rates and conditions, except that no prepayment of postage is required on Letters and Postal Cards, and that on other articles only part prepayment is necessary. Limit of weight, 4 lbs. 6 oz., except second-class matter and single volumes of printed books. Parcels for Republic of Panama must have a Customs Declaration.


To Mexico, first, second and third class postage and limit of weight is the same as in the United States. Merchandise may be sent at domestic rates and under domestic conditions, but should be sent by Parcel Post, and must not be sealed. Commercial papers and samples of merchandise are subject to Postal Union rates. Customs Declaration required on parcel post.


Parcel Post .- Merchandise not exceeding one pound, 12 cents; each additional pound or fraction 12 cents. Limit of weight, 11 pounds, except to some offices in Mexico, where limit of weight is 4 lbs. 6 oz. Packages must be accompanied by a Customs Declaration, blanks for which will be furnished at Post Office. Packages may be registered except to Argentine Republic, Barbados, Curacao, French Guiana, Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Guadaloupe, Martinique, The Netherlands, Uruguay, France and Dutch Guiana.




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