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Worcester Mutual Fire Ins Co, Harry Harrison treas 377 Main. 889
Worcester Safe Deposit Vaults Inc 16 Franklin. 933 Worcester Storage Co 88 Pleasant and 132 Madison 937
Worcester Window Cleaning Co 390 Main. back cover
Wright Wire Co 69 Hammond. 949
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1910; STATE CENSUS OF 1915. Total, in 1910, 3,366,416. Total, in 1915, 3,693,310.
· Cities designated by an asterisk.
Shire towns in SMALL CAPITALS.
TOWNS.
1915
1910
TOWNS.
1915
1910
TOWNS. 1915
1910
Barnstable.
Dukes.
Hampden.
BARNSTABLE. .
4,995
4,676 Chilmark.
288
282 Agawam.
4,555
3,501
Bourne.
2,672
2,474 EDGARTOWN
1,276
1,191 Blandford.
623
717
Brewster.
783
631
Gay Head.
175
162
Brimfield.
934
866
Chatham.
1,667
1,564
Gosnold ..
155
152
Chester.
1,344
1,377
Dennis.
1,822
1,919
Oak Bluffs.
1,245
1,084
*Chicopee ..
30,138
25,401
Eastham ..
545
518
Tisbury .
1,324
1,196 E Longmeadow
1,939
1,553
Falmouth
3,917
3,144
441
437
Granville.
784
781
Harwich.
2,179
2,115
Hampden.
670
645
Mashpee.
263
270
4,904
4,504
Essex.
Amesbury
8,543
9,894
Andover.
7,978
7,301
*Beverly
22,959
18,650
Montgomery
230
217
Palmer.
9,468
8,610
Boxford.
714
718
Russell. .
1,104
965
Danvers
11,177
9,407
1,621 Southwick
1,365
1,020
Essex .
1,677
1,958
Berkshire.
Adams.
13,218
13,026
Alford.
271
275
Hamilton.
1,879
1,749
Becket.
973
959
*Haverhill.
49,450
44,115
Cheshire.
1,535
1,508
Ipswich ..
6,272
5,777
Clarksburg ..
1,114
1,207
*LAWRENCE
90,259
85,892
Dalton ..
3,858
Egremont
599
605 Lynnfield.
1,112
911
Florida.
427
395 Manchester.
2,945
2,673
Great Barrington.
6,627
5,926
Marblehead.
7,606
7,338 Amherst. 2,202 Belchertown.
2,062
2,054
Hancock.
514
465 Merrimac
2,101
Hinsdale.
1,257
1,116
Methuen
1,308
1,129
Cummington.
660
637
Lanesboro.
4,481
4,106
Nahant.
1,387
1,184 Easthampton.
806
874
Monterey.
358
388
*NEWBURYPORT. .
15,311
14,949
Goshen.
289
279
Mt. Washington ..
95
110
North Andover ... *Peabody.
18,625
15,721
Greenwich.
426
452
New Marlboro ...
1,030
1,124
Rockport
4,351
4,211 Hadley.
2,666
1,999
North Adams. . .
22,035
22,019
Rowley.
1,481
1,368
2,630
1,986
Otis ..
442
494
*SALEM
37,200
43,697
Huntington
1,427
1,473
Peru.
195
237
Salisbury.
1,717
1,658
Middlefield .
325
354
*NORTHAMPTON.
21,654
19,431
Pelham.
499
467
Sandisfield.
564
566
Topsfield.
1,173
1,174 |Plainfield.
375
406
Savoy
524
503
Wenham.
1,068
1,010 Prescott ..
299
320
Sheffield
1,862
1,817
West Newbury ...
1,529
1,473
. .
..
463,662 436,477
Franklin.
Ashfield ..
994
959
Bernardston.
790
741
Buckland.
1,569
1,573
Charlemont.
977
1,001
Colerain.
1,829
1,741
Conway.
1,220
1,230 |Acton ..
2,151
2,136
Acushnet.
2,387
1,692
Attleboro.
18,480
16,215
Berkley.
985
999
Gill.
951
942
Ashland.
2,005
1,682
Dartmouth
5,330
4,378
GREENFIELD.
12,618
10,427
Ayer ..
Bedford.
1,365
1,231
Dighton.
2,499
2,235
5,139
Heath.
779
728
Billerica.
3,246
2,789
airnaven
6,277
5,122
Leverett.
344
363 Boxboro.
751
591
Mansfield.
5,772
5,183
Montague
New Salem.
625
639
Carlisle.
490
551
Torth Attleboro ...
9,398
9,562
Northfield.
1,782
1,642
Chelmsford.
5,182
5,010
Torton. .
2,587
2,544 |Orange.
5,379
5,282
Concord.
6,681
6,421
Rehoboth
2,228
2,001
Shelburne.
1,484
292
267
*Everett.
Framingham
15,860
12,94S
omerset
3,377
2,798 Sunderland.
477
477
Groton. .
2,333
2.155
wansea.
2,558
1,978
Warwick.
388
502
Holliston.
2,7SS
2.711
TAUNTON
36,161
34,259
Wendell ..
2,928 |Whately
1,118
846 Hopkinton
2,475
2.452
Westport
3,262
246,964 318,573
48,256
43,600 Lexington.
5,538
4,918
9
Washington.
275
277
Westhampton.
430
423
Williamsburg.
2,118
2,132
Worthington.
618
569
Windsor.
375
404
9
114,709 105,259
Middlesex.
Arlington.
14,889
11,187
Ashby.
922
SS5
Hawley
383
346
Belmont.
8,081
326
317
FALL RIVER.
124,791 119,295 Leyden.
reetown
1,663
1,471
Monroe
7,925
6,866
*CAMBRIDGE.
108,S22 104,839
NEW BEDFORD. . 109,568
1,810
1,725
Rowe
424
456
Dracut.
4,022
3,461
1,498 Dunstable.
362
408
eekonk.
2,767
2,397 Shutesbury
1,278
1,047
9,346
8,774
[yringham
327
382
3
West Stockbridge.
1,277
1,271
Williamstown .... 7
3,981
3,708
Richmond.
564
650
Swampscott.
7,345
6,204
Southampton.
950
870
South Hadley.
5,179
4,894
Stockbridge
1,901
1,933
Lenox.
3,242
3,060
Newbury.
1,590
1,482
Enfield.
828
761
New Ashford ... . .
92
92
Groveland
2,377
2,253
Wales.
337
345
Westfield.
18,411
16,044
West Springfield ..
11,339
9,224
Wilbraham.
2,521
2,332
3,568 *Lynn .
95,803
89,336
262,944 231,369
Hampshire.
5,558
5,112
Orleans ..
1,166
1,077
*Holyoke.
60,816
57,730
Provincetown.
4,295
4,369
Longmeadow.
1,782
1,084
Sandwich
1,500
1,688
Ludlow
6,251
4,948
Truro ..
663
655
Monson.
5,004
4,758
Wellfleet.
936
1,022
Yarmouth.
1,415
1,420
28,818
27,542
Georgetown *Gloucester
24,478
24,398
*SPRINGFIELD. .
.102,971
88,926
Tolland.
199
180
11,448 Chesterfield.
559
536
1,089
947
Middleton
9,845
8,524
PITTSFIELD.
39,607
32,121 |Saugus.
10,226
8,047
69,549
63,327
Bristol.
Deerfield
2,739
2,209
Erving.
1,168
1,148
2,779
2,797
427
424
Caston.
5,064
5,542
296
246
Burlington.
37,718
33,484
Hudson.
6,758
6,743
Holland.
159
145
2,058
14,007
5,956
5,529 Granby.
Hatfield ..
Ware ...
96,652
Raynnam
(9)
West Tisbury.
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS-RHODE ISLAND
TOWNS.
1915
1910
TOWNS.
1915 1910
TOWNS.
1915
1910
Lincoln.
1,310
1,175
*Quincy.
40,674
32,642
Blackstone.
3,679
5,648
Littleton
1,228
1,229
Randolph
4,734
4,301
Bolton.
768
764
*LOWELL.
.107,978 106,294
Sharon. .
2,468
2,310
Boylston.
783
714
*Malden.
48,907
44,404
Stoughton
6,982
6,316
Brookfield.
2,059
2,204
*Marlboro
15,250
14,579 |Walpole.
5,490
4,892
Charlton ..
2,213
2,032
Maynard.
6,770
6,390
Wellesley.
6,439
5,413
Clinton.
13,192
13,075
*Medford.
30,509
23,150
Westwood.
1,448
1,266
Dana.
Douglas.
2,179
2,152'
Natick.
11,119
9,866
Wrentham
2,414
1,743 Dudley
4,373
4,267
*Newton.
43,113
39,806
*FITCHBURG.
39.656
37,826
North Reading.
1,292
1,059
201,907 187,506
Plymouth.
Abington.
5,646
5,455
Bridgewater.
9,381
7,688
Stoneham.
7,489
7,090
Carver.
1,701
1,663
Stow.
1,127
1,115
Sudbury.
1,206
1,120
Tewksbury
5,265
3,750
Townsend .
1,812
1,761
829
Hanson.
1,796
1,854
Milford.
13,684
13,055
*Waltham.
30,154
27,834
Hull .
2,290
2,103
Millbury
5,295
4,740
Watertown.
16,515
12,875
Kingston.
2,580
2,445
New Braintree. ..
453
464
Westford.
2,843
2,851
Marion
1,487
1,460
Northbridge ..
9,254
8,807
Wilmington
2,330
1,858
Winchester.
10,005
9,309
*Woburn.
16,410
15,308
733,624 669,915
Nantucket.
NANTUCKET .... 3,166
2,962
Norfolk.
Avon.
2,164
2,013
Bellingham
1,953
1,696
Braintree
9,343
8,066
157,303 144,337
Suffolk.
*BOSTON
745,439 686,092
*Chelsea.
43,426
32,452
Foxboro.
3,755
3,863
Winthrop.
12,758
10,132
Webster.
12,565
11,50
Westboro. 5,925
5,44
West Boylston
1,318
1,27
West Brookfield ..
1,288
1,32
Millis.
1,442
1,399
Milton.
8,600
7,924 |Ashburnham
2.059
2,107
Needham
6,542
5,026
Athol.
9,783
8,536
Norfolk.
1,268
960
Auburn.
3,281
2,420
Norwood.
10,977
8,014 Barre.
3,476
2,957
430,703 399,65
Plainville
1,408
1,385 Berlin
865
904
+ Formerly part of Blackstone
POPULATION OF RHODE ISLAND
STATE CENSUS OF 1915
Total -
- 595,986
* Cities designated by an asterisk. Shire towns in SMALL CAPITALS
Bristol.
Barrington. 2,982
BRISTOL.
10,302
Warren. 7,241
20,525
Kent.
Coventry .. 5,669 EAST GREENWICH. 3,604 Warwick. 13,302 West Warwick .. . 15,782
West Greenwich. . 509
38,866
Newport.
Jamestown .. 1,518
Little Compton ... 1,382
Middletown. 1,992
*NEWPORT. 30,472
New Shoreham. 1,414
Portsmouth. 2,678
Tiverton. 4,409
43,865
Providence.
Burrillville. 8,086 *Central Falls. ... 23,708 *Cranston ..... . 26,940
Cumberland. 9,929
East Providence. . 18,584 Foster .. 1,076
Glocester. 1,491
Johnston. 6,693
Lincoln. 10,149
North Providence. 6,780
North Smithfield .. 2,805 *Pawtucket. . .55,335
*PROVIDENCE .... 247,660
Scituate. 3,342
Smithfield. 3,284
*Woonsocket .. 40,075
465,937
Washington.
Charlestown. 9
Exeter.
9
Hopkinton.
2,4
Do
1,4
Narragansett. North Kingstown. 3,9 Richmond. 1,4 SOUTH KINGSTOWN 5,4 Westerly. 10,1
Let
26,7
Mal
4
Wayland .
2,033
2,206
Lakeville.
1,491
1,141
Northboro
1,797
1,713
Weston.
2,342
2,106
Marshfield.
1,725
1,738
North Brookfield.
2,947
3,075
Middleboro.
8,631
8,214
Oxford.
3,476
3,361
Pembroke.
1,337
1,336
Petersham
727
757
Plympton.
599
561
Princeton
800
818
Rochester.
1,160
1,090
Royalston
862
792
Scituate ..
2,661
2,482
Shrewsbury
2,794
1,94€
Wareham.
5,176
4,102
Southboro.
1,898
1,74€
West Bridgewater
2,741
2,231
Southbridge
14,217
12,59:
Spencer
5,994
6,74€
Sterling
1,403
1,35
Sturbridge.
1,618
1,95
Sutton .
2,829
3,07
Cohasset.
2,800
2,585
Templeton
4,081
3,75
DEDHAM.
11,043
9,284
Dover.
999
798
*Revere.
25,178
18,219
Warren ..
4,268
4,18
Franklin.
6,440
5,641
Holbrook
2,948
2,816
Medfield.
3,648
3,466
Medway.
2,846
2,696
Worcester.
Westminster.
1,594
1,35
Winchendon ..
5,908
5,67
*WORCESTER.
162,697 145,98
Shirley
2,251
2,139
*Somerville.
86,854
77,236
*Brockton.
62,288
56,878
Hubbardston.
1,084
1,073
Duxbury
1,921
1,688
Leicester
3,322
3,237
Halifax ..
638
550
Lunenburg.
1,610
1,393
Tyngsboro.
967
Wakefield
12,781
11,404
Hingham.
5,264
4,965
Lancaster.
2,585
2,464
East Bridgewater.
3,689
3,363
Leominster
17,646
17,580
Hanover.
2,666
2,326
Mendon.
3,596
3,524
Reading.
6,805
5,818
Sherborn
1,696
1,428
Harvard.
Holden.
2,514
2,147
Hopedale.
2,663
2,188
Gardner.
16,376
14,699
Pepperell.
2,839
2,953
Grafton
6,250
5,705
Hardwick
712
736
*Melrose
16,880
15,715
Weymouth
13,969
12,895
Norwell.
1,563
1,410
Paxton.
471
416
PLYMOUTH
12,926
12,141
Phillipston.
390
426
Rockland.
7,074
6,928
Rutland.
1,895
1,74:
Whitman.
7,520
7,292
Brookline
33,490
27,792
Canton.
5,623
4,797
Upton.
2,036
2,07
Uxbridge.
4,921
4,67
Mattapoisett
1,352
1,233
Oakham.
527
552
Millville
2,010
933
880
1,104
1,034
Jo
826,801 746,895
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WORCESTER POST OFFICE.
Government Building, Main and Southbridge Streets.
Acting Postmaster .- Frederick W. Chase. Asst. Postal Cashier .- Hjalmar E. Lindstrom.
Supt. of Mails .-- John F. Keegan. Asst. Money Order Cashier .- Patrick T. Dolan.
Asst. Supt. of Mails .- Harry R. Hildreth.
Foreman in Charge Registry Division .- Sidney S.
Asst. Supt. of Mails .- Patrick F. Sullivan. Bryant.
Asst. Postal Cashier .- William E. Pierce.
Foreman Inquiry Division .- A. F. Simmons.
There are also 86 additional clerks, 31 substitute clerks, 123 carriers, 26 substitute carriers.
Office Hours .- The office is open from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., except Sundays.
General Delivery open from 6.45 A.M. to 8 P.M.
General stamp window open from 6.45 A.M. to 6 P.M., except Sundays. Night stamp window open from 6 P.M. to 6.45 A.M.
Money Order Department-includes Postal Savings-open from 8.30 A.M. to 6 P.M. and from 6 P.M. to 12 p.M. at Registry Department. Registry Department open from 7 A.M to 6 P.M., except Sundays. Letters may be registered at night window from 6 P.M. to 12 P.M., except Sundays.
Cashier's Office open from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Gross receipts for the year ending December 31, 1916, $631,999.83; for the year ending December 31, 1917, $683,376.31. Number of street letter boxes, 295; package boxes, 94; combination letter and package boxes, 23.
STATIONS OF THE WORCESTER POST-OFFICE.
STATION A-55 Main Street, Robert J. Cruikshank, Superintendent; open, 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. STATION B-7 Webster Street, Frederick Labonte, Superintendent : open, 7 A.M. to 6.30 P.M. STATION C-Quinsigamond, Verner G. Anderson, Superintendent; open, 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. GREENDALE STATION-Edward A. Lanigan, Clerk in charge; open, 7 A.M. to 6.30 P.M.
WASHINGTON SQUARE STATION-18 Harding St., James J. Foley, Supt .; open, 7 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Mails are dispatched to and from each of these Stations from and to the main office five times daily. Station A, and Washington Square Station nine times daily, except Sunday. Mail matter is deliv- ered by carrier from each of these Stations, and all the ordinary business of a post-office is transacted
STATIONS.
For the issue and payment of domestic money orders, registration of letters, and the sale of stamps, cards, and envelopes and receipt of parcel-post matter.
STATION No. 1 .- 73 Millbury Street, Timothy S. Shea, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 2 .- Lake View, Josephine T. Dolan, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 3 .- 672 Southbridge Street, Mihran H. Yagoobian, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 4 .- Park Avenue and Maywood Street, S. S. Broadbent, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 5 .- 227 West Boylston Street, Thomas J. Conlon, clerk in charge. .
STATION No. 6 .- 2 Richmond Avenue, George Legasey, clerk in charge.
STATION NO. 8 .- 327 Main Street, Walter Davidson, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 9 .- 484 Main Street, George Farrow, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 10 .- 333A Grafton Street, Michael G. Debs, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 11 .- 909 Main Street, James G. Fyfe, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 12 .- 247 Lincoln Street, Mary E. Beebe, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 14 .- 32 Norfolk Street, Alex. Kalil, clerk in charge.
STATION No. 15 .- 127 Shrewsbury Street, Carmine Zamarro, clerk in charge.
U. S. Civil Service Commission .- Local Board of Examiners, A. F. Simmons, John T. Cooper, John Keaney; William E. Pierce, Secretary.
RATES OF POSTAGE. DOMESTIC.
Domestic Postage Rates apply to all States and Territories of the Union, to Canada, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, Mexico, Porto Rico, Tutuila, the Philippines, the Panama Canal Zone, the Republic of Panama, to U. S. Postal Agency at Shanghai, 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 postage 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 sd- dition to regular postage fully prepaid, 10 cents. Indemnity for loss :- 1st class, not to exceed $50; 3d class, not to exceed $25.
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90
90
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RATES OF POSTAGE
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 mat- ter sealed or closed against inspection, for each ounce or fraction thereof, limit of weight, fifty pounds ..
.03
Drop or Local Letters, deposited in other than a letter-carrier office or rural delivery, for each ounce or fraction.
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 .02
Reply Postal Cards.
.04
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. .01
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 .. .. .01
Periodicals over two ounces in weight, prepaid by postage stamps affixed. .02 Weeklies, deliverable by carriers at letter-carrier offices, or rural delivery, for each pound or frac- tion. ..
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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 printing 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 fifty pounds in weight, in first and second zones or twenty 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 required for transportation and delivery.
Rate for Parcels weighing four ounces or less, except books, seeds, plants, etc., regardless of dis- tance, 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
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 weigh- ing 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 frac- tion 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, cut- tings, 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 Shang- hai, China; (3) between 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 20 pounds for all other zones.
Lim t of Size .- Parcel post matter may not exceed 84 inches in length and girth combined.
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RATES OF POSTAGE
Place of Mailing .- Parcels weighing more than four ounces 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 "return 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, not exceeding $100, made for fee of 10 cents in addition to postage which also insures package. This applies only from one Money Order Post Office to another Money Order Post Office.
Postage on All Matter of This Class must be prepaid.
Postage Stamps .- Ordinary stamps are valid for postage and for insurance and collect 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 exceeding $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 Bahama Islands, Barbados, Great Britain, Ireland, Leeward Islands, New Zealand, British Hon- duras, Dutch West Indies and Newfoundland 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.
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 centa Limit of weight, 12 ounces.
To Canada, the postage and limit 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 fraction 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 domestic rates and condi* tions, 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 Neth- erlands, Uruguay, France and Dutch Guiana.
nternational Money Orders .- The rates to certain countries and colonies are the same as Domestic; to others 10 cents for $10.00 and 10 cents for each additional $10.00 up to $100.00 Limit of a single order, $100.00. In all cases a part of any sum requires the rate of full sum. Lists of coun- tries to which each system of rate applies may be obtained at post office.
RAILROAD STATIONS.
BARBER'S STATION (B. & M. R. R.), West Boyls- ton Street.
GREENDALE STATION (B. & M. R. R.), West Boylston Street.
LINCOLN SQUARE STATION (B. & M. R. R.), at Lincoln Square.
JAMESVILLE STATION (B. & A. R. R.), at James- ville
NORTH WORCESTER STATION (B. & M. R. R.), Holden Street.
SUMMIT STATION (B. & M. R. R.), Burncoat Street. UNION PASSENGER STATION, Washington Square
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APARTMENT HOUSES.
AETNA, 722 and 724 Main ALBION, 765 Main, cor. Jackson ALLEN, 24 Oread .
ALTON, 40 Wellington ARMSBY, 146 Main
ASTON, 2 Preston
AUSTIN, 72 Austin BANCROFT, 82 Elm
BEACON, 34 Beacon
BEAVER, 974 Main
BLISS BUILDING, 26 Lincoln
BOYNTON, 718 Main
BRACKETT, 441 Pleasant BRADFORD, 178 Lincoln
BRIGHTSIDE, 2 King
BUCKINGHAM, 11 Murray Av. BURRWOOD, 32 and 34 Belmont
CASTLE, 804 Main
CHADWICK BUILDING, 236 Main CHARLTON, 707 Main
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