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ORDERED TO BURN GOVERNMENT STAMPS t Board of Health Commands Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master to to Destroy Contents of of Office From Fear ar of Smallpox NEW YORK Feb 27 The The postmaster ter at Colonia N. N J. J a suburb of Metuchen Metuchen Met- Met u hen has made an affidavit before Recorder Recorder Reorder Re Re- corder order Moss 1 of that city that he has has- d destroyed by fire United States tates postage stamps worth and other articles in the Colonia postoffice valued at 2000 The The postmaster was ordered by the health board to burn everything in the building owing to smallpox In the postmasters postmaster's family |