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Show BRICK HOUSE SENT BY MAIL Uncle Sam's Parcel Post Gets Its Heaviest Parcel Mr. Jacob Gessel of the Gcssel Press Brick company, sent by Par-col Par-col Post' this morning a brick ot local lo-cal manufacture to bo used In building build-ing a brick houso at tho Coliseum Chicago during tho Clay Products Exposition which Is to bo held February Feb-ruary 20 to March 8. This brick will bo one of 25,000 sent by parcel post from every brick plant in the United States to bo used In tho construction of this houso, which will bo given away and ro-orectod after the exposition. expo-sition. Tbo Idea was originated to test the merits ot tho-parcel post system and It is certainly a novel one. A record will bo kept of each brick from tho tlmo It Is mailed until It Is delivered in Chicago In order to see how speedily Uncle Sam can deliver a brick house ny mall. It Is probable that Undo Sam's mall carrlors in Chicago will not bo overly enthusiastic for this method of delivery of a brick houso. Other mall carriers throughout tho country will watch tho experiment with Interest In-terest and foar and trembling, Whilo tho brick fireproof homo Is becoming more and more popular because of its permanency, economy and superiority, super-iority, it Is not probable that they will be delivered by mall to any alarming extent. At any rate Logan will have a brick in 'the first brick houso over sont by' mall. |