Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-11-30 | Page 5 | 'Mail Early' is to be Boosted |

Type	issue
Date	1916-11-30
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	'Mail Early' is to be Boosted
Type	article
Date	1916-11-30
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Page	5
OCR Text	Show 'MAIL EARLY IS TO BE BOOSTED Washington. Nov. 29. Expecting heavier Christmas malls than before because of 'the general prosperity prevalent throughout tho country," Postmaster-General Burleson today announced an-nounced he had began through postmasters post-masters a nation-wide "mail early" campaign. Postmasters have been authorized to employ al possible means to do-I do-I liver tho holiday mail and have been instructed to advertise in every proper way suggestions to tho public that parcels be mailed early, addressed plainly and wrapped securely; Uiat care be taken to affix sufficient post- 1 i ago and that parcels may be endorsed en-dorsed "not to be opened until Christmas." Christ-mas." Early mailing is especially neces. sary, Postmaster-General Burleson says, because the day before Christmas Christ-mas falls on Sunday and all parcels should be mailed in time for delivery on Saturday December 23.
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