Word: postboxes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mildred Walker says she began writing at the age of seven. From the time she was 12, she was periodically embarrassed by the village postmaster in Grafton, Vt., where her family spent its summers. Mildred's rejected manuscripts were too bulky to fit the family postbox, and the postmaster handed the packages out to her personally...
...Every postbox in the House and the Yard dormitories is the property of the Federal Government and comes under its protection. By the Postal Laws and Regulations, "anyone who wilfully places anything other than mail matter therein for the purpose of avoiding mail charges is liable to a fine of $300 for each such offense...
...Akron goes down Tuesday morning, the 4th. TIME writes a detailed account of the tragedy, goes to press, gets mailed, and is in our postbox in Los Angeles Friday afternoon...
Some of your subscription solicitation literature made a point of TIME's availability for weekend reading, I believe. By subscribing I have lost that very feature. Can anything be done about it? I use, as you will note, a postbox, to which TIME might be sent if that would ensure Saturday delivery, though I prefer delivery to my home otherwise...