Word: postmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week a new set of cancellation stamps went out to Soviet Post Offices from Leningrad to Odessa. Postmen carried to astonished comrades letters postmarked...
...Vagabond had found many things to admire in New England, but until recently the excellent qualities of its rural postmen had escaped his attention. But now his enthusiasm for that portion of its population is unbounded, and the reason may be found in the events of the last week...
...called Keys of Earth & Heaven crossed beneath the Papal Tiara was the device which adorned postage stamps of the Papal State up to 1870. Last week Protestant and Ku Klux postmen faced the possibility that they may have to deliver letters bearing such stamps, should a new series be issued by the newly reorganized Papal State (TIME, Feb. 18). In Rome last week the question "What about stamps?" drew this suave, disarming answer from Francesco, Prince Massimo...
...unusual. In your Jan. 10 issue, under heading of "Elk City, Okla.," p. 4, col. 3, you refer to Letter Carriers, which is the proper designation of the men of Uncle Sam who deliver the U.S. mail. Invariably, the Press and the Public refer to them as mailmen or postmen, which is highly improper. . . . Frank Crane . . . recently eulogized the Letter Carrier and referred to them as mailmen rather than Letter Carriers. . . . A mighty small thing, yet I believe every Letter Carrier appreciates being referred to as a Letter Carrier. Thanks to TIME for setting a precedent. BURT RITCHEY St. Louis...
...Everything there was German: officials, teachers, clergy, postmen and railwaymen. Nothing but German was spoken there any longer, and songs were sung which, if they were sung in Rome, would lead to immediate arrest...