Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1910 — Put a Return Card on the’ Package of Christmas Presents. [ARTICLE]

Put a Return Card on the’ Package of Christmas Presents.

If every person would place their 014® name and address plainly written or printed on the upper left hand corner of all letters and packages mailed through the postoffice they would be sure of one of two things. The letter or package would either reach Its destination and be delivered to the person it was intended for or would be returned to the person that* had sent it. The postoffice department at Washington opened its annual dead letter auction Monday. There were 7,500 packages, of which 1,222 contained books and 455 contained jewelry. Because they were not addressed in a manner that permitted of their delivery and could not be returned because the person sending them had not placed their name on the package, these packages were left as “dead” matter and the government sold them “without sight and unseen” to the highest bidders. About $12,000 was realized to the government, which is a smalLpart of the expense of maintaining the dead letter department of thfe U. S. mail service. Let all Jasper couAty people exer.cise great care in this matter. When’ you send your Christmas packages, either by mail or express, place your name and address on it. Then it will either reach the person for whom intended or* will be returned to you. Thousands of dollars worth of property is lost in this manner through the express companies each year.