Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — Mail Flirtations Are to Be Strictly Tabooed in Future. [ARTICLE]

Mail Flirtations Are to Be Strictly Tabooed in Future.

Flirtations and clandestine correspondence have been placed under the ban by the postoffice department—that is, so far as the delivery of mail contributes to the same at the general«delivery windows in cities. Approving individual action- taken by postmasters of many large cities, Postmaster General Hitchcock has issued a general order which has the avowed purpose of checking the use of general delivery windows for carrying on flirtations, and clandestine correspondence. Any persons who wish mall at general delivery wfndows, instead of home addresses, may hereafter be required to give their reasons in writing. Postmasters at offices not having city carrier service may notify the parents of minors in all instances where it appears to them that the minors are using the general delivery to obtain mail under objectionable conditions. Postmaster General Hitchcock directs all postmasters to enforce the regulations strictly and impartially.

le Brown again showed up as a winner when she and Tommy Thompson carried away honors in the peanut race..„A , In the ladiesf archery contest, Mrs. George Ar Wiliams was proclaimed champion. The egg race, indulged in by all, was won by Ross Dean. This was one of the most successful picnics ever held by the Sew Club and ’ it is the desire and plan of the members to make this a permanent event. 1