Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — COCONUT IS SENT BY MAIL [ARTICLE]

COCONUT IS SENT BY MAIL

Address Burned on Oval Sent From Hawaii —Stamps Affixed to ■f Outer Covering. Huntington Park, Cal.—The queerest piece of mail matter in local post-’ offlce history arrived recently addressed to Dr. Sigmund Frey, head of the Jewish Orphans’ home, A coconut from Hawaii was delivered to him. The nut was still within its original fibrous covering and the address had been burned into the smooth outer surface with a burning needle. Sixty cents’ worth of stamps were necessary for postage, stuck on thf nut itself.