THE POST OFFICE: Now Lincoln! Now Bolfvar!

In Sioux Falls, S. Dak., a woman mailed 400 Christmas cards on the day before the fateful Aug. 1 with stickers that read: DO NOT OPEN BEFORE DECEMBER 25. In Chicago somebody mailed a letter with a 3¢ Statue of Liberty stamp plus a penny, stuck to the envelope with Scotch tape. In Brooklyn, N.Y., Lever Bros, finished mailing 3,000,000 soap samples at a rate of 1,000,000 per day, saved $90,000. In Dallas a group of youngsters at the First Methodist Church mailed out their Saturday night program on a thousand 2¢ postcards, saved the church $10. In San...

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