River Views: Early Mail Deliverers Posted Impressive Service
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. › June 25, 2010
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Mail delivery may be reduced to five days a week if some of the proposed cost-cutting measures of the U.S. Postal Service are put into effect. That may seem unthinkable after decades of Monday-to- Saturday service, but a look at postal history makes it obvious we have taken for granted the marvels of modern mail movement over the past century.
Young people may not know what RFD means. It's Rural Free Delivery and it was a revolutionary concept in 1890 when a $10,000 government grant tested a free mail delivery system in 46 small towns. At that time, farmers had to go to a post office for their mail, and sometimes they couldn't make pickups for weeks. RFD greatly improved communication possibilities for country dwellers before telephones and automobiles.See the full content of this document
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River Views: Early Mail Deliverers Posted Impressive Service
Some of the early RFD mail carriers in this part of Maine ran up some impressive records.
In 1931, members of Auburn Grange No. 4 in East Auburn honored Wil...See the full content of this document
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