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The Mahnomen Pioneer
Mahnomen, Mahnomen County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Rochester post office destroys 500-600 postcards yearly due to missing recipient addresses, mainly from Mayo Clinic transients; cards held and discarded unlike letters sent to dead letter office.
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Postoffice
Burns
500
Cards Yearly
Rochester—Between 500 and 600
post cards are destroyed each year
at the Rochester postoffice for lack
of adequate addresses of persons
intended to be the recipients. Most
of the cards are apparently from
transients, especially visitors and
patients
at
the
Mayo clinic.
Strangely enough, these hundreds
of communications carry no ad-
dress whatever, being blank of
writing on the side opposite the
message. Everything from comedy
to tragedy is contained on the cards
An example: "Hello, Ma: How are
you all? This is some place. All you
hear is 'my operation' and how
they feed their hogs. Am feeling
fine. Love, Betty."
Although let-
ters are sent to the dead letter
office when addresses are insuffi-
ient, post cards are simple held in
the office and soon destroyed.
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Where did it happen?
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Rochester
Outcome
between 500 and 600 postcards destroyed each year
Event Details
Between 500 and 600 post cards are destroyed each year at the Rochester postoffice for lack of adequate addresses of persons intended to be the recipients. Most of the cards are apparently from transients, especially visitors and patients at the Mayo clinic. Strangely enough, these hundreds of communications carry no address whatever, being blank of writing on the side opposite the message. Everything from comedy to tragedy is contained on the cards. An example: "Hello, Ma: How are you all? This is some place. All you hear is 'my operation' and how they feed their hogs. Am feeling fine. Love, Betty." Although letters are sent to the dead letter office when addresses are insufficient, post cards are simply held in the office and soon destroyed.