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Wausau Pilot
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
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New York City Postmaster Edward M. Morgan reports 332,875 international postal money orders totaling over $5 million issued Dec. 2-16 for Christmas presents abroad, with 116,022 carried by the Lusitania.
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Postal Orders Sent to Europe Foot Up $5,000,000.
The rush for postal money orders to be sent abroad as Christmas presents has ended, and Postmaster Edward M. Morgan of New York City was able to have compiled figures showing that from Dec. 2 to Dec. 16, inclusive, 332,875 international postal money orders, aggregating $5,040,728.21, were issued and shipped to foreign lands. The steamship Lusitania carried 116,022 orders. The countries to which the bulk of the other 216,853 international money orders were sent are:
There is no way to compute the value in presents alone.
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New York City
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From Dec. 2 To Dec. 16
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The rush for postal money orders to be sent abroad as Christmas presents has ended, and Postmaster Edward M. Morgan of New York City had figures compiled showing that 332,875 international postal money orders, aggregating $5,040,728.21, were issued and shipped to foreign lands. The steamship Lusitania carried 116,022 orders. The countries to which the bulk of the other 216,853 international money orders were sent are: There is no way to compute the value in presents alone.