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Williston Graphic
Williston, Williams County, North Dakota
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The U.S. Post Office Department introduces a new money order design: wider and shorter, includes remitter's name, and has a margin with figures in multiples of five to prevent fraudulent alterations, such as raising a $27 order above $30.
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The postoffice department has issued a new style of money order, quite unlike the one now in use in some respect. It will be a trifle wider and nearly an inch shorter than the old form, and it will contain the name of the remitter which doesn't appear on the form now used. The left hand margin will contain a row of figures from 1 to 100 in a multiple of fives, and when detached from the book stub it will be torn off so to leave figures indicating the amount to be drawn, or the next number higher, if the amount is between fives. For example: if the order is $27, the highest printed figure left on the margin will read '30,' and it would be impossible for miscreants to raise the order above $30. Postoffices will use up their old orders now on hand, and requisitions for a new supply will be filled with the new style as fast as received.
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prevents miscreants from raising the order above the indicated amount (e.g., $27 order shows '30' on margin).
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The postoffice department has issued a new style of money order, wider and nearly an inch shorter than the old form, containing the name of the remitter. The left hand margin contains a row of figures from 1 to 100 in multiples of fives; when detached, it is torn to leave figures indicating the amount or the next higher multiple. Postoffices will use up old orders before switching to the new supply.