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Rural free delivery
Rural Free Delivery Sources Mail.In 1847 railroads carried only about 10 percent of the U.S. mail while their remainder was transported by steamboat, by stagecoach, and on horseback. In 1855 the railroads began using special mail cars and central distribution... Read more |
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Sir John French
French, Sir John (1852–1925). Soldier. After leading a cavalry division during the second Boer War and serving as chief of the imperial general staff, ‘Johnnie’ French served as the first commander of the British army in France 1914–15. He was ill suited to this role.... Read more |
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Direct mail advertising
Direct Mail Direct mail is a type of advertising medium in which messages are sent to target customers through the mail. The terms "direct mail" and "mail order" are often used interchangeably. The best way to distinguish these similar, yet different, terms is to remember that direct mail is simply... Read more |
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Mail Sanitization
Mail Sanitization ¦ BELINDA ROWLAND Mail sanitization is the process in which mail is decontaminated by exposure to radiation, high pressure, or gases. Microorganisms, such as the bacterium that causes anthrax, cannot survive these conditions. The process of mail... Read more |
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Concepts Direct Inc
Concepts Direct, Inc. 2950 Colorful AvenueLongmont, Colorado 80504U.S.A.Telephone: (303) 772-9171Fax: (303) 682-7140Web site: http://www.cdir.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1992Employees: 520Sales: $55.5 million (1999)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: CDIRNAIC: 323119 Other Commercial... Read more |
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Mail-Order House
MAIL-ORDER HOUSES MAIL-ORDER HOUSES. Mail-order houses, along with department stores and chain stores, were the most important innovations in retailing institutions during the late nineteenth century. Unlike the other two, however, mail-order houses were essentially a unique American phenomenon... Read more |
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E-mail
E-mail E-mail, which is short for electronic mail, offers virtually instant, one-way communication around the world via computer. It was one of the first methods of person-to-person communication made available through the information superhighway. In the early days of ... Read more |
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Hold the front page; MONEY COLLECTING: Old newspapers with historic stories...
...stock covering World War II alone maybe not...old says that in collecting two factors count...days of both World Wars are highly collectable...Great Britain at War" is the most sought...runs a worldwide mail order business and...of Mafeking ... |
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Mugabe may grab my land but I'm still proud to play for the country I love,...
...thrown in jail while Heath was away collecting his wife from hospital. The family...squatters, whom Mugabe calls war veterans, are breaking into farmsteads...whose forefathers fought in the Boer War, in two world wars in Europe, and in Ian ... |
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Cups filled with cheer for serious egg-heads; Financial Mail on Sunday.
...complete my collection of egg cups featuring the faces of Boer War generals,' says Diamond. 'But it is increasingly...says: 'There is plenty that can be picked up to start collecting Easter ephemera. Egg-shaped tins from the Fifties... |
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SERIES OF STATE FLAGS REIGNITES INTEREST IN SAVING TOBACCO CARDS.(AT HOME)
...fervor during the Boer War. After World War...centuries, avid card collecting in Britain continued...interested in niche collecting. ``Some people...can easily begin collecting without a large...worldwide web, or ... |
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No room for closure
...possibly indicted as a war criminal, once it...committee did after the Boer War. Many people want...around the world, collecting fat lecturing and...into the Second World War. Post-1945 governments...Incidentally, the Mail ... |
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Wales Power List 2002: Gr - Gr.(Features)
...01656 724259 E-mail janice. gregory...029 20823446 E-mail peter. gregory...01978 292106 E-mail derek. griffin...authority on the Boer War, he recently made...info/interests Collecting British Empire memorabilia... |
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When we gave the Germans a 12-0 lesson in goalscoring.(Column)
...Then, as now, the Daily Mail was on the case, though...skirmish in the second Boer War: 32 killed and 36 wounded...ask me whether the Daily Mail is conducting a concerted...get soldiers killed while collecting water pistols in Macedonia... |
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Exiled to the 1950s; Napoleon's island of exile is reached only by postal...
...confessed Napoleon fanatic, was collecting the damp, leafy soil where...We had arrived on the Royal Mail ship in the inky black of early...said. What else to see? The Boer cemetery (7,000 prisoners were kept on St Helena during that war), Jacob's ladder, a ... |
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A quiet evening in, perusing my favourite postcards? Perfect... NOTES &...
...writer. In the early days of the mail, postage was paid by the receiver...For the British, Royalty and the Boer War dominated the early days. In America...Cervantes or Shakespeare that he started collecting picture postcards of Wilde, Baudelaire... |