Danish Post Office Curtailing Personal Letters

Adrienne Murray & Paul Kirby note that the Danish Post Office made the decision to cease accepting personal letters. . The reason for this is mentioned in the attached article.

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Postal Service Changes

The United States Postal Service has a long range plan to become profitable. Some argue that a basic nationwide utility such as postal service should not be required to "turn a profit."

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Delivering Children

Nancy Pope notes that for when the ability to mail packages by parcel post was first introduced in 1914, a number of frugal parents mailed their children to save money. Edna Neff made the longest journey, "traveling from her mother’s home in Pensacola, Florida, to her father’s home in Christainburg, Virginia."

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