R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1904: Containing a complete alphabetical list of business firms, corporations and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city, county, state and United States officers, churches, public and private school clubs, secret and benevolent societies, etc. Also a complete classified business directory.

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S e c o n d -C la s s M a tte r .—M a ila b le m a t ­ t e r o f th is c la s s e m b ra c e s a ll n e w s p a ­ p e rs , m a g a z in e s a n d p e rio d ic a ls , e x c lu ­ s iv e ly in p r in t, a n d r e g u la r ly is s u e d a t s t a t e d p e r i o d s f r o m a k n o w n o f f ic e o f p u b lic a tio n , w ith o u t a d d itio n b y w r it­ in g , m a r k o r sig n , a n d a d d r e s s e d to re g u la r su b s c rib e rs , one cent per p o u n d . B y a c t o f M a r c h 3, 1879, s a m p l e c o p ie s m a y b e s e n t a t t h e s a m e r a te . P o s ta g e o n th is m a tte r w h e n s e n t b y o th e r th a n th e p u b lis h e r o r n e w s a g e n t, is o n e c e n t fo r e a c h fo u r o u n ces o r f r a c tio n th e re o f, p o s ta g e to b e p re p a id b y s t a m p s a ffix e d t o s a id m a t t e r . 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R a te s of P o s ta g e to P o s ta l U n io n C o u n tr ie s .— L e t t e r s , fiv e c e n ts p e r h a l f o u n c e o r f r a c tio n th e r e o f (fifte e n g r a m s b e in g t h e p o s ta l e q u iv a le n t o f h a lf a n o u n c e), p o s ta l c a rd s tw o c e n ts e a c h , r e g is tr a tio n fe e te n c e n ts , p r in te d m a t ­ t e r a n d s a m p le s o f m e rc h a n d is e , o n e c e n t fo r e a c h tw o o u n c e s o r f r a c tio n th e re o f. R a te s to O th e r F o r e ig n C o u n tr ie s .— F o r r a t e s o f p o s ta g e , c o n d itio n s o f p r e ­ p a y m e n t, lim its o f s iz e a n d w e ig h t a n d m a n n e r o f w ra p p in g m a tte r a d d re s s e d to o th e r f o re ig n c o u n trie s , ask your p o s tm a s te r , w h o is f u r n is h e d w i t h a m o n t h l y O ffic ia l P o s t a l G u id e , c o n t a i n ­ in g a ll n e c e s s a r y in f o r m a tio n o n t h is s u b je c t. U n m a ila b le M a tte r .— O b sc e n e books, le tte rs , p a p ers, p ic tu re s and p o s ta l c a rd s, lo tte r y " c ir c u la r s and le tte rs , liq u id s ( e x c e p t a s p e r m i t te d in . t h e r e g ­ u la tio n s ) ; g u n p o w d e r a n d o th e r e x p lo ­ s iv e s ; liv e r e p tile s , a n im a ls a n d in s e c ts (e x c e p t q u e e n b e e s ) ; p o is o n s a n d a n y o t h e r a r t i c l e l i a b l e t o i n j u r e th e , m a i l s o r th e p e rs o n s o f th o s e h a n d lin g th e m , a n d a ll m a t t e r o th e r w is e m a ila b le b y la w u p o n t h e e n v e lo p e o r o u ts id e c o v e r o r w r a p p e r o f w h ic h , or p o s ta l c e r d u p o n w h ic h in d e c e fit, le w d , la s c iv io u s , o b s c e n e , lib e lo u s , s c u r r ilo u s o f t h r e a t ­ e n in g d e lin e a tio n ^ , e p ith e ts , t e r m s o r la n g u a g e re fle c tin g in ju rio u s ly u p o n th e c h a r a c te r o r c o n d u c t o f a n o th e r, m a y b e w r itte n o r p rin te d , a r e h e re b y d e ­ c la re d to b e n o n - m a ila b le m a tte r . 1 W e ig h in g P a c k a g e s —I f y o u h a v e n o s c a le s , h a v e a ll p a c k a g e s w e ig h e d a t t h e p o s to ffic e . 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