Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 44
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 23, 1907
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Counting the U. S. Mail
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       The postoffice department required the postoffices throughout the United States to count all the mail received by them during the week from October 13 to 19, inclusive.
       Following is the result of the count at Marlin:

Letters-4980
Postal cards-1766
Pound rate pieces-822
Free (city)-710
Transient-81
Third class-350
Fourth class-88
Penalty matter-201

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