Newspaper dropping it’s carriers in favor of postal delivery

By Rudi Keller – June 9, 2015 The Moberly Monitor-Index will eliminate delivery carriers in July and rely instead on the U.S. Postal Service to take the daily newspaper to subscribers. The switch will mean changing the daily publication schedule to print the newspaper in the evening, Circulation Manager Jessie Embree said Tuesday. The Monitor-Index…

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Railroad post offices increased postal delivery in Inland Empire

By Mark Landis – May 11, 2015 The Inland Empire received its first railway mail service in 1876 via Los Angeles, and a newly completed line to Colton. The railroad was extended into San Bernardino in 1883, and the city received its first direct railway mail service. In the early 1900s, the Railroad Post Offices…

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