beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
How O'Keeffe, McNamara and Stanley left our native Ireland!
"In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains and steam ships to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. One newspaper reported it cost fifty-three cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit. As news stories and photos popped up around the country, it didn't take long to get a law on the books making it illegal to send children through the mail." I wonder why our Fenian Folks did not include return postage to Dublin?!?
"In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains and steam ships to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. One newspaper reported it cost fifty-three cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit. As news stories and photos popped up around the country, it didn't take long to get a law on the books making it illegal to send children through the mail." I wonder why our Fenian Folks did not include return postage to Dublin?!?
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