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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Form 1206 CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED WESTE Fast Day Message Day Letter TEL Night Letter Patrons shryil1 mark an X °coosite th class of service t1csir,r1; OTHERWISE THE TELEGRAM WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS A FAST DAY MESSAGE. NEWCOM B CARLTON, Send the following telegram, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to Fhi Mrs. Margaret 3. : ExP(-13+11rP Cliairran, https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis vwf-v? WESTERN UNION Night Message - UNION • .1 , PRESIDENT /7% an Receiver's No. Check AM GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Time Filed 0 ALL TELEGRAMS TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a teleera it should order it REPEATED, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this. the unrepeated telegram rate is charged in addition. Unie, other,ise indicated on its face, THIS IS AN L; N TELEGR AM ANL) PAID FOR AS SUCH. in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the telegram and this Company as follows: 1. ThO Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delv-s in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery. of any UNREPEATED telegram, beyond the amount ceived for sending the same; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any REPEA LED teleran, b fifty times the sum received lot sending the same, unless specially valued; nor in any ease for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines. nor for errors in cipher or obscure ,t.ferframs. •2. In any event the Company shall not be liable for damagus for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, oi this telegram, whether ,aused by the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the corn of FIFTY DOLLARS, at which amount this telegram is hereby valued. unless a greater value is stated in inriting hereon at the time the telegram is offered to the Coxnpany for transmission, and an additional sum paid or agreed to be paid based n such value equal to one-tenth 01 "no pia. cent. thereof. .2.- 3. The Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this telegran, over tile lines ot any other Company when necessary to reach its destination. 4.-Telegrams will be delivered free within one-half mile of the Company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one riile of s:tch office it: oilier cities or . Beyond these limits the Company does not undertake to imike delivery, but will, without at tile sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, eutleav,r to met for him for such delivery at a reasonable price. 5.- No responsibility attaches to this Company concerning t-legrams until the same are ac.cepted at one of its transmitting offices; at if a tolegram is sent to such office ne of the Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as iiie agent of the sender. 6. The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any ease where the claim is not presented in writing withie sIxty days after the te:egrain is hidd with the Company for transmission. 7."Special terms governiiw the transmission of messages under t.,,e rim e of messnge, ertumpr.ited helow shall I opt?, to messages. in each of sucl re,pccti.,• casses ado',.tiJ, to the foregoing terms. 8. No employee of the Company is authorized t, THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCOR1'0 RATED NEWCOMB CAM.TON, PRESIDENT CLASSES OF SERVICE FAST DAY MESSAGES A full-rate expedited service. NIGHT MESSAGES Accepted up to 2.00 A.M. at reduced rates to be sent doing the night and delivered not earlier than the morning of the ensuing business day. DAY LETTERS A deferred day service at rates lower than the standard day message rates as follOws: One and one-half times tbe standard Night Letter rate for the transmission of 50 words or less and one-fifth of the initial rate for each .additional 10 words or less. SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO DAY LETTERS: In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special "Day Letter" service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to: A. Day Letters may be forwarded by the Telegraph Company as a deferred service and the transmission and delivery of such Day Letters is, in all respects, subordinate to the priority of transmission and delivery of regular telegrams. B. Day Letters shall be written in plain English. Code language is not permissible. c. This Day Letter may be delivered by the Telegraph Company by telephoning the same to the addressee, and such delivery shall be a complete discharge of the obligation of the Telegraph Company to deliver. D. This Day Letter is received subject to the express understandDigitized. for FRASER nd agreement that the Company does not undertake that a Day https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Letter shall be delivered on the day of its date absolutely and at all events; but that the Company's obligation in this respect is subject to the condition that there shall remain sufficient time for, the transmission and delivery of such Day Letter on the day of its date during regular office hours, subject to the priority of the transmission of regular telegrams under the conditions named above. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing. NIGHT LETTERS Accepted up to 2.00 A.m. for delivery on the morning of the ensuing business day, at rates still lower than standard night message rates, as follows: The standard day rate for 10 words shall be charged for the transmission of 50 words or less, and one-fifth of such standard day rate for 10 words shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less. SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERS: In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special "Night Letter" service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to: A. Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage prepaid. B. Night Letters shall be written in plain English. Code language is not permissible. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing:
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