Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang, Vol. III. No. 28, December, 1921
1,500,000 Readers!
SUBJECT
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
M. J. Woulfe
St. Paul, Minn. Sept 29th, 1922.
Editor Whiz-Bang,
Robbinsdale, Minn.
Dear Sir:
On September 27th our train #12 was held at Robbinsdale37 minutes loading what is stated to have been 36,000 lbs. of mail.In order that provision be made to handle such large quantities of mailwithout causing unreasonable delay to trains, would you kindly furnishthe following information:
First, Frequency of publication of the magazine.
Second, Days or dates when regularly due to be placed in the mail.
Third, Approximate weight or number of copies of each issue.
With this information we will consider the making ofsome special arrangement for bringing to the cities. It might beadvantageous to set a baggage car out at Robbinsdale the day beforethe magazine due to be forwarded.
Yours truly
M. J. Woulfe
The letter tells the story!
If our Winter Annuals had been loaded at one time CaptainBilly would have filled an entire mail train. Hereafter,Gentle Reader, your news dealer will have the WhizBang on the 15th of the month, and because of our enormousorders, we will, in future, mail a few truck loadsevery day throughout the full month, all magazines to beheld at the various postoffices until the 15th for delivery.In conclusion, I thank you for your indulgence at delaysin getting your Whiz Bang and your Winter Annual. Theold Whiz Bang Farm has been a busy spot these past fewmonths. Yours for fun,
CAPTAIN BILLY.
Captain Billy’s
Whiz Bang
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DECEMBER, 1921 Vol. III. No. 28
Published Monthly
W. H. Fawcett, Rural Route No. 2
at Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Entered as second-class matter May, 1, 1920, at the postoffice atRobbinsdale, Minnesota, under theAct of March 3, 1879.
Price 25 cents $2.50 per year
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Copyright 1921
By W. H. Fawcett
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