WTF?!? Super-efficient USPS delivers a letter in Michigan 100 years after it was mailed

[Jonas Parker]

Super-efficient USPS delivers a letter in Michigan 100 years after it was mailed

These days, the U.S. Postal Service has found itself at the forefront of the battle for one of the most divisive election years in our nation's history. Fortunately, the trusty USPS has definitely dispelled our fears by saying it won't be able to deliver the expected deluge of mail-in ballots on...

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Super-efficient USPS delivers a letter in Michigan 100 years after it was mailed
Joel Abbott Sep 24th, 2020 3:15 pm


In a timely display of their renowned efficiency and speed, the USPS finally delivered a 100-year-old letter to Brittany Keech of Belding, Michigan.

Keech said she "didn't think much of it" at first, but then looked closer at the stamp, which had been postmarked on October 29, 1920. On the front was a handwritten note, and on the back there was a Halloween greeting.

Keech quickly shared the letter with a local group, looking for answers on who was supposed to receive the letter a hundred years ago.

Here's the full text of the letter:

Dear Cousins,

Hope this will find you all well. We are quite well but mother has awful lame knees. It is awful cold here. I just finished my history lesson and am going to bed pretty soon. My father is shaving and my mother is telling me your address. I will have to close for a night. Hope grandma and grandpa are well. Don't forget to write us - Roy get his pants fixed yet.

Flossie Burgess

With the help of a local library worker, Keech learned that a Mr. Roy McQueen had once lived at her home. McQueen had moved to Michigan from Canada in 1887 and married a woman named Nora Murdock. The letter was addressed to their children from their cousin Florence ("Flossie"), the daughter of Nora's sister.

There are no immediate descendants in the area, but Keech reports that with additional help, they found a living grandniece of Roy and Nora and have connected with her.

When questioned about how a piece of mail could possibly go missing for a century, Michigan USPS worker Mindy Ponover indicated that there are several explanations for the mysterious delay. One could be that the postcard was stuck under machinery or furniture and was only rediscovered when an old facility was being renovated. USPS public relations representative Sara Martin also explained that many people buy old letters at flea markets and antique shops and then post them.

Whatever the reason, rest assured the USPS has this whole election deal in the bag. And if they literally don't have it in the bag, take heart in how cool it'll be when our great-great grandkids find hundreds of thousands of ballots buried in ditches, hidden under machinery, and "mysteriously" lost in dozens of creative ways!

If you're feeling down, however, just remember that your local officials have your best interests at heart. It's not like government workers would lose or reject or be slow in counting ballots during the most heated election of our lifetime. This is fine. Everything is fine. This is good.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

Over the years there have been letters and mostly post cards like this. Hopefully the family will finally get it.

 

[AlfaMan]

100 years from now 2020 election ballots may start showing up........

 

[vestige]

Neither rain not snow or dark of night....

 

[Thunderbird]

Look at the beautiful penmanship!!!

 

[bw]

When questioned about how a piece of mail could possibly go missing for a century,

I have a beautiful hand-drawn document from 1896 that was lost behind a filing cabinet. I think I've reconstructed how it got there. Eventually I'm sending it to the LSU appropriate collection. Yeah, stuff can go missing for a long time.

 

[AlfaMan]

Look at the beautiful penmanship!!!

When writing the words, as well as the meaning of them was important.
Today cursive isn't even taught anymore, let alone true penmanship. The interesting thing to me is; you could read the writing of most any writer in those days.

 

[Merlot]

 

[hiwall]

Sell the post office to a private company.

 

[Bps1691]

USPS public relations representative Sara Martin also explained that many people buy old letters at flea markets and antique shops and then post them.

Sorry, but this USPS spokesperson must be well trained in the art of LYING .... errr Public Relations

... impossible to belive someone recently bought an already filled out to "someone" who hasn't lived there for, well close to 100 years then mailed it????

Besides, if they did such a crazy thing, they committed fraud because the remailed a crad post dated in 1920!!!

 

[Signwatcher]

My husband mailed a post card to his folks from Florida to Michigan in the 70s...they never got it. Hope springs eternal! They are both dead now though.

 

[bev]

Look at the beautiful penmanship!!!

An almost lost art.

 

[1eagle]

An almost lost art.

And soon, the skill to even read it will be lost too.

 

[vessie]

I was expecting this to be from the North Bend, Wa. US post office which is The Worst in the nation.

It's almost criminal how they run that place! V

 

[Mary Contrary]

Super-efficient USPS delivers a letter in Michigan 100 years after it was mailed

These days, the U.S. Postal Service has found itself at the forefront of the battle for one of the most divisive election years in our nation's history. Fortunately, the trusty USPS has definitely dispelled our fears by saying it won't be able to deliver the expected deluge of mail-in ballots on...

notthebee.com

Super-efficient USPS delivers a letter in Michigan 100 years after it was mailed
Joel Abbott Sep 24th, 2020 3:15 pm


In a timely display of their renowned efficiency and speed, the USPS finally delivered a 100-year-old letter to Brittany Keech of Belding, Michigan.

Keech said she "didn't think much of it" at first, but then looked closer at the stamp, which had been postmarked on October 29, 1920. On the front was a handwritten note, and on the back there was a Halloween greeting.

Keech quickly shared the letter with a local group, looking for answers on who was supposed to receive the letter a hundred years ago.

Here's the full text of the letter:


With the help of a local library worker, Keech learned that a Mr. Roy McQueen had once lived at her home. McQueen had moved to Michigan from Canada in 1887 and married a woman named Nora Murdock. The letter was addressed to their children from their cousin Florence ("Flossie"), the daughter of Nora's sister.

There are no immediate descendants in the area, but Keech reports that with additional help, they found a living grandniece of Roy and Nora and have connected with her.

When questioned about how a piece of mail could possibly go missing for a century, Michigan USPS worker Mindy Ponover indicated that there are several explanations for the mysterious delay. One could be that the postcard was stuck under machinery or furniture and was only rediscovered when an old facility was being renovated. USPS public relations representative Sara Martin also explained that many people buy old letters at flea markets and antique shops and then post them.

Whatever the reason, rest assured the USPS has this whole election deal in the bag. And if they literally don't have it in the bag, take heart in how cool it'll be when our great-great grandkids find hundreds of thousands of ballots buried in ditches, hidden under machinery, and "mysteriously" lost in dozens of creative ways!

If you're feeling down, however, just remember that your local officials have your best interests at heart. It's not like government workers would lose or reject or be slow in counting ballots during the most heated election of our lifetime. This is fine. Everything is fine. This is good.

Many, many yrs ago i used to do handwriting analysis. I still have the books in the attic. The pointy S's show that the person is very smart. The same with the pointy m's and n's. The a's and o's are closed and not open. Closed, but not knotted tightly. They keep to their own business and don't like telling people their business. If the a's and o's are open then they tell everything about their life and don't hide things.

The T crossings: A short cross means low stamina. A very long cross means very good stamina. A T crossed high at the top shows high ideals and high ambitions. If the cross is curved it shows shallowness. The handwriting is mostly straight up and down which means the head/logic rules. It is slightly slanted towards the right which show a bit of emotion, but the head/logic always rules.

If a persons handwriting is slanted way to the right then it means they are extremely emotional and the head/logic does not rule - just the emotions. If you see a lot of smudges and mistakes and cross offs it means the person has a mental condition. If the a's and o's are knotted very tightly it means they are very secretive and don't like telling others their business. The opposite is when the a's and o's are very open - it shows a very open and extrovert person. Knotted a's and o's shows secretiveness. A T cross that is very long shows that the person has a lot of energy and stamina. At the very ending of words if the end line is long and curves BACK it shows that the person will hold onto things and does not want to part with things. I forgot most of what i learned 45 yrs ago!

 

[zeker]

does this mean the election aint over til the last ballot is delivered?

asking for a friend

 

[byronandkathy2003]

we are in Michigan and mailed a money order for $18.50 10 years ago to pay the trash bill ...
well they lost it still has yet to show up ..
they told us we would have to pay the post office around $12.00 for them to find it..
if i did the math right it would have cost us $30.50 when all said and done that is if they were to find it..

 

[hiwall]

Go to the USPS website and read the types of things mailed that they will NOT search for, things like medicine. Bizarre.