HOMETOWN HISTORY
October 8, 2020
150 Years Ago
The Oneonta Post Office is open for business from 7 o’clock a.m. to 8 o’clock p.m. On Sunday, from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and half an hour at Noon. Mails close as follows: First Railroad Mail East: 10 a.m.; Second Railroad Mail East: 4:10 p.m.; First Railroad Mail West: 11:15 a.m.; Mails for Morris Route: 11:30 a.m.; Mails for Laurens Route: 11:30 a.m.; Mail for Delhi via North Franklin, Tri-Weekly: 11:30 a.m. The 4:10 p.m. mail carries no matter for points this side of Albany. Mails for Delhi are sent via West Davenport Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. And via North Franklin and Meredith Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Boxes 40 cents per year; 10 cents per quarter. Stamped letter and circular envelopes and stamped newspaper wrappers constantly on hand of the different sizes, qualities and sizes.
October 1870
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