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    "ocrText": "POSTAL TELEGRAPH-COMMERCIAL CABLES\nOPERATOR'S NOTATIONS,\nTIME SENT, ETC.\n\\ALASKA\nENGLAND\nCANADAY\nNEWFOUNDLAND\nVANGOUVER\nCHINA\nPACIFIC\nJAPAN\nOCEAN\nUNITED\nBAN FRANCISCO\nSTATES\nAZORES\nYOKOHAMA\nYORK\nMIDWAY\nBERMUDA\nATLANTIC\nOCEAN\nAFRICA\nHONOLULU\nAMANILA\nST. VINCENT\nGUAM\nPANAMA\nSOUTH\nAMERICA\nTHE GREATEST TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.\nEXTENDS OVER TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY AROUND THE EARTH.\nTHE POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY (INCORPORATED)\nTRANSMITS AND DELIVERS THE WITHIN TELEGRAM SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS:\nTo\nguard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a telegram should order it REPEATED: that is. telegraphed back to the originating office for\ncomparison. For this. one-half the unrepeated telegram rate is charged in addition Unless otherwise indicated on its face, THIS IS AN UNREPEATED\nUCH, in leracion agreed n he the telegram and this Company as follows:\n1. The Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UNREPEATED telegram, beyond the\namount\nreceived for sending the same: nor for mistakes on delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery any REPEATED telegram, ond fifty\ntimes the sum recei for sending the same UNLESS in any from unavoidable interruption in the working\nof\nlines: FOR E RRORS IN CIPHER OR OBSCURE TELEGRAM\n2. In any event the Company shall not be liable for damages for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery. or for the non-delivery of\ntelegram,\nwhether\ncaused\nby the negligence of its serva otherwise. beyond fifty times the REP telegran rateoat which amount this telegram, sent as a\nREPEATE telegram, is hereby valued, uni eater value is stated in writing hereon at the time the telegram-is offered to the Company for transmission,\nand an additional.sum paid oria greed to be yalue-equal one-tenth one percent thereof.ru\n3. The Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this telegram over the line of any other company when necessary to\nreach its destination.\n4. Messages will be delivered free within the established free delivery limits of the terminal office. For delivery at a greater distance a special charge will\nbe made to cover the cost of such delivery:\n5. No responsibility regarding messages attaches to this Company until the same are presented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices: and if any\nmessage is sent to and office by one of this Company's messengers, he acts as the agent of the sender for the purpose of delivering the message and any notice or\ninstructions regarding it to the Company's agent in its said office. Messages sent to the Company's office by private wire or telephone are sent at the sender's risk\nof errors or failures in such service of the terms and conditions herein shall apply to the message throughout.\n6. The Company shall not be liable fo damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the\ntelegram ig filed with the Company for transmission.\n7. It is agreed that prompt and correct transmission and delivery of this message shall be presumed in any action for recovery of tolls therefor, subject,\nhowever, rebuttal by competent evidence.\n8. The above terms and conditions shall be binding upon the receiver as well as the sender of this telegram.\n9. Special terms governing the transmission of messages under the classes of messages enumerated below shall apply to messages in each of such respective\nclasses in addition to all foregoing terms.\n10. NO EMPLOYEE OF THIS COMPANY AUTHORIZED VARY THE\nCLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT.\nCHARLES c. ADAMS,\nEDWARD REYNOLDS, VICE-PREST. AND GENERAL MANAGER.\nCHARLES P. BRUCH,\nICE-PRESIDENT.\nVICE-PRESIDENT\nCLASSES OF SERVICE\nFAST DAY TELEGRAMS. A full rate expedited service.\nSPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERGRAMS: In further consideration\nof the rednced rate this special Night Lettergram' service, the following special terms\nNIGHT TELEGRAMS. Accepted to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than\nin addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to:\nthe next ensuing business day, at reduced rates but in no case for less than twenty cents\ntolls for a single message.\nSPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT MESSAGES The Company shall not he\ntion to the addressees, and the Company shall bedeemed to have discharged its obligation\n(a) Night Lettergramsm the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destina-\nliable for damages or statntory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented\nin\nin such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Lettergrams at destination,\nwriting within thirty days after the message is filed will the Company for transmission.\npostage prepaid.\nNIGHT LETTERGRAMS. Accented un to midnight. for delivery on the morning of the next\n(b) Night Lettergrams be written in plain English. Code languagei permitted\nensuing business day at rates still lower than standard night message rates.as follows: The\nstandard rate for a 10-word day message shall be charged for the transmission of a night\n(e) The Companyshall not be liable for damages or statntory penalties in any case where\nlettergram containing 50 words or less, and one-fifth of the standard day rate for a 10-word\nthe claim is not presented in writing within thirty days after the message is filed with the\nday message be charged for each additional 10 words or less in such night lettergram.\nCompany for transmission.\nTHE FASTEST TELEGRAPH SERVICE IN THE WORLD"
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