For mayday and asdf: Christmas card arrives 93 years late

Warsaw · 12-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Christmas card arrives 93 years late

A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.

The Christmas card was dated Dec. 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Neb.

It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said. "It's surprising that it never got thrown away," he said. "How someone found it, I don't know."

Ethel Martin is deceased, but Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative.

That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois.

"That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there."

The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin — the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.

"We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/...QjaJ0UQ3ouQE4F

GlasgowKiss · 12-15-2007, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Warsaw

The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin — the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.

Thats a bit fucking rich.

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 01:39 PM

oh asdf will love this <3

Ghetto_Squirrel · 12-15-2007, 02:34 PM

I wonder if the post office has been intentionally holding back a card or two every year just so they can drop these stories every December.

??? · 12-15-2007, 02:40 PM

did anyone see that play about a library book that gets returned 150 years late. whole thing is just a boring monologue by one guy

asdf · 12-15-2007, 02:53 PM

Isn't this the basic premise for the new Terminator?

Warsaw · 12-15-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by asdf

Isn't this the basic premise for the new Terminator?

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 06:50 PM

that is so amazing. i love that. thanks Warsaw! u r the best

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 06:51 PM

a/s/l annmarìe?

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 06:51 PM

26/f/ct

Mo · 12-15-2007, 06:56 PM

Petition to ban that smiley from Netphoria.

Mo · 12-15-2007, 06:57 PM

Seriously.

monkeyfritters · 12-15-2007, 06:59 PM

_|_

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:06 PM

on the note of smiley icons, i think we should get some hugging ones, like one smiley hugging the other smiley. also a smiley with a tissue box in case someone needs to let out a cry. and different colors of smiling ones. and maybe a blowing a kiss one. and maybe an excited one. like one so excited that they are jumping up and down with glee. and a bubblebath one- for relaxation. and a smiley with a rose. giving a rose. and...what else?

monkeyfritters · 12-15-2007, 07:08 PM

one that mutes annmarie

monkeyfritters · 12-15-2007, 07:09 PM

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:09 PM

oh stop it grouchy

(hugging smilies)

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:12 PM

i love bubble bathes mostly in the winter when its 20 degrees out like right now. they are in my top 5 for relaxation. i might do one later on

monkeyfritters · 12-15-2007, 07:14 PM

the next time i have a bath im slitting my wrists

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:16 PM

dont you dare

do bubbles instead much more fun

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 07:16 PM

psychological question: is mayday a goodlooking person or sort of manly looking? anyone know? have you posted a picture annemarie?

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 07:18 PM

link? pic?

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:18 PM

uh... i dont know if i want to post a pic. the one i post wasn't that good but yes i'm good looking

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 07:19 PM

you can pm me it if you want. i'm trustworthy

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 07:24 PM

wasn't it said in Johannes 12:3. "ye who do not trust your fellow man, fear every day and cannot be at ease".

wHATcOLOR · 12-15-2007, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnMarie727

that is so amazing. i love that. thanks Warsaw! u r the best

no it isn't the lady who got it doesn't even give a shit

monkeyfritters · 12-15-2007, 07:25 PM

if i got something like that i would be SO STOKED. I love old stuff, it is sick.

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:25 PM

i only have a few pics of me on my computer right now, i'm not happy with any of them really. i'll post one maybe later sometime

AnnMarie727 · 12-15-2007, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeyfritters

if i got something like that i would be SO STOKED. I love old stuff, it is sick.

me too. i love old stuff . so cool

dean_r_koontz · 12-15-2007, 07:27 PM

i thought you were comfortable with the way you look. isn't the heart and soul what really counts?

12-15-2007, 01:36 PM	#1
Warsaw Minion of Satan Posts: 5,446	For mayday and asdf: Christmas card arrives 93 years late Christmas card arrives 93 years late A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas. The Christmas card was dated Dec. 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Neb. It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said. "It's surprising that it never got thrown away," he said. "How someone found it, I don't know." Ethel Martin is deceased, but Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative. That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois. "That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there." The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin — the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said. "We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/...QjaJ0UQ3ouQE4F

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12-15-2007, 01:39 PM	#3
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	oh asdf will love this <3

12-15-2007, 02:34 PM	#4
Ghetto_Squirrel Minion of Satan Location: Chicago Posts: 7,157	I wonder if the post office has been intentionally holding back a card or two every year just so they can drop these stories every December.

12-15-2007, 02:40 PM	#5
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,660	did anyone see that play about a library book that gets returned 150 years late. whole thing is just a boring monologue by one guy

12-15-2007, 02:53 PM	#6
asdf Demi-God Location: middle america Posts: 350	Isn't this the basic premise for the new Terminator?

12-15-2007, 06:50 PM	#8
AnnMarie727 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,312	that is so amazing. i love that. thanks Warsaw! u r the best

12-15-2007, 06:51 PM	#9
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	a/s/l annmarìe?

12-15-2007, 06:56 PM	#11
Mo Immortal Posts: 20,988	Petition to ban that smiley from Netphoria.

12-15-2007, 06:57 PM	#12
Mo Immortal Posts: 20,988	Seriously.

12-15-2007, 07:06 PM	#14
AnnMarie727 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,312	on the note of smiley icons, i think we should get some hugging ones, like one smiley hugging the other smiley. also a smiley with a tissue box in case someone needs to let out a cry. and different colors of smiling ones. and maybe a blowing a kiss one. and maybe an excited one. like one so excited that they are jumping up and down with glee. and a bubblebath one- for relaxation. and a smiley with a rose. giving a rose. and...what else?

12-15-2007, 07:08 PM	#15
monkeyfritters Minion of Satan Location: google Posts: 6,663	one that mutes annmarie

12-15-2007, 07:09 PM	#16
monkeyfritters Minion of Satan Location: google Posts: 6,663

12-15-2007, 07:09 PM	#17
AnnMarie727 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,312	oh stop it grouchy (hugging smilies)

12-15-2007, 07:12 PM	#18
AnnMarie727 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,312	i love bubble bathes mostly in the winter when its 20 degrees out like right now. they are in my top 5 for relaxation. i might do one later on

12-15-2007, 07:14 PM	#19
monkeyfritters Minion of Satan Location: google Posts: 6,663	the next time i have a bath im slitting my wrists

12-15-2007, 07:16 PM	#20
AnnMarie727 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,312	dont you dare do bubbles instead much more fun

12-15-2007, 07:18 PM	#22
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	link? pic?

12-15-2007, 07:19 PM	#24
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	you can pm me it if you want. i'm trustworthy

12-15-2007, 07:24 PM	#25
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	wasn't it said in Johannes 12:3. "ye who do not trust your fellow man, fear every day and cannot be at ease".

12-15-2007, 07:25 PM	#27
monkeyfritters Minion of Satan Location: google Posts: 6,663	if i got something like that i would be SO STOKED. I love old stuff, it is sick.

12-15-2007, 07:27 PM	#30
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	i thought you were comfortable with the way you look. isn't the heart and soul what really counts?