100 YEARS AGO
Friday, Jan. 29, 1909
Some time last year the Government opened the direct dispatch of mails via Siberia. But the service was restricted only to post cards and letters specially designated for the Siberian route, while the printed matter and other mails were excluded on account of the inconvenience regarding transit charge. For the benefit of the public the authorities have now settled an arrangement to open the route to all ordinary mail matter including letters, cards, printed matter, business correspondence, commercial samples, etc. to all European countries and Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay. As the result newspapers and magazines if shipped in due time will reach Moscow in fifteen days.