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TIL in 1914, to save money on train fare, May Pierstorff’s parents paid the 53¢ postage, and mailed the 5-year old to her grandparents for a visit. She rode the whole way in the mail car, and was delivered to her grandparents’ house by the mail clerk on duty.

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