After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.
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I first read about soalstalgia in Wired. The word was coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht, after studying the sadness and sense of loss felt by those who experience environmental change at home, to the point where they no longer feel they know they place where they have lived. Albrecht himself describes it as “the homesickness [...]
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