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Follow the Historic Trail of the Pony Express Jun. 01, 2025
By Victor Block Around 1857, a man named Gerat Hollenberg and his wife, Sophia, built a modest wood-... Read More
Reader Mail on Cleaning Mushrooms, Whiteboards and Pfaltzgraff Dishes Mar. 07, 2024
Dear Mary: In a recent column, you suggested to not wash mushrooms but to simply brush them well wit... Read More
Reader Mail on Roller-Coaster Income and Debit Cards for Kids Mar. 05, 2024
Recently, I heard from one of my dear readers, Jenn. The topic of her message? Her family's roller-c... Read More
How the Mail Could Be Delivering a Message on Age Bias Oct. 29, 2021
Get ready for some new old news. As reported by Forbes, a recently released study from the Commonwea... Read More
Readers' Responses Are Nothing If Not Unpredictable! Jul. 08, 2021
For anyone wishing to study human nature, my mailbox would make an interesting research center. I ge... Read More
And the Winner Is ... Mar. 25, 2021
It's official. My readers are the best, and not bad-looking, either. Not only are you loyal, but you... Read More
Snail Mail Brings Cheer Nov. 01, 2020
Dear Annie: My young adult daughter recently had a milestone birthday, so I asked friends and family... Read More
Busting Ballot Blunders Oct. 10, 2020
Dear Annie: Recently, you published a letter in which someone recommended putting a stamp on an elec... Read More
Not Loving the Likes Sep. 17, 2020
Dear Annie: My boyfriend follows more than 3,000 people on Instagram. And almost all of them are wom... Read More
The Truth About the Post Office Controversy Aug. 21, 2020
Do we really have to worry about the Postal Service? That's the latest faux controversy to dominate ... Read More
Reducing Spam Mail Jul. 02, 2020
Dear Annie: With this pandemic and people out of work, this might be a good way to get a few people ... Read More
Trump's Plot to Take Out the Post Office Apr. 29, 2020
"The post office is a wonderful establishment! ... If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all t... Read More
Vote By Mail, Just This Once Apr. 17, 2020
Who among us, knowing what we know now about COVID-19, doesn't wish we could roll back the clock to ... Read More
Preserve Our Election Mar. 20, 2020
We are facing one discrete problem in the mass of chaos surrounding this pandemic that we can and mu... Read More
Classic Ann Landers Feb. 09, 2020
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More
Letterbox Is Empty This Year Dec. 20, 2019
Dear Annie: It's time to send out my annual Christmas cards to family and friends, a tradition I hav... Read More
Mail Thief Aug. 02, 2019
Dear Annie: I live in a large apartment building in a very safe part of town. It's an older building... Read More
Classic Ann Landers Feb. 03, 2019
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More
Install a Strong Decorative Mailbox and Post Dec. 20, 2018
Dear James: Now that I am living alone, I can finally install a neat mailbox instead of the old blac... Read More
Trump Is Correct That Postal Rates Need a Radical Revamp Dec. 18, 2018
For all the criticism cast President Donald Trump's way, he's not to blame for the effort to save th... Read More
