What happened to St. Louis’ pneumatic-tube mail system?
Oct 26, 2021
2 minutes
Illustration by Britt Spencer
launched its pneumatic-tube mail system in the fall of 1897, postal workers tested it out by sending canisters loaded with a Bible wrapped in an American flag, an artificial peach, a suit of clothes, and a live cat. When
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