[Telegram from Henrietta and Isaac H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne, July 26, 1951] Page: 2 of 2
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ALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
To guard against mistakes or delys. the ser'rer of a message should order It repeated, that is, t-legraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the
unrepealed m~esaae rate is charred in addlii :r. U'-lcs otherwise indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated mesorge and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between
the sender of the message and this Company as . llows:
1. The Company shnil not be liahie for mistake or delays in the transmie'ion or delivery, or for non-rielivery, of any ninssage received for tran-missirn at the unrepeated-message
rate beyond the surn of live lrundrd r'iitrrr .rr for intakes or deIi s in tire trarrsrissin or drliv-ry, or for non-deery. of any m;sage ecrrr ved for trar-rmision at the repeatei-
message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavolda.le interruption in the working of its fines.
2. I any event the Compsoy shall not he iiaMe for damages for mistakes or delays in rte transmission or delivery. or for tie non-delivery, of any message, whether caused by
the negligence of its servants or other e beyond tire actual loss, not exceeding in any event tire surn of live triou-nirrd t ri amount the send of ercs mersaee represents that
the message is valued, iinles a greater vau is stated in v, ritina by tie sender thereof at the tire tire re-=age is tendered for t raniosion. ail unless tie rcpeated-m stage rate is paid or
agreed to be paid, and an additional charge equal to one-tentn of one percent of the amount by which such valuain saall exceed hve thousand dollars.
3. The Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lines of any other company when necessary to reach its destination.
4. Except as otherwise Inicated ili connection with t'e listing of individual places in the Med tariffs of the Com:-ry, the amount pai for tie transmission of a domestic telegram
or an incoming cable or radio menae c--s its delivery -itni the following huats: in cities or towns of 5,(i.) or more incaitants were t in ,.:ornpary ia an o.n ich, a' shown by the
filed tariffs of the Cmiarrny. is o- ; irh tire :rerry of a railroad comiary, -ilthin teo miles of any oren man ior branr oier- --f t'e Ge : m cties or toe-os of 5,000 or
more inhabitants where, as shro, n by ti e filed tariffs of the Corpany. the telegraph service is perlorined through the agerr-n o a r-i'road coml.Rny, eritrin one mie of tire teleraph offcer
in citi--s or towns of less than 5.000 inhabit "t- in which en oae of the Compaq'y is lowered, within one -ralf rrile or the tcl,-a:r!h one. Beyond he lispeeed the Company
does not undertake to make delivery .'t sr i endear or to arrange for deliver: as the acens of the sender, with the uinutr tan inc thi the sener au toriz Cire collection of any additional
charge from the addressee an-i azrces to pa uch addlhonrii charge if it is net carrected from the addressee. The:e a-il c no adnito l charge for dalcries made by telephone within
the corporate limits of any city or town in wfrich an ofTice of the Company is located.
5. No responsibility attaches to this Company corcernine messages until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting office; and if a mecsac e is sent to such office by one of
the Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of tre sender.
6. The Company will not be liable for dimrges or statutory Penalties -aher the claim is not presented in writing to the Company, (a) within sixty days after the message is filed reith
tre Company for transmision in the case of a ie-ge -etwcn points itin tie I nitrd States (except in the ase orf an lotrstate in-rge in Tesis) or iietr a a point ii tihe nifted
States on the one hand and a poIt in Al 'rid, C inda. I lrrrior. rie-:c, Nesifeu n;ard and St. Pierre &m Miifie.ot Islanus on tie ot ier nani. or retweer.:: point in the U oitad States anl
n ship at sea or in the air. (b) wivhin !3 days after the cause of action, if any, shall have accrue: in the case of an intristrte message in T-sa, aric) e ri l days after the message is file(l
with tie Company for tran:mson ii t - cave of a mc-ra-:e between a point in the United stirer and a former. or oversees Pirrt etmier than the rin:s s~iCiilet l aiove in this paragraph,
provided, ho-: ever, that t.'is condition sai r ot aolly to clain s for damages or overe:ar es wlthfrr the purview ci brcion 415 or the Crmunicat.ons Act of lu3a.
7. It is agreed that ir an action by the Company to recover the tolls far any message or messages the prompt and correct trarsmiseion and delivery thereof shall be presumed,
subject to rebuttirr Ly comrjPctc, ceidcrce.
S. Special terms f-overnin'i the transmission of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective classes in addition
to all the foregoing terms. -
0. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing.
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CLASSES OF SERVICE
DOMESTIC SERViCES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
FULL RATE (FR)
FULL RATE TELEGRAM at full rae. a- hp written in any 1:m uage that can be
A full rate expredited service. expressi1d in r rman let erc;, cr ir secret lrnguiargi. A imiic;rn cirare- for 5 words applies.
DAY LETTER (DL) LETTER TELEGRAM (LT)
Ovend plini:Mng raera.minimium p'rar:e fr 22 words applies.
A deferred Sr-vice it lower than the fill rate.
VICTORY LETTER TE! EGRAM (VLT)
SERIAL (SER)
E ( Ov-rnhart plr.in Ircge nrrsage to arird forces overseas. Minimum charge for
Messages sent in sections during the srrme day. 10 worlds applies.
NIGHT LETTER (NLI SHIP RADOGRAM
Accented up To 2 A. 'M. for delivery net e.-rler than the following morning at rates A service t:, andi irrrm srips at sea. Plain or secret Ianguage may ba used. Minimum
substantially lower than the full rate telegram ar day letter rates. charge for 5 words applies.
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Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967 & Kempner, Henrietta. [Telegram from Henrietta and Isaac H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne, July 26, 1951], letter, July 26, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1486010/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.