Wrappers

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:37 am

Is it possible, if one filled out these "Wrappers", as Lizzie said she did that morning, one could get the paper free?
Are these like *leftovers* or something?

Inquest
Lizzie
Q. After your father went out, you remained there either in the kitchen or dining room all the time?
A. I went in the sitting room long enough to direct some paper wrappers.

This is an allusion to wrappers in The Washington Post.
It's dated 1881- maybe the meaning had changed by 1892, or am I misinterpreting this item?
[The reason I am thinking about "wrappers" in conjunction with newspapers, is because we had discussed this before- theorizing what this statement by Lizzie meant].

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:04 am

Well I'm sure no one wants to hear much about Lincoln, but I think she explained what the paper wrappers were in her book. I haven't looked it up yet. But that is where I remember reading an explaination of what they were. I think they were something like address labels on envelopes today.To direct them could mean putting the proper address on them? Or am I missing the meaning of the question?

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:34 am

http://www.stampdomain.com/newswrapper/gb/whsmith/

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:03 am

Very nice link Audrey! I looked it up in Lincoln as well and found these references.

page 126:

"I have actually seen it suggested, however, that Andrew rushed to the post office, where unaccountably unrecognized by so many who knew him on sight, he cast his thrift to the winds and bought a single unaddressed mailing wrapper so that he might take the lock from his pocket and carry it the couple of blocks home in style!

We do know why there were mailing wrappers in his house.The family subscribed to the Providence Journal, a solid, conservative, well-written sheet, to which my own family subscribed. To insure it's proper delivery, it came in a wrapper bearing the subscriber's address. This wrapping, if done by the dealer, cost extra. The thrifty method was to supply the newsdealer with wrappers that one had preaddressed."

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri May 06, 2005 2:40 am

Thanks for the response girls! I went ahead & waited to see if any of our male members wanted to reply. They must have thought you all covered it.
I've not seen those wrappers before so really, thank you for that.

What does the news snippet, itself, mean then?

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:10 pm

Cool link, Audrey, thanks! Thats the first time I've ever seen one of these wrappers. Kat, could that article mean that the newspaper can be obtained from them, already in a wrapper and sent to you once you have supplied your address and payment? Basically just saying that you can't send your own pre-addressed wrappers to them, they are already wrappered (if there is such a word?).

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:46 pm

Wrapped would be the word, Susan.

Lincoln seems to suggest that getting the paper in a wrapper was worth the extra money because it was neater and cleaner than just having it tossed on your porch unwrapped. I got the impression from Kat's news clipping that you went to that location to get your paper, but it was a superior article since nobody had pawed through it before you purchased it.

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Sun May 08, 2005 11:41 am

I looked and looked for local wrappers and could not find them. I found very little when I googled paper wrappers, but newspaper wrappers brought up several links, including links with wrappers for sale. we better keep this under our hats or we will see a Bordon wrapper on Ebay!