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  "id": 17767144,
  "title": "Utah man mailed bricks in 1917 to cut costs, forcing US postal intervention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/utah-man-mailed-bricks-in-1917-to-cut-costs-forcing-us-postal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:21:08.000Z",
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    "name": "Times of India",
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    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-1917-a-utah-businessman-found-that-transporting-bricks-by-road-was-too-expensive-he-sent-them-through-the-postal-system-instead-until-the-sheer-volume-forced-the-us-government-to-intervene/articleshow/135447099.cms"
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