Painted barns, concentrated in the northeast, appeared in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Connecticut, and even California.[iii] Independent crews, contracted by the tobacco company, traveled the roads of the region, paying barn owners a small fee to paint a sign on their barn.[iv] The Mail Pouch sign would be painted on one or more sides, and in some cases, even the roof of the barn
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The pipe is from the same approximate time period, and the included photo and inscription are also very old
In the CY 2024 PFS final rule, CMS acknowledged the comments received in response to this solicitation and stated that CMS would take these comments into consideration for future rulemaking