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Retiring Cedar Rapids mail carrier Alex Sampson
Alex Sampson after thirty years as a Cedar Rapids letter carrier retires January 31 1935 His family lineage runs from seafaring forefathers with ties to the East Indies South America and the Orient He led Local 373 of the National Association of Letter Carriers and helped win Sunday closing of the local post office He regrets not pursuing a sea captain career due to scarlet fever and impaired vision and recalls family artifacts including a Lloyds watch and a captain ancestor portrait.
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Alex Sampson
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Letter Carriers
Sampson
East Indies
South America
Orient
Cevslon
Sampseon
Ceylon
Wilam Sampson
Lloyd's
William Sampson
Lancorkshire
Quebec
Postal Department
W G. Haskell
Iowa
Cape Horn
Singapore
Cornwall
Land’s End
England
Intcheak Willams Company
London
Alex
George Williams
Ymc.a
Simpson
Bess
Williams
Woolesale Fim
Alex San Psen
United Notes