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PAGE TENFirst Postofi 1854 WitlV, /. rly got it. first post office i41 :r.x.* '.(vr 1854 and ihe 'inj-u-r ttai Porter Earle. The m i.‘ •'ifA-e at that tjme was located -- v. iiiiail log busitiing which -* n the corner where The Firlt; National Bank nowthe jKistofiice had beenVy* ..‘e a K-w ears, the lug' .t ! Torn down and a2 - erects!. For man. v!-t t:i' known:* -* i^rner. ‘ Intu ih**lt; - ' .* the v.lc Mi‘ :*' .n_J *; !'WM :lt;■ w riM -i from independence•*lt;- wood* and .oibuU'd — than a dozen letters Tc Rafter ih* p'j~!uftK-e .\as s^t .ar;ou- s:nit** *o afterlt; ■ * • '^c«-s around to^n ! po!• . r- w«rlt; lt;.h«rued ':o-jaentl) '• i-1 |S j • 1 ti * • ^ j ,I : ’ »-..n ;;k- ear!;, ^even'ie.' jD'J; ) ..... f„r fu.;r Ik*: ? ’!3e po.-siuifiee in the J:m } ‘ch *• -’*,re below his printing n ’he oid Giles building,i • r ■ •„• than. 40 years the posi-• • e located in the rear of “ . • : i .r-st \ai tonal Bank build-i • ;*!*■ downtown offices Of h • Bantam company,.. for years active'•*- “■ • poirio. became the ; • r m !38i. Those who- m“ •.lt;•lt;! -ssice then are Adel-!*•■-; S:.-pherd William II. Tyr-‘ g Charlie Miller. William 11.T*rreII. Henry Hoeger. Werner G •»*- ,»•„ ( nar'e» Tyrrell, Cars .’ lt;•. •.,• a»'d *ne nrcsom p.)4ni-** . \ kohlnumTh-* :*,-r—ei!t fme brick postuf-f-*-e htisldmg «2s officially dedi-e-d* (t »n I S3.Cjt-. delivery sen, ice was starlet J le 35. 1909 and has been in ev er .since The jr-roiite service from Wa-’ t- •]««' ~n Charles Ciiv was msiitu!-ed April 13 5930.Three Flags
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Bremer County Independent and Waverly Republican
Waverly, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 07, 1956
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