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> he worked his way from printer's devil to Postmaster in the capitol of Des Moines (a thankless job back then) Postmaster was a patronage job then. Considerin
by cafard 4y ago
> he worked his way from printer's devil to Postmaster in the capitol of Des Moines (a thankless job back then)
Postmaster was a patronage job then. Considering how much it was sought after, I wonder just how thankless it could have been.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoThe folks that got it around here were generally young and promising, but no paying position otherwise. They'd keep it for a year or two, pass it on. These were pioneer days. Low volume, maybe long trips to get mail bags overland. Mail interval in weeks or months.