Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1913 — Parr Postoffice Swamped With Its Christmas Business. [ARTICLE]

Parr Postoffice Swamped With Its Christmas Business.

Postmaster Wood, of Parr, found himself swamped with Christmas packages Tuesday jgvening and Wednesday morning. The parcels post has been responsible tor the great increase in the holiday post office business and Rural Route Carrier Allen Witham, of Parr, could not begin to carry all of,.the mail and had to have his substitute carrier, Glenn Norman, in another rig, also make the rounds. They distributed Christmas packages all along the route and did a Santa Clause act that will make them prime favorites over the territory traversed by the route. It is not improbable that there will ,be another accumulation of presents so great that both carriers and two wagons will be required again Thursday