Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1915 — IS OLDEST MESSENGER 'BOY' [ARTICLE]

IS OLDEST MESSENGER 'BOY'

Snowy Haired “Uncle John” of Luling, Tex., Speeds With Telegrams at Eighty-Four. Luling. Tex.—J. E. Palmer of this city probably enjoys the distinction of being the oldest messenger “boy” in the world. At the age of eighty-four he works for the Western Union from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m„ delivering messages from one end of the city to the other. Palmer was born in Flemingsburg, Ky., January 29, 1832, and fought all through the Civil war. "Uncle John,”«s he is better known, came to Caldwell county in 1836. He is snowy haired and slightly bent.