Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — POSTMASTER AND CLERKS BATTLE AGAINST HEAVY ODDS. [ARTICLE]

POSTMASTER AND CLERKS BATTLE AGAINST HEAVY ODDS.

(Postmaster Littlefield—and his clerks and mailmen are busy individuals these days and are working long hours in an effort to overcome the long lead that the Christmas flow of packages has over them. Sunday found all of the postoffice force on hand as usual and they worked heroically throughout the day to diminish the great heap of mail piled high in front of them. City mailmen made their routes as usual that their task today might not be so great. This Monday morning, seventytwo hours before the dawn of Christmas day, found a long line of customers before the window, arms loaded with packages to be sent to distant points and 5 Mr. Littlefield does not see any relief in outgoing mail before Tuesday noon. Tpe incoming mail is perhaps the heaviest in years and the probabilities are that there will be no let-up in it before Friday morning. * In order to facilitate the dispatch pf outgoing parcels the public is urged to see that their parcels are wrapped securely and plainly addressed. The parcel post law has added a heavy burden to the postoffice department and if patrons will comply with the above requests, their mail will be dispatched safely and promptly.