Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1908 — Rural Mail Carriers Must Dress Well. [ARTICLE]

Rural Mail Carriers Must Dress Well.

Rural mall carriers will hereafter lie required to give some attention to their personal appearance when on duty, and to have an equipment that will be creditable to the great department they represent. Postmaster General Meyers recenty issued the following order: “Postmasters of rural delivery offices will inform all carriers under their supervision that -they are required to present a neat personal appearance and the vehicle used to be suited to the service, kept In good order and presentable.and the animals used by the carriers In serving their routes must be fit and such as not to cast discredit on the Service. Laxatlty In these matters by rural carriers will be reported to this office by postmasters.”