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Subject: RFD (Rural Free Delivery) carriers and hack drivers have problems
Date: 6 Sep 2003 15:21:05 -0600

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Surnames: Jenkins, Samuels, Hendricksen, Johnson, McClusky, Yowell
Classification: Biography

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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. May 28, 1903. "Mail Service Demoralized".--The mail service has been badly demoralized in Sidney the past week. The storm of last week upset the service badly and it was just about righted again when the Tuesday rain made it worse than ever.

Harry Jenkins, who drives the Riverton hack, started home Tuesday afternoon, but got no further than John Samuel's farm, where he staid all night. He left his team there and on Wednesday morning took his mail and was rowed across the Nishna to Riverton.

Rural carrier, Hendrickson was caught on the east side of the river and stayed all night at Wm. Jarman's, but Art Johnson brought him across the river Wednesday in a boat.

Lon McClusky, the Thurman hack driver, had to go out of his way and got home about nine o'clock. In another place you will see what a time Jim Yowell had. Riverton and Hamburg mails failed to reach here yesterday, and prospects are that the Riverton hack will not get here this week.

But the Tabor hack comes in as regular as clock work.

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