The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-08
CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION MAN.
KATO, MIMI, APRIL 3, 1901,

The United States civil service COM
mission desires to call special attention
to an examination for the position of
clerk and carrier in the post-office at
the city named above, to be held on
the date mentioned.
The commission has for some time
been unable to secure requisite num-
Der of eligibles for this Office, owing
merely to the failure of sufficient
number of intelligent, active per.ons to
present themselves for examination.
This examination offers an excellent
opportunity for entering the federal
service to bright eneretic young men
who are not afraid of hard work.
While the salary in the postoffice is
usually about $500 per annum at the
start, this amount compares favorably
with the compensation of a beginner
in private employment. Moreover,
there is wider field for advancement
upon merit in the federal service than
in many employments, not only by
promotion in the same Office, but by
transfer to other parts of the service.
The nature of the examination is
test of practical, general intelligence,
and of adaptability in postoffice work.
The age limitations for this xamin-
alton are as follows:
Clerk, not less than Is years.
Carrier, between 81 and 40
Applicants for male clerk and carrier
must have the medical certificate in
Form 1O1 executed. Applicants for
carrier must be at least 5 #, 4 in in
height, and weigh not less than 1876
pounds. Female applicants are not re-
quired to have this certificate exc
cuted.
No application will be accepted for
this examination unless filed in COM
plete form with the board at the post
Office in the city named above, before
the hour of closing business on March
81 1901.
promptly, in order that time may re-
main for correction if necessary
This examination is open to all citi-
sire to enter the service, and who COM
ply with the requirements. All such
persons are invited to apply; but at
tention is invited to the fact that from
those certified the department usually
selects for appointment eligibles who
are residents of the district in which
the vacancies exist. Applicants will
be examined, graded, and certified,
with entire impartiality, and wholly
without regard to, any consideration
save their ability as shown by the
grade they attain in the examination.
For application blank Form 1917,
full instructions, specimen examina-
tion questions, and information rela-
tive to the duties and salaries of the
different positions, and the location of
the examination room, apply to the
secretary of the board of examiners at
the postoffice in the city named above.
Mr.. Fred Kruse manager of the
cloak department for Geo. E. Brett,
Inc, has just returned from a three
weeks sojourn in New York where he
selected very fine line of ladies
suits, Jackets, waists, skirts, Raglans,
misses and chill dren's box REFERS.
These will begin to arrive in a few
days. Any ladies contemplating the
purchase of goods in this line will do
we'll to wait for hem.
The Mapleton Enterprise chronicles
lage, which occurred last Monday morn
ing. He was born in Vermont in 1S42,
served in the war of the rebellion and
came to Minnesota in 1871, settling
in the town of Mapleton. Speaking of
him the Enterprise says: "Closely
connected with the church, the school
and the fraternal societies of the place
his very character has penetrated into
every movement which had for it's OBJ
ject the betterment of society and the
elevation of those with whom he came
in contact. A comparatively poor man,
he gave literally of his time, means
and sustenance that the church to
which he was affiliated might continue
its good work, even in the face of ad-
verse circumstances.