Mail Carrier Examination 1908

 

Waupaca Record

August 20, 1908

 

THE INITIAL CLERK CARRIER EXAMINATION

Will Be Held In Waupaca on September 19th, 1908

 

            The United States Civil Service Commission announces that on Sept. 19, 1908, at Waupaca, Wis., examination will be held for the positions of clerk and carrier in the Post Office Service.

            The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned below, weighed as indicated:

            1.  Spelling (twenty words of average difficulty in common use)                                                                                                                                                  10

2.      Arithmetic (simple tests in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole number, common and decimal fractions, and United States money 20

3.      Letter-writing (letter of not less than 125 words on some subject of general interest. Competitors will be permitted to select one of two subjects given           20

4.      Penmanship (the handwriting of the competitor in the subject of copying from plain copy will be considered with special reference to the

elements of legibility, neatness, general appearance, etc.                                                                                                                                                       20

5.      Copying from plain copy (a simple test in copying accurately a few printed lines in the competitor’s hand handwriting                                                 10

6.      United States Geography (relative to the boundaries of States, and to capitols, largest cities, rivers and other bodies of water, and the location by

States of prominent cities, etc.)                                                                                                                                                                                      10

7.      Reading addresses (test in noting with pen or pencil on a printed sheet of addresses differences between the printed addresses and the written                                        

addresses of which they are a copy)                                                                                                                                                                                    10

Total            100

            Age limit, all positions, 18 to 45 years.  The age limits are waived, however, in the cases of persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty.

            Male applicants for the post office service must be at least 5 feet 4 inches in height in bare feet and 125 pounds in weight without overcoat and hat; otherwise their applications will be canceled.  Female applicants are not required to be of any specific height or weight.

            Applicants for the post office service are required to be physically sound and in good health.  The post office department has advised the commission that no person who is defective in any of the following named particulars will be appointed in the service: Hunchbacks; persons having defective hearing, sight, or speech; persons blind in one eye; one armed, one handed, or one legged persons, or those having crippled arms or legs, or those suffering from asthma or hernia.  Applications from person who have any of the physical defects mentioned will be canceled, unless such persons are honorably discharged United States soldiers or sailors.

            Married women will not be admitted to this examination.  This prohibition, however, does not apply to divorced women or women who are separated from their husbands and support themselves.

            This examination is open to all citizens of the United States who comply with the requirements.

            For application blank, instructions to applicants, and further information application should be made to secretary, board of examiners, at Waupaca, Wis., post office, or the undersigned.

            No application will be accepted unless properly executed and filed with the undersigned prior to the hour of closing business on Sept. 15, 1908.

                                                                                                Peter Newton

                                                                                    Sec. 7th Civil Service Dis.

                                                                                    13th floor, Federal Building

                                                                                                            Chicago, Ill.