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Over 20 days after an electrical fire in the basement forced a temporary closure, the Elm Grove Post Office will reopen Friday, Sept. 5, according to the village's postmaster Jon Kloth.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Deputy postmasters to be paid a commission of 20% and 10% on sums over $1000.
—Stephen Kochersperger, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2025
The Harrisonville postmaster could open up a career position at the East Lynne office called a part-time flexible employee, but has not, according to Curtis.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
President Abraham Lincoln served as a local postmaster before pursuing law and politics; so too did Nobel Prize-winning American novelist William Faulkner, though not as effectively.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Deputy postmasters to be paid a commission of 20% and 10% on sums over $1000.
—Stephen Kochersperger, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2025
The Harrisonville postmaster could open up a career position at the East Lynne office called a part-time flexible employee, but has not, according to Curtis.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
President Abraham Lincoln served as a local postmaster before pursuing law and politics; so too did Nobel Prize-winning American novelist William Faulkner, though not as effectively.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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The postmistress, Christine Moss, is Jim and Jessie’s niece-in-law, and lives in the house next to the post office with her fisherman husband, Howard.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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In late 1902, the town of Indianola, Mississippi, attempted to drive out Minnie Cox, the first Black postmistress in the state.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Universal Friend believed that God had chosen Jemima Wilkinson’s body to serve as the vessel to be his messenger of salvation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Hassett has emerged as one of the White House’s most visible economic messengers, frequently defending administration policy on television.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Postmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmaster. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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