America's oldest newspaper delivery man

3,616 views · Published 12 February 2014 · 2:29 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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Frank Wheeler is believed to be the oldest newspaper delivery man in the United States.

Having owned a construction company in his early life at age 88, he decided to take on another career, delivering The Des Moines Register in his native Iowa.

Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Montezuma, Iowa.

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