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Just a nice letter from Alma to her brother Will, who is headed for an Army assignment in the Philippines for two years.
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Oberlin, O, April 21, 1903
My dear Will,
I was delighted to get your letter yesterday. I haven’t the slightest objection to a typewritten signature. But I think that for a man who talks of financial embarrassment you are pretty extravagant. The very idea of putting two stamps on a letter of that size. I have sent them twice as large for one stamp.
I wrote to you last week but you did not say whether you received my letter. I told you about my financial affairs. Before Mama wrote to me I had decided relieve you a little as I had negotiated a loan from Lil of $25. She has lots of pupils now so it was no inconvenience to her. I won’t have to pay it until after I graduate. I will need about $40 more to see me through this time but I don’t want you to worry about it. I can get it somewhere. I just told you so you would know my circumstances.
The Union Library Association had its annual meeting Saturday. It is the biggest and most important thing in town. It is composed of the literary societies. It runs the Oberlin Review (the college paper), the Lecture course, the national contest, and the debate.
Sara was elected to the Review Board. Mr. McIntosh is editor-in-chief. There are only two girls on the board Sara and Edna Grant. It is a great honor and there is an awful lot of competition and wire pulling. The board is usually elected according[???] to the slate of the retiring board. We had a pineapple Saturday evening to celebrate.
I am so sorry that I didn’t get to see you. If I had known that you would be home Saturday I would have stayed over until Monday.
Sara is sorry for you. She thinks you would be a kindred spirit for I told her you were as crazy about cats as she is. We were invited out to supper one evening and she could hardly let the cat alone long enough to talk to people.
I won’t write too much for you may never get this and it would be wasted.
With love,
Alma
PS What part of the Philippines are you going to and what will you do there? A.
My dear Will,
I was delighted to get your letter yesterday. I haven’t the slightest objection to a typewritten signature. But I think that for a man who talks of financial embarrassment you are pretty extravagant. The very idea of putting two stamps on a letter of that size. I have sent them twice as large for one stamp.
I wrote to you last week but you did not say whether you received my letter. I told you about my financial affairs. Before Mama wrote to me I had decided relieve you a little as I had negotiated a loan from Lil of $25. She has lots of pupils now so it was no inconvenience to her. I won’t have to pay it until after I graduate. I will need about $40 more to see me through this time but I don’t want you to worry about it. I can get it somewhere. I just told you so you would know my circumstances.
The Union Library Association had its annual meeting Saturday. It is the biggest and most important thing in town. It is composed of the literary societies. It runs the Oberlin Review (the college paper), the Lecture course, the national contest, and the debate.
Sara was elected to the Review Board. Mr. McIntosh is editor-in-chief. There are only two girls on the board Sara and Edna Grant. It is a great honor and there is an awful lot of competition and wire pulling. The board is usually elected according[???] to the slate of the retiring board. We had a pineapple Saturday evening to celebrate.
I am so sorry that I didn’t get to see you. If I had known that you would be home Saturday I would have stayed over until Monday.
Sara is sorry for you. She thinks you would be a kindred spirit for I told her you were as crazy about cats as she is. We were invited out to supper one evening and she could hardly let the cat alone long enough to talk to people.
I won’t write too much for you may never get this and it would be wasted.
With love,
Alma
PS What part of the Philippines are you going to and what will you do there? A.
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I haven’t the slightest objection to a typewritten signature.
Alma is answering Will's most recent letter
1903-04-17 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA
in which he says:
P.S. I hope you do not object to the typewritten signature.
Before Mama wrote to me I had decided relieve you a little as I had negotiated a loan from Lil of $25.
Lil is in the Non-Family page for Mabel, Lil, Steenie, and Orestes.
Sara was elected to the Review Board.
Sara is Sara Grant Laird, an Oberlin friend. You can see a little more about her on the Non-family Ohio folks page.
Alma is answering Will's most recent letter
1903-04-17 LETTER FROM WILL TO ALMA
in which he says:
P.S. I hope you do not object to the typewritten signature.
Before Mama wrote to me I had decided relieve you a little as I had negotiated a loan from Lil of $25.
Lil is in the Non-Family page for Mabel, Lil, Steenie, and Orestes.
Sara was elected to the Review Board.
Sara is Sara Grant Laird, an Oberlin friend. You can see a little more about her on the Non-family Ohio folks page.
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