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Judging from the envelope, Mama Margaret's letter made it to Will before his ship left San Francisco.
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1.
THE LETTER:
Canton April 24, ‘93
My dear son,
I suppose this will be the last letter for some time - until they find you in the Philippines. I will try to write often and hope you will too.
You ought to get a good many lemons and mangos to use on your trip on the boat. Lemons are good for biliousness and you told us why mangos were a good thing to have so don’t neglect to get a supply of both.
Fred has a boil on the other side of his nose now. I hope it won’t get as bad as the other. He did not work yesterday or to-day. He suffers a good deal but does not complain.
Eva has been so busy that she has not taken time to write. She gets up pretty early to study as her eyes hurt her at night if she studies much.
I wrote to you a few days ago also sent a box with handkerchiefs hope you received them all right. Don’t send too much money to Alma be sure and keep enough to make you comfortable while going and after you get there you may need money before you get paid. Take good care of yourself. If there is anything I can send at any time let me know.
I enclose Dr. Eberle’s address. Mr. CC Bow received a letter from a short time ago. I intend to write to Louise and tell her you are on the way. I also enclose a poem that papa sends.
I made a search for that book on chess but as I have never seen since we left 9th St. I don’t think it is here.
I must now close as Eva is ready to take this to P.O. on her way to school.
I will not say be a good boy, you were always that but I will ask you to read your bible. You will get many good lessons in it, and don’t neglect to pray.
Your loving Mother
THE LETTER:
Canton April 24, ‘93
My dear son,
I suppose this will be the last letter for some time - until they find you in the Philippines. I will try to write often and hope you will too.
You ought to get a good many lemons and mangos to use on your trip on the boat. Lemons are good for biliousness and you told us why mangos were a good thing to have so don’t neglect to get a supply of both.
Fred has a boil on the other side of his nose now. I hope it won’t get as bad as the other. He did not work yesterday or to-day. He suffers a good deal but does not complain.
Eva has been so busy that she has not taken time to write. She gets up pretty early to study as her eyes hurt her at night if she studies much.
I wrote to you a few days ago also sent a box with handkerchiefs hope you received them all right. Don’t send too much money to Alma be sure and keep enough to make you comfortable while going and after you get there you may need money before you get paid. Take good care of yourself. If there is anything I can send at any time let me know.
I enclose Dr. Eberle’s address. Mr. CC Bow received a letter from a short time ago. I intend to write to Louise and tell her you are on the way. I also enclose a poem that papa sends.
I made a search for that book on chess but as I have never seen since we left 9th St. I don’t think it is here.
I must now close as Eva is ready to take this to P.O. on her way to school.
I will not say be a good boy, you were always that but I will ask you to read your bible. You will get many good lessons in it, and don’t neglect to pray.
Your loving Mother
2.
Dr. Eberle's address
Dr. H. A. Eberle U.S.N.
Jolo-Jolo, Philippine Islands.
Prof. C.F. Stokey, Canton, Ohio.
Dr. Eberle's address
Dr. H. A. Eberle U.S.N.
Jolo-Jolo, Philippine Islands.
Prof. C.F. Stokey, Canton, Ohio.
3.
The poem sent by Papa Charles.
An Old Favorite
Repos 6/8+4
1903-4-7
A Life on the Ocean Wave
By Epes Sargent
EPES SARGENT, poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of miscellaneous matter, was born at Gloucester, Mass., in 1813 and died in Boston Dec. 31, 1880. He was educated at Harvard, but left college to adopt literature as a profession. He edited papers in Boston and New York and engaged with success in almost every branch of literature. Among the best known of Sargent’s works are the song, “A Life on the Ocean Wave,” the dramas, “The Bride of Genoa” and “The Priestess,” the stories, “What to Be Done?” and “Fleetwood.” Shortly before his death he compiled a “Cyclopaedia of English and American Poetry.”
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep!
Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull, unchanging shore:
Oh! give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest’s roar!
Once more on the deck I stand
Of my own swift-gliding craft:
Set sail! farewell to the land!
The gale follow far abaft.
We shoot through the sparkling foam
Like an ocean bird set free -
Like the ocean bird our home
We’ll find far out on the sea.
The land is no longer in view,
The clouds have begun to frown;
But with a stout vessel and crew,
We’ll say, Let the storm come down!
And the song of our hearts shall be,
While the winds and waters rave,
A home on the rolling sea!
A life on the ocean wave!
Lt. W.P.S.
Bring this back, in two or three years, to C.F.S.
1903-4-17
The poem sent by Papa Charles.
An Old Favorite
Repos 6/8+4
1903-4-7
A Life on the Ocean Wave
By Epes Sargent
EPES SARGENT, poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of miscellaneous matter, was born at Gloucester, Mass., in 1813 and died in Boston Dec. 31, 1880. He was educated at Harvard, but left college to adopt literature as a profession. He edited papers in Boston and New York and engaged with success in almost every branch of literature. Among the best known of Sargent’s works are the song, “A Life on the Ocean Wave,” the dramas, “The Bride of Genoa” and “The Priestess,” the stories, “What to Be Done?” and “Fleetwood.” Shortly before his death he compiled a “Cyclopaedia of English and American Poetry.”
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep!
Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull, unchanging shore:
Oh! give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest’s roar!
Once more on the deck I stand
Of my own swift-gliding craft:
Set sail! farewell to the land!
The gale follow far abaft.
We shoot through the sparkling foam
Like an ocean bird set free -
Like the ocean bird our home
We’ll find far out on the sea.
The land is no longer in view,
The clouds have begun to frown;
But with a stout vessel and crew,
We’ll say, Let the storm come down!
And the song of our hearts shall be,
While the winds and waters rave,
A home on the rolling sea!
A life on the ocean wave!
Lt. W.P.S.
Bring this back, in two or three years, to C.F.S.
1903-4-17
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1.
Canton April 24, ‘93
It looks as though Mama Margaret was distracted when writing the date April 24, ‘93.
2.
Lemons are good for biliousness and you told us why mangos were a good thing
I googled on mangoes and constipation and got: “A pilot study from Texas A&M University revealed that consuming mangoes is more helpful in relieving constipation than taking an equivalent amount of fiber powder.”
By biliousness Mama Margaret probably means seasickness. Vomiting. Upchucking. All the words that Mama Margaret won't say. But she can talk about Fred's boil!
When Kathleen's brother Cecil crossed the Atlantic, he too bought lemons for the voyage.
1908-10-02 TO 19 LETTER FROM CECIL TO ANN, RUTH, AND KATHLEEN FARMER
3.
I enclose Dr. Eberle’s address.
The Eberles were friends from Canton. If I remember correctly, Dr. Eberle's health was affected by his time in the Philippines and he died a year or two after returning to the US. Besides the daughter Louise, there was a daughter Abastenia St. Leger Eberle - a.k.a. Steenie - whom Alma kept up with long after both the Stokeys and the Eberles had left Canton.
4.
Repos 6/8+4
1903-4-7
I don't know what the "6/8+4" means, but I figure this is from the Repository, the local newspaper that the Stokeys apparently preferred - see:
1889-07-24 ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
1897-07-27 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT FRED'S BIKE TRIP
1903-11-22 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
1916-01-06 OBITUARY FOR PAPA CHARLES
Canton April 24, ‘93
It looks as though Mama Margaret was distracted when writing the date April 24, ‘93.
2.
Lemons are good for biliousness and you told us why mangos were a good thing
I googled on mangoes and constipation and got: “A pilot study from Texas A&M University revealed that consuming mangoes is more helpful in relieving constipation than taking an equivalent amount of fiber powder.”
By biliousness Mama Margaret probably means seasickness. Vomiting. Upchucking. All the words that Mama Margaret won't say. But she can talk about Fred's boil!
When Kathleen's brother Cecil crossed the Atlantic, he too bought lemons for the voyage.
1908-10-02 TO 19 LETTER FROM CECIL TO ANN, RUTH, AND KATHLEEN FARMER
3.
I enclose Dr. Eberle’s address.
The Eberles were friends from Canton. If I remember correctly, Dr. Eberle's health was affected by his time in the Philippines and he died a year or two after returning to the US. Besides the daughter Louise, there was a daughter Abastenia St. Leger Eberle - a.k.a. Steenie - whom Alma kept up with long after both the Stokeys and the Eberles had left Canton.
4.
Repos 6/8+4
1903-4-7
I don't know what the "6/8+4" means, but I figure this is from the Repository, the local newspaper that the Stokeys apparently preferred - see:
1889-07-24 ARTICLE FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
1897-07-27 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT FRED'S BIKE TRIP
1903-11-22 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO WILL
1916-01-06 OBITUARY FOR PAPA CHARLES
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