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WILL AND KATHLEEN: LETTERS IN 1919
WILL AND KATHLEEN: LETTERS IN 1919
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What did the Reds do, Daddy?
Did you write to Grandmother?
510, Bolton Street East,
Savannah, Ga.
Monday.
My darling Will,
I expect you have been looking for a letter every day. I should have written, but I have been lazy. I think I shall come back fat for I have a big appetite and am quite lazy. I hope you have a comfortable place to stay. Hope they took you in at the Glencoe. I wondered whether you went to church yesterday. I hope you did + took Mr. + Mrs. Ottermann. Mother took Billy + Margaret to Sunday school + they enjoyed it +and were very good. Kathleen is getting so fat + is so sweet and good. I talk to her about Daddy everyday, so she will not forget you.
Margaret’s books came today + she likes them. Today she did some reading + tomorrow is to read + write. The children are all very well. Mother + Father enjoy having them here.
I hope to have a letter from you tomorrow. I have not heard from you yet and I am quite lonesome for a letter from you. I wonder if you have arranged anything with Mrs. Hodges. I remembered that the sink drainboard was in very bad condition and we ought to ask for a new one. I do hope that she does not expect us to take the house until the repairs have been made. Please write soon and tell me all about it.
We were glad when the journey was over. It was so very dirty. The train was crowded + everyone was remarking about the dirt. It was a wonderful trip. Ruth gave up her lower berth to a sick man + slept upstairs with Margaret. We arrived at Jesup on time and only had about an hour to wait. Found Father at the station to meet us. Billy made friends at once. I think his legs are straighter than they were. I hope your errors are better. Please write as often as you can. I don’t like to think of you all alone but maybe you are having a gay time! I hope you delivered that baking pan to the Ottermanns.
Billy asks about you. Yesterday he had dinner with the family and he wanted more + then still more potatoes + gravy. I said no, but after awhile he should have some tapioca. He sat awhile + then said “I thought Billy was going to have some tapioca.”
Mother + Father + I went to Moving Pictures one night. There is a Pressler Cafeteria here, also in Macon + Atlanta. We asked if they were same in Cincinnati + the man said Mr. + Mrs. Pressler were divorced + Mr. Pressler managed the ones in the South + Mrs. Pressler had the two in Cincinnati.
I must get Kathleen’s bottle for her + go to bed. I don’t enjoy going to bed without my boy + the little white bed does not seem so comfortable as before.
Much, much love to you -
Kathleen
Did you write to Grandmother?
510, Bolton Street East,
Savannah, Ga.
Monday.
My darling Will,
I expect you have been looking for a letter every day. I should have written, but I have been lazy. I think I shall come back fat for I have a big appetite and am quite lazy. I hope you have a comfortable place to stay. Hope they took you in at the Glencoe. I wondered whether you went to church yesterday. I hope you did + took Mr. + Mrs. Ottermann. Mother took Billy + Margaret to Sunday school + they enjoyed it +and were very good. Kathleen is getting so fat + is so sweet and good. I talk to her about Daddy everyday, so she will not forget you.
Margaret’s books came today + she likes them. Today she did some reading + tomorrow is to read + write. The children are all very well. Mother + Father enjoy having them here.
I hope to have a letter from you tomorrow. I have not heard from you yet and I am quite lonesome for a letter from you. I wonder if you have arranged anything with Mrs. Hodges. I remembered that the sink drainboard was in very bad condition and we ought to ask for a new one. I do hope that she does not expect us to take the house until the repairs have been made. Please write soon and tell me all about it.
We were glad when the journey was over. It was so very dirty. The train was crowded + everyone was remarking about the dirt. It was a wonderful trip. Ruth gave up her lower berth to a sick man + slept upstairs with Margaret. We arrived at Jesup on time and only had about an hour to wait. Found Father at the station to meet us. Billy made friends at once. I think his legs are straighter than they were. I hope your errors are better. Please write as often as you can. I don’t like to think of you all alone but maybe you are having a gay time! I hope you delivered that baking pan to the Ottermanns.
Billy asks about you. Yesterday he had dinner with the family and he wanted more + then still more potatoes + gravy. I said no, but after awhile he should have some tapioca. He sat awhile + then said “I thought Billy was going to have some tapioca.”
Mother + Father + I went to Moving Pictures one night. There is a Pressler Cafeteria here, also in Macon + Atlanta. We asked if they were same in Cincinnati + the man said Mr. + Mrs. Pressler were divorced + Mr. Pressler managed the ones in the South + Mrs. Pressler had the two in Cincinnati.
I must get Kathleen’s bottle for her + go to bed. I don’t enjoy going to bed without my boy + the little white bed does not seem so comfortable as before.
Much, much love to you -
Kathleen
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1.
What did the Reds do, Daddy?
The Cincinnati Reds baseball team, in the World Series.
2.
Did you write to Grandmother?
Grandmother would be Mama Margaret.
3
510, Bolton Street East,
Savannah, Ga.
Monday.
No date, but the postmark is September 23, and that was a Tuesday.
4.
I hope your errors are better.
Christian Science talk.
5.
There is a Pressler Cafeteria here, also in Macon + Atlanta. We asked if they were same in Cincinnati + the man said Mr. + Mrs. Pressler were divorced + Mr. Pressler managed the ones in the South + Mrs. Pressler had the two in Cincinnati.
I couldn’t find anything about Pressler Cafeteria other than a matchbook cover on Ebay.
What did the Reds do, Daddy?
The Cincinnati Reds baseball team, in the World Series.
2.
Did you write to Grandmother?
Grandmother would be Mama Margaret.
3
510, Bolton Street East,
Savannah, Ga.
Monday.
No date, but the postmark is September 23, and that was a Tuesday.
4.
I hope your errors are better.
Christian Science talk.
5.
There is a Pressler Cafeteria here, also in Macon + Atlanta. We asked if they were same in Cincinnati + the man said Mr. + Mrs. Pressler were divorced + Mr. Pressler managed the ones in the South + Mrs. Pressler had the two in Cincinnati.
I couldn’t find anything about Pressler Cafeteria other than a matchbook cover on Ebay.
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