Dear Daddy,
How are you I am fine I would like you to send me some small tacks and some more small nails Mitzi is getting along fine now I need the little nails because I am making a small moving picture machine Good by love from John
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Aug 10, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you I am fine I am sorry I Didn’t write sooner the potatoes are starting to dry up now and we got one pint of cucumber pickles say dad we have a lot of fun pushing each other around in the wagon a few days ago I was out on the limb of a tree and a squirrel came out on the same limb but I guess I moved and scared him then he started to scold me and it sounded as if it were saying that that limb didn’t belong to me well good by love from John
Jul 26, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you we are fine The corn is not ready to eat yet but in a few days it will be We got home all right the beans aren’t dried up either. the watermelons are this (insert drawing) big. the pumpkins are this (insert drawing) big, the squash is (insert drawing) this big, the millet is almost up to my knee, the sudan grass is up to my shoulder.
Well I want to catch the kittens so good by love from John
May 30, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you feeling today? I am feeling swell today. it rained all last night and started to rain again this morning. say Dad do you know how me and Mitzi play? I pretend I am a buffalo and butt him just enough to make him roll over. say Dad whenever anybody lays down on the ground Mitzi comes and crawls all over them. my timothey is just up and my clover is an inch high. some of the grain in the big field is almost a foot long. the corn is coming fine some of it is two inches high. gee I wish you were here. well I can’t think of any more so .- goodby love from John.
May 29, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you I am fine say do you know the cat got kittens just yesterday afternoon one kitten is black with a orang stripe on it’s forehead and a white spot around his left eye that one is mine and another one is black with a orang spot on it’s forehead and a few white hairs on the very tip of it’s tail. boy but I like white beaver and seizer of eagles well good by love from John
Apr 28, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
Are you good. Thought I’d just drop you a few lines. I’v just got an order for you. in your next package I’d like you to send me 5 gopher traps well I’m in a hurry so good by love from John
Mar 14, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you. I am fine thank you a whole lot for that flashlight. I’ve been using it a lot. I have a $1 and 25 cents and maybe I can get a setting of eggs and a lamb to and have Mother give me a hen to set on them. For my birthday mother made a angelfood cake well goodby love from John
Mar 6, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy
How are you I am fine. thank you 4,000,000 times for the candy. Each day I get enough kindling for the day, and get a load of heater wood and a load of kitchen wood there was a big fog this morning. boy but I liked white fang. Mother is making me some mittens and has one done. well good by love from John
Feb 20, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy,
How are you I am fine. I’m sorry I didn’t write for so long. Say did I tell you I planted some lima beans? they have all sprouted. yesterday it snowed so hard that ten minutes after I swept of the steps the snow was that deep (1/4 in.) on them I dug some trenches in the snow and pretended there was a war and I made little holes in the snow and made some snow-balls and put in them. well I can’t think of any more so good-by love from John L
Feb 12, 1933-from John to James
Dear Daddy how are you I am fine. Say Dad the wedge came out of the hammer. I’m sorry but the cocoanut was’nt any good. we have a different plan about the Buckwheat flour we have some gravy left over from yesterday and we’r going to mix the gravy and buckwheat and cocoanut well I can’t think of any more so good by love from John
say Dad I found my knife.