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Aug 17, 1933-from James to Martha
My Dear Martha and children, Well Daddy had lots of fun yesterday. We were all marked off so Foster, Jack and I went fishing up the river. We stayed out till almost eleven o’clock the night before catching night crawlers. They are overgrown angleworms that come out of the ground at night and you use…
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Aug 17, 1933-from Martha to James
Dear James, I’ll have to write again and let you know we got the package. Everything was fine and thanks a lot. The children have found a number of things they’d like to make but we’ll have to get nails and glue. We had a nice rain yesterday afternoon. We covered the car with the…
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Aug 18, 1933-from James to Martha
Dear Martha, Ruth and John, I just got another nice letter so will answer right away. I am always glad to get them. I am well but I did not tell you that I sun-burned a strip about 8 inches wide around each leg the other day when I was fishing. They were pretty sore…
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Aug 19, 1933-from James to Ruth
My Dear Little Ruth I have received several nice letters from you so I guess I had better get busy and answer them. Now I guess I will tell you what I am going to have for dinner and see if you don’t think it sounds good – boiled potatoes, beef steak, bread and butter,…
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Aug 19, 1933-from Martha to James
Dear James, We were glad to get your letter and hear about your fishing trip. I wish we could have helped you eat them. I believe we’ll have a try at it before school starts. We’ve had some excitement here too. Mitzi got run over yesterday morning, on the way home with the milk. She…