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Croquet (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind May 30 – 1943 Dear Daddy – This is a lazy Sunday. It was warm & humid this morning and about 1 o’clock the rain started. The first since last Tues. The farmers...
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You Look Thin (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind May 31 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Yours of May 18 & 19 came this a.m. As yet the 100⁰⁰ check hasn’t come, but sometimes a letter or two is slow in coming and I’ll look...
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Tonsillectomy (Gladys)
Letter transcription: St. Elizabeth Hospital June 3, 1943 Dear Daddy – Well here we are – Mark is sleeping – went thru his tonsillectomy in fine shape. Has thrown up some but has been very good – There...
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Photographs (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind June 12 – 1943 Dear Daddy – No mail today but had four letters this week. The travel check came but as yet the $100⁰⁰ hasn’t. It is cloudy, windy, sunny, sultry...
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Neighborhood News (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind June 26 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Another hot sultry day. It looks like rain and once in a while there is a breeze but days like this makes Mother awfully weak. I stopped...
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One Thousand is a Really Big Number (Gladys)
In case you are wondering, the title of today’s blog has nothing to do with Gladys, or anything she said. Today, this blog hits a big landmark – 1,000 blog posts. I am still about two months shy of my...
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Letter transcription: 118 Juniper Court W. Lafayette, Ind. 47906 May 19, 1970 Dear David, Bonnie and Debby, Hope this finds the mumps patient fully recovered. Sorry I did not see to it that you had...
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Letter transcription: 118 Juniper Court W. Lafayette, Ind. 47906 June 3, 1970 Dear Bonnie, David and Debby, I am enclosing a check for your wedding anniversary. Sorry to be so late with it, but I was...
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