Somewhere in Bloomfield
September 30, 1918
Dear Uncle,
I received your card and sure was glad to hear from you. I couldn't read what was on the other side. Write and explain.
Well I was at the Morrow County Fair. I went with Mr. Van Sickles He paid my way in. I stayed all night at their house Wednesday night and went o the fair Thursday and stayed there Thursday night and came home Friday morning. I seen Ross Turner and John Gulauf and several others. There were a lot of gypsies or fortune tellers on the grounds. There were two young girls that called some boys up at their tent. They called the boys "sweet lips". Now if you had a been there, they would have called you "sweet lips". There was a girl and woman run over with a buggy and horse. They were taken away in an ambulance. We heard afterward that they died. I seen them after it was done.
Miss Sprague has given up her room because there were so many new ones from Bloomfield and didn't give her enough pay. Mr. Langstaff, the grammar room teacher, went home to Richwood Wednesday night and brought home a young girl which is the girl he goes with. Her name is miss Skouts, She is very pretty. He waits for her after school and carries her books and goes to Mason's where they board.
Well this is the last day of September. Grandma was here Saturday. We had Hall's Ouija board. We asked it where you were. It said France. Then we asked it where at in France. It said Revelley. I was up at Hall's Sunday afternoon. They had company from Akron. Orie & Ennice went down to Hubble's. The men teased me about Orie all the time. So when he came home they took Orie's and my picture. He is going to send one to Orie and me.
We have a dandy organ now. When you come home you will have to play for us. Well we have some new preacher. He is an old man and had four grown up children. Mamma and Ennice are shelling beans. Mary is washing dishes. I will have to wipe them. Mabel Rathburn is married. She was married Thursday at Mt. Gilead. Charley Gardner is at Camp Sherman. Floyd is playing with some roadted sweet corn.
Pearl Harrod told me that there were lots of girls working in a factory. One of the girls said her finger hurt so she spoke of it every little bit. The rest thought maybe it was catching so they reported it to the head man. He told her to come to him for him to examine her finger. She didn't want to go, but he made her and there was a large needle in the side of her finger which she punctured every gas mask and spoilt them. I don't know how true this was.
Well, I will have to close to get my lessons. Write soon.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Good bye
Many more times I can't even express in words. Coreta
Sans peur et sans merci
Familier mons pays!
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