I haven't seen anything of any tramps, and I'm not afraid of them–May 18, 1921
- Holly Hazard
- Mar 31, 2023
- 2 min read
Germany Ready to Pay $37,500,000 at Once On Account of the $250,000,000 Due May 31
PARIS, May 17.—The German Government has informed the Reparation Commission that it is prepared to pay immediately 150,000,000 gold marks ($37,500,000) on account of the billion which the commission on May 15 ordered Germany to pay within twenty-five days.
Final Figures Put Population Of the Nation at 105,710,620
Hotel Norwich
Waverly N.Y.
May 18, 1921
8 P.M.
My darling,
I left Owego at about eight o’clock and arrived here a little after nine. I don’t believe I would like to whale around in a car the year round. I get pretty tired. It is alright for a time of delightful weather such as we are having now. Hope some day you can have the ride from Owego to this town with me. It’s a delightful ride. Have three small orders today for $16.50 cents, $20 and $25. They all help, but they don't count up
very fast. Hope to get into Towanda tomorrow night and we'll be glad to get your good letter(s) I know you have written. In case I can't let you know for sure where I'll be for Sunday, I'll send you a night letter. Saturday night I rather think I will be in Elmira, but it may be Mansfield, PA. It all depends on how many knotholes I can find to tomorrow and Friday. We have so far 11 orders for about $340. That's more than we had last week or a week before. Floyd Burel and I were together last night at Newark Valley. Car is working fine and everything is OK, except I am lonesome for you. As long as you like traveling with me it's too bad you can't do it. I haven't seen anything of any tramps, and I'm not afraid of them. Haven't had time to write to the girls yet or look into that book.
Must to get to bed for I'm decidedly tired.
Hope you have sent [The Earlville] Standard to some address. If you haven't, send copy to Elmira Langwell hotel,
Your loving,
Jack
Editor's notes
This is the second letter in a row that John has mentioned “knotholes.” I don’t know what he means.
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John has excellent handwriting. However, in some instances, I cant decipher it. If I can't, I simply mark the spot with "xxx"s to signify thank the word isn't decipherable.
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