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Real Winter Weather (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Dec 1 [2] – 1942 Dear Daddy – We are enjoying (?) real winter weather. After the snow there has been an icy wind. I took David out for a walk – I know he was warm...
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Band Mother’s Dinner (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND IND – 2-16-43 Dear Daddy – Another cold day – 5 above below this a.m. This can’t last many weeks more because Feb. is over half gone. I took Mark...
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No letters today (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND INDIANA 4-20-43 Dear Daddy – No letters today – but this is Mon evening and probably tomorrow some will come. Some come in 10 days – others 2...
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Raining Again (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind May 10 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Yours of Apr. 21 & 22 came today – I looked thru the letters and there are none missing. Wish you could get all of mine. Not that I...
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School’s Out! (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND INDIANA 5-14-43 Dear Daddy – No letters today but hardly expected any – having rec’d 3 yesterday. (Apr 28-29 & 30). Today the boys went to...
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Mother comes to stay (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland, Ind May 16, 1943. Dear Daddy, Sunday evening and just got the boys in. They were running around in circles – getting a sweat up and going a lot of damage to coupon 17...
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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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Wind & Lightening (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R.S.YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND INDIANA 6-22-43 Dear Daddy: Yours of June 10 came today – Five came yesterday – I’ll repeat again all three checks came. We had quite a storm last...
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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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Canning Swiss Chard (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind June 29 – 1943 Dear Daddy – It’s late afternoon and I have the last batch or rather two, of swiss chard on cooking. That makes 18 pts. Ruthie and I canned today....
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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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Hospital Trip (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind July 26 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Home with David from the hospital – He is doing fine. I asked Dr. Cole about the break this morning & then went up to X Ray &...
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David’s Accident (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Francisco, Calif. Aug. 9, 1943 Dear Mother, Your letters of 24, 25 & 26 came – The one you wrote while in the Hospital with D....
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Teeth Like Yours (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Aug 13 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Another hot Aug. day but a cooling breeze – The upstairs is very comfortable. Just went up to see Mother. She says she hasn’t any pain or...
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What You Were Afraid Of (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland, Ind. Aug. 15 – 1943 Dear Daddy, Dr. Cole came this morning and I asked him to write you – then after he left I happened to think I hadn’t told him to use air mail or...
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New Mess Boy (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Aug. 19, 1943 Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Dear Mother, I started writing the boys last night but Mark was as far as I got – Had too many...
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A Real Old Fashion Dose (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Sept. 3 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Yours of Aug. 18 – 20 & 21 came today – The one of the 18th was the best – you were complimenting me all thru it and of course I...
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