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Conger Reynolds correspondence, February 1918

1918-02-28 Emily Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 3

who have to move and there are a lot of them. We will lose two of our neighbors Palmer west and Johnson south. Spatz sold that property. Earl Leighty goes to the Palmer place and a man by the name of Williams where Johnson is. Strangers to us. Johnson has, so far escaped being called in the draft. Doesn't seem a bit anxious to go unless he can get a way up place. 
I wish we could hand you some of our nice fresh eggs and milk, we have had just lots of cream and milk but is getting rather short now. We only sell six and a half qts a day. We have about thirty hens and so we hope to have lots of eggs and raise lots of chickens. We are obeying the government order and not killing the pullets or hens. We are trying to do whatever we are asked to do and do it cheerfully to help end this awful war. I often look our on the peaceful scenes as you do there and think can it be possible that such a terrible war is going on and so many terrible things happening. And after all how little we really know so little in the newspapers that we can depend on. In yesterdays Tribune was an account of the death after three days illness of pneumonia of Mrs. A. B. Cummins. They had only just recently perhaps a year ago either built or purchased a fine new home in Washington. Getting old and worn out and so it goes. This town goes on just the same. Lots of work going on for the Red Cross. Too much cannot be done. Deep down in my heart I echos your God Bless the Red Cross nursed. What a wonderful work they are doing. It just makes my heart swell with

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who have to move and there are a lot of them. We will lose two of our neighbors Palmer west and Johnson south. Spatz sold that property. Earl Leighty goes to the Palmer place and a man by the name of Williams where Johnson is. Strangers to us. Johnson has, so far escaped being called in the draft. Doesn't seem a bit anxious to go unless he can get a way up place. I wish we could hand you some of our nice fresh eggs and milk, we have had just lots of cream and milk but is getting rather short now. We only sell six and a half qts a day. We have about thirty hens and so we hope to have lots of eggs and raise lots of chickens. We are obeying the government order and not killing the pullets or hens. We are trying to do whatever we are asked to do and do it cheerfully to help end this awful war. I often look our on the peaceful scenes as you do there and think can it be possible that such a terrible war is going on and so many terrible things happening. And after all how little we really know so little in the newspapers that we can depend on. In yesterdays Tribune was an account of the death after three days illness of pneumonia of Mrs. A. B. Cummins. They had only just recently perhaps a year ago either built or purchased a fine new home in Washington. Getting old and worn out and so it goes. This town goes on just the same. Lots of work going on for the Red Cross. Too much cannot be done. Deep down in my heart I echos your God Bless the Red Cross nursed. What a wonderful work they are doing. It just makes my heart swell with