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Conger Reynolds correspondence, January 1918
1918-01-18 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 1
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Cottey -- Jan. 19th, 1918. My dearest Hubby,-- I suppose this morning -- or today sometime -- you are leaving the good old U.S.A. I wish I might be there to give you a parting kiss, and tell you again how proud of you I am but I am thinking it every minute and we'll call it an "absent treatment." Last night I thought of you nearly all night and went over in my mind every wonderful minute with you. I tried to imagine what you were doing and finally decided that your good friends there would be with you to the last minute and that was comforting. Yesterday a letter came from Ernest, mailed at Davenport. He told me of the account of our marriage given in the Register & Leader, and said he
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Cottey -- Jan. 19th, 1918. My dearest Hubby,-- I suppose this morning -- or today sometime -- you are leaving the good old U.S.A. I wish I might be there to give you a parting kiss, and tell you again how proud of you I am but I am thinking it every minute and we'll call it an "absent treatment." Last night I thought of you nearly all night and went over in my mind every wonderful minute with you. I tried to imagine what you were doing and finally decided that your good friends there would be with you to the last minute and that was comforting. Yesterday a letter came from Ernest, mailed at Davenport. He told me of the account of our marriage given in the Register & Leader, and said he
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