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Conger Reynolds correspondence, November 1918

1918-11-13 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 8

again.  If every place is celebrating like this one there is a big time on.  The whistles have never left off blowing for an instant.  When the noise does stop, unless it does so very gradually, we'll all have shell-shock or worse.
Just now the first pretty truck I've seen all day passed, but it has a string of tin ware at least eight feet long hanging after it. 
Coe is out in all it's glory, and I never saw so many be-uniformed students all at one time, before.  Even the H.S. Cadets are dolled up, and I just saw five of them marching down the street in the shade of Old Glory. Two of them were beating cans which very much displeased a third.  He kept shouting, "Left, Left, Left, Oh Gees, kids, throw away them play things!  Left, Left! Aw rats, can't ya march and quit raisin' thunder?"  It's affecting various people various

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again. If every place is celebrating like this one there is a big time on. The whistles have never left off blowing for an instant. When the noise does stop, unless it does so very gradually, we'll all have shell-shock or worse. Just now the first pretty truck I've seen all day passed, but it has a string of tin ware at least eight feet long hanging after it. Coe is out in all it's glory, and I never saw so many be-uniformed students all at one time, before. Even the H.S. Cadets are dolled up, and I just saw five of them marching down the street in the shade of Old Glory. Two of them were beating cans which very much displeased a third. He kept shouting, "Left, Left, Left, Oh Gees, kids, throw away them play things! Left, Left! Aw rats, can't ya march and quit raisin' thunder?" It's affecting various people various