Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - February 25, 1919
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A.P.O. 743 Date [February] 25 -[1919] Hello Frank, I Received your letter of [January] 28th, and was sure glad to hear that you had received the money, I was rather leery as to whether it would get through. Yes its very nice to be rich Frank, but it sure is hell when you woke up on the 8th day a pauper again. You have my permission Frank, if that is all that prevents you from calling me a hound too good for me. In answer to your letter of [January] 31st, we are comeing home all right, but I don
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[page 2] I would never get used to being away from home, but now I am somewhat afraid that I am going to have a hard time getting used to being at home, the 6 months I spent over here while fritz was still throwing over iron rations seemed like 10 years, but since the armistice has been signed the time has slipped by so fast it is hard to believe that almost 4 months have elapsed since it was signed. Look out, old sox, you may have oodles and Gobs of questions to shoot at me but I
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[page 3] each day and I am through. there are 3 other operators a lineman, a corporal lineman, and a sergeant in charge besides myself, we line in a stone building about 75 feet long by 40 wide and we sure have a helluvatime, one of the boys has 3 girls all expecting to marry him when he gets back, and he doesn
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| Title | Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - February 25, 1919 |
| Creator | Meier, Edward |
| Source | Ed. Letter to Frank. 25 February 1919. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Private Edward W. Meier of St. Louis, Missouri, served with the 138th Infantry during World War One. Meier wrote his cousin-in-law Frank Baebler, also of Saint Louis, several humorous letters during the War. In this letter, Meier explained that he hoped to come home soon. He also mentioned that he was now working as a lineman or a Hello Girl. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; Hello Girl |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | February 25, 1919 |
| Language | English |