William Hampton letter to George Rehn - September 22, 1918
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[September 22, 1918] Hello George Received your most welcome letter & was pleased to hear frome you I am one of the friends who has given you up as lost. I am well & the family who the Harvey Heights School has not been enlarged but they put a couple of portable rooms in the neighborhood to handle the overflow but not on my acct Ha Ha you say you get plenty of eats in the employ of US and in the future if anyone tells me that U S dont feed his boys well I can safely say they are lieing because if any one with your ability
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[page 2] as a table finisher can be satisfied the rest need not fear starvation you speak of the dude that left a burning cigarette lay in his [ms illegible: 1 wd] puts me in the mind of what my nephew wrote me from Camp Pike they had a fire down there and one dude yelled out O Fireman save my carnival badge (More 1926 stuff) he said 2 ginks were up for fighting when he asked one of them his name he said they called him bad bill at home, the officer said you may have been bad bill
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[page 3] at home but you are sweet William in the Army the boys at the store are all right what are left of them you know George Mayer is in the service old Jim Boeringer has left us to go to the Wagoner Elect Victor has joined the Cavalry Andy has charge of City Deliver Mr [ms illegible: 1 wd] in a sanitarrum on acct of bad cold Langen back included for we are all in the draft now Geller Ward is expanding we now occupy the entire building
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[page 4] at 410 Adams Express having moved well I dont know much more accept that we are nearly all entirely temperance now the cast of high [ms illegible: 1 wd] having advanced so an inclosing Stever address written by miss Butter I nearly forgot to tell you Bailey said he is losing his perfect 36 waist from proper nourishment well so long until next time Yours Truly Wm Hamptn 5419 Ruskin Av
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| Title | William Hampton letter to George Rehn - September 22, 1918 |
| Creator | Hampton, William |
| Source | Hampton, William. Letter to George Rehn. 22 September 1918. George H. Rehn Collection. 1982.279. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | William Hampton sent this letter to George Rehn on September 22, 1918. Hampton discussed various news from home and noted the friends that were enlisting in the Army. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1982.279 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | September 22, 1918 |
| Language | English |