Cora letter to Mother and Father - March 25, 1919
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March 25, 1919 Dear Mother and Dad, I was looking for a letter from you this A.M. but just now found I had not sent off the one I wrote to you last week. I had a letter from Lelia this morning and she inclosed two clippings from papers about John. one from the St. Louis Globe accompanied by his photo. I am always over-joyed to get clippings like that even if they are duplicated by telling the same story. The picture in the globe looked like him and some way, away from predijuice, I thot I saw earnestness, honesty, and plenty of quiet will power in it. and you know as I looked at it I thot of such humble brining up not a great deal of happiness and oceans of hard work and, too handicapped by nature and at last thru it all, having won the medal for the superlative of bravery. and I wonder if we all haven't done pretty well, looking back over the family annals. and some where back in past generations if there was not some one who left a spark still burning. I haven't much news, I guess only that I'm feeling fine. My tiredness is slowly but surely disappearing and I am getting quite myself again. I am still stiff but not so much so and I'm wondering if I entirely recover. My hair is coming in as thick as can be and remarkable fast. Miss Culbertson had her's cut off and is just starting good. mine is almost long enough to
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do up. I haven't answered the R.R. co's letter yet. Suppose tho I'd better settle up. I'll turn the 100 over to the bank and buy the clothes I need to replace them from my salary. I'm going to try to send Ann $25 this month I know she needs it badly. I'm almost destitute for any thing to wear. I'm still wearing my old grey dress that I wore when I was at home. I have me a new hat and that is all. It is raining here today and very dark and gloomy. Things are getting green here but has not taken on real spring yet and I don't know whether it ever will or not. I think a mining town looks dull tho spring or autumn. I saw a poor guy eating dinner yesterday who had just recovered from Typhoid. He surely was very characteristic He ate ravenously, but turned down kraut. and his step was slow and unbalanced. I've been invited but for Sunday dinner here of late, was at the leading Jeweler's home last Sunday. Well, I'll close write when you have time. Cora
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| Title | Cora letter to Mother and Father - March 25, 1919 |
| Creator | Cora |
| Source | Cora. Letter to Mother and Father. 25 March 1919. John Lewis Barkley Collection, 1917-1919. 1996.33. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | In a letter dated March 25, 1919, Cora wrote her mother concerning news paper clippings she came across about John. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 4th; United States. Army. Division, 3rd |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1996.33 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | March 25, 1919 |
| Language | English |