Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - January 5, 1919
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[January] 5 1919 Hello Frank, I suppose you think it about time I am wakeing up, We were paid shortly after I last wrote to you, and the business of peeling the Francs from my roll made my fingers so still I couldn
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his hard earned dollars on. Spread my face all over the Same cups these same millionares drank from, put my feet under the same table, and make faces at myself in the same mirror that many a poor struggling princess used, to cast a reflection of her beautiful form while the maid buckled up her cor-whoo back up, I mean powdered her face. Did you get my Christmas letter? I remember writeing it but I dont recollect mailing it. I am very sorry Frank, that I did not get you a German helmet, there are only 2 places that I know of where they could be found, In the rear area, away back, and in captured territory. They were very plentiful in the territory we took [September] 26 to [October] 2, but now comes the draw bac, when a fellow is ducking High Explosives and shrapnel and trying to out fun Gas at the same time
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beleive me he cant be bothered with any extra baggage. While the war was on, a fellow could buy them at a reasonable price if he got as far back as the S.O.S, how they got back there beats me, unless they took them from prisoners, but since the armistice has been signed you cant buy them for love or money, unless you run into a lad that has been with the advance party of the Army of Occupation. I had both my arms chuck full of small souvenirs when we were releived but somehow they all dissapeared we got a bunch of sticky fingerd dudes in the outfit, However I still have 2 pieces of German paper money left, and I
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| Title | Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - January 5, 1919 |
| Creator | Meier, Edward |
| Source | Meier, Edward. Letter to Frank. 05 January 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 described military life and why he was unable to get a German helmet. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 5, 1919 |
| Language | English |