Letter from Edward Meir to Frank - April 23, 1918
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Camp Mills [New York] April 23- [1918] Hello Frank, Don
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we turned our steel Helmets upside down and had a boat race, we had a Helluvatime. We have 2 fellows in the company that haven
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The other night I was in New York with a corporal, and we were riding the upper deck of a double decked bus, on 5th Ave. where all the swells live, I never saw so much motor traffic on any one street in all my life. We were getting along fairly well until the corporal spied 2 fellows from our company, he jump up to his feet waved his arms like an Indian and yelled at the top of his voice trying to attract the attention of these other 2 fellows. I suppose the people thought we were connected with some
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circus, he was going at his best when the chauffer turned around and said
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aren
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thing to that girl. Ed.
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| Title | Letter from Edward Meir to Frank - April 23, 1918 |
| Creator | Meier, Edward |
| Source | Meier, Edward. Letter to Frank. 23 April 1918. 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 informed Frank that he had arrived at Camp Mills, New York and that his unit expected to ship out soon. |
| Subject LCSH | Camp Albert L. Mills (N.Y.); Soldiers--Recreation |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | April 23, 1918 |
| Language | English |