Dr. Everett Powers letter to Marian Powers - Nov. 12, 1918
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[Y.M.C.A. letterhead] 11.00 A.M. [November] 12 – 1918 MyDarling Marian : - Just found this sheet of paper and will begin a letter to you. Wonder if you had a Celebration last night in Carthage? They had some Crowd in [Des Moines] from all reports, am going to send you several Clippings from the Morning paper. Some of them you may see. So far we have not had many to Examine this morning, am wondering what or how much we will have to do for the next week or two. After that think most likely we will muster out a lot of the no accounts and possibly some others. If I had Known they were going to quit fightin so soon would not have ordered
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My Extra suit, but almost had to have it as this one needs Cleaning badly and Ihave nothing to wear while it is being done. They will not return it same day. Guess I will have a suit to wear to “Old Soldier’s Reunions”. We have a goodly amount of fun laughing about this and our Claims to pensions. One thing, when Imade My application it did not look like the fighting would be over this soon. Even the most optimistic did not think it would end so soon. Am glad Jno. and the other nephews got over while the war was on. They will in all likelihood be there for sometime. Jno. is in a 1600 bed hospital near Langres, France, this is Southwest of Verdun. James Everett is in a
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Medical Corps, and Ray is in the quartermaster Dept. We are ordered to attend a meeting at the Base Hospital tonight at 7.30 Understand it is for the purpose of seeing who will volunteer for service abroad. Shall I do so? If it is necessary Iam willing to go, but not on a Captains pay. They failed to give me the Service I was entitled to when I entered the service now if Iam wanted for this Service Iam going to have something with more pay in it. This is another windy, dusty, disagreeable day outside. Got my letter this morning which delighted me, also got the Presses. It does [written upside down in top margin] do. Presume that we will just have to wait andsee. Just lots of love. Devotedly. Everett
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not take long to read all of the local News in them. Some Class to that Ad – you Marked. You seem to have a wrong impression about My Eating Cakes. It is not that Ido not like them or have no appetite for them, but Ican only Eat a limited amount of such things. It isn’t because Ido not like Candy that Ido not Eat it, but prefer to let it alone to being sick. Isimply Can not eat Much sweet stuff. am Certainly glad you two Can Eat them since you like them so well at times it takes Considerable will power to let them alone but Isure pay for it when IEat Candy. Unless they Either bring More Men in here or Muster some out, Ido not see what they are going to have for us to
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| Title | Dr. Everett Powers letter to Marian Powers - Nov. 12, 1918 |
| Creator | Powers, Everett |
| Source | Powers, Everett. Letter to Marian Powers. 12 Nov. 1918. Dr. Everett Powers Collection. AR Box 1918. Powers Museum, Carthage, Missouri. |
| Description | Dr. Everett Powers wrote to his wife, Marian Powers, from Camp Dodge, Iowa on November 12, 1918. Dr. Powers served in the Medical Corps as a physician at Camp Dodge. In this letter, he discussed the armistice, celebrations in Des Moines, and other topics. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States; Camp Dodge (Iowa); Armistice Day; World War, 1914-1918--Armistices |
| Subject Local | Medical Corps; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | AR Box 1918 |
| Contributing Institution | Powers Museum |
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| Date Original | November 12, 1918 |
| Language | English |