Alvin G. Florian letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - November 2, 1918
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Camp [MacArthur] Texas [November] 2nd 1918 Prof. [Henry Milton] Whelpley c/o Meyer [Brothers] Druggist Broadway & Clark St. Louis, [Missouri] Dear Prof. Whelpley, Received your letter of the 23rd ult. and was very glad to hear from you. I am well and getting along fine. About last February I remitted to the [Missouri Pharmacy Association] 2.00 (I think it was 2.00) for membership, through you, probably you remember. Immediately after I graduated last May the [American Pharmacy Association] sent me a receipt for one year’s membership, but I did not pay them anything, I thought
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[page 2] the [St. Louis College of Pharmacy] ordered the [American Pharmacy Association] to send me that receipt. Then when I received the prize on the state board examination I was awarded one year’s membership in the [Missouri Pharmacy Association]. Will you please advise me how I stand in this matter. I am very glad to hear that all is running along nicely at the [St. Louis College of Pharmacy] and I assure you that I will always work for the interest of my Alma Mater. Harry Sanders and Louis O. Kloeckner are both here with me at this Infirmary, Sanders being Property Sergeant
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[page 3] and Kloeckner being associated with my self in the Dispensary I am very much pleased to hear that you are all working hard for the passage of the Edmond’s Bill and we will hope that it will soon be a law. Trusting that all is well over there in “the City surrounded by the United States.” Yours very truly, Private Alvin G. Florian Infirmary No 3 I.R.C. Sec. A Camp [MacArthur], Texas
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| Title | Alvin G. Florian letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley - November 2, 1918 |
| Creator | Florian, Alvin G. |
| Source | Florian, Alvin G. Letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. 02 November 1918. Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley Collection, 1826-1929. A1737. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Alvin G. Florian sent this letter to Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley. Dr. Whelpley was the dean of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and editor of the Meyer Brothers Druggist magazine. Florian wrote about his American Pharmacists Association membership and the Edmonds Bill. This letter was written on Y.M.C.A. letterhead. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; Camp MacArthur (Tex.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Edmonds Bill |
| Site Accession Number | A1737 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | November 2, 1918 |
| Language | English |