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A letter to Leroy E McGregor September 27, 1912
West Mahoning St. Punxsutawney, Pa.
Mr Leroy E McGregor
Fort Snelling. St Paul minn
Co. F 28 Inf
Letter:
West Mahoning St. Punxsutawney, Pa.
Dear Leroy E
I received your
lettercard today and many thanks for it I took likeing to the girl - It was on the postal card. ha haHello kid and how are you by this time there was a fair in old Punxsutawney the 10-14 of this mo you mist it all I have a fine time this last two weeks I was a washington visitnng my Aunt and had a fine time
I expect to go soon to stay.
Leroy your father went back to new york state have you heard from him. I would like to now his address he wanted me to go a long but mother wount leave me.
Leroy I will explain all why I didnt write to you for so long Leroy I wont tell you who told me all of this but their a couple person told me it.
Leroy this party told me you was goying with a cook in the hotel and you said you didnt give a dam where I was and that you was goying to bring her hom and they told me you was goying to get married to her and so if that is the case what is the youse of writing to me if a ???????? would ????? at a give why what is the youse writing to him I believe it becuase every time I see this party they ask me if you are still writing to me Leroy if you are married I want you to tell me Leroy I love you just the same as always did but your Father is out there and maybe I will never see you again so if you dont come back to Punxsutawney when your time is over what is the youse of winning
Leroy I want you to sure to tell me what you was goying to tell me mind Leroy If you arnt comming back to Punxy to see me why dont write I will never live in this place now Leroy dont let this make you mad I am goying to send you the picture of a fella in Cleveland Ohio or to Pittsburg who wants to marry me and mother said I could do what I want to he is a ????? fellow so if you dont like my look all right I have never saw this fellow only wrote to him now if you think more of that girl that you do of me why get her and go Leroy be sure and tell me what you were goying to mind I am not mad only telling you I didnt write to that fellow
youtill I I have what you said about me you didnt give a dam just think that mind I am a sweet girlie and can get lots of fellow I would just love to go to go away from here to live there is a fellow writing to me from Pittsburg I would wrote to these fellow if ou had ????? that about me good ????heve lots more to tell you
Leroy this is poor writing and I cant help it it I am cross and cant write if you can read it very all right
Viola Paintere
Notes:
- This is a kind of Dear John letter. Except that she is giving the guy an out. She is telling Leroy that if he is willing to come back to her she won’t run off with a guy in Pittsburg who she has been writing to. I wish I had the continuation of this conversation, I would love to know what happened between these two, and to find out who they ended up marrying.
- Also, notice that when she writes the words going and use, she uses the words “goying” and “youse”. Is this teh education system? Is this just her phonetically trying to spell the words? Or is it just that she is very ‘cross and cant write if you can
read it very all right” - Are the smudges on the letter her tears hitting the ink, or is it just that she rubbed her hand in the ink before it was dry?
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Found with letter from Leon G. Baxter to Levi McGregor
Article:
City News
TWENTY-EIGHTH ALL BACK NOW
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Second Section, Bringing Colonel Plummer and Six Companies, Arrived This Morning.
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MEN CLEAN OUT BARRACKS
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Third and Last Section, Containing Baggage and Field Equipment, Due Tonight.
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The second section of the Twenty-eighth infantry arrived at Fort Snelling from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, at 3 A.M. today. The first section arrived late yesterday afternoon. The third section, which consists of mostly of the heavy baggage, wagons, mules and other field equipment, will arrive about 7 P.M. today.
There were over 400 officers and men, including Colonel E. H. Plummer, the regimental band and Companies A, B, E, F, G and H, in the second section. The train was backed into the reservation on the St. Paul line spur and the men detrained at the fort.
Arrangements for the home-coming of the troops included the purchase of additional supplies by the commissary department.
Besides Colonel Plummer the officers who arrived this morning are, Major J. R. Lindsay, Captians Jerry Lynch, F. E. Bamford, J. M. Little and William S. Faulkner, Lieutenants E. H. Lowe, E. C Bankhead, Jerry Baxter, C M. Eastman, Thomas Heron, E. S. Hayes and C. C. Stokely and Dr. Maynard.
Immediately after their arrival the men began to clean up their quarters. Old clothes, left in the barracks when the troops were hurried off to the South last spring, were burned, and the quarters were given a thorough overhauling.
from Leroy (written in the margin)
Bond Paper:
Pay Department, U.S. Army,
POST PAYMASTER’S OFFICE,
Washington, D.C.
Notify this Office of any change in address, giving the name and regiment of soldier who makes the allotment.
Form 18:
ORIGINAL
Form 18.
Fort Snelling Minn, February 1, 1912
The undersigned hereby allots to Mr. Levi J. McGregor at 603 Main St. Punxsutawney, Pa, $15.00 per month, commencing with month of February, 1912, said amount to be deducted from his pay for Thirty (30) months.
Leon G. Baxter
(sgt) L. D ??assar
Capt 28th Inf. Comndg Co 7
To be forwarded to Paymaster General.
(left side)
Co. F, 28th Regt. Infty
Leon G. Baxter
September 28th 1911
Memorandum:
PAY DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY
POST PAY MASTER’S OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Memorandum for
Levi J McGregor,
Punxsutawney, Pa
This is to advise you that an allotment of $15.00 per month for 30- months commencing with the month of FEB 1912 19__, has been made to you by Leon G. Baxter, F 28th Inf
The first instalment of this allotment {was/will be} due on APR 1 1912 ist, 19__, as the law governing the payment of allotments requires that thirty days shall elapse between the end of the month for which the allotment is made and date on which same is paid.
The inclosed identification card must be signed and witnessed exactly as stated in the printed instructions thereon, and returned to this office before payment is made. The inclosed envelope, which requires no postage, may be used for its return.
This office should be promptly advised of any change of address.
All communications in relation to allotmentes should give the name and regiment of the soldier who makes the allotment, and be addressed to Post Paymaster, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
Keep RETAIN THIS LETTER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE