Volume 11 , Issue 18

Insight Into Grandma

John C. McClure continues his letters to Miss Constance Warwick in Alva, O. T. (Oklahoma Territory) while John is attending Gem City Business College in Quincy, Illinois.

As the other letters have been, this letter is postmarked, June 20, 1904, Quincy, Ill, with the notation on the letter: "Sun. Eve., Miss Constance Warwick, Alva, OKlahoma."

"Dear Friend, I received your letter a few days ago, which was pleased to receive.

It has been awful hot today. It rained hard last night. I went to church twice today, and slept all afternoon. It is getting nearly too hot to go to school. I will be the happiest kid on earth if I ever get through here.

The Literary Society had a banquet last Wednesday evening. Different members of the faculty responded to toasts. Friday afternoon there was a spelling contest between the boys and girls of the Short hand department. The boys won. I misspelled the word beach meaning a tree.

I guess Nellie and her husband are in St. Louis now. They are going up home for a visit. I think they will come by the way of Quincy. I am praying that they will, for I am dying to see somebody I know. I'll bet that letter that Nellie sent Ralph was no sicker than the one she sent me.

Weddings seem to be plentiful in Okla. The country is certainly prospering. I expect you will be surprising me with a wedding invitation instead of a letter some of these days.

There is a Miss Geisler going to school here. She is from Carmen and used to go to the N.T.N. She went there the last year Ament was President. She seems to have known every body. A Mrs. Adams is a also attending school from Alva. She used to teach in the Public School.

I am going to change rooms tomorrow. So send my letter to G.C.B.C. I hope you have a nice time in St. Louis at the Fair. Everything is two priced down there now. I had intended to go but don't know whether I will or not now. Well! I will close for this time. Write soon. Ever Your Friend, ohn C. McClure, G.C.B.C., Quincy, Ill."
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