Newberry Library - Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1915

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User-Contributed Transcription SUN FLOWER POULTRY FARM
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS OUR SPECIALTY
R. R No. 4
MUSKEGON, MICH.
June 5, 1915.
Dearest Mummie & Grandma:
It is a quarter of six a.m. and the handiest time to write a letter on the above poultry farm. I've been quite an early bird for a week now and as I go to bed a couple of hours earlier than usual, I don't notice it much. Nellie's foot is steadily improving and doesn't pain her nearly as much as it did. She is walking now, without the aid of a chair, using the heel of her injured foot. She is very jubilant over the fact that her own special treatment (hot water and savina) made the consulting of an M.D. unnecessary.
There are 250 big hens and 200 little chickens on the place, mostly white leghorns. The latter dine 5 times a day so what with feeding them and attending to the housework I am aplenty busy. At noon the cow and her eldest son come to the back door and put their noses in, setting up

Open book Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1915

Title Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1915

Creator Walden, May, 1865-1960

Date 1915

Language English

Subjects Depressions, Mothers and daughters, Socialist Party (U.S.)

Description Forms part of the Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library).

Format Correspondence

Archival Collection Title May Walden papers

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 2 Folder 64

BibID 991703478805867

Size 3919px × 5026px 112.74 MB

File Created 01/22/2021

Filename 991703478805867_midwest_ms_walden_m_box_002_fl_064_028_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL15NW8

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