Newberry Library - Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1921

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User-Contributed Transcription Mrs. Feist came up and said not to worry; that Carl did not have the mumps but it was some trouble with his teeth that caused the swelling. But yesterday when I was passing their house she called out to me inquiring how Malcolm was. He was taken that morning and she should have had no reason to suppose him sick. I told her he had the mumps and she remarked that she supposed he had caught them from Carl! It was about two weeks previous that we had sent him home. Malcolm is not very ill. Is up and around today. Slight fever yesterday afternoon and evening. In bed from 3 p.m. yesterday to 8:30 this a.m. Am hoping he will be fully recovered by the time Tunsilu arrives. Called the doctor yesterday on the phone who gave me a few instructions as to open bowels, keep him warm, etc. Buddie has been sick since Friday. No swelling, but fever most of the time so Mrs. F. says. Says does not know whether he has mumps or not. Mrs. Kopp says the children in the Schoenfeld house also have it - just getting over it. No attempt at quarantine or publicity for these diseases, I think the doctors are very lax and the parents send the children to school without troubling themselves to find out whether they are sick or well, on whether the

Open book Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1921

Title Moore, Katharine Kerr, to May Walden, May Walden correspondence, 1921

Creator Walden, May, 1865-1960

Date 1921

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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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 2 Folder 67

BibID 991703478805867

Size 3885px × 5195px 115.52 MB

File Created 01/22/2021

Filename 991703478805867_midwest_ms_walden_m_box_002_fl_067_016_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL15O4L

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