Aug 28, 1904[1]
Dear Brother[2] – Received
your letter last week but was too busy to answer at once, for I was making
ready for Wichita .
Now I am here. It’s kind of a lonesome but otherwise alright. I work in a
restaurant for my board waiting at the table twice a day. I would have come to St. Paul if it was not so
far away from home, and I did not know how long you would stay there. The Wichita Business College
Are you
going to accept the position offered to you as a theological teacher or will
you stay in St. Paul ?
It here is that school that made the offer to you?[4]
Why did you
not send me one of your pictures? I certainly would have appreciated it as much
as my sisters, especially Barbara’s side picture.
I am a kind
of home sick here[5] and you
must not forget to write to me and cheer me up. Hoping to hear from you soon I
remain your sincere brother
John[6]
Address” Wichita
Business College
[1] Letter
found without envelope.
[2] Found in
CCR’s papers and he was in St. Paul .
No uncertainty that CCR is the intended recipient.
[3] A quick
search determines that this institution does not still exist and appears not to
have merged with another one. A school currently exists with the name but its
lineage does not go back to the one John attended.
[4] While
the word order is slightly incorrect, it does seem a logical construction for a
German speaker.
[5] Again,
sentence structure due to German influence.
[6] CCR’s
sibling
[7] Written
in the left hand margin, flush with edge of page.
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