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        "Messall, Victor R., 1898-1970",
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    "ocrText": "behind all the time. and the story have grinn\nme reveral extra things to do. I think oil I told you\nwhat I had to contined with when the store\nwent hay wire. I got that all cleaned the up\nwill as I can mutil we can paper\nsoon. as and then the store pipe in the kitchen\ndeveloped a nice large hole and when I\nwhole thing should be new. I finally goind it\nwent the take that place ant discovered the\nblack again myself included gness should\nfixed hit there was everything nice I\nbe glad it wasn't it and of there toldest days,\ntake cold while o fixed it, and I am of comme,\nand also thankful I didn't a Mamma didn't\nMr. mack is home today sick with a cold hig\nfather did and the funnal was last Wed.\nhe made swhal thips down there and of\nsince Christmas around here and he has had\ncome the roads have been anyful wer\nto shoole ant a few times ou its no wonder he\nis rick. I Am doing writting I know to keep from\ntaking cold, and her escaped a bad cold w far.\nI think this Hamble really had the flu.\nI am very much afraid I will be late again\nwith Biss and Mangaret's birthday presents for\nI can't very well ask for a day off to go shop-\nping until everyone have is well again and by\nthe way I am not going to re subscribe to\nthe Etnde this time, I neglected to do it in\ntime for mangarets brithday, so mill do"
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