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Meredosia, Illinois
Oct. 2[?], 1889

Miss Hartzell

Dear cousin:
Your kind favor
before me. Had looked for a letter
so long and sad entirely, [?],
[?], up but was agreeably surprising
on receiving, [?]. I have not heard
from Alice for some time. Don't
know why she don't write.
Am glad to hear aunt is better.
[?] She may get all her troubles
adjusted satifactorily. Surely, you
must have been very busy at home
to attend so many fairs. I have
not been in a fair for ten years.
There is no attraction at such
gatherings for me. I went to
see "M,[?] Last Days of Pampii", at,
[?],