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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, September-October 1942

1942-10-24 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 5

to make good sense? It is hard to get all the angles written down so they can be understood. You always say for me to do what I want, or what I think best. That is so liberal of you, honey, but now I want our decision on our home plans. We have to wait on our Uncle Sam before we can know which answer we will be allowed to work out. I bought a medium (not nearly as big as Evelyn's) sized suit case today at [King?]. A good buy I think and one not so big it will lay me up to try to carry it. If I get ready to travel again I may not have to borrow any case. That will be better. I think he is honest and this was no national trade mark bag but it was stocked under the old prices before the raise and he claimed it worth the price, and cheaper now than any new stock to be ordered. 7.50 instead of some of the plainly scandalous prices luggage does have. You don't always say what day it is you are writing. I know you don't have calendars handy, but if you said which day of the week it is, I could figure the date if I cared. It is just

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to make good sense? It is hard to get all the angles written down so they can be understood. You always say for me to do what I want, or what I think best. That is so liberal of you, honey, but now I want our decision on our home plans. We have to wait on our Uncle Sam before we can know which answer we will be allowed to work out. I bought a medium (not nearly as big as Evelyn's) sized suit case today at [King?]. A good buy I think and one not so big it will lay me up to try to carry it. If I get ready to travel again I may not have to borrow any case. That will be better. I think he is honest and this was no national trade mark bag but it was stocked under the old prices before the raise and he claimed it worth the price, and cheaper now than any new stock to be ordered. 7.50 instead of some of the plainly scandalous prices luggage does have. You don't always say what day it is you are writing. I know you don't have calendars handy, but if you said which day of the week it is, I could figure the date if I cared. It is just