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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-16 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 1
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142 16 August, 1918. Dear Daphne, I am sticking at my desk again tonight so that I shall not be obliged to go immediately to bed. The alerte has been sounded and I dare not let the light shine from the window of my room. Here I can hide behind the shutters. We had a little excitement last night over our usual alerte. As I have already told you, the boches had dropped a note saying that they intended to bomb our town on the night of the 15th. We took no stock in the report, but just the same we were interested in seeing what would happen. The usual alerte came about 9:30. I was
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142 16 August, 1918. Dear Daphne, I am sticking at my desk again tonight so that I shall not be obliged to go immediately to bed. The alerte has been sounded and I dare not let the light shine from the window of my room. Here I can hide behind the shutters. We had a little excitement last night over our usual alerte. As I have already told you, the boches had dropped a note saying that they intended to bomb our town on the night of the 15th. We took no stock in the report, but just the same we were interested in seeing what would happen. The usual alerte came about 9:30. I was
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