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U.S.S Denver 1/1/18.

c/o Postmaster,

New York, N.Y.

Dear Mrs. Humphrey:

It was with genuine pleasure that I received your letter of cheer and best wishes. Yes, I am the boy no doubt you mean, as my sister Alpha and I were in school together, then I taught two years previous to our entrance into the war, and Alpha continued


 



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on in school there.

It is with as great, if not greater pride, to see the loyal students of old K.S.N.S., doing their bit, as well as the many faculty members, of which you are one. 

The Liberty Band Campaign, was an excellent example of all parties concerned, of the loyalty that permeaniates [sic] in  at those attached to the greatest of Normal Schools. Don't you know I am as proud of K.S.N.S. and her service flag as any one there, I am sure, and am only too glad, that I volunteered on Apr 14th any services to the U.S. Navy. 




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I surely do thank you for your very kind interest in writing to me, because it shows farther the spirit of the greatest of great Normal Schools.

Long may she stand, to expostulate the doctrine of Demoracy [sic], and teach young men and women the truth of a great tomorrow, and their duty in it. I am,

Sincerely,

J. Marcellus Dudley

N.B.
We leave in a few days for (?) parts unknown.

 



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WITH Best Wishes
Marcellus Dudley
U.S. Navy

U.S.S. Denver - New York, N. Y.





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BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Jan 2
930 PM
1918

U.S. POSTAGE
2 cENTS 2
U.S. POSTAGE
1 CENT 1

Mrs. J. Walker Humphrey,
Kirksville
Missouri

Kirksville Normal School





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