Away before the wedding
From the Hotel Allen in Minneapolis, George writes about business calls, a suit fitting, and the loneliness of being away. The practical errands are threaded through with affection and anticipation of their coming marriage.
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J. E. ALLEN
GEN'L MGR.
G. W. ALLEN
PRES.
Hotel Allen Co.
Leading European Hotel
CORNER THIRD ST. AND SECOND AVE. SOUTH
TEL. N. W. MAIN / TWIN CITY 1698
Minneapolis, Minn.
is on the streets here or maybe I compare them to my Ruth and then they don't look good to me at all.
My own darling [uncertain: you] not only look good and beautiful to me, but you are good and beautiful that is the beauty of it with me knowing how good and loyal you are and one look in your eyes assures me you always will be.
No wonder I love you my darling, how could I help it?
If I only had you with me I could be having a fine time and as it is when business is over I am longing for you and thinking of you and in other words miserable without you.
Dearest the next trip I take
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Tuthill Family Ancestors and Descendants · PDF page 62
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