Letter and envelope from Annie Rannow, Provo City, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from Annie Ronnow, Provo, City, Utah, to Mary Syphus, Panaca, Nevada, dated September 16, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary Syphu
Panaca,
Nevad
Provo City Utah,
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Sept. 16, 1894,
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Miss Mary Syphus.
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Panaca,
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Nevada,
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My Dear Friend:
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Shall now
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attempt to write you a short
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missive, but am afraid it
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will be somewhat of a failure.
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Am in one of my quiet
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modes today, and you will
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know what that means.
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Not the blues but just
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sober.
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I sometime won^der what
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has caused such a change to
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come over me, but really, I feel
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quiet nearly all the time
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I do enjoy school so
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much. I can study all the
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time. The more and the
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harder I study the better I
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like it.
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My studies are all hard
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and cause deep studying.
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Theology is now counted
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a regular study.
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Besides that I am taking
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psychology & theory, rhetoric B.
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algebra / ladies work.
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Nett is taking psychology,
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arithmetic, spelling and
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music.
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She commenced algebra
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but did not stay with it.
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She hasn't got down to
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hard study yet.
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There is so much to tell
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you that I hardly know where
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to begin.
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Shall begin with the
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Dr and Roustabout,
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Dr spent the evening with
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me a week ago. He is practicing
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here.
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He is pretty nice.
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Roustabout is just the
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same as of old. He escorted
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me home one evening.
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But oh dear Miss Keller is
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his admired one, or at least
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it seems that way just now.
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He has gone to Sanpete
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to take his old position again,
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I called at the house to
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see Louisa who was very pleased
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to see me, but the same
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old view presented itself
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when I entered the door.
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Alice wasn’t at home
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but I met her down town.
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She was dressed "to kill."
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All inquired about Mary.
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Gomer, his sister, Fred, his
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sister are all here going to
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school.
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Fred’s mother is keeping
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house for them.
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May is teaching in Parowan,
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for thirty five dollars per month.
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Laura is teaching in Panguitch.
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Mr Cutteler applied for the
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Parowan school, but did not
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get it.
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Am going out this after-
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noon, and it is nearly the
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time appointed / so shall finish this
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evening.
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It is now evening and
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I shall make one more
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attempt to -write.
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Nett is out calling; the
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gentlemen boarders are out
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to see their best girls, The
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family all -exbut the eldest
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daughter are to church.
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That leaves the daughter
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and Annie in solitude.
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Both writing letters but in
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different rooms.
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Stella and I called on
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Prof. Wolfe and wife this
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afternoon;
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They are a,s cosy as you please
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Rhoda and Warren Shepherd
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are here and board at McBrides,
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Chauncy Sprillsbury and
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his sister Belle are attending
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school.
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Our friend Nagly is back
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again
Emeline still enrolls herself among the students.
Julia Allmen is teaching in Springville.
Helen Winters teaching in Salina; Carrie Nelson in Pleasant Grove; Neils Nelson in Pleasant Grove; Miss Brown in Salt Lake.
Rose does’nt attend school this year, but Nora does.
Of course Vilate Jennie and May all attend and all enquired about you.
Jennie and May are very very fleshy.
There are so many old students back, but mostly the younger erew class.
The two Sorenson nd the two Christensen girls are back.
Isterman boards at the same place that I do.
Millie was here when I
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came but went home last
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There are eight new teachers
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in school this year.
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Prof Rydalch inquired
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about you and what you were
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doing.
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It becomes my painful
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duty to inform you that
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N.L. Jr. and wife are at
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outs again.
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He has left home for good
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this time. He boards at
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Mrs Brown's where Aggie
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boarded last year.
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She begged him not to
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leave her^, but all in vain.
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He told here there were
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fifteen girls he could get.
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Are you one?
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Somewhat conceited is he
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not?
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I guess you can tell by this
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long letter of nothingness that
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I have gotten over my soberness
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and feel rather like talking.
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Our friend, Rawlins is
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very ill of typhoid fever.
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many
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Arthur Dailey starts for
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Am Arbor tomorrow,
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By the way my Mr Andrews
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is here. He escorted me home
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a week ago, but escorted May
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Ashworth home last Friday
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evening.
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Written across top of Page 8 Pardon me for
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scribbling so
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much but I
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must tell you
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about the party
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on Labor day.
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We arrived
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here on the
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afternoon train,
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In the evening
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there was a
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Labor day
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academy ball
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in the South-
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-worth, I went
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and of all
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grand times
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I had it. So
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old friends
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were there and
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all so surprised
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to see me.
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It was hand-
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shaking and
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kissing all
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evening. It
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really seemed
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like getting
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home.
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Among others
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were Bert who
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makes it rain.
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Oh yes and
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Rich and Lubu
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and their sister.
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Written across top of Page 4 Alice Noyes has
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gone to Grand
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Junction to
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spend a few
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months.
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Miss Beck, the
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Academy music
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teacher, and
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Hermin
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Martin were /
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Written across top of Page 4
last week.
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also Mount
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Roberts and
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Emma Bennett.
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Mary if you
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cannot read
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Written across top of Page 1 this scribbling.
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just toss it
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into the fire,
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and say it is
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of no consequence.
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Please answer
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soon and tell me
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all the news.
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Your sincere friend
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Annie Ronnow.
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