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Form 1204 [right hand corner]
 
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WE LEAVE SUNDAY NMIGHT NEW MEN WILL SLEEP AND EAT AT LADIES  
 
WE LEAVE SUNDAY NMIGHT NEW MEN WILL SLEEP AND EAT AT LADIES  
COLLEGE ASK THEM TO BRING MINE OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS CASES.
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COLLEGE ASK THEM TO BRING MINE[E struck out]OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS CASES.
 
ELLIOTT
 
ELLIOTT
 
1038 AM
 
1038 AM

Latest revision as of 17:58, 10 December 2018

Form 1204 [right hand corner]

[left header] CLASS OF SERVICE [dividing line] SYMBOL Day Message Day Letter Blue Night Message Nite Night Letter N L If non of these three symbols appear after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Other- wise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.

[center header] WESTERN UNION Western Union TELEGRAM NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

[right header] CLASS OF SERVICE [dividing line] SYMBOL Day Message Day Letter Blue Night Message Nite Night Letter N L If non of these three symbols appear after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Other- wise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.

[double line]

RECEIVED AT 257 Water St., Augusta, Maine 5 [blue] 88 W 22 10COLLECT HALIFAX NS DEC 2 17 GEN GEO MCLPRESSON AUGUSTA ME.

WE LEAVE SUNDAY NMIGHT NEW MEN WILL SLEEP AND EAT AT LADIES COLLEGE ASK THEM TO BRING MINE[E struck out]OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS CASES. ELLIOTT 1038 AM

[stamped on diagonal and filled in] Phoned To [stamped] Miss Getchell [handwritten] Time [stamped] 1.00 AM [handwritten] By [stamped] H [handwritten]

[handwritten in blue on lower left corner] McElvey Bill Capt AR Goodman U.S.A.