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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. | + | COLLEGE ASK THEM TO BRING MINE[E struck out]OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS CASES. |
ELLIOTT | ELLIOTT | ||
1038 AM | 1038 AM |
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.