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AMES. IOWA.
MONDAY JULY. 11. 1881.

DEAR PAPA.
IT RAINED SO HARD
LAST NIGHT THAT
WATER CAME INTO
OUR CELLAR 5in. DEEP.
MAMA IS GLAD YOU
DIDN'T TAKE YOUR
RUBBER BOOTS FOR
NANA PUT THEM ON
AND WADED IN THE
WATER TO GET THE
POTATOES FOR
BREAKFAST. MR. NORMAN
AND MR. LUCAS CAME
TO SEE HOW MUCH
RAIN FELL. IT WAS
5.6-

THE PASSENGER
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