Description: |
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 07/02/1921. Writes that she received the letter that Theodore Debs sent. Says that she has spent her whole life homesteading 160 acres in the hills of Humboldt County, California. Remarks that at the time her father established the homestead there were no roads running through the property, just Indian trails. Mentions that her father was the son of William Howe. Tells Eugene V. Debs that even though she grew up amidst great hardship that she has always tried to look on the bright side of life. Says that she married young her husband and son went on to file for homestead claims, too. Remarks that improving homesteads is the one talent that God gave her. Tells Eugene V. Debs that some day she will tell him her entire story. Informs Eugene V. Debs that she has never been to a circus or seen an airplane, an elevated railroad, or a warship. Writes that she likes to receive letters from people like herself, people who understand the beauty of the heart and soul of man. Says that she visited a spring that was much like her and Eugene V. Debs in that it never thought of giving less than its all. Mentions that she would love to hear from Katherine Debs. |
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Origin: | 1921-07-02 |
Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/evdc/id/11631 |
Collection: |
Eugene V. Debs Correspondence |
Subjects: |
Fans (Persons) Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 Famous Hoosiers Labor |
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