Editor's Notes
The reference to “Greeters winning” likely refers to another Osborne Company sales contest.
On Saturday, November 12, 1921, the United States hosted an “Arnaments” Conference with leaders from Europe joining several U.S. Presidents (Taft, Harding, Wilson) in a parade from the Capitol to Arlington Cemetary to intern the body of an unknown soldier, signifying the sacrifice of 50,000 men during WW1 or “The” World War as they referred to it in 1920. John is referring to this event in his comments about the Sunday sermon.
Scoville House
H. H. Scoville, Prop.
Mt. Morris, N.Y.
November 6, 1921
My Darling:
It is nearly time to go to morning service, but will start a letter and finish it later in the day. I was up in good season this morning and have been reading the Sunday papers. I was glad to see the Colgate gave Rochester a good Batting and I noticed that Webster was not in the lineup. It is possible that Syracuse will yet have some job on her hands next Saturday. If three or four men from home were willing to take in game and are willing to share expenses, I might decide to go, but I hardly feel like making the whole trip on my own expense. Will decide when I get home. If I don't get seats in advance, I can stand up.
I am tiredly at a loss as to why I haven't heard from you. I was at Honsoye Falls to get a letter and also at Geneva. I wrote you night before last and yesterday morning sent you a telegram so that you would know for sure that I would not be home and so I could hear from you. A letter sent out from home last night would have reached me this morning. I got two greeting card orders yesterday for $52 and $16, but guess we will have to go without our breakfast Greeters [sic] winning.* We have only six greeting orders and have only next week in which to get six more. Our sales for the week were $612, which is not so bad.
I want you to begin now and make plans for Convention and don't wait till late as you usually have done. You can have a lot of fun in anticipation. If I see a coat I like in Bath, guess I had better get one. What do you think of a sort of reddish-brown coat? They seemed to be more in vogue than gray.
I have just returned from morning service at Presbyterian Church. The minister is an Englishman, but he gave a very patriotic, fine sermon in keeping with the spirit of the approaching conference at Washington on disarmament. I noticed that President Harding and Congress designate Friday as a holiday and looks as though with three holidays this week my work will have a crimp put in it. Election Tuesday-Armistice Day Friday-Colgate- Syracuse game Saturday!
I can hardly realize that our work is so nearly finished for the year-Only four more weeks at the most. Wonder if [my brother] Frank [who also works for the Osborne Company] is coming east?
Hope in some way or other I can get a letter from home before end of week. I was surprised to see in morning paper that there was considerable snow at Hamilton yesterday. I thought about game a good many times. It was cold, but bright and pleasant most of the time yesterday, with only a few flakes of snow now and then. We'll be glad when end of week gets here.
Love unmeasured,
John
YANKS WIN, 3 TO 0
MAYS CURBS GIANTS
RUTH BATS IN A RUN
Babe Fans Twice, While Mike McNally Gets Two Hits and Also Steals Home.
Bride of a day, Repenting Marriage In Note to Former Admirer, Takes Poison
Mrs. Jennie Moore, 34, bride of a day of Thomas Moore, 38, an Inspector in the Water Supply Department of the Bronx, attempted to commit suicide last night by taking two bichloride of mercury tablets in their apartment at 168 Brook Avenue
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John has excellent handwriting. However, in some instances, I cant decipher it. If I can't, I simply mark the spot with "xxx"s to signify thank the word isn't decipherable.
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