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handle broke. It was
made of a 1" board
I hit punkin right
in the face once but
I shot it easy then
I can shoot a marble
out of sight straight
up. It is below
zero today.

Feb. 3, 1917.
I forgot to say that
last night pop
took my putty
shooter away
from me and he
tookit away tonight
too just cause dony
& I was rasing the
duce in the little
Sitting room playing
fighting the Amerians
& Germans America
Has declared war broken off relations with
(honest) der Germany
It would have been
al right if president
wilson had done
it 2 or 3 years ago.
It is below zero.

Feb 4, 1917
Sunday - gosh nothing
much doing on sundays
but I had some fun
in church. Gosh!
I dident know that
pop was so prominent
why he got a letter
from Teddy Rosevelt
Half of it was written
by a typwriter &
half in his own hand-
writing. He was president
then I mean T.R.
He has got a photograph
of Vice President Cleavland
& on the back it says, to
my dear friend C.G. Clark
I feel pretty big. he is
going to save them. My