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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 01/29/1910

    1214 S. Mass. Ave.

    Sedalia, Mo.

    January 29, 1910

    My Dear Son,

    …Well Papa has just gone on No. 4. There was no freight this evening. He thinks he will get 9 and 10. A good many of the men thinks he will get all he asked for. If he gets another man on the run Littick will have to go back on freight, which would rather please me. When he heard Papa wants 9 and 10, he said let the gentleman wait.

    Well we were pleased to hear you had got an offer from Dr. Mall. 26 grade did not have any effect on him. He knew the man's worth. How much money would you get for that position? I believe I would not refuse it till after you come back from Cleveland. Or till you get an offer from Cushing. I think it was very nice of Dr. Mall to give you the first chance.

    I have always thought you would make a fine professor and also surgeon. I would have thought you would have liked a wider field than Cushing's work, where there was more room for doing good, and with better results and not so much loss of life, and besides not so much strain on the nerves. Do you think you could stand the terrible strain that Cushing goes through with such calmness? Well I hope you will get what is best for you.

    We are looking forward with great pleasure and interest in your future work. Not be long now till we can hear with pride another honor attached to your name. Dr. Dandy, that sounds good to me. It sounds better than engineer.

    I am anxious to see that picture of my dear boy. I hope it is a good one of you and hope you are in plain view, not in the background.

    Well I have not much gossip this time as I have not seen any of B.'s for a week. I phoned to Mrs. Gornal the other day. She said Mrs. B. had been there a few nights ago and she said Mrs. B. said Foraker was afraid he could not reach Polly, and Jim (Gornal) said what is Polly anyhow, what was she but a poor hard working man's daughter. Nothing to reach except it was her fine clothes, and there was many a hundred like her in this town. Mrs. G. said all her fine clothes came out of a widow's money. They are mad because they did not see Polly get married. They have not given Polly any present yet.

    Jim is on the Warsaw run. He saw Stanley and he seemed mad about the folks being with his mother. Jim asked him if he had seen the married folks. He said he had something else to do than run to see them, he had his business to mind.

    Your loving Mother

    P.S. If you get an internship would you get any money and how much? I believe you will get an offer from Dr. Cushing. I believe we won't want to live in England if you are here. If we can we might as well live where you are.…

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