The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-17
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Chigger Ridge, Va. Nov. 1s, 1917.
Dear solon:
! Amt it just like them Russians?
They git in their systems to bum a
town and they go and burn Petro e
grs1 the only town in the whole coun-
( try / could pronounce. / amt no mill
. tary critical. but 1t looks like bad
piece of strateeum by the Allies to
allow their Alley to incur the i'll feel
ing of the balance of the human
beans,
Wanted--A romera nd boarder for
the west side only .,.0X'. Pepper
Mn Echo.
/ Scion want to have a understand
| ing with YOU about these little ads
/ that is handed TO me from time to
/ time, which 7 write in the news to
/ YOU from the Ridge. I think / will
I continue to pocket the change and
! let you clip off the ANTS. from my
( salary. All nd. money is in the form
Of cash and not no hi ms and sch
and OF course I could send the money
! 10 you ONLY there IL Il tGpb DAEt al mum
running the post offuq. but don't
worry / amt going To say nothing
here TO get or you in trouble either
In print or through the fact that said
! rep. postmaster is In the custom OF
snoobing through all mail and post
cards for scurtfous matter PERTAINING
10 the war only of course | know
he amt as Interested in the war as
/ curious
/ \ corsetiere from New York was
: 1T the Central last week disnla wing
the latest in corsets aud all the Gals
! " town Is affecting a walk like they
forked ovrr aud bought one Of them
hteh falooting and expensive contrap-
lions.
/ Ell walters tost two fingers mon
I keytuc with a huzz-saw last Thursday
; md pr Smith thinks he Will save
them y
4 II 1ok~ Ike the gov. Is going to
make the people of this democracy
+ sive up their pleasure cars, but as
most Of tho folks on and about the
Ridge drive Fords | guess we are
saved Of all worry.
Did YOU sec that story in the papers
where Mrs Doris wilcox of Boston
come all the way to Norfolk with .
=tr9neo man and all the time sh'
tN0ueht It was her husband and al
The titte f. was her husha nd's double
She found II out as soon az she go
off the hort and | reckon it com'
about hv her asking him for som'
n,onev to get a new hat or some
thing and him corning right straigh
| across which ~ c"nrsn ia contrary Il
| al ira it's of hushandry.
will give a4.Y4- Of the -hrIet news
to-wit:
, + Winrree is recovering from al
attack Of company.
n P,adiev is twertv dollars wiser
i he hawai- recentiy suffered an attaci
- 4 burr el1ecki+is.
Iunio~ the little son ~ Mrs. Barnes
] ho fell down them stairs. is recover
t. ell. his m having took the last snhn
ter out Of MS noggin just prior t
THIS writing,
10 veu n0tus how well this V---@
fynawrtte*r il working. Scion? Nov
:. IS the time fro AL guoxvz to com
-, ITO lhee ade of theetr parity. I wr
. that in two minutes on II and tha
q Is pre-tv good for dollar down an
dollar a mo1th and a old man Xix
me
There Is IN t,% a snnIe-huttsr Bat
. ing ~ the old cider press Monday ar
~ the To,ks Come along and brin
n your anrlee The butter AL goes
,s -ha Rcd Cross fun
The nutchuan, what used 20 ru
's 'he folrt down on Main st. and don
"a reaB 70 me because I seen the hef
ard voted FRY is Mi rifed mp an
ur- Ter a niece bond. Seine ~ -
bows seen in the paner that the K'zz'
was attackted on two fronts and tr'e
l. To -qrt W "a ~ukus with the Dntcf
10 wan that proved the said k'2z'
r.aa Jared. which of course
X does. onlv The Dutt Imam amt e.
20 ~, o7 III sense 10 see It.
Satlie Wall'tr AND YOUNGSTERS
At sDon9irg os Title Fnps today.
- II is rumored thai good natnr'
caricatnres ~ lewis r. Machen, y :
I u Butler. Cot Ben q. James W.
~ T. Sntvth and Roosevelt PAGE will
near on "Ye Rvrdtowne Gossip pa
SUNDAY coming.
viii CLOSE vcllhing YOU and No
:, many readers rs much success
/ could be expocted times Hike these
Yours respectfully,
r s H