Wichita Kans USA 2/12/36
Dear Mar King
Your nice letter of 1/11/36 received & glad to hear from you & that you arrived home OK & had a pleasant trip. Hope you will have a nice time while home & that you have good health & will be glad to see you back in the good old U.S.A. in the not a far future date. We are sure having a lot of zero weather here for passed month. This is the coldest it has been here for forty years. It is now snowing here. It has been the coldest in north & east for more than one hundred years. In Iowa snow is ten foot in some places. Quite a lot of flew here now. Everything look OK in Cafe. Am sure all is OK. Tell me if there is something you might want me to send to you while home. Before your return home a lady in the store would like for you to bring to her a few canceled Chinese stamps & a few bright Chinese coins & she will pay you for same if not too much trouble to you. The World War Veterans are going to get bonus in July. Each one will get about $500.00 or $600.00. I guess this will help you some. The boys are expecting to do a lot of things with this money. I expect to see quite a lot of building done here in spring. In fact there is quite a little building being done now. I expect you had taken back with you all kinds of postal cards showing Wichita scenery. I just noticed on my desk a little circular showing colored children that might please some [etle fillins] to see American children at play. I will be glad to hear from you soon again & wish you & your folks best of health & happiness & most pleasant visit home. All boys & girls in store are OK. Again kindest regard to you & yours. I am yours very truly
E
J Martin
c/o
Steel Hardware Store
Wichita
Kansas USA
Historical clues from the 1913 Hardware Report:
Kansas Wichita ,
Kan . - George T. Steel ,
a pioneer hardware merchant , died at his home here . ... Samuel Leu has
purchased the implement part of E.
J. Martin's hardware and implement business .
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