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Par Avion Letter From Maymye Discusses Family and Bets on Education
A garbled but readable piece recalls a family of 30 in Maymye near Gardimuse, with 14 cousins and a St. Joseph’s Convent Wing hometown. It notes subjects in school, hobbies like guitar and photography, and asks about US hobbies, reflecting Burmese education and local life. The longer text then shifts to Ralph Hubbard Roycroft era topics, Boosterism, honesty, courage, and a tale of Elbert Hubbard’s death aboard the Lusitania, with some dubious notes on the Titanic and Kaiser.
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St. Joseph's Convent
Maymye
Gardimuse
Seligol
Tomas
Cy Soutiny
Hubbard
Roycroft Inn
Grand Rapids
Mich
Elbert Hubbard
Alice
Kaiser
Roycroft