Sunday, July 23, 2017

4 September 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

Robert Wilson who lived in Chicago at this time to Orpha May Spencer in St Louis. Orpha saved a number of letters and envelopes. Click here to see other letters, documents etc. that are connected to St. Louis.  Click here to see more items that relate to Chicago, Ill.   Click here to see other letters Orpha saved.

                         Chicago
                                   Ill
                      Sunday
                         Sept 4 / 04
My Dearest Sweete hart
to Day being Sunday
i did not get aney
letter you dont know
how lonsome it
was for me i get
moor ancious for
you Every Day it
seemes to me that
i must be whair
you are and i
hope to be soon
with my Dear girl
Sweete hart my hole





future lies  with you
i see no reason
why the rest of
our Days Should
not be happy living
for Each other our
past has not ben
the Brightest but
lets us hope the
future will have
moor sunshine
for us i hope
your mother is
in good pearits
and not causeing
you aney moor
worry to Day
was beautifull
how i would




love to have ben
in St Louis so
we could have
went some place
for the day it
so lonsome to
be by your self
all the time i
am good and
sick of it i cant
hardley wait for
the time when
i can com to St Louis
you can be shure
i will com as
soon as i can
Dearest i am sorry
to hear that Bessie
is treated so mean




i am also sorry
to hear that she
is thinking of
getting married you
Should go and see
her and advise
her as she has
no one to take
a mothers intrest
in her i think
it is Your duty
You are older and
can give her good
advice sweete hart
i will say good Night
                  top
with all
my love
and kisses
to the one
i love best
Your one
      Bob





3 September 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This is a letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer.  Click here to see more items that reference St. Louis.  Click here to see more items that relate to Chicago, Ill.   Click here to see other items from the collection.

Chicago, Ill
    Sep 3
8 30 AM
Lake View Sta.

Miss Orpha Spencer
6158 Ella Ave
St Louis
            MO






                  Chicago
                             Ill
                     Saturday
                       Sept 3/04
My Dear Orpha I
just recieved a letter
from you dated
Aug 22 it had
post marks on it
it was addressed all
Right i cant under
Stand whair it
was all this time
i also got my daley
letter they are coming
on time now.
tomorrow is Sunday
Sweete hart and how



I would like to
be with you Sunday
is a lonsome Day
if i could be with
you tomorrow how
Happy i would be
i do hate to work
on sundays i hope
the next position
i get will not
have to work on
Sundays.  Sweete hart
Ray got started to
work to night he
is in the same
shop i am in he
has a good job he
gets $12.50 per weak
i think that is





good wages for
a Boy his age
he is not 18 years
old yet their is
no reason why
he should not get
a long i done
for him all i
Promised to do i
told him i would
get him work and
give him a start
then he would
have to hussel for
him Self You say
he may want to
com to St Louis
when i do [???]
dont but what he




would like to he
thinks a great
deal of his Uncle
Bob in fact all
of my sisters
children take to
me a great deal
but i could not
be burdened with
him i have all
i can do to look
out for my owen
intrest i told him
be fore he came
that i did not









intend to stay
long in Chicago
so dont be mad
to be disapointed
Sweete hart i am
ancious to know
if Ed and Hattie
has any intentions
of going back to
Denver i would
love to go their
for a while,
tell  Ge[mine?] for me
i hope he has
good luck in his







 examinatiuons he
will finde it
the hardes thing
he Ever got up
against i had a
friend in New York
take the examination
i never heard of
him passing You
have to get 98 to
pass.  Dearest the
panzy you sent
me was Pressed so
hard that it maid
a nice impresion
on the letter we
have lot of flowere
in our garden we
have a boquett on




the table all the
time i am verry
fond of flowers when
we go to Calafornia
we can have them
all year Round
and you can
have your Big
Tom Cat to i no
you would like
to have one So
mutch.  Dearest i
hope it will not
be long when i
can be with you
now that Ray has
started to work i
am a fraid things
are going to be




verry dull in
St Louis this
winter i would
not like to get
laid off if i can
after working a
cupple of months
at aney rait i
will see what i
can do i do want
to be with you
so mutch i will
close for this time
with all my Love
and Kisses for you
Yours Bob














2 September 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This letter was saved by Orpha, and was written by Robert Wilson.  She was in St. Louis, and he was in Chicago at the time.  Click here to see more items that relate to St. Louis, Mo.   Click here to see more items that relate to Chicago, Ill.  Click here to see more letters, and some photos.
                                  Chicago
                                             Ill
                                 Friday
                                  Sept 2/ 04
My Dearest sweete hart
I am so glad to
hear that you are
fealing better and
i do hope your
mother will not
give you any
moor cause to worry
i am also glad
to hear that Lucys
hand is some better
the poor childe is
aflicted Enough now
Dearest you aught to







have a letter for
Every Day in the
weak for i maild
you one it must
be at the store i
sent two to the
Store be for you
told me that you
had left, Dearest
i am ancious to
know if Hattie
thinks aney thing
about going back
to Denver i would
like verry mutch
to go to Denver
for a while and
i think it would
be a fine place




for you be Sides
i want to see as
mutch of the
Country as possible
be for we Settle
down when i left
New York i intended
visiting all the
large Citys in the
Union i will be
contented with seaing
a few as long
as i can have
you for a Dear
little wife to
make the rest
of my life Happy
i think i can
have moor Real





Happyness with
you than i can
Romring this big
Country of ouers
one all by my
self sweete hart
i would love to
be with you at
this time, i think
Ray will get started
to work by the
first of the weak
i will be glad of
that then i will
com to St. Louis







         Part 2
Just as soon as
i can finde out
if i can get work
i dont think i
will have mutch
truble in getting
work Mr Berry
sent me a fine
letter he did
not com to
Chicago as he
said he would
i will wright
to him as soon
as Ray gets started
and see what
he can do for me.






Sweete hart i will
have to close
for this time
hoping to hear
Soon that Russels
fats are making
you Strong and
fat and good
natured i Remain
as Ever your Loving
               Bob
Love and Kisses to
You and best
wishes to all







Ribbon W.S. Hancock Counil No. 20 JR. O.U.A.M. TENTH ANNIVESARY

I think this ribbon belonged to Robert Wilson, and Orpha Spencer, but I am not sure what it was for.  He was a member of the Odd Fellows, and she was in the Rebekahs.  Click here to see the rest of their collection.

W.S. HANCOCK
      COUNCIL
          NO. 20
JR. O. U. A. M.
        _______
        TENTH
  ANNIVERSARY



M. A. CARL, Business Card St. Louis Ill

This is a card I came across that were with letters my great great grand mother saved.  I know she worked in a shop in St. Louis in 1904.  I don't know if this is where she worked, or if this was just a special place to her.  Click Here to see the all the items saved by Orpha Spencer, and Robert H. Wilson.  Click here for St. Louis letters documents etc..
 Phone:                                      Groceries and
Bell, East 349 -A.                      Staple Articles.
                                 Allied Printing
                                    Trades  Union Label   Council      75
                                     St. Louis MO
                    M. A.  Carl,
         Ice Cream Parlor and Lunch Room,
Cor. Collinsville Road and
Morris Avenue, (Lansdowne).                         East St. Louis, Ill.

31 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This letter belonged to Orpha May Spencer who was living in St. Louis at the time, and was written by Robert H. Wilson that was living in Chicago at the time.  Click here to see other items that relate to St. Louis, Mo.  Click here to see more items that relate to Chicago, Ill.   Click here to view more letters that Orpha saved.
                                      Chicago
                                                  Ill
                                 Wensday
                              Aug 31 / 04
My Owen Dear Orpha
i am getting your
dear letters moor
regular now i
dont have to go
all day with out
one and i hope
you are getting your
the same i say
dear letters becaus
they are a great
pleasure to me at
this time i dont
know what i would
                     
 do with out them
you say in your
letter that you are
ancious to see me
well dearest if you
moor ancious than
i am i Can Sympthise
with you how i would
love to be with you
at this time i would
hug you to Death
Sweete hart you must
not worry about
me i am well
and hope to soon
to be with you
Just as soon as
Ray gets to work
i will wright to

Mr Berry and see
if he can give me
my old job back
i will come if he
does or not i can
get work some place
Dearest you must
Keepe up taking
Russels Fats i think
it will help you
in time i feal
so mutch better
Since i took it
last winter i want
to see my Dear
girl fat and strong
when i com back
to St Louis it may
drive boils out an

you as it did me
if it does i hope
they dont com in
sutch a Place as
they did on me
i had one moor
come out sicne i
saw you it is all
gon now i hope
that will be the
last one sweete hart
tell me how Bessie
is getting on and
Hattie to Rember me
to Hattie when you (top)




 see her and
Mother and
the Boys
to i will
close  Dearest
with all
my Love
and Kisses
to the girl
i Love Yours
for Ever
          Bob


Tuesday, July 18, 2017

29 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Wilson

This letter was saved by Orpha May Spencer, and is now part of a private collection. Click here to see other material that relates to St. Louis, MO.  Click here to see more items related to Chicago, Ill. Click here to see more of the collection.


Chicago, Ill
   Aug 30
9 30 A
1904
Miss Orpha Spencer
6158 Ella Ave
St Louis   MO








              Chicago
                       Ill
            Monday
            Aug 29/ 04
My Dearest Orpha I
Recieved two letters this
Am from you i hope
i dont go all Day
Tuesday with out aney
Sweete hart i am sorry
to hear that you are
not fealing well i am
glad you give up the
store for the Hours
was to long for you
and i was a fraid
you would get Run
down your health is
moor to you than the
$5.00 you get




          2
Dearest i am glad to
know that you like
your Ring so well
i thought you would
i like it very mutch
my self Dearest you
said you had a letter
from your sister you
did not say if she
was coming up soon
i see you said we
would com down to
help eate her fruit
up i take it that
you mean me i
would be glad to
visite your sister




                3
i have heard you talk
so mutch a bout her
i feal that i am
well aquinted with
her Sweete hart it is
verry coald hear to
day and dreary to
it makes a fellow
feal lonsome when
he has a dear sweete hart
and cant see her when
he wants to i wish
to see you moor
Every Day i am doing
Every thing i can
to get Roy Started to
work so he can (over)






                  4
take care of him
self i think he
will get started soon
and then i can
com to you Dearest
You are i told him
i would get him
work and help him
all i could if he
came out hear so
i will have to be
as good as my word
Sweete hart have a
little patience we
will soon be together
i am just as ancious
to see you and give
you a good tight hug
i cant tell you how
many kisses all for
theone i Love Yours Bob
























28 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Wilson

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Chicago, Ill
Aug 28
12 30P
Ravenswood
Station

Miss Orpha Spencer
4829 Delmar Ave
St. Louis Mo






                 Chicago
                         Ill
                Sunday
               Aug 28/04
My Dearest Orpha to
Day beaing Sunday i
do not look for a
letter it was loveley
Day and how i
wished we could
have went out some
place fora walk
or a Trolley Ride
i would love to
have ben in St Louis
to Day then we
Could at least went
out in the Eavening
Every Day i wish
i was back in St Louis



                  2
and i shurley will
just as soon as i
can i looked for
Mr Beny hear to
Day but he did
not com i was
in hopes i would
get a talk with him
to day but i got
left i think Roy
will get started to
work this weak
i will be glad
when he does it
will be a releafe
to me he is
ancious to get to work






              3
sweete hart i was
with out a letter
Tuesday Friday and
to Day if you will
Mail your letters at
the same time Each
Day i will not get
two one day and
none the next
i will mail yours
Every morning then
you will get them
at the same time
Each Day i will
close Love for to day
with all my hugs and
kisses to the one i love
yours Bob












27 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This is a letter that Orpha May Spencer saved, and it is now part of a family collection.  Click here to see more items that relate to St. Louis, MO.  Click here to see more items related to Chicago, Ill.  To see more of the letters Orpha saved click here.

Chicago, Ill
Aug 27
8 30 AM
Lake View Sta  1904

Miss Orpha Spencer
6158 Ella ave
St Louis   MO







                   Chicago
                         Ill
              Saturday
                 Aug 27/04
Mr Dear Sweete hart
ihad almost given
up in dispair of
hearing from you
to day. i got two
letters to night in
the last mail
i was a fraid you
was down sick
and could not
wright Dearest i
have to go all
Day with out hearing
from you Just as







you do you dont
know how ancious
i was to hear
from you i have
mist ondley one
day wrighting to
you since cam
back that is
wonderful for me
to wright to you
and a greater one
to get a letter
from you i dont
know what would
becom of me if
you shoul ceace
wrighting to me






i get moor ancious
Every Day to see
you, Dearest i am
glad you like
your Ring so mutch
i think it is neat
Dearest i just had
a good Bath and
i feal as fresh
as a dasey i am
Enjoying the best
of health and how
i wish you could
say the same
thing nothing
would give me
moor pleasure
than to know
my darling girl



{P.S
i did not get aney
letter Friday}

was in the best
of Health i hope
Dearest you will
soon feal better
Dearest i am going
to Bed now to
Dream of you i
Drempt of you last
night i felt a
little ancious about
you i think that
is the reason
Sweete hart i will
say good nigh with
all my thoughts off you
Your Bob










26 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This letter is part of a family collection that once belonged to Orpha May Spencer and Robert H. Wilson.  Click here to see more items that relate to St. Louis, MO.  Click here to see more items that relate to Chicago, Ill.     Click here to see more items from the collection.

                            Chicago
                                     Ill
                        Aug 26/04
My Dearest Orpha I
did not get aney
letter from you
to Day i am a
fraid you down
sick and unable to
wright this is the
second time this
weak i have mist
a letter from you
i am a fraid the
store is to mutch
for you Dearest if
the work is to





hard for you give
it up i will
work for you i
would rather you
had good health
thaney thing else
Sweete hart i dont
know how to wright
to you to night
if i had a letter
from you to day
i could wright
one mutch easier
Dearest if you are
unable to wright
have some one
wright and tell
me how you are
i do feal uneasey




i know you would
wright if you was
able to i cant wait
until morning
comes to see if i
got a letter i
feal lost when i
mis a day hearing
from you you got
me in this habit
so you will have
to keepe it up
how i wish i was
in St. Louis now
Mr Beny expects to
be in Chicago
Sunday and if he
come i will have
a good talk with




him and see if
he can give me
my old job back
a gain he is a
friend to my Boss
so he will come
to the shop to see
him. And i Can
see him to. it is
verry cold hear
to night i will
close sweete hart
with all my love
and kisses for you
from one that Ever
         thinks of you











24 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

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       Chicago, Ill
          Aug 24
           8 30 AM
LakeView Sta  1904
Miss Orpha Spencer
4829 Delmar Ave
St. Louis     MO

                      


                      Chicago
                               Ill
                      Aug 24/04
My Dearest Orpha I
Recieved Your Dear
letter yesterday you
said in it you was
getting a bitfoolish
i think we are both
alike on that subject
sweete hart i mailed
you the Ring Tuesday
i sapose you have
it by this time i
hope you will like








it i think it is very
neat the store is
not very big but
it is a pure white
diamond about 1/8 carat
the clerk told me
if i got a $500 Ring
the stone would be
no better of course it
would be mutch
larger i got it in
the best house in
Chicago so i gues it
is OK sweete hart
i will be glad
when the time








comes when i can
buy you the Ring
that will Binde
us for Ever, Roy
that is my Nephews
name and the young
man of the house
and my self played
cards last night i
could not injoy
the game at all
i did not have
my Right Pardner
You know how we
Uste toalways
Play to gather if you







{Sweete hart i will
close for to day hoping
this letter will finde
you well and happy
Love and kisses to you
                     yours Bob}
was with me i
could injoued the
game Dearest You ask
if i am well i
am injoying the
best of health except
ing a little love
sick and i dont
think i will get
over that as long
as i stay in Chicago
nothing but chaing
will help that complaint
                        (top)




























                                     
     
                     











23 August 1904 Letter from Robert H. Wilson to Orpha May Spencer

This letter once belonged to Orpha May Spencer, and is now part of a private family collection.  Click here to see more items that relate to St. Louis, MO.  Click here to see more of the collection.
Chicago, Ill
Aug 23
11 30 AM
1904
Miss Orpha Spencer
4829 Delmar Ave
St. Louis MO









ST. Louis, MO
AUG 24
3 30 AM
1904
WORLD'S
FAIR
ST. LOUIS









                                     Chicago
                                             Ill
                            Aug 23/04
My Dear Sweete hart
I Recieved you letter
yesterday i dont get
aney mail on Sunday
You speak in your
last letter as if you
do not get a
letter Every Day i
have mailed you a
letter Every day but
yesterday since i cam
back from St. Louis









Dearest i am going
down town to get
your ring the
morning so you
can look for it.
Wensday it will
not be a $100
Doller Ring Dearest
but it will be
the best my means
will allow and
i am shure you
will be satisfied
and i hope it will
binde us moor
than Ever







Sweete hart i would
love to deliver it
in person but you
but you see i am to far
a way for that
but the next one
i will deliver
my self and i
hope that will
not be long
Sweete hart it is
a pleasure for
me to go and
buy any thing
for you be caus
You Apriaciat aney







{Sweete hart i will say
good by for this time
with love and kisses
and hugs to all for you
                  (Yours Bob)}
little thing so
mutch, Dearest you
you must not
be cleaning up
the store and
make your self
sick i am sorry
to hear that your
mother is not
fealing well for i
know how cross
she is to you when
she is not well
                {top}