Sioux Falls S.D. Western Union Telegraph Transcription from Lee to Orpha

This is part of a private collection that belonged to Orpha May Spencer.
Please click here for her full private collection.   The telegram was from Dr. James Lee to his then fiancee Orpha May Spencer.  Click here for the Sioux Falls basic timeline.  Click here to see items that relate to Worthing, SD.

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Form No. 1.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
--------------------INCORPORATED----------------------
23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.  CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD
This company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limitingit's liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.  Errors can be gaurded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmissionor delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid theron, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
                                             ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager
NUMBER   38      SENT BY SE     REC'D BY  S         CHECK  1 Paid
RECEIVED at 23  V  PN                              7/30 1903
Dated   Sioux Falls SD. 30
To  Mrs Orpha Spencer 1331 N 10 East[??]aus   Ills
Will be in St Louis 210 Saturday August 1
Dr J Lee