Addressed to Miss Rose Forderkonz,
Dear Rosie:
Have a short time so will pen you a few lines. My brother’s train goes through here at 1:15 and is 35 minutes late. This is the only chance I get to see him, every other day.
Business has kept up pretty fair considering, with me lately, although nearly all are complaining. Sell quite a lot of souvenir postal cards now and make good money on them. At first they cost 10¢ per pkg and then dropped to 7 ½ and then to 6 ½. I went to the Mfrs. the other day and by contracting for 25,000, or 2,500 sets got the lowest jobbers price of 4 ½ ¢ per set. Can sell same to the other agents for 6 ½ ¢ and my brother and myself will make 20 1/2¢ on each pkg. we sell.
We have both got in the habit of talking shop, but I like to have you do so and take it for granted that you sometimes might be interested in details that I don’t tell anyone else.
A girl on the train last night lost her pocketbook just before getting off our train to change to a slower train. I think some one else copped it, but she could do nothing to regain. It contained about $20.00 and her ticket. I loaned her $1.00 to get home with. She felt bad because she had been as economical as possible at the fair so as not to come home broke, and failed at the last moment. She should have made use of her stocking.
Yours,
Max
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