Postcards from Macon
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Subject:
First Baptist Church
Caption:
Baptist Church,
Macon, Mo. 3391
Date:
October 26, 1915 -- 12 M
From:
Trom
To:
Miss Alpha Septon
208 Lalley Street
Hannibal, Missouri
Message:
Hello Alpha How are you By this time we are all well Hope you are the same Well Alpha you I ate breakfast here this morning Well this is all I wish you was up here we are sure having some time So answer soon Trom
Notes:
I'm not sure that I have the signature correct. "Trom" doesn't make any sense.

The writer probably "guessed" Alpha's address -- and got it wrong. The post office delivered it, but with a stamped warning to Alpha.

I couldn't find a "Lalley" Street (or anything close to it) on a map of Hannibal -- which is about 50 miles straight east of Macon. So I'm not sure where Alpha actually lived.

The back of the card gives another interesting view of the "flag" postmark. And I'm pretty sure the postmark says 12 M, meaning "midnight".

The front is the same picture as my 1906 postcard of the church -- the view from the southwest.
   
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