Found a bunch of old 1920s letters. Can anyone read cursive and let me know what they say?

Hey OP,

There’s a lot of pages and they seem all out of order and just portions of each page. Any chance you can take photos and upload them in order and full pages. It isn’t too hard to read for the most part, typical mid century cursive.

The handwriting is very poor and grammar worse.

From what I could read, it's very boring rambles with unneeded detail.

This ^^^^^^^

This afternoon the bell rang. I went down and opened the door and there was Ella and Eva. They came in for a few minutes and then we went over to the photographer and brought Ella's proofs back. We walked over to Eight Avenue and 42nd Street and back and then up to Ella's house. Her mother gave us some supper and then -- boyfriend came up and then Ella and Eva's sailor---and we all came down to my house. We played the piano and sang and danced until about 10:20 and then went downstairs and had some hot-- punch and what do you know. Alfred Walter (Ella's friend) has --of-- ounce babies bottle with a nipple on it. On New Year's night...

‘The gold is buried in the.............’
that’s all I got.

Blue writing:
That I don’t know how to say it but neither speech nor writing can ever tell you just how much it is. I love you and I am so proud that my boy picked me. What an honor. But who wouldn’t be proud to be picked by your darling so you see I rate equal with the peacock now. Well darling it is to late to be sitting up writing after the late night last night and tonight again and plenty of work ahead. So good night dearest with lots of love and kisses. Your own with love.

Seriously. I can't believe people cant read this.

This^^^^^

I can read it as well.

Those of us that can read it could divide it up (each do a couple of pages or whatever) and spend the time to decipher it for you if it is important, but it looks like mundane rambling.

I agree that it’s somewhat interesting considering how long ago it was written.

How badly do you need this?

But then again...I did work with doctors when we still had paper charts.

Seriously. I can't believe people cant read this.

I know. I agree. It’s pretty sad that the only writing people learn these days is texting.

Wow, that was tough and I can read cursive. I write in cursive but honestly that was tough. It seemed like everything literally ran together.....

Look at the Brain on Brad!

That is some sloppy ass handwriting.

From what I can make out:

"There was Ella and Eva. They came in for (?) four minutes then we all went (?) to the (?) planter (?)....

We walked (?) the right..."

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I agree.

All I could make out by line.

afternoon.....rang. I went..
.the door....was Ella and....came in for....and then....to the plant....brought Ella's PR....walked over the....and 42nd....back and then....

Yes! Exactly! It’s so easy. Same with percentages. I would figure 10% by just moving the decimal point. I used to tell my girls that figuring 10% of 878 is just as easy as figuring 10% of 100. Move the decimal two places to the right so 10% of 878 is 87.8 and if you want 20%, double that, just keep going for each 10 percent. These types of maths are so easy

this

That.

You wonder how Egyptians engineered pyramids, and now their descendants pick through land fills for garbage?

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The writing isn't to bad. A girlfriend making small talk about her life events to someone in the military.

Looks like what my girl use to write me. Scented with perfume and lipstick nipple prints.

Then Jody got her.

Hell, my mother brought me to a doctor many decades ago as no one could understand what I was saying. The doctor said my tongue could not keep up with my brain, let along my handwriting.

Don't forget about having supper and then playing the piano and singing, feeding Walter with the baby bottle, New Years and the Olympians, and the relatives visiting.

Can anyone not read cursive, lol. That one is a little challenging, but you can tell most words and decipher the rest by deductive reasoning.

We need to see the whole thing for context. That is how you decipher unknown styles. A few words are scribbles without context.

I bet she met Jody eventually. They all do.

Jody is the Armies version of Chad the girlfriend bogeyman.

I learned the percentage calculating in I think middle school....it's so basic. I advanced as far as College Algebra for Calculus, but that was it. I don't like to do the maths too much. I have a very creative mind, and math is too much structure....and I get by just fine with the basics I was taught as a kid, and I really don't need anymore than that.

BUT then along came Common Core Mathematics. What a train wreck full of unholy grief that was/is.

Talk about freaking complicating things....

Yep, I can read most of it. Learned cursive in school. I'm 62 years old. Which page do you want me to translate...

The Letter is addressed to John J. Malloy, US Naval Training Station, Central ?Butcher? Shop, Great Lakes ?Illinois?

Last Edited by DuckNCover on 08/19/2022 10:33 PM

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Last Edited by DuckNCover on 08/19/2022 10:28 PM

Picking it up from here:

"We had a wonderful time tonight. Can you (imagining) imagine, running a party without any preparations. Well we never expected to have a party at all and at about five o'clock..."

Who is Ella and Eva?

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Last Edited by TexasPaleo on 08/19/2022 10:41 PM