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Note: He is working as a shoe cobbler with his father J. A. Crane. Hisdraft registration card states that he is age 24, short, medium buildwith brown eyes and black hair. He has no disabilities. ****** January 23, 1934, while living at 3108 West 63rd Street, Chicago,Illinois, Teddy wrote the following love letter to his beloved Annieand cherished Dixie who are visiting Annie's family in Lyford, Texas.
Dear darling Annie
Sure glad to hear from you just received your letter dated January 20,I received your postal card yesterday I ans it allso mailed you andDixie a box of candy - so you see I'm thinking of you all the timesure lonesome here without you and Dixie. I allmost got the Texasfever, but, not so hot the fever is running about 98 1/6.
Yes I suspect that part of Texas has its draw back. I expect in thesummer time when its dry it stays dry and when it rains it rains tomuch and the wind blows about too weeks before it will rain. We arehaving real nice weather up here in Chicago, some rain yesterday andtoday the sun came out it all most gave me the Spring fever.
I think you will get that box of candy about Sunday sweetie honeydearest when you come home I want you to get a pullman back to Chicagoso you and Dixie wont get so sick of riding and I think you will haveto buy whats called a 2nd class ticket before you can get a sleeperpullman sleepers uper berth don't come as high as a lower berth themsleepers came down in price too, honey I sure want you to have a goodtime and when you come back I want you to ride in better cars than thechair car even if it cost more you can rest better so can Dixie.
O sweetie you are a honey everything nice. I'm crazzy to squize yousweet baby doll - honey dear.
That woman Dr. case was voted out of court - called a misstrial orsomething. She had good lawyers.
O yes milk is 9 cents a qt. No I haven't seen Mr. Nibbs again I seenMr. & Mrs. ?, they are ok. So Dixie likes to stay out and play. PoorClarence sure has hard luck don't he. How is Gene and his wife. Howmother and father fine I hope lots of love to you all.
Kisss XXXX XXX for you and Dixie. ****** April 1950, Ted and Annie visited his sister Delia Crane Stevens, herhusband James Stevens and their neice, Shirley Jane Lindsey, inWynnewood, Oklahoma. A notation on the back of a picture states thatthis was his first vacation from the Park. ******
Full Name: Albert Lester Theodore "Teddy or Ted" CRANE. Teddy wasblinded by mustard gas in World War I. Like his father and his sister, Violet,he was an accomplished poet. His cause of death was cancer.
Note: June 5, 1917, Teddy is living at 300 East 10th Street, Ada, Oklahoma.
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