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Suffering Old Soldiers
Berwyn,
Custer County,
Nebraska
Jan. 3
W. W. Tarne, Chicago,
Ill.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 31st at hand and I
hereby acknowledge receipt of $2 contained therein, and, on behalf of the suffering
people here, I thank you, and assure you that I will use it in cases of
sickness and old age.
The condition of
our people here has not and cannot be overdrawn. Some outside assistance has come in and much
more must come or untold misery and suffering will result. Our country is certainly devastated. The country treasury is empty. Most of the people are living on bread and
water, with no fuel but cow chips. Coal
is $7 per ton, but few can buy it. God
will hereby bless you and all who assist us in this, our time of great
distress.
Very truly yours,
Ira McCollister
Adjutant Berwyn
Post, G.A.R.
Member relief court
Inter Ocean - January 11, 1895
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