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Sorry You Were Sick Last Sunday

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:05:24 +0000

"Sorry you were sick last Sunday. Want to assure you of my sincere sympathy. Hope you will soon be well and able to meet with our class. A. B. C. No. 41. Copyright, 1913, the Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O."

For other don't-forget-to-attend-Sunday-school postcards, see One Out of Our Sunday-School Class Last Sunday and Hello! Who Is This? You're the One We're After.

Hello! Who Is This? You're the One We're After

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:05:26 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Hello! Who is this? You're the one we're after. Missed you last Sunday. Come to Sunday school next Sunday sure! A. B. C. No. 56. Copyright, 1917, the Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O."

For other don't-forget-to-attend-Sunday-school postcards, see One Out of Our Sunday-School Class Last Sunday and Sorry You Were Sick Last Sunday.

The Procrastinator's Hereafter

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:00:48 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"The Procrastinator's Hereafter. Take a friend's advice: Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today--Answer that letter." Sign: "Bottomless Pit Drop In."

Pity the poor procrastinator who doesn't answer his letters! This pathetic fellow obviously failed to keep up with his correspondence while he was alive, and now in the "hereafter" the devil is looking over his shoulder to make sure he responds on time--and for all time!

In order to avoid falling into the fiery "Bottomless Pit" below, the procrastinator is precariously perched on an endless roll of paper as he scribbles out his message. The last few lines he's written on the paper suggest that he's trying to explain away his current predicament: "...in my new home. Although everything is up to sample, I'm not stuck on the place but circumstances over which I have no control impel me to stick...."

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Reverse of postcard:

Postmarked: "Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25, 1912."

Addressed to: "Mr. W. J. Ross, 131 River St., N. Adams, Mass."

Handwritten message: "Dear Will: What do you think of this for a card? I don't hear from Flora very often. I'm working and not having much fun either--just existing. Not as tired as when I came here. Hastily, Cora."