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Mamie was referring to her grandfather, William 'Will' Allen Ayers' (1855-1934).
His death occurred in 1934 in Austin, TX., sometime after this letter was written.
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(Transcribed for easier reading):
August 3, 1934
Dear Cousin Raymond:
I was visiting grandpa Sunday
afternoon, and he asked me to answer the card you sent him several weeks ago.
He was glad to hear from you, but was sorry to learn of your mother being ill.
Grandpa has been in bed for a number
of weeks and is still down. Monday he had a bad attack with his heart
again,
but tonight when I called, he was feeling a bit better. His case, he is
very ill one moment and much better the next.
I am still working at Kress, the
place where I have been the last five years. During July I had a two week's paid
vacation.
Maybe you don't think I really enjoyed it. Papa is still at Swan & Schulle
Furniture Store and all the others are the same
as when you were here.
Speaking of hot weather, but last
month the official thermometers reached 104 degrees, this breaking the heat
records
for many years past. The drought has set many good farmers back, but there
are at present many little country towns
receiving their share of rain after so long.
You must continue to write, and
grandpa wants all the folks to write and tell all the news. I shall be glad to
answer
letters sent to us or grandpa.
Your Cousin,
Mamie Ayers (I am the granddaughter of your Uncle Will)
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