Montgomery, Ala.
Oct. 15, 1917
My Dear Dad: -
By Golly! I never though of your birthday being so close, until this morning.
I rec. your letter this morning and rec one from Mother, & Jim also. I was very glad to hear from you.
And, say - darn it - I nearly forgot what I was writing you about, "I wish you many happy birthdays."
As to Lt. Shaffer, I think this trouble is going to turn out O.K. He was ordered to retain his command until it was investigated. The first one, ordering him to give up his command was recinded.
However, if they change their minds again, we will only be able to get him back thru outside help, as you see we dare not get up any petitions or say a word about it to "higher ups".
This is an ideal day and the air here is great.
Sunday I wrote letters to Aunt Anna, Miriam Good, Uncle Glen, Lion Store, and several others.
Must close for this time. Hope this finds all O.K.
Love to All
Howard
Photo from the Toledo Blade archive of Lion Store in the 1920s.
So, maybe it's because I'm behind on my posts, but the only thing I seem to find interesting here? Why is Howard writing letters to the Lion Store? Perhaps they had a mail order catalog that sent him some of those fancy white collars he mentioned earlier.
It was a fun bit of nostalgia for me to research though. As a small child, I remember sitting on the golden lions in front of Lion Store at Southwyck Mall. I didn't realize that Lion Store had roots as far back as the 19th century in Toledo. Back then, patrons were buying dry goods instead of Esprit bicycle shorts, but we all shared the same retail heritage, I guess.
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