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01295 Crete, Neb. Feb. 10th, 1888 Dear Bro John I thank you for your great kindess. which I can never repay. I received
your letter saturday with money order enclosed for 100 dol for which I thank you. I hope I can return it soon. May those more
prosperous days you speak of be not long in coming- if they ever do or do not I shall always feel that you did all you could
to bring them about. It is something new for John to lie awake nights worring about his affairs. or anything else. but if
all this trouble be the means of