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Nile Kinnick correspondence, August-December 1940
1940-09-28: Front
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Des Moines Iowa, Sept. 28th 1940 Mr. Nile Kinnick Iowa City, Iowa. My Dear Mr. Kinnick I assume that you will no doubt, be some what surprised to hear from me; however I am impelled to write you entirely through the promptings of pure gratitude. Your recent article entitled "Rugged individualism" has benefited me far more than you dreamed of at the time of its writing, and little did I dream that, that such an event, whereby you offered me a lift, as a hitch-hiker along the road, would by that act put me in the news, and further the sales of my "Home-made Aprons." It now happens almost daily that when I call at a home and present my goods, the Lady of the house will immediately inquire, whether or not I am the lady whom Nile Kinnick wrote about in his article, and as I give them the information that I am, I get the response that I have thereby made a sale. I hope that some day the sale of my Good Aprons may emulate the good name of the Foot Ball Player, who was big enough to stop by the way-side and befriend a Lady. Please accept my best wishes to you as an out-stand young man of the times, and am pleased that you refused the offers of the East, to attend school there, and that you chose to remain in the west where it does seem, that galantry is not all-to-gether forgotten among the real men of our good state. God Bless you and keep you in the spirit, that you now possess for a long life time ahead. Yours in the spirit of a Mother. Alice Bagwell 3825 2nd Ave Des Moines, Iowa
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Des Moines Iowa, Sept. 28th 1940 Mr. Nile Kinnick Iowa City, Iowa. My Dear Mr. Kinnick I assume that you will no doubt, be some what surprised to hear from me; however I am impelled to write you entirely through the promptings of pure gratitude. Your recent article entitled "Rugged individualism" has benefited me far more than you dreamed of at the time of its writing, and little did I dream that, that such an event, whereby you offered me a lift, as a hitch-hiker along the road, would by that act put me in the news, and further the sales of my "Home-made Aprons." It now happens almost daily that when I call at a home and present my goods, the Lady of the house will immediately inquire, whether or not I am the lady whom Nile Kinnick wrote about in his article, and as I give them the information that I am, I get the response that I have thereby made a sale. I hope that some day the sale of my Good Aprons may emulate the good name of the Foot Ball Player, who was big enough to stop by the way-side and befriend a Lady. Please accept my best wishes to you as an out-stand young man of the times, and am pleased that you refused the offers of the East, to attend school there, and that you chose to remain in the west where it does seem, that galantry is not all-to-gether forgotten among the real men of our good state. God Bless you and keep you in the spirit, that you now possess for a long life time ahead. Yours in the spirit of a Mother. Alice Bagwell 3825 2nd Ave Des Moines, Iowa
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