Description:
Color postcard showing a bayonet drill, c. 1918
Caption on front: Bayonet Drill. Series No. 24 Passed by censor, Washington, D.C.
Written on back: Dear Edna:- Let me know how J. W. is. I hope you won't blame me if he takes it and I can't see how he can escape this time. I would love to [illegible] it the afternoon you called as quickly as Wilma wasn't with the little boy next door more than a half hour. When she took it. She is getting along just fine. I been Vapo Cresoline nights. Write soon and let me know. Love to all and best wishes if he gets the whooping cough. C. O.
[Note: The above message relates to the influenza epidemic. Vapo Cresolene was a patent medicine made from coal tar, which was heated and breathed in the belief that it would help cure illness. It was, however, poisonous. jr 02/03/2010]
Sent to: Mrs. A. J. Fee Oshtemo, Mich. R.F.D. #1
Sent on: March 29, 1918