Cards from the Northwest
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Kobe, Japan At The flow of cards between Ben and Nellie seemed to fall off somewhat. From cards I have not posted there were references to letters that I thing might have carried the bulk of their throughts during this period.
He did get one card from Nellie's sister Issy asking "How do you like Japan?" The card depicts a "Summer on the Farm" scene, and was received onboard November 25th, 1908 while the ship was in Manila Bay.
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Manila, Phillipines This is a set of cards that Ben sent to Nellie all on the 25th of November. "Only six more days and its homeward bound." "Going to skidos in a few days and get away from this joint. " "29 - 0 - 52". "Was ashore on duty yesterday, no shore leave here otherwise." "10 - 5 - 47 29 - 0 - 53" Ben
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Mail Call in Suez, Egypt
Two cards received on January 3rd, 1909 while the ship had just entered the Suez Canal. One from Mack the other from Beth wishing Ben an a Thanksgiving Greeting. The mail by this time was more than a month behind the holiday being celebrated.
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A Mail Call Cairo, Egypt At the end of the Canal Ben received three more cards from home. Two of the cards were Christmas cards mailed December 15th and 21st, the other a card about Boston mailed on the 20th. All three cards are canceled onboard January 7th, 1909
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