Western Union telegram.
1936 MAR 20 PM 1 39
MRS W E DOVE
PHONE 4737 SAVANNAH GA=
WIRING ETHEL DRAW DRAFT ONE HUNDRED OUR BANK ACCOUNT STOP SHE AND CHILDREN ESCAPED FIRE BUT EVERYTHING LOST STOP SHE IS WRITING SAVANNAH STOP TRYING FINISH HERE TOMORROW SO CAN RETURN ATLANTA AND SAVANNAH TO ORGANIZE NEW WORK SOUTHEAST STOP GET HULL GIVE NEWS FRANK STOP HOPE YOU CHILDREN FINE=
W E DOVE
March 20, 1936 (Walter)
1936 MAR 11 AM 12 12
MRS W E DOVE
FONE 4737 1504 EAST 51 T SAVANNAH GA=
ARRIVED TUESDAY MORNING AND HERE SEVERAL DAYS STOP WILL CONDUCT ALL CONTROL WORK NEW PROGRAM UNDER STRONG OFFICE STOP TEN STATE ORGANIZATIONS BUT REDUCED NUMBER FIELD MEN PER STATE STOP WORKING UP PLANS NOW AND WILL SPEND TOMORROW NIGHT CUSHING RESIDENCE STOP DINNER TONIGHT BISHOPS FAMILY STOP CORDIALLY RECEIVED LOVE=
WALTER.
March 11, 1936 (Telegram)
Postal Telegraph – “Telephone Your Telegrams to Postal Telegraph.”
1936 Mar 11 AM 12 12
WASHINGTON DC 10
ARRIVED TUESDAY MORNING AND HERE SEVERAL DAYS STOP WILL CONDUCT ALL CONTROL WORK NEW PROGRAM UNDER STRONG OFFICE STOP TEN STATE ORGANIZATIONS BUT REDUCED NUMBER FIELD MEN PER STATE STOP WORKING UP PLANS NOW AND WILL SPEND TOMORROW NIGHT CUSHING RESIDENCE STOP DINNER TONIGHT BISHOPS FAMILY STOP CORDIALLY RECEIVED LOVE=
WALTER.
March 11, 1936
Apparently Mrs. Laake held on a bit longer than the doctor’s “matter of hours” forecast, but nonetheless succumbed.
May 10, 1932 (Telegrams)
DR W E DOVE
CARE JUNG HOTELMRS LAAKE PASSED AWAY FOUR OCLOCK THIS MORNING FUNERAL WEDNESDAY TEN AM
=CUSHING
MRS W E DOVE
PHONE 4763 XM RIVERLAND CHARLESTON SOCARMRS LAAKE PASSED AWAY FOUR THIS MORNING FUNERAL WEDNESDAY TEN AM STOP AM SENDING FLOWERS FROM HERE
=WALTER
“Postal Telegraph – The International System”
DALLAS TEX 22 437P
DR W E DOVE
RIVERLAND TERRACE R F D NO 1 CHARLESTON SCAR
DOCTOR GIVEN MRS LAAKE UP BRAIN TUMOR MATTER OF HOURS
CUSHING
Stamp: “Phoned Mr. Dove 6:05″
April 22, 1932
I can’t decipher a date on this telegram, but it’s probably from late 1929, when Walter and Dr. White received an award from the American Medical Association for their work on larva migrans.
CHARLESTON SOCAR 11 839A
DR W E DOVE. EXHIBIT BOOTH CONVENTION HALL
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH WE ARE SO GLAD LOVE
INA.
Autumn 1929?
Western Union – Received at W.U. Bldg., Cor. Main & Pearl Sts., Dallas, Texas – 1929 May 21 PM 7 51
MRS W E DOVE
PHONE 80426 DALLAS TEX
PASSED EXAMINATION CORT SAID COMMITTEE WELL PLEASED LOVE
W E DOVE.
May 21, 1929
Western Union telegram:
DALLAS TEX 1216P JUNE 6 1927
MISS CLAUDELLE LEWIS
CARE BOY SCOUT OFFICE UVALDE TEX
ARRIVED LAST NIGHT HAD GOOD TRIP BOTH FEELING FINE
INA
110P
June 6, 1927
This is what social network updates used to look like, kids.