Nellie's
Letter
This letter
is the only item we have of our Grandmother, Nellie O'Brien Shannon. She died
when our father was 19 yrs. old. The letter is
from Nellie O'Brien Shannon to her sister "Sug".(Genevieve O'Brien)
We were all delighted to read these words. I have allowed the
punctuation and spelling to remain in tact. The
"kid" she is referring to is my father, Tom Shannon. Nell died in 1930
at the age of forty three. Envelope:From:
N. Shannon
7055 Marquette Ave.
St. Louis
To:
Miss Jean O'Brien
T.B. Hospital
Oak Forest, Ill.
rm207 St. Louis
6 a.m. Nov. 26, 1919 Dear Sug:
Rec'd your letter & glad to hear you are feeling better you had
better be careful about washing your head this cold weather we
have been having fine weather here untill last night it started raining &
sleeting & turned awful cold. Sug I phoned down town for a bath robe
for you & they sent it out but I wouldn't have it so
I sent it back & I will go down myself Fri or Sat. as Tom is going to be off
till Monday. You know Loretta Tom's cousin is going to be
married this evening & I guess we will go if it is not too
wintry Tom bought her a nice carving set she is going to have a big
wedding & I guess she will get a lot of nice presents. Well
Sug how do you like the hospital by now & do you feel much better
I had a letter from Kate & she said you wanted some jelly you know I never
made any jelly this year but I am going to try to get you some
Tine called me up last nicht (you know I got my phone at
last)& said she was going to fix you a box this morning. Sug did you get the
slippers I sent & do you like them I thought they would be
nice to slep on when you get up & you ccan look for the robe
in a few days Yes Sug the gang stell comes in as regular as
ever I wish you were here now I have punch-board & a
turkey-punch board & such an uproar you never heard they would drive you mad
Elmer wants to have people in to clean up the
Turkey-board he thinks he is going to have a Turkey for tomorrow. the
slot machineaint in it with this noise Yellow was in this morning he goes in on
the 6:00 train & you can hear him 2 blocks away hollering
Shannigan we don't be up half the time when he comes across the
track shouting we don't get up until a quarter to six it sure is a whole lot
differint now since we are up here. Papa bought a new wall case
for $40 the other day it sure is nice Well Sug I guess Mayme
will be going up now real soon & might get a chance to come around xmas. you
said I ought to hop in behind you if you only knew how I would
like to I wish I could lay down & sleet for a week with
nothing to bother about. I am getting as fat as a pig. I was down home the other
evening & went to the Grand they are all getting along fine
down there poor old Wilhelm wnet home. he says she wants to
sell out & come here to live she wants to get a place out here in Lindenwood
Well Sug I guess this is all for this time is it near eight now
& I have to get the kid ready for school ans. soon &
don't wait for me to write, just write as often as you can hope you have a nice
Thanksgiving. here is a dollar get something to eat with it
& if you want anything don't hesitate to ask for it. Good bye for
this time.
Nell 
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