U.S.S. BOXER UNDER SAIL, NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1907-1909
Newport, RI, United States
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Dear Mamma, There are as many as 150 cases of measles here! There is chicken pox and mumps and Whooping cough. Diphtheria is not prevalent, there are only six cases. I haven't heard but one of scarlet fever. I'm not going to catch anything else. I go back to school tomorrow. Shall be on the watch for the [illegible]. Love to all, P.S. There isn't any small pox!

Mary

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