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[[circled]] 696 [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] JUL 23 1924 [[/stamped]] 

For Prize Contest

Greenup Ill 
7/21/24

What Burpees Seeds Have done for me
That could not be told with full credit as we have for the last twenty five years seen our granary filled year after year with abundance of grain of the best type produced from Burpee true to name field seeds and then our summer garden filled with the various vegitables of the most suberb quality from which we can nourish our labor weary bodies
Also the beautiful flowers of the many collars filling the garden with fragrance and beauty during summer only to fade in auntom reminding us that we like the flowers must spread cheer and kindness every where e'er the chilly winds of the auntom of life waft us out into the Great Beyond. And then again when we are called to pay 

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@siobhanleachman:- I've received a reply from TC via twitter @transcribesi about this issue. They say "YES put No./Date at top or bottom (sep from txt) - AAG wants this text searchable BUT we also want coherence of letter" Stop moving the stamp Siobhan. Siobhan:- The original transcriber did the correct thing in keeping the spelling mistakes but you need to add [sic] in the transcription. Mary:- Don't agree. Isn't this supposed to be an exact transcription? Mary is correct. Siobhan is wrong.