This letter was found in John Lorang’s wallet in 1926, when he passed away. It was folded up into a tiny square and had been kept for almost 50 years. Thanks to an Idaho Humanities Grant, Horst Reil of Kendrick, Idaho was able to loosely translate this letter.
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