Postcard from Nocatee

 
 
 
 
 
 

 


I found this post card in some old papers my mom saved.  It was written and mailed July 19, 1929 at 8 A M from the post office in Nocatee,  Florida. Her grandfather, Edmond H. McQuady sent it to Mrs. Ida McQuady, my mother's grandmother, who was visiting 312 E-22nd St. Jacksonville, Florida. All this information, I took from the front of the post card.  How it arrived in my mom's possession, I have no idea.  Edmond was the first postmaster of Nocatee, appointed on September 25, 1886. I thought I would let you enjoy a glimpse into life in a small Florida community by sharing this note with you:

7/19-29
Yes my Dear Boss
All orders have been literally obeyed. Am worried some to find scraps to keep life in pup & cat and the rooster has ___ bad eye, daubed him with ax' grease then kerosene his head no improvement yet.  Hens are doing well.  Sold 2 Doz eggs in 4 days.  Your Pa had fall and put his bad shoulder out of place.  Went to see him next day sitting porch but weak.  H__ & Ralph came over last evening.  Old __ __ died the afternoon.
All ___ __ well. EH



 


My great grandmother, Ida Carlton McQuady, used every scrap of paper for her musings and this postcard did not escape her pencil.
 On the front she wrote:
 It looked too much like waving a victorious flag in the face of a beaten enemy
Merry England


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