letter the thirty-fourth: apparently large question marks are catching

The contributor of today's installment [sorry it's late, I was at the state capitol ... oooh ... seat of power and (and sometime seat of insanity)] said that the town this is from has/had a large Greek population and a lot of old people hate them. Absolutely hate them. He/she has a few from this same writer ("They may be the same letter in several installments. We aren't sure.") and there are apparently potshots at the Greeks and "Negros" every now and then that have nothing to do with anything.  I can't wait for more.

The front (back?) of the letter presents this is some sort of newcomers guide or something. The reverse is a rant against social services ... I guess. I was surprised that I could read this but I sorta understand. There are myriad reasons why people are out of work and some of that has to do with technology. Some of that has to do with people not wanting to do a certain job. Some of it is because of pure capitalism: it's cheaper for a company to get someone to do the same job in an economically-depressed country over people in the U.S. wanting health insurance or vacation or stupid things like that.

Or it could be the fault of the Greeks and Negros. I don't know.


Note the glorious question  mark at the top.  I think I shall call this c-money-itis because it must be a disease that must be eradicated from the earth. Beyond that, this letter has it all: all caps, cursive, underlines, exclamation marks and other questionable punctuation, non sequitur racist comments, you name it.  Someone needs to hide the pens and paper from grampa or grandma.  I picture a granddaughter taking her boyfriend over for Thanksgiving and whispering at the stoop, "For the love of God, don't tell Uncle Wallie that your last name is Plagianakos!"

 

Greeks and Negros Have Nose in Every Thing Sneaky!

READ THIS YOU AS ALSO A NEWCOMER WILL LEARN A LOT IF YOU WANT TO!

LOT OF GREEKS LAWYER HERE!

OR SCARED TO

WHY ISN'T THE REAL HISTORY OF TOWN NOT PROMOTED? IT WAS NOT GRANT + LINCOLN JUST OVER 150 YEARS AGO IT WAS OVER 300 YRS AGO!

Another Report or Question for [CITY] "News."

I lived here during Depression Years My Mother worked for W.P.A. and young men worked for C.C.C.!

I worked going to high School at Night drugstore Saturdays Woolworth's!

We WORKED — My brother in high school Washed Blankets for Hospital — We knew head nurse there that gave him what he wanted [GIGGITY?] NOT Charity but WORK!

This is something for your paper to question — "A Town full of Adults:

WALL TO WALL WORK including A Huge (THEME PARK) Military Base — [NAME OF BASE] (ONLY BASE — I HAVE TOURED MANY) TO HAVE A CIVILIAN CLUB? BUT [CITY] HAS WALL TO WALL WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND HUD! WHY?

IN 1930s WE HAD ONE POLICE OFFICER! WHY THE CHANGE SINCE 1970S?