Document Type
Correspondence
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Date
12-2-1956
Keywords
backwards, bleeding, Bible verse, folk cure, Boyertown, Howard Miller
Description
A handwritten postcard from Howard A. G. Miller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 2, 1956. Within, Miller provides information on how to stop bleeding via a passage in the Bible.
Sender
Howard A. G. Miller
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 21-19
City
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Transcription
Boyertown, Penna.
Dec. 2, 1956
I heard say you like to know what stops bleeding. Many old people used this out of the Bible Ezekiel chapter 16th, 6th verse. This is no story this is true. Some people write this verse of carry it along in pocketbook in case they need it. Some people say you should read it backwards.
Howard A. G. Miller
635 Rhoads Ave. Phone 76387
Boyertown Penna.
Dr. Shoemacker
Bethel
Berks Co. Penna.
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Miller, Howard A. G., "Letter From Howard A. G. Miller to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 2, 1956" (1956). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 136.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/136
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