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Nellie Chute Edwards poem: Mrs Smiths Party

Photograph of Nellie Chute Edwards poem: Mrs Smiths Party.
Nellie Chute Edwards poem: Mrs Smiths Party.

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Details are attributed to the photographed document or display label. Document dates, publication dates, and historical addresses are not the date or location of this digital photograph. Heading and opening two stanzas. Unusual wording is preserved. The linked continuation names Carrie Smith; the original caption supplies Nellie Chute Edwards.

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Poem by Nellie Chute Edwards
Names mentioned
Nellie Chute Edwards, Nellie Edwards
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Poem written by Nellie Edwards Mrs Smiths Party A week Dear Mrs Smith Invited us to come And spend an afternoon with her. As soon as her new veranda’s done. She told us we must contribute Poetry dance or song Or anything we wished to do To help the afternoon along.

Heading and opening two stanzas. Unusual wording is preserved. The linked continuation names Carrie Smith; the original caption supplies Nellie Chute Edwards.

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