Geo. C. Carver (Carver's Cash Grocery, Melrose, New Mexico), TLS, 1 page. A visit from the Chautauqua had a lasting effect on audiences, as evidenced by this letter that notes the Melrose "Red Cross entertainment" had netted $72; her drawings were auctioned for $40.25, $18.75 of which came from a nickel-a-vote identification of "the ugliest man in the audience" by the audience. The man "elected" was given the drawing of "Uncle Zeke." On Carver's letterhead. With typed transcript by MFG. February 4, 1918, Item 5, Box: 1. Marion Ballou Fisk Papers, MsC0150.09. University of Iowa Special Collections. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/35625 Accessed May 03, 2024.