Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
down here. And they had a mnkey in a ca#p this high for~me. I wen
to look at the mnkey.
Q. Just about your chin hei&t?
A. Yes.
throw and grabbed
and chewed it; got
taker and he got
back on the hat.
Q. Well, dhner out and ice cream and streetcar rides so@& like a lovely
day. What was the n m of the hotel? Can you remember? '
A. I cannot. No, I'm somy. And I should. It wasn tt N lson, but it
was something as comn as that. No, I can't remertber. 1 t was across from
Vredenbwgh' s , across the street frm the railroad. The
Here was the railroad station, the C. & A. [Chicago and
C. & A. then on Third Street, and here was the railroad
building, I ~ mber, painted pay. Then this was
was Washington Street, here was Jefferson Street.
[Jefferson and Third Street] the northeast comer,
fYom the railroad station.
But the da&ter who was the waitress-bmmt the food irX and so forth--
she was a mmber of First Christian Church which I joined, And throw my
Sunday $&ad, sehg there in Sunday sehaal, that's how the Lynn fdly
got acquainted with m. And the church women were nice . There was
a worn named MaYy Coleman who lived in a horn where the
Hospital, is built. And that's now the Memorial Wdical
where I graduated first. No, I didn't graduate there.
Springfield Hospital which was the forerunner of
on Fif'%h land North Grand Avenue. I had two years
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Q. We don't have you out of hl& school, Miss Tittman. laughter) I'm
not s m we have you out of grade school yet. We've got ou as far as
the eieth grade.
A. Yes. Well, I graduated that one year. I
Q. From the Trapp School.
A. k e year. Then I was ready for high school and I sti
home, but no father, no father. And
Q. What happened to your father?
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A. Well, he didn't corn home.
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Q. He just disappeared?
A. Yes. Once in a while we h' d a little mney from him,
So finally, I had to @t Underfangerts to corn and take
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