Item of ephemera with name Carrie Roby

Lou Slade · 1900s-1950s

This item of ephemera has ingredients for a recipe handwritten on a note paper that was stored in a postal ledger used at the Rocheport, Missouri, Post Office. The ingredients include eggs, sugar, jelly, flour, and sour cream. The name“Carrie Roby” is written at the end of the list; Carrie Robby Boggs (1889-1985) was a resident of Rocheport, Missouri like the postmasters Lou and Mary Slade who used this ledger to keep recipes and household hints. The paper appears to have another postal connection--it is stamped on the reverse, “St. L. & Parsons TR 6 / Jan 5 / F Schachle,” which refers to the St. Louis, Missouri, and Parsons, Kansas, railroad, and this appears to be a railway mail service stamp of clerk named F. Schachle.