Rockville
Minn
Nov 5 1898

My wife Emma Longley has been an invalid for 23 years unable to walk a step for 22 years this fall.  She is afflicted with a combination of disease any one of which is incurable.  Tumar. Curvature of Spine Rupture + now she is loosing her eye sight is nearly blind at present writing.

Yours truly
James Longley