Katheryn Clary: Mar 23, 1922 Chicago

Dear Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was good. I hung out with my youngest daughter looking at wedding dresses. She is getting married next year. She did find one she likes but wants to check out a few more before she makes her final choose.
Here is the next letter from Kathryn. The envelope was post marked Mar 23 1922 but on the letter she has written February 22, 1922. The question is, did she write the month on the letter or did it take her that long to get it in the mail?

 Being written in pencil it is very faded or it was written lightly to begin with. Here is what it says:

                    February 22, 1922
Dear Howard
             Received your
welcome letter & was very glad
to hear from you. So Elmer is a
bad boy eh? Well you tell him
that I am quite surprised, So you
get moonshine out there. Well
you know there is "No place
like home."???  He is going
back to his "Moonshine girl"
because he loves her "Still". Har!
Har! Tell Elmer that I will
 write to him but he should
not write such "mushy" letters
as I don't care about reading
                   2
that kind. I never see Theresa
that is we don't pal around
together any more, a slight
misunderstanding. Too bad we
drink ( but we don't). Some
people are so dumb they
think "South Bend (Ind) is an
exercise. Some" Jake" eh? How
is your mother, Tom & your Dad
oh & of course "yourself"? Give
them all my love. I had my
pictures taken Saturday but they
are not very good.Maybe I
will send you one. So you
don't associate with the wild
women in town well I
             III
I don't blame you as I
think they are rather dis-
gusting. When is Elmer coming
out here? Why he would get
lost. He might think he is
wild down there but wait
until he gets here. Is that
a wolf you have in the
picture? have you many
shows & places to dance down
there? Is is cold up there, it's
nice & warm here. I like the
winter because there are more
dances. Send me some of
the pictures of the girls
& Elmer & you.
Will you?

I would love to see some
of them. Well I guess I'd
better close now & get to
work. You know I'm
a switchboard operator
& I'm rather busy.
     Write real soon.
      Your friend
       Kathryn

Reading this letter it makes you wonder if she really liked Elmer. I wonder if they ever got a chance to really hang out.
As for the moonshine thing, well there is a good chance Grandpa did dabble in it, maybe.


This is just a picture I found on the internet not from anyone I know of.

She wanted pictures of girls that Grandpa and Elmer hung out with. I'm including one of the girls.

There should be letters from her later on, I think.

Now here are a couple of other random pictures I choose for you you to see.

I'm not sure who they are or even why they are all standing on the ladder.

This could be Grandpa out standing in his field.

I know corny joke. But she started it with her still joke and all of her silliness.

I guess it looks like her and Theresa's friendship might finally be over. To me they went in different directions as they got older. It happens. But it's history that I will never know what happened exactly. It has faded away forever.
Well I guess that's all I have time for now. I hope you enjoyed this brief look in to a fading history.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Rose E. Hoelscher: March 20, 1922 Albert Lea

Dear Friends,
Hope are you? Me, I'm doing good. My week was uneventful. My husband had a fright on Thursday. He was raking some hay when suddenly it was almost like a kind of tornado that took the hay and started whipping it around. If it was a whirl wind it was the biggest he had ever seen. When it was done over half of the field was scattered all over including a near by road. If only he had a camera with him so I could prove it happened.
Anyway here is the next letter from Rose.

It's a little hard to make some of it out so here is what I make out.

                 Albert Lea Minn.
                  March 20, 1922
                  Hoelscher's farm
                  near 5 bells
Dear Friend
I received your welcome letter some time
ago, and of course should of answered
sooner. It is some job to write when
a person keeps putting it off.
I wrote one letter since the last one
I wrote to you
Well how's the weather where you live
It is very horrid weather here now
It has been raining soon and it very
cloudy yet no sunshine at all

You say it is the hardest winter
you can remember. Well it is not the
hardest Winter Minn has had since
I can remember We didn't have much
snow this Winter but lot of ice.
You asked if we had any Parties
here not now, There isn't any it is
lent now I wouldn't go any way
if there was some
I there a lot of parties where you are
There is a lot of dairying in the country
for most farmers have a lot
of cattle
You say your Brother and you
have a Ford together If I lived nearer
you Maybe you would give me
a ride in your Ford Ha Ha
I sure was surprised you get
the pictures they were just
fine and dandy was very glad to get them
thanks very much for them
Well the pictures had than were
no good on good at all the worse

I ever seen but just as soon get
 a good Picture of myself I sure will
remember to send you one
How's that it is the best I can do
O say do you know a girl by the name
of Carol Johnson of Ogema Wis. the time
my brother had his name in the paper
she wrote him a letter he answered
but she never wrote again
Well as news is scarce I will close
for this time hoping to hear from
you soon Your friend
excuse poor  Rose E. Hoelscher    Albert lea
writing                                             Minn
                                                       R. box 26

In this letter I learned one thing about Rose. She was not a party kind of girl.
Grandpa must have told her that it was the hardest winter he could remember. At least at that time.
Here is a picture from the scrap book.

Four Oconomowoc farmers--(left to right) Oscar Stiemke, Art and George Heubner and Leonard
Rowe-- dig their way to freedom on Highway P in Waukesha county a mile north of the village of
Gifford-- Journal Staff Photo
Remember the scrap book is from about 1936.

Not to much to comment on in this letter, so here are a couple of random pictures.

I don't know who is standing on top of this hay. I choose this one because of what happened to my husband yesterday. Just imagine this hay being whirled around in the air in front of you. Minus the horses of course. To me it's a scary thought of almost being caught up in something like that.

 I choose this picture in honor of a cousin who is getting married this weekend. It was taken at a studio called Wilde in Shawano Wis. I'm not sure who this couple is but they look to be on the young side. I also want to mention that my youngest daughter is engaged and getting married next year in May.

Well news is scarce so I will close for now.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Katheryn Clary: Feb. 1, 1922 Chicago

Dear Friends,
It's me again. I hope you all had a good weekend. Mine was uneventful. The husband was baling hay most of the weekend. Anyway here is the next letter from Kathryn.

As always here is what it says.

          Feb. 1, 1922
          Chicago, Ill
Dear Howard:
    I hope you are well
excuse this paper as it is
all I have at the present
time. I am at work just
now and have nothing
much to do so tho't I would
answer your most welcome
letter. Thank you very
much for the pictures
you sent me they are
very nice.
     It is raining out
here just now so that

(that) makes it rather
miserable. How are all
the folks & also Elmer?
So he goes around with
all the wild women
in town. Tell him that
if he wants wild ones
to come out here. He sure
would wish he was
back home if he got
laughed up with the
real wild ones out here.
Do they drink & smoke?
If they don't they are
rather tame. Har! Har!

What do the wild women
out there do that makes you
think they are wild. How
could they get wild out
there? On root beer? Oh!
Green river, well that's
different. Ain't we got
tickle!! Why don't you &
Elmer drive in some
time in you cars? That
would be a pleasant
trip. Maybe I'll come
& see you some time. I
bet we would have fun.
Send me some pictures of

the girls out there, will
you? So your not married
yet, well that sure is
a shame. I  think I
had better close now
as it is getting late.
          Your friend
           Katheryn
3510 Southport Ave
Chicago Illinois

After reading this letter it makes you wonder how wild they were in Chicago.







As for what they drank around here. My bet it was something like this.


and not


Just a guess. Here are a few pictures of fun from a time gone by.

On the back of this one it says: Three monkeys.

I wonder if she was about to surprise the guy sitting down?

This is Ruth & Lily Johnson. I'm not sure who they are but it's one of many pictures of girls from a time gone by.

Well that's about it for now. I hope the rest of your week is a good one.
Your friend,
Sandy

Rose E. Hoelscher; Jan. 23, 1922 Albert Lea Minn.

Dear Friends,
I hope this letter finds everyone feeling good and looking forward to the weekend.
This next letter, as you can see, is from a new person, Rose E. Hoelscher. I wonder how Grandpa knew her brother? Oh well here is what she wrote.

 It's not real hard to read but, here is what it says:

                Alert lea Minn
                Jan 23 1922
Mr. H.H. Johnson
         Ogema
         Wis.
Dear Mr. Johnson:
 I will write you a few lines
for you wrote to my brother
John H. Hoelscher some time ago
but he never got to answer
your letter so I thought I would
write a few lines.
I always hate to see letter not answered
that are wrote. My brother has so many
letters from girls to answer.

I live on a 120 a. farm 6 miles from Albert Lea
and 3 miles from Twin Lakes.
Albert Lea has a population of about eight
thousand it is a pretty city it has
two lakes and two parks. have you ever
been to Albert Lea is Ogema a large
town?
The weather is very cold here now.
It was 18o below zero this morning
We has quite a little snow there is
pretty good Sleighing now.
Well I will describe myself a little
I am 5 feet 6 inches tall have brown hair
and brown eyes and my weight is about 138
lbs. Please describe yourself if you answer
this letter.
Have you any brothers and sisters?
I have one brother and one sister.
My mother is dead, she has been dead
six years the 20 of this month,
and so I have kept house for my father

ever since.
I will close for this time
excuse my poor writing
I am hoping to hear from you
        An unknown friend
        Miss Rose E. Hoelscher
        Albert Lea
        Minn
R.F.D. 4 Box 36

She sounds like a nice person. I think she believes in staying on top of things and not to let things lie around to long. I see her as an efficient kind of person.
Now she is from Albert Lea Minn. and she lives on a 120 acre  farm. She said that Albert lea had over 8 thousand people in 1922.
I looked it up on the internet and now it has over 18,000 people. So in almost one hundred years the population has increased by 10,000. I guess that sounds about right.
She said her brothers name was John. So looked up to see if I could find any John Hoelscher. Here is what I found.

I wonder if it's possible it is the same person. The date of birth looks like it could be about right. What do you think?
I'm looking forward to more of her letters if there are any.I don't remember right now because they are all mixed up by date. So stay tuned.

Here are a few random pictures I choose for your viewing.

I thought this was an interesting picture of someone taking a picture of someone posing for the camera, I think.

This is my uncle Kenny working in Ag. shop at school in 1960.

This is Grandpa just taking it easy. I remember him in this spot often when we would drop by for a visit.

Well that's about it for. I hope you enjoyed this peak into a past gone by.
So till next time.
Your known friend( Maybe)
Sandy

Kathryn Clary; Jan. 5, 1922 Chicago

Dear Friends.
How are you? Me. I would be better if only it would stop raining. On Saturday our rain gauge said we had over three inches of rain. The bad part is, most of it fell in less then an hour. Oh well what can you do.
Here is the next letter from Katheryn. (She is signing her name Kay now). The letter is dated Dec. 29, 1021 but the post mark was Jan. 5, 1922. It must have taken her awhile to get it in the mail.

It maybe a little hard to read in some places so here is what I made out.

              Dec. 29, 1921

Dear Howard;
     Was very glad to
receive your card & thank you
very much for the pance (?). I
do hope you and your
folks have  a very happy New
year, & hope you received
many beautiful gifts
from Santa clause.
   How is your mother
& the rest of the folks? I
sincerely hope that they
are enjoying the best
of health. Santa was very
good to me. How is Tom &
Elmer. Are they married
yet? Are you. Do you go
ice skating out there

very much? I have not this
year so far but expect to do so
very soon. All I have been doing
is dancing. Have you been in
"Chi" yet? Do you hear from
Theresa Lambert? I don't go with
her any more. Do you dance?
If I have some nice pictures
I'll send you a few& when
I get more I will send
 them: you may send me
some if you care to. One of
the boys I know develop &
print mine for me now
so I get quick service eh?
"Oh yea. Are you still on the
farm? I bet it is very pretty
out there in the Winter time.
Please excuse the writing
& pencil as I tho't I would
answer your postal as soon
as I received it so I did
not stop to look for a
pen & ink. Are you going to
celebrate New years Eve? We
are going to the "Peacock Inn"
& have some fun. Well I
guess I will close hoping to
hear from you soon & very

glad you tho't of me
on Christmas.
   Your friend
   Kay Clary
   3510 Southport Ave.
   Chicago, Ill

answer soon
 Turn over the pictures

 I did guess on a couple of words that I was not a hundred percent sure of. Any better guesses on them.
Here is a picture that was included with this letter.

I wonder what happened to the guy with her.

I tried to find a picture or something about The Peacock Inn, but I could not find anything about it. Just another part of history that has already faded away for memory. It's sad when you think about all the things that no one remembers any more. The things that you have done in your life that should be remembered in some way  will never be seen again. It's one of the draw backs with only sharing things with people on the computer. The physical proof of so many things will be lost in ways we don't think they will be. Think about it. What will be remembered of you in a hundred years from now? What are you going to leave for your future generations?

Well she really didn't have a lot to say. it did sound like she found someone closer to develop pictures for her. She must have really loved pictures.

Any way here are a few random pictures of people that are fading from memory.

 This one was taken by Wilbur in Algoma, Wis. I'm thinking a relitive of my Grandma's.

 I'm not sure who are in these pictures. Maybe someday someone will be able to tell me who they are and what happened to them.

Well that's about all I have for you this time.
So till next time, don't forget to remember the past and the here and now, so that in the future these things will not be forgotten.
Your friend always,
Sandy

Gladys: Dec 19,1921 J.G.W. Burglund; Dec. 23, 1921 Fort Wayne Ind.

Dear Friends,
I hope this post finds you well.
I suppose your wondering why two people?
As you will see they are postcards around Christmas time. I didn't put where the first one was sent  from and it is hard to read the second postmark but luckily he wrote where it was from. They are short so I decided to show you two. Just think of it as Christmas in July.

This is a new person, Gladys. Right now I do not have a last name for you. There might have been two different ones that wrote. Here is what this one says.
Wishing you &
your folks a
very Merry Xmas
& a Happy
New Year
From
Gladys

Here is the second one.

Actually this one might have been written by the brother Harry, but it is from both of them.
                       Fort Wayne Ind.
                       Dec 22, 1921
Dear Cousin Howard,
Heartiest seasons greetings
to yourself and all the family.
May Christ Himself be your
satisfying portion and more
to you than gifts of seasons,
in my prayers.Romans 5:1 John
14; 27. best regards from Wm
and myself. Your cousin Harry

A couple of the words were a little hard to make out for me. Maybe you will be able to correct me if you can.
Since it's Christmas in July here are a few winter pictures for you to enjoy, especially if you are some where it is a little to warm for your taste.

  This is the farm where the Burglund's lived.

This could just be the first Charlie Brown tree. What do you think?

This is their cousin Lois Marie, my uncle Peter, uncle George and my dad Clement. I'm not sure exactly how old they were at this time.

My dad pulling his brothers and sister. Anyone for a sled ride?

Well that's about all I have to share with you today. I hope you enjoyed my little trip into Christmas in July.
Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.
Your friend,
Sandy