Mary Kauer: June, 10, 1926 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
The weekend is finally upon us. I'm so looking forward to the weekend. It's suppose to be a good one around here. The start of a warm week.
Here is the next letter from Mary.

Well for those of you find this hard to read here is what it says:

                     Rib Lake, Wis.
                     June 10, 1926
Hello Howard:-
  I got your letter this
forenoon and now I'll
be real good and answer
right away.
  Mary Schneider was
just here now and
she's the same chatter-
box she always was. It's
good to see her back ,
tho. She looks better
now than she did before
she went. She says she
lost 5 pounds but that
didn't hurt her any.
  I'm sewing a dress

for my mother so I won't
write such a long letter.
I'll talk so much more
Sat. nite and make up
for it. That will be all
right, won't it?
  Gee, you were lucky if
no one heard you come
home Wed. morning. I was
so darned tired when I got
up that I hated to move.
It's the last time I'll
ever stay out later than
12 o'clock and if you ever
stay longer you can't come
any more. If I don't go
when it's time then you
should tell me to get

out and be quick about it.
Are a good plan would be
for each of us to bring
an alarm clock, one that
rings real loud and set
it for 12.
   Well I must quit if
I intend to do any
sewing yet.
        Good luck from
              M.K.

Just a usual average letter. I wonder what kind of thing that Mary Schneider talked about? I wonder when they stayed out so late, where did they hang out. Or did they go parking? Oh, to be young.

Well here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

Just a picture that looks like it came from about that time period. No clue who is in the picture.

This is someone named Alice. Someones classmate.

Believe it or not but this one has a name on the back.   Mrs. F. H. Harheine. No idea who she was.

Well that's all I have to share with you today. I hope you come back again for another peek into history that has almost faded away.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: June 3, 1926 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was on the wet and chilly side. The good news is the fire pit area we were working on is done for now. I can't wait till the weather is no longer raining so we can hang out around the fire and just relax.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary.

For those of you who find this hard to read here is what it says:

               Rib Lake, Wis
Thursday afternoon June, 1926
Hello Howard:-
    Well, I s'pose you
got my other letter by
this time. I got yours yest-
erday morning and cer-
tainly was glad to get it.
  Say what do you s'pose
happened. I'm back at
Bogumille again. Pete
got lonesome for me
so I had to come back.
I'm going home next week
or sometime to help
clean house and after
the 4th I'll go and help
Margaret with picking

berries. So you can come
Sat. if you want to and
if you won't stay too
late. I've been to show
Tuesday and Wed. nite.
Tuesday I went with Walter
Schneider and afterwards
I was so darn mad at
him that I wished I had
stayed home. And who
should be sitting near
me but Ed & Otto. I s'pose
they think I'm a dandy
to go with somebody else
the minute you're not
around.
  And say you should
have seen the cute prize

I got in a package of
Candy. I didn't unfold it
at all but put it into
my pocket till I got home.
 Their shows are all
pretty good but it's so darn
cold in the tent and the
ground is wet so that a
person almost freezes stiff.
Well, I've got a bunch of
stockings to darn yet so
I guess I'll quit with good
luck & best wishes.
                         M. Kauer

Well it sounds like she is going to a lot of tent revival shows. I wonder how often they were done around Rib lake?
I wonder if she kind of half considered her and Grandpa a couple. It sounds like a lot of other people thought they were. But the draw of sticking with tradition was just to strong for her when it comes right down to it.

Here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

This is Grandpa and one of his friends. No idea what year it was taken.

This is Marianne Lee Blair. Age 13. Someones classmate I think

This is Grandma and Aunt Frances. Right now I don't think I know who Aunt Frances was

Well that's about all I have to share with you today. I hope you can come back soon some more fading history.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: June 1, 1926 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Around here it was on the wet side. One person I work with made a comment wishing we could send some of this rain west. I'm sure no one out there would turn that down.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary.

She must have found a different kind of paper to write on. Here is what it says if you find it kind of hard to read:

                                   Rib Lake, Wis June 1st 1926

Hello Howard:-
       Well, I'm home now but didn't do very
much work yet. Margret & Pete are both sick in
bed so its kind of quiet here. I was to show
last nite and gee, it was good. They are going to be
here all week. Rose & I went with her two brothers.
  Say Howard, I don't know whether you can come
Sunday as I would like to go to Tomahawk. I forgot
to tell you that Sunday. A girl I used to work
with is teaching school there. She is a nun now.
I think that's what I ought to be, don't you
think so, too?
   I spose you're not working today as it's raining
again. Or doesn't it rain so much in Ogema.
maybe the Swedes are all so hot headed that the
rain dries up before it has a chance to come
down. Well, I guess I better quit writing as the
mail carrier will soon be around.
  Say, I tried to remember most of the jokes
that I heard at the show last nite so tell them
to you when I see you, they're too long to write.
                                      With Love Mary

 Not to much here. I wonder how long Margret and Pete were sick.
I wonder if Grandpa took her to Tomahawk? I wonder if she saw her friend who became a nun?
Another swipe at the Swedes. They can be hot headed but also very stubborn.
I wish she could have written at least one of the jokes so we could maybe laugh too.
I thought I would show one from the joke book.

"Ah Prime Minister. I haven't seen you since the last cabinet crisis!"

Here are a few random pictures for you to look at at.

No idea who any of the people are in this picture.

I'm not completely sure who this is. Dad is that you?

This is Dads cousin Rosella. From Grandma's side of the family. I don't know how old she was here.
I just learned yesterday that she was in a car accident. She got broadsided. As far as I know she has some broken bones. Let's all hope for a good recovery for her. Get well soon Rosella.

Well that's all I have to show you today. I hope you have a good weekend. I just hope we do not get much more rain. If I could I would set up a funnel that would send it out west where they really need it.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: May 17, 1926 Rib lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
I hope you stayed cool over the weekend. it was a little to hot for me. When I spend more time in an air conditioned building then outside you know it's too hot.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary. It's a long one. six pages. Ready. Here it is.

 For those how find it hard to read, here is what it says:

              Rib Lake, Wis
              May 17, 1926
Hello Howard:-
  Did you get over your
heartache already that
you got when you heard
Anna R. was married?
  Gee, Rose certainly was
surprised when I told her
about it. And then she
happened to say something
about Isabel Walgreen and
I told her that she was
married, too, and she said
"Well, gee, what's going to
happen next?"
  I guess maybe Rose will
be next because Shorty is

I tried to wrestle with
Roses brother yesterday and
he hit my arm so hard
that it hurt today yet.
It's awful to have such
relatives isn't it? But it
keeps me in practice. And
that's worth a whole lot.
  You should have seen
me how I was dolled
up last nite in a shirt
and overalls. Gee, I felt
so at home. Then Margret
and I got the cows so Pete
had his Sunday off
  I can't think of any more
news just now maybe I'll
know some more by the

time you come.
       Good luck from
                M.K.
          "Sutehee"
Tuesday afternoon
  I wrote this letter last
nite and then I couldn't
mail it because I only had
a 1 cent stamp. I got your
letter this morning and I
certainly was surprised to
get it because you said
you wouldn't write before I
did. But you're a pretty
good fellow anyway.
  Joseph left Saturday
morning. He & Tony Fuchs
went to Madison to work.

then quite regular.
  I'm glad I went home
yesterday. Anton was home
in the afternoon from Merrill
Say you think you're big but
you're not so big as you think.
Another fellow that works
at that place came along
with Anton and he certainly
was tall and husky.
We were playing games
outside and Margret said
she didn't know how tall
he was till she had to
stand behind him once. She
said her head only went
to his shoulders. And
Margret is not very short

So now I think I'll have
to go home to drive the
car I can drive pretty straight
and there's always a ditch
to stop in.
  Say are you're lips still sore?
If Anna R. wasn't married
they might be lots worse
by this time, not? So you
see it's lucky for you that
she is. Did you know that
I'm going to get married, too?
Pete B. says so.
This is the last letter that
I can write to you because I
have no more paper and
I'm caving hard for that
million. I saved 25 cents

already. That's a pretty good
start, isn't it? Maybe I can
give you a couple of drinks
and then perhaps you'll come
down to a thousand.
  Well, so long. I've got
some mending to do yet
this afternoon so I had
better get busy.
             M. Kauer
P.S. You can't write your
name as fancy as that,
can you?


Long letter. Although it does seam like there are some things missing. The way some pages end and the next one starts. To me anyway there seams like there are missing pages. I could be wrong or I typed something  wrong.
It does sound like a number of people they knew were getting married. I wonder if they were long engagements or short ones that they seam to be surprised by them.
I wonder how long it took Mary to get the hang of driving.
She mentioned the guy that was taller then Grandpa. Grandpa was over 6 foot. I wonder how tall this guy was if Margret was tall. Just another part of history that has faded away never to be known again.

Well here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

Just another portrait of people who are not known any more.

 No idea who this is. But it looks like she played the violin.

This is a picture of I think Grandpa getting things ready so they could add the front addition to the house. The time stamp says it was taken or developed in Sept. 1957.

Well that's all I have for you today.
I hope you drop by again real soon for another letter and random pictures.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Julia: May 5, 1928 Lake Forest, Ill.

Hello Friends,
How was your week? Mine was the same old same old. No drama. Nothing note worthy.

Here is a postcard from Julia. I think she was a cousin.

The postcard is from Lake Forest, Ill
Here is what it says:

               Lake Forest, Ill.
               May 5, 1926
   Just a line-
   Back at work
again as usual-
We're beginning to think
summer has come here
too, alto it's been so
very cold. How about
Ogema? greet there all- Julia
(Written on the side)
Opposite side is the
country road that we
travel out here. 2 miles.

Nothing long just a quick note. I'm not sure how many letters will appear from Julia right now.

Here are a few random pictures for you to see.

Someones classmate. It says, "Beatie" on the back. I think it might have been a nick name or short for Beatrice.

An old post card from Ogema.

 No idea who this is.

This is what the back looks like. There is a possibility it might be from 1879. I might have to study the symbols on the back more to figure out what the stand for. there is a possibility it might be from Sweden.

Well that's about all I have for you today. Not to long. But I'm sure the next one will be longer.
So, have a good weekend and I hope to see you soon.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: May 6, 1926 Rib Lake, Wis

Hello Friends,
I had a quiet weekend. No drama, for me. How about you? The weather was on the cloudy side with rain half the time.
Since there is nothing to say about the weekend here is the next letter from Mary:

For those who find it hard to read here is what it says:

   Thursday afternoon
                 Rib Lake Wis
                  May 6, 1926
Hello Howard:-
   Well, seeing it's such a
long time since I saw you
last I guess I'll have to
write. I'm going to take the
baby out for a ride when
she wakes up. So if she sleeps
a long time yet I'll be able
to write a long letter. Other-
wise not.
   Say,but I really ought
to save these two cents so
that I'll be able to pay that
million that you are going
to sue me for. Or maybe
I can keep you from that

by telling you, " Oh, wait till
next year." Then I wouldn't be
breaking any promise and
you'd probably get tired of
waiting and look for someone
else. Of course then you
couldn't sue me either. I'm
going to tell Ed that you
said you wouldn't have me even
if I proposed to you, then they'll
quit teasing you.
  How did you get home and
how do you feel today? Gee,
I felt sick when I got up this
morning. I got over that tho
when I started to work but I
feel pretty sleepy now. Did
your mother give you heck?

Tell her it's the last time that
you will stay so long because
from now on you've got to go
home at 11 o'clock. Walter
Johnson said that nine o'clock
was time for kids to go to
bed but if you're good you
may stay up till 11.
  I didn't write to Alex yet
but do you think I ought to?
Don't get sore, because gee, it's
fun to tease you Howard.
Say I just fell asleep for a
few minutes. I don't think
I can write anymore now
as I can hardly keep my
eyes open.
    goodbye till Sat
                  M. Kauer

This letter sounds like Grandpa keeps trying to get her to agree to marry him but she is holding out because of what her family believed. You know, Germans staying with Germans and Catholics only marrying Catholics. That kind of thing. But believe me Grandpa did not live life by that rule.

Well here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

No idea who this was or when it was taken. But it was taken in Ashland, Wis.

I wonder who these guys were and when it was taken.

 No clue who this is.

This is what is on the back. I'm not sure if this kind of picture would have been considered a calling card for a young man in the 1890's. Just another thing that has all but faded from history.

Well that's about all I have for you today. I hope you will drop by again soon for another look at fading history before it's gone forever.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: April 27, 1926 Rib lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a nice week. Mine was very quiet and sure went by very fast. No more dramas for me with animals anyway.
Here is the next letter from Mary:

As always for those of you that find it hard to read here is what is says:

                 Rib Lake Wis
                 April 27, 1926
Dear Howard:-
    I'm sposed to be
playing cards now but the
baby started to cry and
Mrs. Hipke is trying to get her
to sleep again so I'm writing
while we wait for her.
  Thanks an awful lot
for the candy. Of course its
 good, it couldn't be otherwise
seeing it came from a Swede.
here's a hug and a kiss for it.
  Say, you needn't get so
stuck up cause you're an
uncle now. I s'pose you
won't look at me now anymore.

But I don't care, maybe I'll
be an aunt someday then.
I'll be so stuck up that I won't
be able to look down. And
you wanted to know if
Germans ever weighed as
much as 12 pounds. Well,
I'm German and look how
much I weigh. And the Swedes
are not much good anyway,
everybody says so.
  It's 10 o'clock now. Clara & I
just came back from the "Pal
restaurant where we had a lunch.
There was a fellow there that
was all shined up. I guess he
was a Swede, too. Because the
Germans are the most sober

people on Earth. You can tell
that by me. I'm so sober I don't
even drink milk.
  Say, what do those letters
mean that you had at the
end of your letter? I couldn't
make them out at all.
  Well good nite M. Kauer
Wed. afternoon..
  Hello Howard:-
I got your other letter
this morning and certainly
was surprised to get it as
I didn't expect any more
letters this week. But that's
the kind of surprises I like
       Goodbye
P.S. You can come whenever you get thru.

 I wonder with all the mention of German's and Swedes that she makes, if a lot of people talked like that back then. Always saying there is a difference.I get I kick out of her saying that Germans are the most sober people and that Swedes are not. I wonder if that was her way of keeping a wedge between them. Using  the nationality issue front and center whenever possible.
I wonder what kind of candy he sent her. I think he spent a lot of money sending girls candy and stationary whenever he could.

Now here are a few random pictures for you to look at.:

This is a picture of Grandpa and Mary at Copper Falls in 1926.

On the back it says, Ma, Selma, ? , Alfred & Lois.

In this one, Clement standing
                  Kenneth sitting by door,
                   Leo sitting

Well that's about all I have for you today, except one little bit of info for you about this blog.
I know I should have done this before I started doing this but I decided to count the remaining letters last night to see how many there were left and about how long it will take me to show them all to you.
I counted 324 letters to go. It will take me about 162 weeks to get it done or 3.1 years till the possible end.
So I hope you hang around or at least come back from time to time to see how far I am or if any new people have showed up.
I do hope you come back often.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: April 25, 1926 Rib lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was good. With the full moon(Blue Moon), nature was a little more wild this weekend. On Friday night the deer were having a high energy time. A mom and her baby were kicking up their heels. the a buck came in to join them. the buck and the fawn played for awhile while the mom ran away. I guess she needed a little time away from her baby and got lucky and found a sitter while she had some time to herself.
Enough of that. Here is the next letter from Mary:

  As always in case you find it hard to read here is what I see:

               Rib Lake Wis
              April 25, 1926
Dear Howard:-
      Well, since you are
expecting a letter I s'pose
I'll have to write one.
I feel so darned blue
and mad at everything
that it will probably be
a grouchy one but it
will be a letter anyway.
I was going to mail
this tonite but its 9.30
already so I guess I can't
I went to church but
that didn't make me
feel much better. That
fellow that was with
Bert Wad was there, too.

He sat right ahead of me.
This afternoon I had my-
self all rigged up to go
roller skating and then
there was none. Gee, was
I mad. Then I went out for
a walk with a kid from
town. We went to the tourist
park and back home got
some ice cream at Hurt gen
then bummed some more
and went home again.
  I just got thru lunching
now so if I die tonite I
won't have to go snooping
in the angles pantry.
You see, I eat 3 meals a
day and twice between
meals. So I'd be awfully

expensive to feed. I just
thot I'd warn you.
Monday afternoon:-
Well, I guess I'll start
now where I left off last
nite. I fell asleep over it
again and my foot
went to sleep too When
I got up I couldn't stand
on it. I just went over as
tho I was drunk. I
twisted my ankle by it
but it's alright now.
I got your letter this
morning. Say that was
some letter A.R. wrote.
it's a good thing for you
that your cousin lives

so far away so she can't
tease you. I wonder if
you could write a letter
that would make Anna
blush. I guess it would
have to be a pretty
bad one.
Say, what did Otto say
when you asked him to
mail a letter for you?
I bet he's glad that he
doesn't have to waste
so much time and
stationary on a girl.
I guess I'll have to quit
now as my pencil is getting
quite dull and I'm too
tired? to sharpen it.
                 Love from M.K.

I wonder exactly why Mary was feeling so blue. I hope she felt better soon. I'm a little surprised  that he told her about what Anna said about them. I wonder if Anna was as bad as she makes her sound. Not really a whole lot here to comment on. Just that she was in a bad mood.

Well here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

I do not know who this is. The picture is on the small side.

No idea who this is. it looks like it is her conformation. I do wonder if it is possible that this is Grandma.

Just another picture of an unknown person.

Well that's about all I have for you today. Except one more thing. When you go for a walk always have a camera with you. Yesterday I wished I had one when I took the dog for a walk. A bear cub crossed the road in front of us. There was a mamma and another cub that did not cross. I played it smart and waited for the cub to cross back to join the mamma again. One thing you must remember: Never come between a mamma bear and her cub!
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy