Anna Reicheul: Nov. 7, 1927 Westboro, Wis.

Dear Friends,
Well another week has gone by. My work week is a little shorter. I didn't have to work today, so I get a three day weekend.I just hope I'll be able to do a few things outside, we'll see.
Anyway here is the next letter from Anna Reicheul. I'm not a hundred percent sure I spelled her last name right, This is her first letter:

This one was a little harder to to make out in places, so I did the best I could for those that have a hard time reading it:

                      Westboro Wis.
                       Nov. 7, 1927
Dear Friend:
                 I suppose that
you think I'm a dandy for
not answering your letter
sooner, but you know I did
not promise to answer at all.
I received a letter from Helmen
a few days ago and I was
so surprised that my shoes
flew off and landed in my
pockets, and you can bet
that I had a pocket full
as I wear on less than num-
ber elevens.
Isn't it awful it had to go
and snow to-day as I don't
game to have it snow till

I pull out of this neck of the
woods, which will be some
time after Thanksgiving.
I believe that I saw you in
Westboro the night of the
community get-to-gather. You
was sitting way back wasn't
you? I don't know where you
disappeared after that. Though
of course I din't stay at all
after the program and you
can bet that I was terribly
peeved because I couldn't stay
for the dance, because dance
is my second name, well it
was time for little kids like
me to be sleeping anyway.
I don't think you saw me.
Say kid you're some sheik

you are, you said that you
was coming over to see me
some Sunday, but did not
happen see you whats
the matter are you scared
to come out here in the
sticks. Probably you were
out for all I know as I
haven't been home Sunday
for a dooms age. But last
Sunday I was home alone
all day but of course I had
plenty company some thing
like my self. You don't
happen to know Ester Okon
do you? Say kid she sure
is a scream she is coming
over to see me Sunday
so if you want to make a

hit with her you might
hop over, you certainly would
not regret meeting her like
you did me as she is ever
so much nicer. A good looking
blond with big dimples in her
cheeks.
Well I suppose I ought to
choke of on this bunk.
            Your friend,
            Anna Reicheul


Once again sorry if I spelled her last name wrong along with a couple of the other names.
For those of you who don't know where Westboro is, it's on the edge of Taylor county close to Price county. Where grandpa lived was just in Price county not to far from Westboro. I wonder how far out from Westboro she lived if she said she lived in the sticks. Westboro is not a very big place itself.
Right now I'm not sure how many more letters from her there will be.
Her humor is a little different. Talking about her size eleven shoes.Now those are big feet. Me I have tiny feet compared to most other people in my family. I wear a size 6.
It sounds like she liked to dance. Grandpa was not a dancer.
I wonder what the community get-to-gather was for.
I wonder if he ever met Ester and if he did what he thought of her.


Here are two more viewer cards from the earthquake of 1906.

 14. Looking northwest from corner Ellis and Powell Sts.

   15. Looking up Grant Ave. from Market St.

I've never been to San Francisco so I can't really compare what it looks like now but I'm sure you would not be able to tell that something like this ever happened there. it must have been a site to see while they were rebuilding the whole place. Maybe someday I will be able to see some of these places myself.

Here is a random picture for you to look at:

This is Joe Tozenshi. Someones classmate.

Well that's about all I have to share with you today. I hope you have a great weekend and will come back again real soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Oct ? 1927 Wausau, Wis.

Hello Friends,
I hope this post finds you all well. We had a very rainy weekend here and it has not stopped. it's suppose to be a wet week. So not to much can be done outside right now.
Anyway, here is what I think is the next letter from Mary. The post mark of the month and day was hard to make out. It was either Oct or Dec. Not sure.

Here is what it says for those that find it hard to read:

                 Wausau, Wis
                 Wed. 7.30 A.M.
Hello Howard:-
   You see I'm an early
bird. I get up before eight
o'clock in the morning. I
don't have to be to work
before nine so I t'hot I'd
write while I had time. I've
got the job that Beulah A.
had, she's gone to Milwaukee.
Now I have to work from
nine till six with an hour
and a half for dinner. I like
it real well. But I hope I
have off for Xmas because
I want to go home, else I'm
going to quit. Rose got a

letter from her sister from
Philadelphia and she wants
us to come there and stay
with her. Rose wants to go
but I don't know. I'd like
to go alright but its too
far away. I think I'd spend
half of my time crying and
wishing I was home again.
Well, I don't know much
else to write except that
its colder than heck outside.
it drifted all nite so I imagine
it will be hard walking. Oh
yes, I cried last nite, I dreamed
that Joseph got married and
didn't ask any of us to the
wedding. Well so long and
god bless you             M.K.

Can you imagine having an hour and half for dinner? I only get 15 minutes for my dinner. I don't know what I would do with that much time except maybe read a book.
I wonder if Rose ever goes to Philadelphia?
Not a whole lot here, just a normal everyday kind of letter.

Here are two more viewer card from the Earthquake of 1906.

 12. Refugees' camp at ball grounds in Golden Gate park.

13. Looking north up Mason st. from Eddy__ Ruins of the Fairmont $4,000,000 hotel.

The Fairmont was newly built and yet open. it survived the earthquake but not the fires. The owners, Herbert and Hartland Law chose a female architect by the name of Julia Morgan. It had a grand opening a year after the earthquake. I wonder how much it cost to rebuild it back then and how much it would be today.
Here is what it looks like today.


A lot of history in this place. The stories it could tell if it could talk.

Here is a random picture for you to look at.

I thought that since she mentioned drifts I would show one from the past. I know it's something you don't want to think about any more. You want summer. Me too. So look at this as a cold blast from the past.

Well that's all I have to share with you today. I hope you will come back again soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Oct. 24, 1927 Wausau, Wis.

Dear Friends,
The weekend is here again. My week was normal, no drama for me.Nothing to report that is worth mentioning.
So I will get to the next letter from Mary. She is now living in Wausau. It's east of here almost 40 miles from here.

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

218 4th Ave north
                               Wausau, Wis
                                Sunday, Eve.
Dear Howard:-
   This is where I landed. Joe
took me and Rose over Tuesday and
we got a job right away so we stayed
otherwise I wanted to go to Rugby
Junction. We are working at a hotel
here and like it real well. The
only thing I don't like about it is that
we have to work on Sundays, too.
Our boss is a real good natured lady
so that helps a whole lot. And
say Howard, there's a girl here that
knows you too. Her name is
Beulah but I don't know her last
name. She has red hair.
She asked me where I came from

and then she wanted to know if I
knew Wicks. Then she said she was
from Ogema and I asked her if she
knew you and she said sure I do,
he was out creamery man, he was
quite a kid. Now that sounds funny
to me after you telling me you
belonged to the woman haters club. So
do I belong to the man haters club maybe
How are you, I hope fine the same
as I. I certainly do like it here but
Oh gee, we had to miss that dance
at Knolls tonite. That almost breaks
my heart which I suppose you know.
So if you hear something rattle on
me sometime that's my heart all
cracked up. Well, so long and
good luck from    M.K.

I wonder why she moved to Wausau? It sounded like her and Rose got lucky and found jobs right away.
Here is a picture I found on the internet of Wausau in the 1920's.


This is actually a picture someone called "Now and Then" It's a mesh of two different time periods. One from the 1920's and another one about thirty years later. It kind of shows how some things changed and some didn't. I wonder how far this was from where Mary lived back then.


Here are two more cards from the Earthquake of 1906:

 10. Looking east from corner Ellis and Jones __ Tall building, The San Francisco Call.

11. Seventh Regiment National Guards, from Los Angeles, camped in Lincoln Square, Oakland, Cal.

I wonder if any of the tall building were saved or if they all had to be torn down.
I wonder how long the National Guard stayed in Lincoln Square.

Here is a random picture for you to look at.

 I'm not sure if I showed you this one before. This is Gladys, Edna & Linnea Swanson.
No idea what year it was taken.

Well that's about all I have to share with you today. I hope you have a good weekend.
Come back again soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Oct. 12, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine, was nice and almost a little to warm. But it was a good drama free weekend for me. It is a little cooler right now then it had been this last weekend. Did manage to get a few things done outside.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary:

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

                   Rib Lake, Wis
                   Oct. 12, 1927
Hello Howard:-
   Gee, I was surprised to hear
from you again. I t'hot you
were sore at me for good. I
just wrote a card to you last
time and I t'hot maybe you
were waiting for a letter
after that. I might have
written before this but I
always t'hot that we would
go away and now we are still
at home. I don't know whether
we will go this week or not. We
have our potatoes and beggies
all out now.
  John went away the 11th of Sept.
and Anton is still at the same place.

I'm glad you are having a good
time this summer because I
certainly did. I guess there wasn't
a single Sunday that we didn't have
a party or dance somewhere, but I
guess it's the end now as most of
the boys are going to camp.
Albert Ziemke, Fuch's boys and Kauer's
are going to some camp that's about
80 miles from here so you see
they won't be home very often.
  Say, why didn't you ever come
down with that fellow, what's his
name, Otto Tech? I t'hot every Sunday
you might come but you never
did. I don't know whether I'll be
home now anymore but bring
him any how. Gee, pa would be
glad to see him. But you've got
to be here about one o'clock be-
cause now since pa can

run the car he's always out
bumming.
  Say, what do you think, Joseph
wants to get married this winter,
he said we shouldn't say anything
about it but I guess he's serious
I see where I'll have to buy
some presents.
Well so long, I didn't wash
the dishes yet.
                        Mary.


If she wrote a card before this one, it looks like it was one Grandpa did not keep for some reason or lost it. It has been over a month since the last letter.
Mary sounds like she was having a good time dancing and partying.
Beggies are rutabaga's.
It sounds like a number of different people are going in different directions.
I wonder if Joseph was able to get married over the winter?


Here are two more cards from the 1906 Earthquake:

 8. Ruins of the Jewish Synagogue on Sutter St. ; stood the great earthquakes of 1865 and 1868.

9. View of Nobb Hill, the millionaire residence district.

Looking at these pictures and then watching the news about the earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador, both show the devastation that a quake, not matter when the damage is the same.
The temple was rebuilt in 1907. It was used until the late 1920's. I wonder what became of this location.
I wonder how many millionaires lost their big houses that day.

Here is a random picture for you to look at:

  I wonder what kind of fire this was back in Sept. 1929. Grandpa often like to put the section description on some pictures.

 Well that's about all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Aug. 27, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
The weekend is finally here! And it's going to be a beautiful one at that. I'll be able to start getting things cleaned up and fixed up outside. It's going to be in the 70's. I plan on enjoying it as much as possible.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary:

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

             Rib Lake Wis
             Friday eve.
Dear Howard:-
   Well, the excite-
ment is over for this
week. I mean Amelia
Fuch's wedding. She was
married Wednesday. It
certainly was a pretty
wedding, but gee if it
had been me I would
have been so excited
that I couldn't stand
but she said it didn't
bother her. Her hus-
bands name is George
Rust. He is from Chicago.
He got a pretty bad
bump on the way to
church. They crossed a

bridge at 55 miles so
you can imagine what
it was like.
We were over at
Kauers tonite and my
aunt said that in the
old country they did so
much shooting at Weddings
instead of shivaree  and
Anton said they ought to
shoot the people that
get married.
I was hopes that
Rose would get married this
fall but it doesn't look
like it. I promised her
all my hope chest if she
did but so far that has
not helped.
I s'pose your school will

start soon now. Agnes
is coming up next
Sunday. Time certainly
flies doesn't it? And
John is going soon. Rose
and I want to go when he
does.
Kitty said that her bro-
thers Lambert wants to get
a woman cook and three
girls for cookers this year
so we told her to take
take the cook's job and
we would put in an ap-
plication for cooks. Gosh
wouldn't we be making
good money. Kitty's husband
would say, yes but little
of it.
Are you going to the

fair next week? I don't
know whether we will
go or not they aren't hav-
ing a Rib Lake day.
  It's 11 P.M. already so
I'm kind of tired and I'll
say good nite
              Mary.

It sounds like there was a lot of excitement at that time. People getting married was the draw at that time. I wonder if Rose was able to get married any time soon? I wonder if Agnes moved to Chicago or if they stayed up here.
I wonder if everyone was able to get the cook they wanted for the camp or wherever they were needed?
August is Fair time. I wonder if Grandpa went. I wonder which fair she was talking about.

Here are two more cards from the Earthquake of 1906.

 6. Forming bread line at Jefferson Square.

7. Looking east from the corner Pine and Stockton, showing the ruins of the Mills Building.

Just think it will be 110 years since the big one in California on Monday. I follow a site that shows earthquakes around the world. Today and yesterday were very active by Japan, they had a 7 today, plus by Vanuatu had a couple of 6's and Guatemala also had a 6. I wonder if the US could be headed to a another big one some day soon?

Since she was talking about weddings I thought I would share a wedding picture of a time gone by.

No idea who they are or when it was taken. This might be the last wedding picture like this one or I might show you what is in a very old photo album but they will be harder to scan or I might have to take a picture of them to show you some time. But not today.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
Enjoy your weekend, I know I will.
I hope you will come back soon for more fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Aug. 17, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you are all well. I'm good. The weekend was very nice for me. The weather is still on the coolish side. But by the end of this week, we should be seeing 60's. I can't wait to put the winter coats away till the end of the year.
Oh well, here is the next letter from Mary:

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

      Rib Lake Wis
     Wed. 10 A.M.
Dear Howard:-
    I'm not mad,
I'm just lazy. I
was to Medford
last Sat. and I came
back Sunday, then
teacher & her sister
came home with
me. We had a
party here Sunday
eve. Monday they
went out to Lamberty
camp with Pete &
Kitty. They left yes-
terday morning. School
will start in three
weeks.
How are you? I hope

fine the same as I.
I helped John shock
some barley yesterday
but we didn't do any
more than if he had
been alone.
Today Mart and I are
going to make some
dresses for Rose & her
sister. Gee, I was in
hope that Rose would
get married this fall so
I could be her brides
maid but it looks as
tho postponed. Well
we are going to Amelin
Fuch's wedding so I will
see how people are
hooked up as Mary Saubet
said.

Say the fellow that
tipped pa's car over
last fall was over here
Sunday. He's a big
tall guy. They call him
Slim. Well, I think I had
better quit and get to
work or I'll get fired.
               Mary K.


I wonder how long Rose's wedding was postponed?
I wonder if she learned how people hooked up at weddings?
I wonder what Slims real name was?
I wonder how many dresses they made for Rose and her sister?
I wonder what she was doing in Medford?
So much wondering about things that have faded away.
I hope she had a good time at the party she had.

Enough wondering, here are two more cards about the Earthquake in 1906.

 4. True grit- Barber paining sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place.

 5. California St., looking toward the ferry depot- Banking District.


The things that pop in these pictures are of course the people and some of things that are closer. It's hard to believe that this happened almost 110 years ago the 18th of this month.

Here is a random picture for you to look at:

In this picture is some of the Johnson kids. At least I think so.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you have a good day and I hope you will come back for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Aug. 9, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
How are you? Boy this week feels like it just flew by. The weekend is upon us again. I enjoy my weekends I only wished that time would slow down for the weekends. I don't mind the week feeling like it just flew by but with each day that goes by we get closer to the end of another year what feels like to fast.
I've made a decision, I will be including two viewer cards with each letter and just one old picture. As you can see I've added the viewer and the cards on the side so you can see what I have to share with you.I only wish you could see the full effect of the cards but I don't know how to do that. So, just seeing the old pictures from a time gone by is all I have to offer you. I might try to explain what pops out when I look through the viewer.
O.K.?
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary:

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

                     Rib Lake Wis
                    Aug. 9, 1927
Dear Howard:-
  Wie gehts? I hope
alright the same as
I. Did you miss me
at the party or was
it a success without
me? John and Mart &
I & Rose went to con-
fession Sat. evening
and then Sunday
morning we had a
couple of flat tires
so we had to go to
mass at 10 o'clock else
we would have gone
at 8.
Where do you think
I was Sunday? We went

to see Wisneskis. We, Rose
Joe Hauer & I went to see
some girl that Joe got
stuck on and he took
us along because he
was too bashful to
go alone. When we got
there she wasn't at
home so we talked to
her dad a while and
then we didn't want
to go back home for
supper so that's how
we happened to go over
there.
We were at Schneiders
last nite. Ella Schneider
is home this week. She
is going back Sunday that's

not a a very long vacation,
is it? She told us all
the work she had to do
and gee, I t'hot I was
working hard last
winter, but it wasn't so bad
now. She gets $15 a week
but I wouldn't work
that much for anyone.
She is going to stay
in Milwaukee this winter
yet and then she is going
to work in the hospital
again, that is where she
was before.
 Pa & John came home
from hay making Sat.
afternoon and now they
are cutting oats.

Did I tell you that Mart
went picking blue berries
last week and only got
about 5 quarts all day?
I see where we don't do
much canning this year.
  Well so long and
don't work too hard.
               Mary.

First thing, "Wie gehts" means "How are you" in German.
I wonder what kind of party Grandpa went to where Mary didn't go? Did he have a good time?
I'm positive I didn't spell the one word on the 2nd page right. I'm not sure exactly what she meant to write.
I wonder if Joe ever hooked up with the girl he was stuck on. I wonder what they talked to her dad about. Did it help or hurt his pursuit of this girl?
I wonder where Ella worked and what kind of work she did. Which did she like best, where she was working or at the hospital she was planning to work at later.
As you see it was harvest time. Completing the hay, cutting the oats plus picking blue berries.Busy time of year.

Now as I promised, here are two more cards from the group based on the Earth quake of 1906 in San Francisco, California. It struck at 5:12 am. It was about a 7.8 magnitude, they think. 3,000 people died. 80% of the city was destroyed. There a total of 25 cards in this group.

 2. Market St. from ferry depot--Chronicle and Call buildings in distance.

  3. Look northeast from corner Sutter and Jones Sts.

The people pop out most in these pictures.

Since I will be showing you a couple of view cards with every letter I will only be showing you one picture at a time. I am starting to run out of different pictures to share with you and some of them I'm still debating if they are worth showing. Pictures of things like cats and cows, scenery pictures, and some that are very similar to what I've already shown you.
So here is the picture I decided to share with you today:

I don't know if I have shown you this one before or not. He does look familiar.

Well that's about all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back again soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Aug. 2, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends:-
   Well how was your weekend? I think Mother Nature is either by-polar or going through the change. On Saturday it was such a mixed up day. Snow one minute sunny the next. Then sunny with flurries. Between Friday and Saturday the snow was once again covered with that white stuff but, now it's gone again. Robins don't know what to do from one day to the next.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary:

As always, for those who fine it hard to read, here is what it says:

                 Rib Lake Wis
                 Tues 10 a.m.
Dear Howard:-
   Well, you see I
am home again. I would
have answered from
Sturgeon Bay but I did
not know how long
I would be there. Jos.
came to get us Sunday
Mary Schneider came
with him and they went
to Fish Creek where Mary's
relatives live and then
they got us.
Gee, we sure had a
good time there, but
I am so brown now
that I look like a
real Indian. There

was a fellow there who
asked Kitty if I wasn't
part Indian. That's some
compliment, isn't it?
I guess no one would
ever take me for a
Swede, would they?
How are you getting
along, are you all thru
haying? Pa & John & Kauer's
boys are out about 10
miles making hay
in some meadow. It's
near the camp where
the boys worked last
winter.
We have our phone
now so I may call you
up tonite. It seems
good to be able to

talk to people when
you want.
I am canning some
cherries so I think I
had better quit now
or they will burn.
So long and good
luck from me. Mary

Well at least she had a good time in Sturgeon Bay picking cherries.It sounds like she got a good tan. I wonder if it was a complement to her to hear that or not.
I wonder if Grandpa was done with making hay at that time. I wonder where if her pa and the others had to bring that hay home. Ten miles is a long ways to bring hay home. Especially if it was loose. I'm not sure if they baled hay back then or not. I have shown you a number of pictures of hay piled on a wagon.
At least at this time she finally got a phone. I wonder how much time she spent on it. I wonder if she called
Grandpa up that night or not.
So many answers that have faded away.

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

A haying picture from around that time, I think.

Someone had a pup tent set up in the yard.

Not sure who Grandma Miller is. At least I don't think she is a relative.

I am thinking of adding another thing to this blog.
I have a number of viewer cards and a viewer. I'm think of sharing the cards with you.
Here is one of the cards:

 1. Refugee camp made of scraps corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins.

 This card is the first of 25 in this group. I believe that it is picture from the Great Quake of 1906.
I know the effect is better looking through the viewer but I'm not sure how to get that affect. But the pictures themselves are very interesting.
If or when I decide to start this I will be including one with every letter. You will know what I decide by next letter.

Well that's about all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy