Mrs. J.C. Albers: March 27, 1934 Phillips, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Mine was very calm and quiet. Just the way I like it. This weekend we will be celebrating our granddaughters 1st birthday. It should be a nice day. At least we hope so.
Anyway, here is the next letter from J.C. Albers:

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

                       Phillips, Wis.
                         Mar 27, 1934
Dear Mr. Johnson,
    I'm writing you again about
your incubator, if you haven't already
sold it, please save it for me. I think
I can get part of the money by about the
middle of April & the rest perhaps by the
first of May. I'll try hard anyhow.
I'll have your quilt done by the middle of Apr.
too and I wonder if you could deliver them
both at that time, if I haven't all the
money I'll let you take as security my
set of community silver, until I can pay you
the balance. please let me know at once
if you can do this, as I have earned a
goodly lot of duck eggs & would like to
set them as soon as possible, and then
perhaps run out a batch of turkey eggs,
(they are just starting to lay now.
I may be able to have more than half
the money by the time mentioned and
perhaps earlier I'll try as hard as I can.

I've got a lad in bed now with what seems
to be rheumatism and it seems like both
days and nights just sail by. I can't get done
as much as I'd like.
Hoping to hear from you in a few
days, Very truly yours.
                          Mrs. J.C. Albers
                                   Phillips
                          Rt 3           Wis
P.S.
Does the incubator need any repairs such
as thermostat wafers etc?

Well, it looks like they are still trying to come to a deal for the incubator. Hopefully all worked out for the best. I also she was able to hatch out a lot of ducks and turkeys that year.
And that Grandpa got the quilt.

Here is a story from Thursday, March 19, 1936 from The Milwaukee Journal:

   I wonder how long this went on at that time. Also I wonder what triggered this rioting.
It does not matter what time you live, violence will always be there.

Here is a story from "Fate" January 1950:

Most people that drink to much, usually don't eat much food. But I think the opposite is true. People who drink too much, do not have good eating habits, usually.

Since there has been so much talk about hatching eggs, I thought I would show a picture that I've already shown:

Someone with a bunch of chickens. No idea what year this was taken.

well, that's all I have to share with you today.
Have a good weekend.
I also hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

J.C. Albers: March 8 & 12, 1934; Phillips, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was just right. But it was a little to hot and Monday started out with some rain. We do need the rain tho. Because of the heat we decided not go hiking. Maybe next weekend.
Anyway, here are two letter from J.C. Albers (They were in the same envelope. The second one was written on a postcard):

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

                      Phillips Wis
                      March 7, 1934
Howard H. Johnson
                Ogema
                    Wis
Dear Mr. Johnson
            Rid your letter today. I was
looking in the various books at some kerosene
brooders, I never have had one & I don't know
much about them, does yours have a stovepipe?
I will make you a pretty quilt, star design,
of color fast prints and white, that will be
nice enough for a "company bed". I have a
cream colored cotton bolt that is new that
I would put inside, I'd put plain muslin
back on it so it could be washed. I would
quilt it but I couldn't quilt it very closely
as I wouldn't have time you know.
I made a quilt just like the one I'm offering
to make for you for a lady in Milwaukee
she paid me $11.50 for it last May. & She
finished the quilting as I didn't have time
else I would have had $15.00 I will quilt
yours as much as I did hers tho. enough
for ordinary use, but not enough to stand

frequent hand washing. So I can make
you some other work.
If you don't succeed in selling your incubator
maybe we could get together on that too,
I would either give you work enough
to pay for it or else give you my note for
its price, payable Dec 15th 1934 @ 6%,
will have marketed enough turkeys by
that time to pay my feed bill (if any) and
have something left too.
Or I will rent it from you and guarantee
to take good care of it.
Is your brooder a "Sears" brooder?
I would be glad if you could drive out
but the roads are just terrible. I am going
to town next Saturday but I wouldn't know
you or you me, even if we met. I usually
run in and out at the Dobie hardware &
feed store quite a lot. We might leave word
there if we both happen to be in town, I'll
inquire for you.
                    very Truly Yours
                      Mrs. J.C. Albers
Our little boy age 7 1/2 fell & broke his right
arm Monday P.M. so it will be hard for me
to be away long.

( Here is the second letter)

Dear Mr. Johnson
    I write to let you
know that I am very
anxious to get the brooder
I will make you the
quilt as agreed & then
if you think you didn't
get quite what was for
you we can arrange
the balance later.
I would like very
much to get the incubator
too, if we can get together
on the arrangements.
Hoping you get this
card in time.
           Very Truly
            Mrs. J.C. Albers
What do you hold your
incubator at?

I wonder how long it took this deal to get settled and if everyone was happy with the results.
And if he did get the quilt, how long did it last?

Here are a few stories from Thursday, March 19, 1936 from The Milwaukee Journal:

Just a few court cases that might peek someones interest. I like the shortest court session story the most.

Now here is something different I will start showing:

I will be showing you a few things from this book. They will be the shorter stories of in some cases jokes in this book. I hope you enjoy these stories form November 1950.
Here is the first story:

I do wonder what year this happened in if the woman was wearing a corset.

Finally, here is a random picture:

No idea who they are or when it was taken. I would like to know what secret they are sharing.

Well, that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you have a good week.
Don't forget to drop by again real soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

J.C. Albers:: March 6, 1934; Phillips, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope everyone had a good week. Mine was okay. It could have been just a little bit better, but I will say I handled it. Nothing to bring into the weekend. I am so looking forward to a nice three day weekend. I just hope Mother Nature will let it be just right when I need it.
Anyway, here is a letter from someone named J.C. Albers:

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

                         Phillips Wis.
                        Mar 6 1934
Mr Howard Johnson
                 Ogema
                        Wis
Rt 3
Dear Sir
         I am told that you have some
poultry raising equipment that you would
like to dispose of.
I would like very much to get a good
sized incubator and a brooder stove,if
you have these I would like to bean
hom you, also if you would care to
take in trade something that I may be
able to do without, as I have no cash and
have about given up hopes of having any
again.
I've a dandy flock of turkeys and realy
do not care to part with them. they are
more to me than the other stock but I
would if you have some eggs later
or when they lay. anyway some in part
payment. I also have a trio of nice
big ???? Pekin ducks. I like them
too but turkeys are a weakness with me.

all the chickens I have don't amount
to a hill of beans if I did sell them, I
have about 40, mostly a congromoration
of leg-horns. They wouldn't bring much
on the market & they do shell out some meat.
I have a gasolene heater that I kept
the hens warm with this winter, as we'll
have a warmer place next year we won't
need that, its just the thing to move
into the cold spots & would be very nice
for warming up a stiff car, (we have none)
its not brand new but works like a charm
& doesn't burn such an awful lot either
I wouldn't mind trading that for a brooder
stove.
We've two boys that are in the (Poultry) 4H
club, they've got to have a hundred chicks
each, but I have that will be about all
the chicks we'll have, I like Indian kemer
ducks better, they lay circles all around
leghorns& don't need foxy coops & roosts
etc & not much fence either & the eggs
sell OK. I've five now & i sure like them
have two deals on for more eggs & would
like to have an incubator to set them in.
I don't know of anything else I have
that I could trade unless you could

use a pretty quilt. I can make one yet
before its gardin & poultry time.
I suppose I could part with a few turkeys
if I had to I had such a time getting
new toms I couldn't let one of them go,
I have an 18 mo old tom but he's almost
too big especially with young hens. but
i guess i could spare a couple of hens, tho
I'd much rather not. I'd be willing to
let you have young stuff next fall
along in Sept or Oct. 4 I have any kind
of luck at all & don't have to sell too many
eggs & poulets to get feed etc I should
have 300 or so next fall & that will be quite
a few to pick from. my young June & July
hatched birds weighed 16-20 lbs, dresses &
drawn with heads & feet off. if the holiday
season & they were not especially fattened
either if I'd had plenty of feed they
would have been 4-6 lbs heavier.
perhaps you saw my birds at the fair
last fall one nice thing about my turkeys
they are not wild. they are tame as my
chickens I can catch them anywhere
& that means a lot of hatchery time.

I don't know what you ask for your
things but I'd be glad to hear from you.
I hope we can get together on some sort
of a trade, I would like the brooder
stove most. I can have the eggs hatched
out but I can't sit still very well & keep
ducklings warm.
I'd be glad to have you rise out here
if you happen to be in Phillips some time
we live 8 miles from town, 7 miles east
on the Big Elk road (county H) and 1 mile
south from the Big Elk school house
Hoping I may be favored with a reply
                         Very Truly yours
                              Mrs J.C. Albers

Wow! All that to try and make a deal for an incubator and brooder stove with no money.
I wonder if they were able to make a deal where everyone was happy.
I don't know if Grandpa ever had any turkeys but I know they had chickens.
I know I got a few words wrong, but I tried.

Here is a story from Thursday, March 19, 1936; The Milwaukee Journal:

I wonder how long this dragged out before it was totally worked out.

Here is a story from Tuesday, January 24, 1961; The Evening Telegram from Superior, Wis:

A big headline for this story was " PIRATES HIJACK PORTUGESE VESSEL"

Now that was a very scary cruise to be a part of.

Finally, a random picture:

The one sitting might be Grandpa but I'm not sure. Who ever it is they might be holding a chicken. Or maybe it's a rabbit.i can't tell for sure. Can you?

Well, that's all I have to share with you today.
Have a safe Memorial weekend.
Don't forget to drop by again real soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy