Mary Kauer: Nov. 19, 1927 Wausau, Wis.

Hello Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was not to bad but, for some reason I had a hard time sleeping at night. I want to blame having some caffeine a little to late on Saturday night. Sunday I guess might be blamed on having one alcoholic drink after supper. For me it's not a good thing. I just hope this week will be better.
I must keep my mind clearer at bed time so I can relax.
Enough of my whining, here is the next letter from Mary:

 As always, for those that have a hard time reading this, here is what it says:

                     Wausau Wis.
                      Friday 4.30 P.M.
Hello Howard:-
  I got your letter yesterday and
was kind of surprised to get it.
I'm sorry I didn't answer sooner
but gee, I write home so darned
often that it seems that's all
I do. I didn't even write to Anton
yet.
Rose said that the next time
you come to Merrill you should
come a little father and see us
too.
We are getting a long O.K. Rose's
doing house work. She's about two
blocks from here, but I'm still at the
hotel. I like it real well. The only thing
I don't like about it's that I have

to work on Sundays too. But gee, the
time just flies.
Say, Howard, won't you tell me who
told you all that stuff that you
told me that Sunday that you
were over? Gee, I've almost got gray
hair worrying about it. And if I
have to have my hair dyed yet
too I'll never save any money.
I had to buy me a new hat be-
cause I was out in the rain with
mine and it shrunk so I couldn't
wear it any more.
Well, I guess I'll have to quit as
I have to be to work at six o'clock
tonite and I have to take a letter
over to Rose yet, that has been
sent to this place.
  Good bye and good luck
                       as ever
                          M.K.

Not a whole lot here. I wonder if Grandpa visited her when he had gone to Merrill.
I wonder what kind of stuff he told her that made her almost turn gray. It must have been some really juicy things.
I wonder what kind of hat she had that it shrunk in the rain and what kind she got to replace it.

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

 16. Looking west from the Jewish Synagogue.

 17. Bank safes being guarded.

I wonder how long they had to stand guard over those safes? I'm sure not to long. Did people try to find ways to get their money from the safes?


Here is a random picture for you to look at:

I'm not sure who this is or even when it was taken.

I have one more picture I would like to show you. It is a new picture but it's something rare to see.

I know what's so rare about three calves? They are triplets. This is something that does not happen very often. They belong to my brother-in-law. Two are heifers and one bull. All healthy. My husband took this picture and he said it was almost impossible to get them to stand still long enough for a good picture.

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

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