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

Mary Kauer: July 6, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good Easter. Mine was uneventful. We went to my parents house on Saturday. Sunday my husband and I stayed home. The weather was on the dreary side.
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
               July 6, 1927
Dear Howard:-
  I s'pose you will
be good and sore at me
but honest I din't have
time to write yesterday
morning. It was so dark
and rainy that none of
us got up till almost 7 and
then I had to mend pair
overalls and by that time
the mail carrier was here
already. I almost wish you

would get sore. How would it be
if I'd pray for you to get mad at
me? Do you think the Lord would
answer my prayers? Still I think
I would rather have you for a
friend, because I don't think any-
one else would ever be as good
a friend as you are. Honest Howard
I do wish I could marry you but
gee, I can't make up my mind to
do it. When it comes right down
to it I'm not very satisfied with
the way I'm just bumming around
now. I guess I'll end up by being
an old maid or maybe I could get
a job as being some rich old
mans housekeeper if I'd marry
him and then he wouldn't live
long anymore when I'd start to
cook for him and then I'd be a,
"charming young Widow"
Well, this is enough nonsense

I have a big washing
waiting for me so it's
good bye for now
                 Mary
I'll try and write more
sense next time.

 I'm thinking that Grandpa was really trying to get her to agree to marry him and Mary could not see herself married to him or maybe anyone at that time.
She is always saying how bad her cooking was. I wonder if it was that bad or if she just didn't like cooking.

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

No idea who this is. it looks like it might have been taken in the early 60's or late 50's.

On the back of this picture it says: Howard Johnson's place, 1926,  S.E.S.E. Sec 35. I think Grandpa or someone else, like to write the section directions on the back of some of the pictures.

No idea which school this was or when it was taken. I wonder if it exists anymore.

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: June 28, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Mine was kind of uneventful with the exception for the snow we got Wed. night, Thursday morning. I think we got about 8 inches or more here. Just when the ground was bare it gets covered with that white stuff. Oh well, it will gone before this time next week.
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
                 June 28, 1927
Dear Howard:-
   I got your letter
last week some time
so I better answer it
or you'll think I'm sore.
I've got to try this pen
or you won't be able to
read my letter at all.
How are you? I s'pose as
busy as any farmer

Do you notice the nice weather
we are having now? My praying
helps some, anyhow. I guess I'll
have to pray a little more so
the weather stays nice till
after the 4th since they are
having three days celebrall celebration
here. Gee, I think they are over
doing it. People will all be broke
by the 4th.
  Did I tell you that Joseph is
working at the mill? He said he
worked with some fellow by the
name of Vic, that heard knew you but
he didn't know what his last
name was. it's a fellow from
Ogema.
What are Roseen's girls doing? Are
they still at home or did

Anna go to work again.
  Gee, we haven't got our
phone yet, that fellow's
so darned slow, I'd like to
set dynamite under him.
I'll forget how to use a
phone by the time we get
it.
Mrs. Kauer, Joe & Anton went
to Iowa last week, I guess
they will be back for the 4th
tho.
     So long and good luck
                         from Me.

I wonder how long it took before they got their phone. I guess somethings never change when it comes to some service people.
It sounds like the weather was nice at that time.
I wonder who this Vic person was from Ogema?
I hope Mrs. Kauer, Joe & Anton had a good time in Iowa and made it back in time for the 4th.
Nothing exciting in this letter. Just you average everyday kind of letter.

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

Just a couple of farmers out working in their field. No idea who they are.

This is some of the flowers I remember at my grandparents place when I was growing up.

Even tho this was taken many years ago, this is what it looked like around here yesterday morning. Mother nature repeating herself.

Here is a picture from the scrap book.

Clayton Brown, 25, is shown in a hospital at Charlevoix,
Mich., where he is recovering from 50 hours on ice floes in
Lake Michigan. Doctors first feared that he would lose his legs,
frozen when he crawled eight miles to shore, but now believe they
can save them. His father-in-law and a coast guardsman perished
in the cold when they and Brown were swept into the open lake
in a small boat.             (Associated Press Wirephoto)

This was one lucky guy.

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

Mary Kauer: June 22, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was interesting. Not bad interesting, just not totally boring.
My husband worked a 16 hour shift Friday. Which means he did not get home till after 6 am Saturday. He tried to sleep for about an hour and a half . Then he wanted to be woke up to go to an auction. I woke him up and we went. We took the car. He did buy a couple of things, which means we had to go back on Sunday with the truck to bring the things he bought home. There was a Home and Business expo in town which we then went to after we were done at the auction. After that we came home and he slept most of the afternoon. That was my weekend. Not exciting. Just different.
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
               June, 22, 1927
Dear Howard:-
  How are you? I hope fine
the same as I. I got your letter
the day before yesterday at Kauer's
John Kauer is at home this
week too. They said that Celia Kress
is going back to Milwaukee with
him.
  You asked if ma & Joe went to
Mil. with the car. Joe went down with his
car and then John came back with
them but I guess that was kind of
crowded for such a long trip.
  Joe just came home from town.
he is working at the mill now but
I guess its raining too much today.
Pete Lamberty is at camp alone now.
My cousin Frank Denis is going
to Canada again and his wife and

4 kids were here last week. Now she is
at her sisters. Gee it seems nice and
quiet again. The kids certainly made
a lot of racket.
  Oh say, I wanted to tell you that
nearly everybody in Mud Lake read those
5 books that you gave me. Margret
said that teacher was always taking
books to Pate Lamberty when his leg was
broke so she took mine over and she
said he liked them better then any
he wanted to know if I didn't have
some more.
  Today is Rosie's Birthday, she
will be 22. We are going to make a
cake for her and take it over tonite
We;re going to ask Katie Lamberty and
Fuch's to come down.
I guess I better quit now and
make dinner or I'll get fired. Oh yes
we went swimming 4 times already.
Last Wed. twice on Sunday and last nite
We almost froze Wednesday but the rest
of the times it was nice.     Mary


Not much here. It's just an average kind of letter with a little info here and there about things going on around Mud Lake. I get a kick out of her calling it Mud Lake. I guess I can understand someone calling where their from a more boring or dull name. Like when I was younger we often referred to Medford as Dudford or Deadford. It's just something you do for different reasons from time to time.
I hope Rosie had a good 22nd birthday.

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

Not sure who this is. It could be Grandpa. Would you climb up something like that and just hang around for awhile?

No idea when this one was taken. It looks like it could have been a flooded river, maybe.

No idea who these guys are or when it was taken.

How about a picture from the scrap book.

A political cartoon of the day. On the bottom it says No egg!

Oh before I go I would like to tell you that the one picture from last post where I said it was a neighbor? Well it was cousin Tommy. Once I looked closer at it I did see it was him.

Well that's about all I have for you to day. I hope you will come back again for more Fading History.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy