Rose E. Hoelscher: March 20, 1922 Albert Lea

Dear Friends,
Hope are you? Me, I'm doing good. My week was uneventful. My husband had a fright on Thursday. He was raking some hay when suddenly it was almost like a kind of tornado that took the hay and started whipping it around. If it was a whirl wind it was the biggest he had ever seen. When it was done over half of the field was scattered all over including a near by road. If only he had a camera with him so I could prove it happened.
Anyway here is the next letter from Rose.

It's a little hard to make some of it out so here is what I make out.

                 Albert Lea Minn.
                  March 20, 1922
                  Hoelscher's farm
                  near 5 bells
Dear Friend
I received your welcome letter some time
ago, and of course should of answered
sooner. It is some job to write when
a person keeps putting it off.
I wrote one letter since the last one
I wrote to you
Well how's the weather where you live
It is very horrid weather here now
It has been raining soon and it very
cloudy yet no sunshine at all

You say it is the hardest winter
you can remember. Well it is not the
hardest Winter Minn has had since
I can remember We didn't have much
snow this Winter but lot of ice.
You asked if we had any Parties
here not now, There isn't any it is
lent now I wouldn't go any way
if there was some
I there a lot of parties where you are
There is a lot of dairying in the country
for most farmers have a lot
of cattle
You say your Brother and you
have a Ford together If I lived nearer
you Maybe you would give me
a ride in your Ford Ha Ha
I sure was surprised you get
the pictures they were just
fine and dandy was very glad to get them
thanks very much for them
Well the pictures had than were
no good on good at all the worse

I ever seen but just as soon get
 a good Picture of myself I sure will
remember to send you one
How's that it is the best I can do
O say do you know a girl by the name
of Carol Johnson of Ogema Wis. the time
my brother had his name in the paper
she wrote him a letter he answered
but she never wrote again
Well as news is scarce I will close
for this time hoping to hear from
you soon Your friend
excuse poor  Rose E. Hoelscher    Albert lea
writing                                             Minn
                                                       R. box 26

In this letter I learned one thing about Rose. She was not a party kind of girl.
Grandpa must have told her that it was the hardest winter he could remember. At least at that time.
Here is a picture from the scrap book.

Four Oconomowoc farmers--(left to right) Oscar Stiemke, Art and George Heubner and Leonard
Rowe-- dig their way to freedom on Highway P in Waukesha county a mile north of the village of
Gifford-- Journal Staff Photo
Remember the scrap book is from about 1936.

Not to much to comment on in this letter, so here are a couple of random pictures.

I don't know who is standing on top of this hay. I choose this one because of what happened to my husband yesterday. Just imagine this hay being whirled around in the air in front of you. Minus the horses of course. To me it's a scary thought of almost being caught up in something like that.

 I choose this picture in honor of a cousin who is getting married this weekend. It was taken at a studio called Wilde in Shawano Wis. I'm not sure who this couple is but they look to be on the young side. I also want to mention that my youngest daughter is engaged and getting married next year in May.

Well news is scarce so I will close for now.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Rose E. Hoelscher; Jan. 23, 1922 Albert Lea Minn.

Dear Friends,
I hope this letter finds everyone feeling good and looking forward to the weekend.
This next letter, as you can see, is from a new person, Rose E. Hoelscher. I wonder how Grandpa knew her brother? Oh well here is what she wrote.

 It's not real hard to read but, here is what it says:

                Alert lea Minn
                Jan 23 1922
Mr. H.H. Johnson
         Ogema
         Wis.
Dear Mr. Johnson:
 I will write you a few lines
for you wrote to my brother
John H. Hoelscher some time ago
but he never got to answer
your letter so I thought I would
write a few lines.
I always hate to see letter not answered
that are wrote. My brother has so many
letters from girls to answer.

I live on a 120 a. farm 6 miles from Albert Lea
and 3 miles from Twin Lakes.
Albert Lea has a population of about eight
thousand it is a pretty city it has
two lakes and two parks. have you ever
been to Albert Lea is Ogema a large
town?
The weather is very cold here now.
It was 18o below zero this morning
We has quite a little snow there is
pretty good Sleighing now.
Well I will describe myself a little
I am 5 feet 6 inches tall have brown hair
and brown eyes and my weight is about 138
lbs. Please describe yourself if you answer
this letter.
Have you any brothers and sisters?
I have one brother and one sister.
My mother is dead, she has been dead
six years the 20 of this month,
and so I have kept house for my father

ever since.
I will close for this time
excuse my poor writing
I am hoping to hear from you
        An unknown friend
        Miss Rose E. Hoelscher
        Albert Lea
        Minn
R.F.D. 4 Box 36

She sounds like a nice person. I think she believes in staying on top of things and not to let things lie around to long. I see her as an efficient kind of person.
Now she is from Albert Lea Minn. and she lives on a 120 acre  farm. She said that Albert lea had over 8 thousand people in 1922.
I looked it up on the internet and now it has over 18,000 people. So in almost one hundred years the population has increased by 10,000. I guess that sounds about right.
She said her brothers name was John. So looked up to see if I could find any John Hoelscher. Here is what I found.

I wonder if it's possible it is the same person. The date of birth looks like it could be about right. What do you think?
I'm looking forward to more of her letters if there are any.I don't remember right now because they are all mixed up by date. So stay tuned.

Here are a few random pictures I choose for your viewing.

I thought this was an interesting picture of someone taking a picture of someone posing for the camera, I think.

This is my uncle Kenny working in Ag. shop at school in 1960.

This is Grandpa just taking it easy. I remember him in this spot often when we would drop by for a visit.

Well that's about it for. I hope you enjoyed this peak into a past gone by.
So till next time.
Your known friend( Maybe)
Sandy