Mary Kauer: Jan. 19, 1926 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was good. I think I mentioned I was going to a kind of family get together. it was a nice. I even got a copy of a family tree. I have to study it when I get a chance and share a few more things with you from it that you might enjoy. but that might have to wait till I get my line more memorized for the play I will be in. I'll tell you more about that another time.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary. It's a little longer then usual. 6 full pages.

Here is what it says:

                  Rib lake, Wis
                   Jan. 19, 1926
Hello Howard:-
    Are you almost
snowed in or can you still
get around. This is a peach
of a snow storm we're
having today. If you were
anywhere's  near I'd show
you how to play snow-
ball and wouldn't I have
you begging for mercy.
Cause I'm a good straight
shot at it.

I dreamt of you last nite
and you said, "Well,I'm com-
ing over Tuesday eve." This is
Tuesday but if you go as
far as Swanson's tonite
you'll be doing fine.
I was home last Sunday
but it was and was up at
Fuch's in the afternoon. Marie
& Henry Niggeman were there
too so I rode back with
them at nite. They say the
roads out their way are

awful. That makes it hard
on the fellows going to
the cat farm.
  How are Thomas and
Edna getting on? I wish
them good luck. Or did
you cut him out? When
did you say Thomas's birth-
day was? I hope it isn't
past yet because I want to
send him a birthday greeting
Mother's & Dad's silver wedding
is the day after tomorrow

but they are going to cele-
brate it next Sunday. Mrs.
Hipke told me I could go
home Sat. afternoon if I
wanted to. Maybe she's used
to celebrating two days
at a time. Just wait till
you're married 25 years. I
bet you'll have gray hair
 and wrinkles and you'll be
swearing at the kids for
running around and wasting
so much money and breaking
the car. But if I ever see

you or hear you growl-
ing I'll remind you of
the days when you were
young and foolish.
Maybe I'll send you
one silver teaspoon for
your 25th anniversary.
Say, who do you think
I got a letter from last
week? From A.M. But he
only wanted to know when
the masquerade was. he
didn't come in, tho.
There's going to be another

one here the 2nd of Feb.
I guess I had
better quit now. This
letter is longer than
any I ever wrote. I should
write one to my cousin
in Canada yet but one a
day is enough.
So long and lots of
good luck and________
          from Mary.
P.S. What's the joke on Edna
& Thomas? Can't it be written?


This was  I think her longest letter to date.  it sounds like there was a lot of snow or snow storms happening at the time.  Thomas must have been seeing Edna at the time. I wonder how long they saw each other?
I wonder what kind of get together they had for her parents silver anniversary.
I wonder what kind of joke it was that had to do with Edna and Thomas.
History that will never be known.

Here are a few random pictures for you to see.
These pictures were too big to fit in the scanner so I had to take pictures of them.

 This is a picture of the Johnson homestead. I think the people are Grandpa's parents and maybe Grandpa and Thomas.

This is the Sunnyside School no.8 Ogema about 1908. I think Grandpa and Thomas are in the front. Maybe.

I think this might be a church in Ogema. But I don't know what year. This is when people always wore their Sunday best.

Now before I go I would like to share a picture I took at the family get together.

This is most of the cousins.Children from Grandpa and granddaughters of his brother Nels.
It was a good time for all that were there.
I'll share a few other picture in the future.

Well that's all I have time for now.
I hope you can drop by again.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Unknown: Oct. 16, 1922 Westboro Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope your week was a good one. I suppose your wondering why this one is titled Unknown. I'm not sure who wrote it. Once you read it you could be just as confused as I was reading it. There could be a name at the bottom but I'm not sure. It was more than likely one of his friends being funny. You decide once you have read it. Here it is.

It is very hard to read in places so I'm going to do my best to figure it out. Plus for some reason they were trying to use a lot of big words.

                 Westboro Wisc
                 Oct-16-22
Hello Big Relation.
     Gee you are a very
scrupulous icaccamanausly
extraordinary gentleman
& obstinacy zest that you
will be at the Sunny-
Side Schoolhouse next
Sat night. Which I presume
with hercules  through fares
that you will.
Facinating  we are going
to have a Lyceum here
Friday night and I pon-
der I'll see you there.
By distinguished condescension
& frankness I observe
you will have a little
finn as usual. With
Comanash Phantheism
or utter skysticism
cogitations.
You looked so
disolate and involutarily
Sunday night. Without

your darling insimuations
They are so nice to me. But
kind of suspicious and
browsed. But I revolutionize
that when the convales-
cence diagnoses elope
you will equanimity me
also. Which I'm sure
I'd appreciate.
  The finns sure are
obnoxious people which
I presume you ought to
know by this time.
What! kiss those sale leather
lips. I'm sure I'd not
dictitute about those
imusiscypated dilapitate
squids as these. Now
as to the liquidated
I'm sure your one as to
that moonshine bottle
you had in your car
Ha. Ha. I was deliberately
confused Smogalla  I heard a chicken ran over
Don't show noone  please .               you when
                                              you went home
    
I have no idea who this is from. But to me it looks like they were taking some nips from the moonshine bottle or something. I tried to copy it the best I could but some of those words were just to hard to make out. Maybe you can do a better job at figuring it out.

I know I showed you this one before but it fits here too.

This person mentioned the Finn's. Well here is a picture of Finish girls.

I'm not sure what the girl is the front middle is doing but I have at least another picture with these same girls in it and she is making another face for the camera. I'll show it to you another time. The person who wrote this letter must not of liked the Finnish people. Back then there was a lot of people not getting together because of where their families came from or religion. But it's the same today but it involves different people now.

They also mention something about the Sunnyside School. This is a picture taken in front of it. At least that's what it says on the back. I'm also including this picture because soon there will be a reunion of people who went to school there back in the day. My Mom thinks it could be the last one as most are gone or having to many health problems to attend. There are a few that will be there but not many. The school has not been used in many years. I think it is still there but it is in very bad shape. It needs to be torn down.

Here is one last random picture for you to see.

 Modern Logging 2/3/25

Just pulling out with
a load. tractor just above
obscured in front of loads
Pulpwood six cords Per sleigh

Well that's all I have for you this time. Maybe you can make more sense out of it then I did.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy