Mary Kauer: Jan. 19, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis

Dear Friends,
I know it is Christmas, but I have a schedule to maintain. So to tell you the truth, I'm starting this on Thursday and will finish, well today.
This is a long letter so here it is:

 For those that find it hard to read, here is what it says:

          Rib lake Wis
          Jan. 19, 19267
Dear Howard:-
  I got both of your
letters today so I'll try
and answer right away.
But gee, Howard I don't
think that you had
such a lot of reason to
feel blue. I told you
Xmas that I would go
to parties. You must

think it is lots of fun to stay
here all week and all day Sunday
and listen to the kids crying.
Clara is gone almost every nite,
if she isn't working in the store
she goes to lodge or out visiting
so I don't as much as get a chance
to go and see Agnes Schneider
during the week. Gee, why don't
you go out too. I can't help it
if your mother and Thomas
don't think you should. But I
can't do that and stay home
all the time. I'll get so darn
cross and crabby that I don't
know what to do with myself.
And when it comes to being
true to you I guess I'm just
as true to you as you are to
me but that doesn't mean

that I've got to be tied
to you all the time. If
you don't trust me any
more than just when I'm
with you, you don't trust
me very darn much. And
if you can't be true to
me at all unless you
are with me or are stay-
ing at home, well I'd like
to know what you would
do if we were married.
Then I certainly couldn't

trust you very far.
And when I told you I'd
go to parties you said,
well alright, as long as I
don't kiss anyone. Well, I
didn't and I don't intend
to.
But about going to
Moors, I can't promise
you that I won't go there
or won't go with them.
Because I don't th intend
to make a promise that

I'd be sure to break. Mary &
Agnes Schneider, Alvera Hingst, one
married couple, the musician and
his daughter and a couple of
fellows from town were on Moors
sled. Leonard was in front
driving and I didn't say more
than hello and goodnight to
him.
 When you called up Monday
nite I had just finished bathing
the baby and then while I was
talking to you Pete came home
from Medford and wanted some
supper so then I don't know
whether I said goodbye to you
or not.
Say we are having a party
Sunday so if you can come I

wish you would.
 I got a letter from
John today and he
said they're choir is
giving broad casting
Friday nite at 7 o'clock
station WAIU American
Insurance company Union
Well, so long, maybe
You'll be sore at me now
    Love from Mary

Well it sounds like they might have been having an issue with trust. I wonder what he wrote in the 2 letters she got in one day.
It does sound like they might have hit a ruff spot where their trust in on another was being tested.
I wonder what songs they sang for the broadcast.


Since it is Xmas day here is another Christmas card for you

Best Wishes for
a very Merry Xmas
and a Happy New Year
             Helen.

After typing this up, I realized how long it was so instead of post any new pictures maybe I'll find some past ones to share with you again.

 A Christmas tree from the past.

Just hanging around on top of the log pile.

A picture from a logging camp.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Jan. 17, 1927 Rib lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was too short. Plus having to get up two hours earlier on Monday. I survived, barely. The rest of the week will be very busy with Xmas on Friday.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary:

For those of you that find it hard to read here is what it says:

                  Rib Lake Wis
                  Sunday 11a.m.
Dear Howard:-
   I s'pose you think I
quit you because I did
not write again last
week. But I'm not guilty
as I was pretty busy every
evening. Thursday evening
I wrote a letter to Mary
and told her I wasn't
coming to camp and
then I sewed a barber

apron for John. Friday evening
I worked till 9 o'clock, just think
Pete put in a hot water tank
and a bathtub up here and
gee, it seems nice to have all
the hot water you want. But
oh boy, you should have seen
the mess up here. It looked
a whole lot worse than it
does at home when we're all
there.
And last nite I was to a
party at Moores .Leonard came
to town and got a sleigh
load of kids from here. But
you don't need to feel bad on
account of that. He's got a crush
on Agnes Schneider now. I feel
sorry for his girl in a way

but gee, why doesn't she
tell him to go to hang,
even if she didn't mean
it. Now don't you believe
me when I say that all a
person gets out of being in
love is a heartache?
They didn't have quite as
a big a crowd as they
do on Sundays but we
had a real good time just
the same. But gee, Howard
last nite I did miss you

I guess I'm so used
to quarreling at a
party that it seems
funny not to have any-
one to fight with. But
today I'm glad in a way
that you were not there.
You know why.
Oh say, Mr. Moore said
that he and may want to
go to a dance at Ogema
some Sat. nite and if
the roads are open.

and he said if I would like to
go along I could. So if I let
you know if we come will you
go too? maybe he won't go but
he said May has been giving
him the devil because he did
not take her yet.
Well, this is all the news
I can think of today so goodbye
                     and love from me.

It must have been very exciting to be able to take a nice hot bath whenever she wanted to. We take this kind of thing for granted now a days.
I wonder if they were able to go to a dance in Ogema. I bet they had a lot of fun.
She makes it sound like she and Grandpa argued a lot. Maybe that's one of the reasons they were not really right for one another.

Here are some random pictures for you to look at:

I thought i would show you a winter scene. No idea who this is but he's in charge of a whole lot of bull.

I think this is a picture taken on someones class trip, but I'm not sure.

No idea who they are or when it was taken.

Now since it's Xmas time, here is a Xmas postcard from a faded past.

Hello Howard:
Wishing you a
Merry Christmas.
Hope Santa will be
good to you. Come
over and see me
sometime
   From Inez
Not exactly sure who she is.
Oh well. I guess like her I will wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Jan. 2, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis

Dear Friends,
I don't know about you but I'm looking forward to the weekend. I wonder if it will ever start snowing here. It's been raining. I sure hope that there will be snow by Christmas. It's just not Christmas around here if there is no snow on the ground.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary plus Xmas card from Emma. As you can see the letter is the first one for the year 1927. I will tell you that most of the letters from this year are from Mary.

For those that find it hard to read here is what it says:

                        Jan. 2, 1927
Fear Howard:-
  well, this is Sunday evening
and I was here all day. If I
spend many more Sundays like
this I'll go bugs. After this I'll
always go home if I have to
walk every time. Gee, you can't
imagine how lonesome and long
this Sunday was. I hope they
get that skating rink fixed up
pretty soon. That will be some-
thing to do when I stay here.
Agnes Schneider & Elvria Henpt
were up here before and they are
coming again when they get thru
washing dishes. Clara wants to go
to the show so I'll have to

stay here with the baby. Clara
was down to Bushaws before and
then the baby drank some kerosene
and coughed so much that Peter
called Clara up and told her to
come home. The baby was alright
when Clara got home but she took
her along to Bushaws.
Agnes Schneider & I were to a
party at Bondis last nite. It was
a surprise party on Joe's girl. I
was going to tell you about it when
you called up but I didn't know
yet if we were going. We walked
out and walked back again. And
we got home at 1.30. That's not so
bad, was it?
Moores, Bob Henpil & Daubuts were not there

  Oh say, Margaret got that doll that
Bob said he'd get for her. You know
she teased him so much about getting
a doll for Agnes and then he said
he'd get her one.
  When Kauer's went home with
their coupe last nite they tipped
over. I guess they all got quite a
scare but nobody got hurt.
  Nick Goerrer (Katie Lambert's husband) was home from
camp again, too. He certainly does
like to dance even if he is married
Or maybe he gets lonesome for
Katie, how about it? He work at
the same camp Joseph is at and
Joe thinks it's too much trouble
to come home so often.

Say, Howard I just read my
letter over and honestly, I don't
see how you can read it. if I
hadn't written it myself I could
never read it. Say, I don't know
anymore news so think I'll stop
before I use another sheet of paper.
Say, you know what you said
about turning Catholic. Well, if you
don't want to all you have to do
is say so. You don't need to make
it as strong as that fellow told
you. Tell him I don't want to go
there as I heard it was awfully
hot. So long now and lots of
love & X from M.K. I wish you
were here now but maybe it's better
that you aren't. Let's be good a
little while.

 This is one of the longer letters she has written. I wonder how the baby got a hold of kerosene and drank some. I'm glad to hear she was okay. I wonder what kind of yelling happen over it. I wonder who was suppose to be watching the baby.
It sounds like Grandpa was considering becoming Catholic. One of his ways to get closer to her.
I want to say sorry for any of the names I spelled wrong. It was hard to make out some of the letters.
I wonder what kind of surprise party they had for Joe's girl.
I wonder if the doll she mentioned is the same one from the last letter. if it was it must have been a hit around the Rib lake area.
Oh well, just more things that have forever past into an unknown history, never to be known again.

Here is a Xmas card that would have been the last letter from 1926. It's from Emma.

I don't know about you but I love those old time Xmas cards.

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

One of the logging pictures. I think Grandpa might be the one on the top closest to the front end.

Just one of the pictures that looks like it was from the twenties. No idea who is in it though.

Just another picture of someones class trip to D.C..

Well that's all I have to share with you today. I hope you have a good weekend.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy