Katheryn Clary: Oct. 30, 1924 Chicago, Ill

Dear Friends,
I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving and did get to stuffed. Mine was just right. My husband started the day with getting a three point buck so his hunting is done, for now. Are you going to be one of those people that find themselves in the middle of mad shopping they are promoting? Not this kid. I don't  like that kind of shopping. There is nothing I need that badly that I would put myself in that kind of mania frenzy.
Anyway here is the next letter from Katheryn.

I know it's typed but I still like to write it out myself.

                                                       October, 30th, 1924

Dear Howard:-
                       Just tho't I would drop you a few lines in answer to your
letter, I surely was glad to hear from you as soon as I did. I am at work
now, hence, the stationary.
                       The weather here is lovely I sure do wish it was this
nice during my vacation this summer. I am anticipating a wonderful time
next summer and believe me I am going to have it. What do you do all thru
the summer? I suppose you go fishing etc.
                        So they have quite a bit of liquor up there eh? My goodness
that is some place then. Do you have any exciting parties? We just had a
peach of a party at the Edgebrook Golf Club a good time was had by all.
                         I am very sorry to hear that your mother was ill this summer,
and am glad that sh is better. Give her my love and tell her I said not
to do too much work around the house there, to let some of her heavy set sons
do it, ha- ha. I'll just bet "Elmer" is some shiek eh? Are you going to
have a Halloween Party? I have been to a couple of them so far. I bet you have
the real parties when it comes to Halloween out there, with all your pumpkins,
cornstalks and oak leaves. That is where I would like to be for a party like
that some time. Maybe we could get a crowd to drive out some times and we could
arrange to camp close by you, wouldn't that be the berries?
                     Gosh I wish Xmas would never come, it seems that every time
it gets close to the holidays I am always broke. I guess I broke all the time
anyho.
                     Well, Howard I guess I will call it quits for this time,
hoping to hear from you soon.
                                                        Always your bestest friend,

It sounds like the weather was nice around by Chicago when she wrote this letter.
It also sounds like the liquor was flowing around by Grandpa also. I did show you a picture of Grandpa and some of his friends with what looked like bottles a while ago.
She said she went to a party At Edgebrook Golf Club. I looked it up and it still there.

I was hoping to find a picture from the 1920's but could not.

As for Halloween parties in the 1924 by Ogema, I'm thinking they also had a peach of a time.

Here are few random pictures I picked for you to see.

I'm not sure who these people are but they are at a lake.

This Grandpa harvesting what looks like potatoes. I don't know what year this was.

I don't know who this person is but I think it was taken around Halloween time, I think.

Before I go I'll share picture of the deer my husband got.

That's all I have to share with you today. So have a great weekend and please stay safe.
Your friend always,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Oct. 22, 1924 Rib Lake, Wis

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Here it was very foggy. Not a good thing for hunting season. The husband has not gotten anything, yet. The snow have come close to being all melted but today on Monday it came back. Not as much but everything is once again covered in the white stuff.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary.

 As always here is what I see when I read it:

              Rib Lake Wis
              Oct. 22, 1924
Hello Howard;
   Well, since you
say I'm honest I'll have
to write this week or I'll
 spoil my reputation.
I hope you got home
alright Saturday.
  I was in Westboro Sunday
but did not stop at
Youman's. Bannervilles
went for a ride so I went
along. We went up on 102
and then thru the curves
into Ogema and thru West-
boro and then home again

I wasn't home at all. In the
evening & went to Wellington
with Rosies & my brother.
I had a real nice time
and we stayed till the
end. I'm going to that
basket social at Niggeman's
School tonight, but I
have nothing in my
basket yet, so I'll have
to get busy. And I have
another letter to write.
I think the person that
 invented letter writing
ought to be put into
prison for life.

Think I'll close now as
I'm awfully busy
Best wishes from M.K.
I hope you can read this
I can hardly read it myself.

If I remember right she did mention Youman's  in a different letter. At that time I didn't know where it was, well it looks like it was in Westboro and not Rib Lake. I wonder how long that store was around?
The road she talks about that runs between Westboro and Rib lake, I think is Country trunk D. It is a very curvy road. I was talking to someone at work about it and said that it originally started out to be an old Indian trail. The things you learn when you least expect it.
I wonder what she put in her basket and if maybe Grandpa went to the Basket Social. I guess we will never know.
I got a little bit of a chuckle when she said he called her honest.

Anyway here are a few random pictures for you to see.

 Grandpa, Grandma and the first three boys with a deer Grandpa got. I wonder when this one was taken and how old the boys were.

A picture of a deer along side the road.

In honor of the recent snow fall here is a picture of the garage area. Us kids spent many days playing in that little woods.

Well that's all I have for you today. I hope everyone has a very good Thanksgiving and stay safe.
Your friend always,
Sandy

Laura Spiels: March 31, 1924 Westboro, Wis

Dear Friends,
  I hope this post finds you all well. Like me I suppose you are looking forward to the weekend.
Here is the next letter from Laura Spiels.

As always here is what it says:

            Westboro Wis
            March 31, 1924
Dear Howard:
                 I will
answer your letter
this afternoon.
Sunday seems to
be the only day I seem
to get time to write
letters.
  I got your letter
and pictures two
weeks ago, and I
thank for the pictures.
  We had Friday
off, but we had to
go to the Farmers
Institute so I don't
call that much of
a vacation. I am
getting tired of school
and I will be glad
when vacation is
here!

What are you doing
now?
It was some snow
storm we had
yesterday. I was
wishing the snow
would go away
so I could go home
but I guess it is
going to stay awhile.
I am here alone to
day so I am going
to answer all my
letters and then
I am going down and
play the Victrola
the rest of the after
noon.
I don't know of any
thing to write you
know theine there
is never anything
going on here, so I will
have to close
                 With love
                  Laura Spiels


Not a whole lot here. I wonder if going to the Farmers institute  was what we call a field trip today? I wonder how much snow they got that day? I also wonder what she listened to on the Victrola?
So many questions that will never be answered.
Oh well. Here are a few random pictures for you to see.

One of the unknown pictures of an unknown woman. I wonder when this one was taken?

Since it's fall I thought I would share another haying picture. On the back it says "Ma" Summer 1941. This is Grandma standing on top of this load of hay.

This is a picture of a young deer that was crossing the road. I'm sure the date on the side of the picture is not the date it was taken but just when it was finally developed. I decided to share this one with you to remind you that it's that time of the year when deer are becoming more active. So drive carefully.

Well that's all I have for you today. Enjoy the nice warm sunny weekend.
Your friend,
Sandy

Theresa Lambert, Oct 6, 1919 Chicago plus more Winter pictures

Dear Friends,
How are you doing in this winter to remember? Me? Bad case of cabin fever.
Any way here is the next letter from Theresa. It's a longer one then the last few, but it has lots of information.

In case it's hard to read here is what it says:

Dear Howard:

I am answering your letter wich 

I received several days ago. Just as usual,

Chicago is still as exciting as ever. It is pretty 

cold out here, how is the weather out there?

Will you please make or send me a few

of those pictures we had taken on the small

pile of hay that time. You know where 

Kathryn, my two sisters, my brother and 

myself are laying on a hay pile? Well

about three will be enough. I lost all of 

those that I had. I have been going to dances

every Thursday night and am having a swell

time but I wish I was in Hayward. The city

is all right but nothing like a small town

for me. How about it? Did I ever tell you about 

the man who tortured a little girl and then

buried her half alive in her own basement in

a coal pile. They looked for the girl four 

days and he knew it all the time. I don't

see how he could stand it. Well he is going 

to hang at sunrise to-morrow. I imagine it is

awful. Another murder was committed Sunday

morning in the loop. A man killed two men

with an iron bar. The police have not found

him yet but I guess they will. Because two 

or three men saw him before he killed the 

men. Nobody knows why he killed those

men or anything. Say listen can you

make those pictures of me any brighter? But

I suppose it is to much trouble. I am

working in this office and so is Kathryn. We

are doing office work. We have a lot of 

fun with one man. He is Irish and full of

develment. By the way we are going to 

have a halloween party in one girls basement &

we are going to decorate it all up. Write soon

and tell me about your Halloween party.

Well so long for this 

time.

T. Billy Lambert 

Here is the picture they both seam to like. Maybe it's because they are all smiling.

She had a lot of information in this one. I wonder if the person she mentioned killing the young girl is the same one she mentioned in the other letter about the race riots? If it is, that was swift punishment. A whole lot faster then they do now a days. 

Plus she has her first job working in an office. I wonder if this place is still in business? She sounds like she is really enjoying herself. I wonder how her Halloween party went? I also wonder what kind of party Grandpa went to that year?

Well with winter being so hard on so many I've found a couple of pictures that could almost have happened today.

The one on the left says:
Ranger Edward Jones is shown rescuing a deer stuck in the snow at Bear mountain park, New York.
The one on the right says;
The deer were so cold they welcomed companionship one day  recently when Dr. William J. Hanley formerly of Milwaukee and captain at a CCC camp at Gwinn. Mich., approached this pair.
 

 If this garage at 1947 N Thirty- fourth st. could just have held out a little longer some of the snow might have run off in the form of water. The roof gave up, or rather gave in at 2:50 p.m. Sunday. It belongs to Edward Wolke.

Snow on the roof of this garage at 1945 N. Twenty-eight st. owned by Walter Voelz, caused the roof to collapse. Three cars were inside.

I put these pictures put there because my husband said that he saw three sheds that have collapsed roofs from too much snow between our place and town. Now we don't live that far from town so that is a lot of damage in a short distance. 

Well that's all I have time for now so I will close.

Till next time.

Your Friend,

Sandy