Mary Kauer: June 14, 1927 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I don't know about you but I'm ready for a nice weekend. I'm just hoping that the snow we got the other day will go away soon. Just when I was getting use to seeing bare ground it got covered with white again. oh well, it is March in Wisconsin, anything can happen.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary:

As usual for those that find it hard to read here what it says:

              Rib Lake Wis
              June 14, 1927
Dear Howard:-
  I've got to make my
letter short but sweet today
as I want to wash yet.
 I got your letters and what
do you think the mail carrier
took one of them to Fuchs.
  How are you? is it so cold
in Ogema as it is here? I guess
John is coming home today.
Joe and Ma went to Milwaukee
Friday and then ma went to
see Anton but I hope they
come home today.
Say, what was that you
said about it being another

fellows fault that Ed got killed.
Did his uncle write? I suppose
that makes it much harder yet.
 And what about those outlaws?
Gee you got me all excited and
curious.
  Well, goodbye for this time
I've got to get busy or I won't
have the washing done when
Ma gets home.
                     Mary
I don't know if you will be able to
read this, it's worse than usual.


It sounds like Grandpa was writing Mary so much that she would get more then one letter a day from him.
I wonder what the temp was that day if she said it was cold.
Remember the letter from May 9, 1927 that mentioned that Ed was dead. I wondered what happened to him. I wonder more now seeing that he was killed. Someday I will have to look up what could have happened to him.
I wonder what outlaws she was excited and curious about? Were they well known outlaws or just something local?
I hope she was able to get the wash done before her ma got home.
I just realized that this letter should have been before the last one. I guess I better look at the rest of the letters for this year to see if the rest of them are in the right order.There are three more that should have actually been shown before the one I showed you on Tuesday.  I'll try to pay closer attention to the dates.

Here is a picture from the scrap book that might remind some of the flooding that is happening now. The scrap book was put together in 1936.

Flood waters were receding Wednesday afternoon in Johnstown,
Pa., after the second great flood in half a century. This view
shows citizens on a bridge in the heart of the city surveying a house
which crashed against the span.--A.P. Wirephoto

I wonder when the first one was and how many others there have been since then.

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

This was taken June 1973. It looks kind of familiar but right now I'm not sure why.

I think this was one of their neighbors. I might know who it is but I'm not 100% sure.

No idea who they are, but I'm sure one of the relations will tell me, maybe.

Well that's 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

Theresa Lambert; Oct 16, 1921 Hayward, WI

Dear Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was calm. No drama for me. How about you?
Here is the next letter from Theresa. it looks like she had gone to Hayward again.

This letter is hard to read because the pencil is on the light side. So here is what is says.

                                                Hayward Wisc.
                                                  Oct 16, 1921
Dear Howard;
     We arrived safely about
four thirty Sunday afternoon.
I am going to town this afternoon
for the first time. This We cleaned
the car all up and had an awful
time because the sand and rain
made a regular cement on the
wheels. One of the girls just
came up so I won't be able to
write much. She and I are
going to town and I want to
mail my letters. we found the
farm in a fair shape. I am going
to take some pictures if the sun
comes out tomorrow. If they
are any good I will send one or
two. Well will close now
hoping to hear from you soon.
             As Ever
              Theresa.

I was a little surprised to see that Theresa had gone to Hayward so soon.
I kind of chuckled when I read about having to clean the car off after they arrived. But back then there were not very many paved roads. Nothing like we have now a days.
Roads could have looked something like this.

Especially if it had been raining.
And speaking of raining here are a couple of pictures from the scrap book.

Raising waters of the Minnesota river flooded a basin near Shakopee, Minn., covered a 500 yard stretch of  highway with a foot of water. Stakes driven at the road's edge marked the highway for the motorists.

Charles Drinks, a farmer living near Greenville Corners, which is seven miles west of Appleton surveys his private flood. A creek which runs between his barn and chicken house has overflowed.

I thought with all the flooding that has been going on I would share with you floods from a time gone by.

This is suppose to be the time that farmers are baling hay. I thought I would share with you an old fashion way of putting hay in the barn.

 I'm not sure when this was taken but I'm thinking the 19 teens.
On the back it says," one of the neighbor boys and our hay load by my barn.
We have come a long way where it comes to putting hay in the barn."

Not all hay is like this. There are some that do it with small square bales. My husband does both. But the weather is making it hard to get done right now.

Here is a random picture.

Looks like a happy group to me. How about you?

Well that's all I have for you today.
So till next time.
as ever yours,
Sandy