Mary Kauer & Rose: Dec. 19, 1927 Wausau, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was good. On Saturday my husband and I spent the day with our girls over in Wausau. We had dinner together for Mother's Day and our youngest one's birthday, which was on May 5th. She is 28. After that the husband , me and our oldest went and saw the Movie, Captain America, Civil War. It was O.K. After that we shopped a little and went home. Sunday for Mother's Day my husband took me out to eat and then we bought a few plants to plant outside. The rest of the day was just a chill out.
Anyway, here are two letters, one from Mary and one from Rose. They were in the same envelope.

I decided to show you Rose first. As always for those that find it hard to read, here is what it says:

                 Wausau Wis.
                 Dec. 18, 1927
Dear Howard:-
 I suppose you'll
be surprised to get
a letter from me
but as Mary is
writing and as I haven't
got any thing else

to do. I thought I'd write
you a few lines.
We are all O.K., hope the
same of you.
We like Wausau awfully
well but we're going back
to good old Rib Lake for
Xmas any way I am
I'm not saying for sure if
Mary is or not cause she
don't know whether she's getting
off or not well Howard guess
I better be quitting cause
I'm writing so scrawly you
won't be able to read it.

Anyway I wish you
a Very Merry Christmas
& a bright & happy New
Year.
as ever
        Rose.

And now here is Mary's letter:

                         Wausau Wis.
                        Sunday Eve.
Dear Hart:-
Well, first off I'm going
to wish you a merry Xmas
and a happy New Year. I
don't know whether I'll be
home or not this year but
I hope so. It wouldn't seem
much like Xmas if I'd have
to stay here, although I
must say I like my job,
my boarding place and
Wausau in general, real
well.
Anton is coming home,
I think he's home today already
but John isn't coming this
year. That's heck, because I'd

miss him if I do go home and
he isn't there.
You asked me what I'm doing
Well, inspectress. I have to
look over the rooms and
see that they are all right and
such stuff. I work from 9 to 12
and then from 1:30 to six. I must
say that I like it awfully well.
We went on a sleigh ride last
Sat. eve and there we about
40 of us and the sleigh tipped
over. You should have
seen us. I guess we were an
awful looking sight with
our heads buried in the
snow. One girl sprained her neck
and the other one hurt her
ankle but it wasn't bad.
Well, so long and good luck
and Best Wishes from
                             Mary.

I wonder if either one of them made it back home that year?
At least it sounds like they both enjoyed their jobs.
I like her job title, "Inspectress" It sounds like it was someone who checked rooms before a guest moved in to it.
The sleigh ride sounded like it was fun until it tipped over. It must have been a big sleigh if it held 40 people. But I'm sure there was more then one sleigh for all those people. I wonder if there was any law suits. I know if that happened today there would be some big law suits.
This was the last letter from 1927.
So the next time you drop by it will be a new year.

Here are two more cards from the viewer cards of the Earthquake of 1906.

 20. City Hall--Photographer in foreground--Tall brick chimneys left standing.

21. View from Moulder School distributing station showing tons of flour on sidewalk.

I wonder how long all that flour lasted.

Here is a random picture for you to look at.

I didn't have another sleigh picture but here is a wagon and horses. I have a correction. This is a manure spreader.

Well that's about all I have to share with you today.
I hope you find yourself coming back again for more Fading History.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Dec. 27, 1924 Rib Lake, Wis.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was drama free. We did get snow Friday night and it ended Saturday morning. We got over 6 inches of snow so everything is once again covered.
Anyway here is the next letter from Mary. It is also the last letter for 1924.

AS always here is what I read.

          Rib Lake Wis
          Dec. 26, 1924
Dear Howard:-
   Thanks very much for
the books. I got them yester-
day so they were a real
Xmas present. But what
do you think? Anton Kauer
brought them out so of
course they all saw where
they came from. My brother
came in with a grin all
aver over his face. When
he saw the books he
asked if he might read

them too.
  How did you enjoy your
Xmas. I hope you had as
good a time as I did. Dad
came home Tuesday evening
and my brother came Wed-
nesday. We trimmed our
tree Xmas eve and then
went to midnight mass. So
it was three oclock before
we got to sleep. On Xmas
day fifteen of us went out to
Scheiders. Rosies brother
built a top over their
sleigh and put a stove

and benches in it. We all
went in that and of course it
was more fun then anything.
 How was Santa Claus to
you? He was better to me
than I expected. Must be
I was pretty good last
year. But then, the Germans
are always good.??
  How did you like that
cold weather we had Monday
or wasn't it cold in Ogema?
Maybe the Swedes are
all so hotheaded that

they keep the weather
warm up, too.
 I got a card from Anna
Rosseen this week and I
saw the letter she wrote
to Rosie. And I got another
card that was signed H.J.
but I don't know who that
could be.
 Well, this letter is as
long as a respectable letter
should be so goodbye
    Love from Mary.

I wonder what kind of books she got? I wonder if it was one of the western books that I know Grandpa like to read.
The weather then sounds a lot like what we are having right now.
I wonder what the sleigh looked like? It sounds like it was a lot of fun. But I wonder how safe it was?
Here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

This is Otto Swanson and Ed Weberg. I wonder what they were doing?

No idea who this could be. But I'm pretty sure it is of someone from Sweden because the back is in Swedish. I wonder what year it is taken?

This picture is from the scrap book. It's dated 1935.

Well that's all I have for you today.
I just want to wish everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.
So Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy