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- 16:33, 1 March 2023 diff hist +2,075 N .MzAxMDk.Mzg2MjM Created page with "Old Mission, Mich May 16th 1926 My Dear Miss Taft:- Was glad to hear from you was afraid you was ill it had been quite a while since I heard from you. Hazel has measles this morning that is twice for her in about 18 months am so sorry she had to get them her eyes was doing so nicely. Roger is all OK. so far. The calf that was bred is the most beautiful thing you ever saw. It is her mother I don't think she caught right because it has been coming away for about 2 mo..." current
- 16:32, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,683 N .MzAxMDg.Mzg2MjI Created page with "Old Mission Mich. May 10th 1926 My Dear Miss. Taft:- Just a little note to start out Mon. right. As I know you are feeling anxious to hear from the farm this time of year. We have had some very warm weather since I wrote to you but is considerable colder today had a frost last night. Cherry buds are coming fast now hope they are a little slower. There are ice bergs floating around in the bay. If it isn't too cold will have to start spraying in another weeks time...." current
- 16:31, 1 March 2023 diff hist +3,761 N .MzAxMDc.Mzg2MjE Created page with "Old Mission, Mich. May. 4th 1926 My Dear Miss. Taft:- I intended to write to you a week ago but was feeling dreadful bad and it ended up in my having the measles. There wasn't a case any where around but Dohm's little girl had them in Detroit and she had a cough when they brought her over here. The Dr. said I took them from her. I didn't want to write to you until I felt safe in doing so didn't want to expose you. So will you please excuse my long silence? Hope th..." current
- 16:30, 1 March 2023 diff hist +4,897 N .MzAxMDY.Mzg2MjA Created page with "Old Mission, Mich. Apr. 20th 1926 My Dear Miss. Taft:- It has been real nice and warm today for a change but ice still remains solid in the bay. Isn't that the limit tho' for this time of year. Sun a few flakes of snow fell to remind us that it could still snow if it cared to. Got good news the Kauer cow went calling on Kroupa's today and was very anxious so hope it will be all O.K. The snow is nearly gone in the large field that you want seeded so will get busy at..." current
- 16:16, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,592 N .MzAzODk.Mzg5MDM Created page with "To Miss Taft Are weather has been plenty cold and stormy., Max started after Ronald at school and could not get out. with the car, and is still blowing hard and snowing. I am invited to a stork shower for Mrs Robert Helfrich (Edith Berry) and was to one for Mrs Henry Kitchen last week. There coming to thick, ever week. I feel like what I heard will Marshall said to his wife. I can't cloth all the babys in the country. Max say he wouldn't be surprised we had a new milch..." current
- 16:14, 1 March 2023 diff hist +941 N .MzAzOTM.Mzg5MDc Created page with "To Miss Taft Well I believe spring is here with ever thing to do at once. Its came out so warm everthing is just popping I am getting up from have the flu again, I have been sick for over a week. Its a good thing I have to write because I am so hoarse I can hardly talk above a whisper. Max is thru spraying. and disc. Sept 1 Check of $5.00 Gas. 5 gal 1.00 telegram Mr. Hortsman .30 Welding disc .40 paint Kitchen 1.79 Labor hay hauling 1.50 Mr/ Curt Gil..." current
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- 16:11, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,577 N .MzAzOTI.Mzg5MDY Created page with "To Miss Taft Are weather is very changeable. it is snowing to-day a very wet snow. Max has been picking up brush the warm day. I think you jumped a conculisions on the daisey cow. she had cattle lice. thay are as big a the end of your little finger. several in vicinity said that there cattle had lice this winter and did know where they. came from There all gone know. Max got some lice powder. she only had 1/2 dozen. Nothing get excited about. Do you mean you don't wan..." current
- 16:00, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,843 N .MzAyNjE.Mzg3NzU Created page with "Miss Taft Are spring weather came in to-nite with a very good snow storm. The most we have had this year. 1.(question) we have melon seed you send over there isent enough enough I don't think, and also sweet corn seed - and Bean dident get ripe enough for seed. Thte squash seed the mice got. Cow pumpkin seed too 2.(question) we got all the bran that was ordered but have a full hundred left. Are car has been broke so much this winter. So we got the rest where it was..." current
- 15:59, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,957 N .MzAyNjA.Mzg3NzQ Created page with "Dear Miss Taft Received your short letter to-day Saturday. Howard whiting co. handles the large book. There an agent handling Barks. What are buying are buying Barks. Will find out the agent name. The standered Oil Co. handles an oil spray also. Mr Lardie does seem to handle the oil spray this year. There is no order's. Max say there 1 barrel of lime + sulpur. The spray rig will be complete next week. We had kind of bad luck with summer squash seed the mice had a..." current
- 15:57, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,574 N .MzAyNTk.Mzg3NzM Created page with "Old Mission Mich March 4, 1932. Dear Miss Taft Yes we had quite a snow storm and then a thaw. But no snow know weather very changeable. I dident write last week because there dident seem to be any new to write about It kind of a stand still month. Max has all the pruning done and is going pick up brush. The horses are enjoy the yard ever day and cow also. Thay are feeling tip top for spring work. These nice sunshiney day show up the dirt for house cleaning time...." current
- 15:54, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,755 N .MzAyNTg.Mzg3NzI Created page with "Feb. 4, 1932. Dear Miss Taft We recieved your check on Monday and am sending the other one back. Yes we have had a touch of winter all right which all the farmer's seem glad for the fruit and making ice. Ever one claim's that the fruit isent hurt so far. Max has the little orchard were we had garden trimmed. And two rows of apple tree's trimmed Max say's he fully understand about feed only the 2 horses/cow. There was some of corn + corn stalk that was taken out of..." current
- 15:49, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,989 N .MzAwODI.Mzg1OTY Created page with " Old Mission, Mich. Mar. 1st 1925 My Dear Miss. Taft: - I wish to thank you for sending the check 2 days early. As it helped us very much. We went in to Traverse City Sat. and did our stocking up for a few weeks more. Also returned the straps Jos. got so there is $3.00 more added to your account here. It turned cold this morning & another blizzard is on the way the mercury went down to zero about 6 o'clock this evening so you may know it is cold. Th..." current
- 15:49, 1 March 2023 diff hist +4,881 N .MzAwNzk.Mzg1OTM Created page with " Old Mission , Mich. Jan. 29th 1925 Dear Miss. Taft:- Thanks for sending Joseph's check so early we are always glad to receive it. That is one thing [?] nice you are always very prompt. I always try to ans. your letters on time but it seems hard for me to get at it some times. The children were very well pleased to get those newspapers to look at. They both enjoy them so much. I don't care for the litter as I have had to get over that a long time..." current
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- 15:44, 1 March 2023 diff hist +4,149 N .MzAwODE.Mzg1OTU Created page with "My Dear Miss Taft.- I had intended to write a few days ago & tell you we have had more snow & rain. Also the bay is all frozen over. But is very apt to break up any time, as the ice nover stays long when it freezens so late in the winter. I hope we have no more real warm weather for a while as that week of sunshine brought the sweet cherry buds out farther than we care to have them. It would not take many more warm days until they would burst out green. All the c..."
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- 15:43, 1 March 2023 diff hist +2,579 N .MzAwODA.Mzg1OTQ Created page with "My Dear Miss. Taft:- The snow has mostly gone now & the cars have been going to T.C. for over a week. But the weather is quite cold & sharp a lot of the time. The bay has frozen over several times but always breaks up in a day or two. The alfalfa looks very poor as the snow in the fields has been gone for over a week now. It turned nice & warm & then rained. [But] has been cold for a number of days since, I intended to write before but was out of stamp['s] and the roa..."
- 14:30, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,655 N .MzAzNTQ.Mzg4Njg Created page with "To Taft Are weather is very stormy. we stayed home all day. because we though we might get snowed out you couldn't see the barn some time's. we were invited out for Dinner. we recieved the package you sent to sonny. for Xma's He is real anxious to see what inside. we are sending you a package monday. Did you get my last letter. after I had it sent I remember that I did not put the noumber on address The slip was in it for the TB. test on cows by Dr Scott Max had too..." current
- 14:29, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,262 N .MzAzNTM.Mzg4Njc Created page with "To Miss Are weather is very cold with a light fall of snow. Last Friday was a beautiful day it was so warm + bright sunshine. Max took little Daisy cow to Lou Zou-lek. He had one terrible time trying to get her anywhere. at last He went over for Max Kitchen. max was not there. So thought Bernie would answer the purpose. So thay shuved + pulled. till thay got her to Law. He wanted to loud her into truck and bring home for the boy's. But max refused too. The rest of co..." current
- 14:28, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,346 N .MzAzNTI.Mzg4NjY Created page with "To miss Taft Are ground is white with snow, and Ronald is very happy. He has been wishing it would snow. Max is getting ever thing ready for winter barn + house. no thay only widened the road from. Dud Griffin old house up to main road. we had are first expence on radio this month. we had to buy 2 new dry batteries But it would be terrible to be with out it. Saturday nite we sat up till 2 oclock. it is especially good on Saturday nite. old time music. Mrs Jennison w..." current
- 14:27, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,430 N .MzAzNTE.Mzg4NjU Created page with "To miss Taft Are weather sure have been rainy. we had one rain that left us without a road nearly. So Mrs Phelep's had Ladies aid. So Mr Phelep keep after mr Fox till he fixed it up. The day she had aid. Thay made it much wider from. Dudley Griffin house up to the road. two car's can pass. easy. and a couple table-spoon. of gravel. Max had to have the old cow breed again. back to Tompkins. it was ok. Max is husking corn. he say's lots of soft. corn. Max where huntin..." current
- 14:27, 1 March 2023 diff hist +1,603 N .MzAzNTA.Mzg4NjQ Created page with "To miss Taft: Are weather as been very changeable. lots rain and then very hot. know it is pretty snappy. I was afraid of things in garden the few I have. I neglected to write I had a very sore thumb I cut in canning, and I am no good with my left hand. The old cow- was breed Sept 6. Lou zoulek met max one day. and said I wished you bring a cow for breeding purpose because I feel she has something coming. Max say your right she has. The seeding is coming fine max sa..." current
- 12:01, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,880 N .MzAwNjY.Mzg1ODA Created page with "Old Mission, Mich May 29th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Joseph sprayed the first time yesterday so you see how far behind everything is. The fruit will be very late unless the weather warms up pretty soon. It is still cold nights + lots of rain + cut worms. Mr. Breedens cherry trees are full of them. You know he has sod under his trees + that is where they stay in the Spring they crawl into the trees + eat the buds. Your trees have had very few worms so far + hope tha..." current
- 12:00, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,494 N .MzAwNjU.Mzg1Nzk Created page with "Old Mission, Mich May 21st 1924 My Dear Miss. Taft: - I must beg your pardon for not writing sooner but have been very busy. Have most of my garden planted now but guess it will never come up. Have had two very hard frosts but hope fruit is not injured. sweet cherries have not been in full bloom yet. Every thing is a month late. Joseph could not get the ground cleaned up because he had so much to do + it has rained for 4 and 5 days at a stretch. he has the corn p..." current
- 11:59, 28 February 2023 diff hist +4,042 N .MzAwNjQ.Mzg1Nzg Created page with "Old Mission, Mich. May 10th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Just a few lines to let you know how everything is on the farm. Your cherry trees look very good + think you will have a good crop if the weather straightens out. Joseph has just began to work the orchard up now because early discing hurry things along faster + it has been so cold here that the ground has frozen most every night until these rains have begun. Had our first thunder shower Tues. night. Joseph went t..." current
- 11:49, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,240 N .MzAwNjI.Mzg1NzY Created page with "Old Mission Mich Apr. 27th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Am very glad Mr. Allen came to fix our well arrived Thurs. the 24th. He has found that your well was put together with old pipes + no cylinder + all. The screen was so poor that the water could not get through it. And the pipe had holes in it he got some of it out. But had to leave the rest as it would have cost more to get it out than to leave it + buy new. The old pipe could not have been used any more as it wa..." current
- 11:47, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,702 N .MzAwNjM.Mzg1Nzc Created page with "Old Mission, Mich. Apr. 29th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Received Josephs check + your letter + was very glad to get them both. The weather is fine + fields look fair but not green yet it has been so cold all Spring. Mr. Allen was here for 16 meals + I will only charge you [$].25 a meal as I know how hard it is to get money that will be $4.00 I took it out of the account you had here. And will deposit $10.00 instead of $19 His bill for drilling 37 1/2 feet + furnishi..." current
- 11:45, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,295 N .MzAwNjE.Mzg1NzU Created page with "Old Mission Mich April 16th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Received the ans. to my last letter tonight + was very glad as you forgot to mention in your plans about sweet clover so am glad you answered so prompt. We have another winter to hold things back. Joseph went to town yesterday after lime and is stormed hard all day. He was nearly frozen when he got home. He took the tent to cover his load or everything would have been ruined. I wrote a letter to Mr. Allen but..." current
- 11:43, 28 February 2023 diff hist +280 N .MzAwNjA.Mzg1NzQ Created page with "Old Mission, Mich. Apr. 9th 1924 Dear Miss Taft:__ Where do you want sweet clover seed sowed. Please let us know you may mention others seed too Beautiful weather now + have had a real nice rain. Joseph said he could not remember where you wanted grass seed. Yours Essie K." current
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- 11:40, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,673 N .MzAwNTk.Mzg1NzM Created page with "Old Mission, Mich Jan. 17th 1924 My Dear Miss Taft:- Received your note + can't find any place to weigh those calves live wgt. now as [Doi?s] are gone + the scales at O.M.are not used since it froze up. So we have decided that the best way for us to do is sell for .07 dressed as Ledger will take a whole one + Isac H. 1/2 + us the other that will be better than bringing them in town. Because the roads are bad + it is 2 below Zero now.Perhaps when we would get thes..."
- 11:36, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,154 N .MzAyNTU.Mzg3Njk Created page with "Dear Miss Taft In reply to your letter we recieved to-day. We have had just a little touch of winter but was all gone in a few day. But it is snowing quite steady to-nite It is coming down real easy. Max has been helping Bill Dohm buzzy wood in return for the use of his engine to buzz up some he has got piled up again. He has the box stall nearly full of screaded corn fodder. The carrots + beet are not keep thay seem to rot so bad. ever one is having the same troubl..." current
- 11:35, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,673 N .MzAyNTQ.Mzg3Njg Created page with "Old Mission, Michigan Dec. 13th 1931 My dear Miss Taft: - I wrote you a letter fully six weeks ago and found it in the buffet with my table cloths still unmailed so will try it once more and have Jos. mail it this time. I'm just as busy as ever it seems I can find so many things to do am cooking for school children again as it helps quite a little a year like this. It seems as tho' every thing has gone bad but could be worse. Jos. started the 1st of Sept. to do Janit..." current
- 11:35, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,331 N .MzAyNTM.Mzg3Njc Created page with "Dear Miss Taft I am sorry to be so late in in answering your last letter My bro past away in ann arbor and so much to do ever since. In getting the place shored up. and last of trouble. We have had lots of rain + wind it blew down a big tree again. We had a light fall of snow last week but is nearly all gone know. Max traded a ton and half 1 1/2 of hay for a ton + half 1 1/2 straw to Fay Dohm and he hauled it eight miles out on route four Max has the garden plowed..." current
- 11:34, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,574 N .MzAyNTI.Mzg3NjY Created page with "Nov 9. 1931 Dear Miss Taft The weather look very much like a storm. Max got all the corn fodder in barn He changed work with Fay Dohm. Max started to plow the garden and just nicely got started when plow handly broke. He got a new pair but they weren't the right kind. So he has to exchange them The leaves are all on cherries trees yet and are just begining to turn gold. Max got apples picked there wasent enough good one to bother with to sell I expect you know Fran..." current
- 11:33, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,560 N .MzAwMzc.Mzg1NTE Created page with "To Joseph Kitchen- If you work for me I am willing to offer you $30 a month and a cow beginning with October. Then in the summer $40 a month for May, June, July, August and September - House and garden space besides the above and firewood from ground cleared. If the south side of the wood lot is cleared between the high way on the south and a line running east and west continuing the space already cleared and in potatoes, the same is to be put in potatoes on equal shares..." current
- 11:32, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,654 N .MzAwMzI.Mzg1NDY Created page with "May 5, 1915 Miss Taft.- The mare works good and drives good only I think her kidneys must be week or something for she acts just like white Sox doew if she can't be cured of it the sooner you get rid of her the better for the older she gets the worse she will be. I forgot that collar when I went to town and I didn't have any money to get a sweat pad with with she has Sox'es collar 20 in. and I got Dicks old pad on it for her. We need two new sweat pads and four lazy str..." current
- 11:31, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,161 N .MzAwMzE.Mzg1NDU Created page with "Miss Taft I got the new horse Friday I like the horse first rate so far. it has a little swelling on the right hind leg they said it was caused by scratches and wouldn't do any harm. The oat ground is about ready and we will put them in Wednesday. Ledgers mower pole didn't fit it wasn't thick enough so I took the other one to Crampton to have him make one. The first spraying has been done. The grafting has been done four hours .20 an hour and .25 for grafting wax. he had..." current
- 11:31, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,449 N .MzAwMzM.Mzg1NDc Created page with "May 14, 1915 Miss Taft Belles collar isn't any too large with a pad. she has a rope halter. Yes I sowed the samples on no. 6. I sowed all the Timothy seed and there is a quart of clover seed left. I had plenty of carrot seed. The carrots were all fed. The alfalfa patches look good the patch at the east is about 1 foot high. The cut worms havn't bothered here any yet. Belles feet are all right and she don't need shod behind. I used all the fertilizer and the potatoes are..." current
- 11:30, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,443 N .MzAwMzU.Mzg1NDk Created page with "June 1, 1915 Miss Taft- I have used the pads. Crampton has got a horse so don't want Dick he couldn't wait so long. I cultivated the corn and potatoes. I think there will be about a third of a crop of cherries We had a real hard frost and froze most every thing. it froze the hay. I will need some more oil but not right away. I also need some more hay. Captain Emorys boat isn't running, Lardies trucks make two trips a day I don't know of any other truck that comes out now..." current
- 11:29, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,235 N .MzAwMzQ.Mzg1NDg Created page with "May 21, 1915 Miss Taft- I havn't harrowed the potatoes yet but it has been so cold they havn't come up yet and I will go over them before they come up. The corn is planted. harrowing corn is a poor proposition it has been tried here and after harrowing one has to go through with a garden rake and uncover it and any thing that will pull up the weeds will pull the corn also. A veal calf is never skined when took to market. I never butchered a veal calf and it has to be don..." current
- 11:29, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,390 N .MzAwMzA.Mzg1NDQ Created page with "April 14, 1915 Miss Taft- I went to town ang got the drag, garden drill and cultivator and 100 lbs. of cottonseed meal and S- took half of the meal. I went before I got your letter. I hired one of Ledgers horses to drive up with Billie 75 cts. for the use of him. They didn't have any hay rake in yet. I got that bottle of formulin for the oats and potatoes. Dr Core was here yesterday and looked at the horses and fixed up Dicks teeth I have got the stone all hauled off the..." current
- 11:28, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,256 N .MzAwMjk.Mzg1NDM Created page with "April 6, 1915 Miss Taft, There isn't much straw left for bedding and Mr. Stutsman took about all the cornstalks we had to spare it is so wet down in the basement where the cow is it takes a lot of straw to keep her dry she cought cold in there she calved a week ago today a very smart he calf called Burr. it is red and of good size do you want to keep it or not. At first the cow gave between four and five quarts and now she gives about three it is very rich milk. we ou..." current
- 11:27, 28 February 2023 diff hist +1,018 N .MzAwMjg.Mzg1NDI Created page with "March 22, 1915 Miss Taft- We wont need any grain for the cow as long as the carrots last and their are about 8 bu. yet. I have 50 lb. of middlings that I can feed her if she needs it before I go to town. I took the partition out and made her a box stall which makes a nice place for Bessie. Yes I think we can treat the oats in the wagon box and then dry them on the stack cover. Dick's foot has healed up I got the condition powder the same day I did your letter and am givi..." current
- 11:26, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,583 N .MzAwMjc.Mzg1NDE Created page with "March 11, 1915 Miss Taft- I got scions at Clearys and Mr. Haywood showed me where to get them. I have finished the trimming Mr. Stutsman and I went to the grist mill at Knagg's place and each got 10 bu. of corn ground and he got his 10 bu. out of your crib. your grinding was 27 1/2 cts. 5 1/2 bu. shelled corn. And I got money from Mrs. S- to get Billie & Dick shod at Knaggs blacksmith shop and he did a good job better than Abbot did last time. Crampton was laid up and I..." current
- 11:19, 28 February 2023 diff hist +2,371 N .MzAwMjU.Mzg1Mzk Created page with "Feb 19, 1915 C. G. Taft, Jacksonville, Ill. Madam- We have at hand your letter asking us to try to help you get a horse and will say we will kindly do what we can to help you. Just at present we have none in mind that will fill the bill but believe we can find one in the near future. When we do we will let you know at once. Thanking you, we are, Brown & Core [Re?] O H Core DVM Dr. O. H. Core - D.V.M. Traverse City, Mich. Sir - You will not remember having any dealings..." current