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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. The roads are full of snow. No mail can get [thru] the shore road at all. The bay is still frozen over. So the snow blows off from it and fills the road full.

 I intend to mail you a box with an apple or two in it when the weather warms up a little.
 When we got in T.C. Sat A.M. the man at the livery barn told us about Mr. Anderson's accident. So when I went to the post office I stopped buy that bridge on South union & saw his sedan lying bottom side up in the river. No one will ever know what happened to make him go through the railing of the bridge & on down into the river. As he only lived 1/2 hour after they got him out.
 Jos. saw Mr. Hunter when he was in the bank & he told Jos. that he had written to you. So we will wait now until I hear from you again

3/ As he wrote everything to you that you wanted to know about.

 You said Mrs. Lardie's name was in the paper again. What about this time. You

know she nearly lost her $1500 during the fall. Because [?] she wrote was not the truth as she had never cleaned Mr. Fords coat with lux at all. I [head] heard the telegram she got over the phone from New York telling her that she would have to convince Mr. Ford that her statement was true I don't know how she slipped by. But she did any way.

 We was very sorry to hear about Miss. Upham. I hope she is better by this time.

$1.15 on hand 8.00 ----------------- $4.15 to your audit

My family has gone to bed & left me so must go too. As I don't feel well tonight. With love, Essie.