Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 1, 1925

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 1, 1925

Subject

Old Mission Peninsula (Mich.)
Agriculture
Farmers
Crops and climate

Description

Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired hands to run the farm in her absence. These farmers, and their families, lived on the farm and sent frequent written reports to Ms. Taft. Most letters are written by the farmer’s wives, and provide a record of both agricultural and social history.

Creator

Ralph Kitchen, Joseph Kitchen, Essie Kitchen, Max Gilmore, Hazel Gilmore

Source

Collection donated to Peninsula Community Library by the surviving members of the Taft family.

Publisher

Peninsula Community Library

Date

1925-03-01

Contributor

Mary T Morgan

Rights

This document is protected by copyright law. Contact the Peninsula Community Library for permission to reproduce, display, or transmit this document.

Relation

None

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Document

Identifier

LHC 010

Coverage

Traverse City, Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

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Transcription

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.

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