Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 20, 1925

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 20, 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

1925-10-20

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. Oct. 20th 19-25 My Dear Miss. Taft: - Central was here today & worked about 2 hrs. on this phone & can't do much with it. He dug up the ground wire & is going to get a long iron rod & put that into the ground & see if it won't make a difference. He wanted to know if that doesn't work if he can exchange with Mrs. S. until Spring & then put this one back as in the winter if we should need a doctor or something & this is out of order we would be in a tight boat. I am always afraid of fire & what would a person do without a phone. Hope we never have any experiece with such things because I always try to be careful. It has snowed most of the time since Sun. night. Have had one of the worst wind storms since I wrote the other day that I can remember of. It turned out a lot of fruit trees for the neighbors besides shook most of their apples onto the ground. It was a dreadful loss for men with large apple orchards. Am glad yours was all off. Never saw such a cold stormy October almost like was winter. Well I must go to bed as it is late. With love Essie P.S. I addressed a card to Mrs. Stutsman & had to send a letter instead so will send it to you & maybe you can use it. There is no use in my keeping it around

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