Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - January 17, 1936

2020.1.327 01171936.pdf

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - January 17, 1936

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

1936-01-17

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

Scripto

Transcription

To Miss Taft

we are just getting out after being snowed in for two day.

Thanking you very much for Ronald Xmas presents. He recieved so many things for Xmas he hasent read them yet. We had a card + short letter from Miss wood's

yes it was a Kerosene heater that walker woman had. So I knew you had one and did like to say anything.

The Miss + Dr walker are still in hospital with private room with two beds in it and private nurse Mrs May Tompkins Cowan. there not out yet and don't know when thay will be. I heard the other that the Dr walker would be in hospital three month. and figured miss susie wasent burnt so bad she be out of the hospital before this but isent yet.

No the Pheleps have been home since two weeks before Xmas.

oh yes thank for beautiful hanky. it sure was pretty.

and hurrah, the sweater is done. and only a little small ball of yarn left. that pattern wasent such a good pattern to go by when got to sleeves. my sister and I both had time with them I made them by directions and were away to small & short. So raveled them out and my sister started kniting them the way she would. and thay were all right. I done more raveling then kniting for a while But sure is a nice heavy sweater.

I am sorry you think cows are a bill of expence to you but that happens to even old cows. and even human people at birth Max say he only suggestion would be in next to pear tree's.

I hope we can have some sweet corn next year. I have had to buy three year for canning purpose.

This is suprise bad year she looseing her teeth she only milking 4 quarts a day. for Daisy came in we diden't make any buttere.

we are finding it very expensive to git are son a little education the car expensive Mrs. [I?dora] Lardie died on expectedly Friday nite.

Sincerly Max. Hazel


Cash $5.00 Gasaline .50 Rivets & Burs 26 tubular Rivets .15 window Glass .65 telephone Bill Dr Scott .10 Epson Salt for cows .30 Bringing cows feed home. 1.00

the window glass bill were window that were cracked when we came here. and lasted till this year.

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