1891-03-16 LAKE MICH{1871-1908} DPO----V7-----NEWAYGO CO-----TO MRS MARTHA SHAW, PENFIELD, LORAIN CO, OHIO-------LETTER #1 FROM SARAH, LAKE, NEWAYGO CO, MICH----"WE HAVE HAD A VERY CURIUS WINTER, THERE HAS BEEN NO SNOW TO SPEAK OF, THERE HAS NOT BEEEN A SINGLE DAY THAT IT HAS BEEN GOOD SLEIGHING IN THE ROAD"----"THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF SICKNESS IN THIS COUNTRY THIS WINTER. THE SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES & MUMPS AS WELL AS THE GRIPPE HAVE BEEN QUITE PLENTY"------"THALIA WILL FINISH HER PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC THIS WINTER. THE TEACHER SAYS SHE LEARNS THE FASTEST OF ANY CHILD HE EVER SAW. HENRY BOUGHT HER A HIGHER ARITHMETIC & HISTORY WHEN HE WENT TO THE RAPIDS LAST WEEK."----MENTIONS FATHER AND MOTHER, PERCY, UNCLE SYMAN, CHARLEY GOLDING & AUNT EM, & UNCLE JAKE----2ND LETTER FROM THALIA----"WE HAVE CHURCH IN SCHOOL HOUSE, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SUNDAY SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH SCARLET FEVER IN TOWN"----WEATHER----GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 6-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR

Year: 1891
Date: 1891-03-16
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Women's Correspondence , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Stamps
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